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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Culture Speakers

On another of my cerbrate moments, where I think of random and seldom useful subjects and topics; my mind wondered to something interesting, the subject of how different countries/cultures speak and sound in relation to their behaviours and how they are generally percieved.

The French language is (for lack of better words) prissy and sissified, and the French people are usually viewed as effeminate, and although I am sure there are some hard and unfuckwithable French men out there its just very hard to imagine any.

The spanish language which I personally find to be the sexiest language in the world is very sensual and countries that speak Spanish are usually regarded as having the finest women, well Brasil is an exception because they speak Portuges and also regarded as having the sexiest women...but Spanish is the major language closest to Portugues so I guess I'm still on the right track on this.

Russian language sounds very aggressive and most of us percieve the Russians as hardened and tough muthas, in fact they are to me the total opposites of the French.

I cannot cover every country and every language but I think you get the point; which if you missed it, is that the tone of accents, the phraseology and general manner in which different people speak from different cultures always seem to emulate behaviour or is it vice-versa?

Granted a lot of the views of people from different countries are stereotypes reinforced by media, I am thinking about the stereotypes that to apply.This then lead me to think about whether the people modify their language to fit these views and thoughts of them or is it just a thing that happens by chance..... hmmm.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

FemBot Gone Banananananas

A couple of days ago I got a link to this site www.munkyking.com and I found a lot of the items on there very aesthetically appealing, and a latent part of me awoke and I came to the peculiar and (sanity questionable) decision; which is, I am going to start collecting Monkey related shiznizz (thats snoop doggin doggy dog-neo-wigga-hiphop-gangster-terminology for Stuff). I am going to be collecting Monkey Keychains, Monkey toys, Monkey posters, Monkey t-shirts, Monkey fridge magnets, Monkey stickers, Monkey bags and many other items with cool looking Monkeys attatched or drawn on them.

The great thing is that there are a thousand Monkey figures and characters over a range of items and merchandize to collect. This fact is also an obstacle during my new found hobby...so wish me and my wallet luck on this.

I don't know what it is about Monkeys that I like so much (granted there are certain Monkey sub-species I don't like, but I have a soft spot for them as a whole race) I guess one of the reasons though why they appeal to me is that they seem to have some sort mischevious cunning but also a deep understanding for things....also they can be cute and adorable furry bastards.

Some of the Monkeys I will be on the look out for include...
Monkey Magic
Monkey King
Munky King Toys and clothing
Diddy Kong
Mannila Gorilla
Super Robot Monkey Team
Super Monkey

.....and any snazzy looking Monkey items, I will be sure to post pictures of the coolest items I collect (pray for my sanity people, I think I may have gone over the edge this time, but I dont care because I am really elated about this).