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[dead] 7 years ago

This is all extremely debunked. The "Dr. Mews" quoted in the article lost his license to practice in the UK, largely on the basis of these claims.

It's the 7, G, E, M, R, N, and W. Queens and Queensboro Plazas are only a couple blocks from the Citi building. I agree though - this happening during the L train shutdown will absolutely nuke the G. The E and 7 are already at capacity. The M and R have a good bit of room, though. As for the N and W, they also still have a good bit of capacity, it's just a shame, because rents in Astoria were just starting to go down a bit :/

Great Vowel Shift 8 years ago

I'm aware of this, however he specifically mentioned a weak sound in "sukiyaki" which is due to de-voicing the /i/.

Great Vowel Shift 8 years ago

Japanese de-voices vowels in certain contexts adjacent to voiceless consonants. The weakness you're describing is the lack of voicing (vocal cords vibrating).

The Republic of Ireland's constitution guarantees a member of the Dáil (Lower Parliamentary house; similar to the US House of Representatives) for every 20-30,000 people, and districts are redrawn and reapportioned frequently.

This seems to be a pretty ideal number to me - it's about the size of the township I grew up in. Many people in their district would have personal ties to their representative, as a further detriment to attempts at lobbying/corruption.

The US constitution used to have a similar provision, but this was abandoned by the ammendment process in the late 1920's.

The God Login 12 years ago

It's not uncommon with a certain generation, though it's losing ground to "you-are-ell".