Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> "Quoth the Raven"

This isn't even English.  It's American.  ;-)

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On 9/28/2015 7:12 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> "Quoth the Raven"
>
> This isn't even English.  It's American.  ;-)
>
>
And if you think about it. There is an oxymoron, there. (Literature and 
American) :-P

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     Stephen

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On 9/28/2015 6:35 AM, And wrote:
> Well, I said it afresh:
> "Sometimes a star falls, we hope it rises.
> To give us direction, so that we can find the way."
>
> The complete story is that there are stars. Em... it is a metaphor. Stars
> represent the things in our mind that guiding us. One day the one which I
> followed disappeared, I was nervous, I didn't know where it went. So what I can
> do was looking in all directions.
> Lately, I found a right one in the sky and followed it instead.
> The figure shows the stars I followed previously is rest in the bowl now, maybe.
>
> Is it good?


It is good. :-)

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     Stephen

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On 9/27/2015 7:28 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 27.09.2015 um 20:12 schrieb Stephen:
>> On 9/27/2015 6:44 PM, clipka wrote:
>>> Being the nitpicker I am, I'd like to note that in this case technically
>>> it isn't a quote after all - unless you said or wrote that already at
>>> some other occasion.
>>
>> "Quoth the Raven"
>
> Poetic freedom.
>
> (Also, that's the verb, not the noun.)
>

Not to mention it is Archaic. :-)

> That said, I never claim to be perfect and know everything - I just act
> as if ;)
>

And the Oscar for best actor in a foreign film goes to...  ;-)

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     Stephen

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On 9/27/2015 6:38 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 27.09.2015 um 03:33 schrieb And:
>> I know there is grammar errors, is it very terrible in your views?
>
> Let's put it this way: It's no match for the high quality of the image.
>
> Also, while I would normally have suggested how to change the text for
> the better, I've been hesitant in this case, hoping some native English
> speaker might step in. Because although I presume I have a pretty good
> general idea of what you're trying to say, the flawed grammar makes it
> too ambiguous for me to know exactly.
>

I don’t know. You are right about the grammar. But if it is poetry then 
that opens many avenues of meaning.
I see And posted it anew and removed the ambiguity.

If instead of:
Sometimes a star falls, we hope it rises.

He had written:
Sometimes the star falls, we hope it rises.

The meaning changes. The star could be a person.

Oh! The fun of an imprecise language. :-)

> and the "falling star" is really just a
> translation error, and you're talking about our hope that sometimes a
> "shooting star" might guide us?
>

"Falling star" is acceptable and has the connotation of falling from 
grace. If the context is there.

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     Stephen

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 9/28/2015 6:35 AM, And wrote:
> > Well, I said it afresh:
> > "Sometimes a star falls, we hope it rises.
> > To give us direction, so that we can find the way."
> >
> > The complete story is that there are stars. Em... it is a metaphor. Stars
> > represent the things in our mind that guiding us. One day the one which I
> > followed disappeared, I was nervous, I didn't know where it went. So what I can
> > do was looking in all directions.
> > Lately, I found a right one in the sky and followed it instead.
> > The figure shows the stars I followed previously is rest in the bowl now, maybe.
> >
> > Is it good?
>
>
> It is good. :-)
>
> --
>
> Regards
>      Stephen


Thanks.

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 9/28/2015 7:12 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> > Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> >> "Quoth the Raven"
> >
> > This isn't even English.  It's American.  ;-)
> >
> >
> And if you think about it. There is an oxymoron, there. (Literature and
> American) :-P
>
> --
>
> Regards
>      Stephen


So, are you and Cousin Ricky Americans?

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On 9/29/2015 2:02 PM, And wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> On 9/28/2015 7:12 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>>>> "Quoth the Raven"
>>>
>>> This isn't even English.  It's American.  ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> And if you think about it. There is an oxymoron, there. (Literature and
>> American) :-P
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards
>>       Stephen
>
>
> So, are you and Cousin Ricky Americans?
>

No, Cousin Ricky is American but not from the mainland. He is from an 
exotic Island in the Caribbean. I on the other hand am British.
There is a running joke about the differences between American English 
and the Queen's English.

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     Stephen

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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 9/29/2015 2:02 PM, And wrote:
> > Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> >> On 9/28/2015 7:12 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> >>> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> >>>> "Quoth the Raven"
> >>>
> >>> This isn't even English.  It's American.  ;-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >> And if you think about it. There is an oxymoron, there. (Literature and
> >> American) :-P
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>       Stephen
> >
> >
> > So, are you and Cousin Ricky Americans?
> >
>
> No, Cousin Ricky is American but not from the mainland. He is from an
> exotic Island in the Caribbean. I on the other hand am British.
> There is a running joke about the differences between American English
> and the Queen's English.
>
> --
>
> Regards
>      Stephen


Oh, I see. I'm a Taiwanese.

Best wishes
       Cheng-Han Tsai

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On 29-9-2015 16:08, Stephen wrote:
> On 9/29/2015 2:02 PM, And wrote:
>> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>>> On 9/28/2015 7:12 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>>> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>>>>> "Quoth the Raven"
>>>>
>>>> This isn't even English.  It's American.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> And if you think about it. There is an oxymoron, there. (Literature and
>>> American) :-P
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>       Stephen
>>
>>
>> So, are you and Cousin Ricky Americans?
>>
>
> No, Cousin Ricky is American but not from the mainland. He is from an
> exotic Island in the Caribbean. I on the other hand am British.
> There is a running joke about the differences between American English
> and the Queen's English.
>

Yes, there is something special about the language of Royals... It was 
said of our former queen that she was the only one in the country to 
speak like she did.

-- 
Thomas

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