Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 10.10.2022 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>>> On 08.10.2022 16.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>
>>>>> On 06.10.2022 20.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04.10.2022 13.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 03.10.2022 14.04, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.10.2022 13.12, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I was at uni, I got a job one summer working with a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> psychology lab. I was basically a guinea pig for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> summer. It paid really well. I got to work with a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hypnotist which adult me is now nervous about. One of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> experiments they also did was to assess how alcohol
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> impairs one's brain. I had to take a standard IQ test and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then have a drink and then take another IQ test etc. My
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scores kept getting better up to and including the 3rd
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drink but after that, it was chaos.I'm not a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> psychologist, but I can see that drunk people wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> give a shit about taking a stupid test.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...or not being able to read the instructions. The getting
>>>>>>>>>>>>> better with each test is a thing, though. Being familiar
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the type of problem the tests contains helps
>>>>>>>>>>>>> significantly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> At work, I have to go through second language assessment
>>>>>>>>>>>> every 5 years to supervise since I'm not fully bilingual.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The reading and writing tests are multiple guess exams.
>>>>>>>>>>>> When in doubt, pick B. They have these workshops to prepare
>>>>>>>>>>>> for the exams which is basically doing practice tests all
>>>>>>>>>>>> day. Eventually patterns appear.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Patterns of the language I hope - not just patterns of when
>>>>>>>>>>> to pick B. Or you could - and this is only a suggestion -
>>>>>>>>>>> learn french and subject yourself to it from time to time.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have been subjected to it my whole life.  They even teach
>>>>>>>>>> it in school. I have been on language training about a
>>>>>>>>>> gazillion times. Some people just have trouble learning
>>>>>>>>>> languages. I am one of those people.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Quelle malheur ma chère...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Google translate?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Noeh, but I did check the spelling of malheur...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> J'ai réussi à les examens requise pour superviser.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (I see I need to find out how to set my newreader to UTF-8)
>>>>>>>> (And no, I didn't use an app to translate that)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course not - you're canadian.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well I flunked french in "high school". If not for that I
>>>>>>>>> might have become a lawyer...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, it appears that you do like to argue..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only when someone else is wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I guess everything does stay on your permanent record.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's what permanent means, innit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *inobvious eye roll*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I meant that level of granularity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, it meant that my grade average (from 0-13 ATT) was 0,1 to
>>>>>>> low to get accepted at Copenhagen Uni. that year.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am unfamiliar with your school system and grading system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not to worry, so am I - they chanced it (again) since I went to
>>>>> school. I only mentioned it to show that the my average was just
>>>>> 1% below the admittance criteria.
>>>>>
>>>>>> At our high school, we got measured in percentages.
>>>>>> I should go find my old report cards. My Mom gave them to me when
>>>>>> I got a place of my own. A bunch had comments like "she should
>>>>>> try harder". I already had an A. No wonder people thinks most
>>>>>> teachers wouldn't register a blip on a catscan...
>>>>>
>>>>> There was an A+ or A* to shoot for, shirley
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doctor: "I'm not sure why your 8 year old has an ulcer"
>>>
>>> At least you're not japanese...
>> 
>> Yes..
>> 
>>>
>>>> Surely I've told you not to call me shirley in the past.
>>>
>>> Maybe your teacher had an other pupil who should try harder. A pupil
>>> named Shirley.
>>>
>> 
>> If I was in school in the 1940s, maybe.
>> 
>> https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/top5names.html
> 
> That young miss Temple has a lot to answer for. Also silly
> canadians... Anyway not evertone has a top10 name - there is every
> reason to believe that mine for example has never been particularly
> popular. 
> 

Maybe not in the US of A.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Danish_given_names#The_most_comm
on_given_names_in_Denmark_1890_-_2008