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[Trajan60]

Not all of us are gardeners despite what white people think.

I'll be here to answer your questions while I eat my lunch. Ask away.

[Squiggles1334]

All BMW drivers are jerkhole road hogs and tailgaters with an attitude problem: Confirm/deny?

[Trajan60]

Squiggles1334 wrote...

All BMW drivers are jerkhole road hogs and tailgaters with an attitude problem: Confirm/deny?

Personally I'm not, but we are the biggest jackasses on the road.

Confirmed.

Modifié par Trajan60, 21 janvier 2010 - 08:14 .

[Dark Lilith]

Trajan60 wrote...

Not all of us are gardeners despite what white people think.

I'll be here to answer your questions while I eat my lunch. Ask away.

who cares what you drive. Doesn't impress me in the slightest! EGOmaniac.

[AshedMan]

What do you do for a living?

[Trajan60]

AshedMan wrote...

What do you do for a living?

I'm an architect. However, the field has been decimated by the construction downturn and so it's very difficult to find work right now. There is about 30-40% unemployment rate for architects right now so I'm currently in the process of changing careers and will most likely go into finance.

[Trajan60]

Dark Lilith wrote...

Trajan60 wrote...

Not all of us are gardeners despite what white people think.

I'll be here to answer your questions while I eat my lunch. Ask away.

who cares what you drive. Doesn't impress me in the slightest! EGOmaniac.

Show me a man that doesn't have an ego and I will show you a loser.

[Squiggles1334]

Why is it called Latin America when Latin originated in Italy? Does it have anything to do with the abundance of imported Romantic languages like Spanish and Portuguese in Middle and South America while USA and Canada primarily speak the Germanic language of English (except for those goofy but lovable Quebecois)?

[Trajan60]

Squiggles1334 wrote...

Why is it called Latin America when Latin originated in Italy? Does it have anything to do with the abundance of imported Romantic languages like Spanish and Portuguese in Middle and South America while USA and Canada primarily speak the Germanic language of English (except for those goofy but lovable Quebecois)?

The idea that a part of the Americas has a cultural affinity with the Romance cultures as a whole can be traced back to the 1830s, in particular in the writing of the French Saint-Simonian Michel Chevalier, who postulated that this part of the Americas were inhabited by people of a "Latin race", and that it could, therefore, ally itself with "Latin Europe" in a struggle with "Teutonic Europe", "Anglo-Saxon America" and "Slavic Europe". The idea was later taken up by Latin American intellectuals and political leaders of the mid- and late-nineteenth century, who no longer looked to Spain or Portugal as cultural models, but rather to France. The actual term "Latin America" was coined in France under Napoleon III and played a role in his campaign to imply cultural kinship with France, transform France into a cultural and political leader of the area and install Maximilian as emperor of Mexico.

Modifié par Trajan60, 21 janvier 2010 - 08:32 .

[Squiggles1334]

Whoa I must've snoozed through that part of history class. Thanks for clearing this mystery up for me, Trajan60!

[Trajan60]

Squiggles1334 wrote...

Whoa I must've snoozed through that part of history class. Thanks for clearing this mystery up for me, Trajan60!

Your welcome.

[Stanley Woo]

Our forums are for public discussion of a wide variety of topics, not your own personal blog or website. Thanks.



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