Happy Christmas-- Hanukah - Ede-- Whatever

[Katharine]

For some reason, Neill, you only have the command for Font Size at the end of you post not at the beginning. Did you try to edit it and remove the command in square brackets? You should see size = 50 in square brackets at the beginning of the tiny section and then /size again in square brackets at the end, when you are composing it. The commands are not in red normally!

[icomefromalanddownunder]

Thanks very much JR

See what I mean ?

This was selected as "Tiny"

I type everything normally, then highlight the bit that I want shrunk before selecting font size.

xx

[NEILL THE NOTORIOUS]

Here we go again-----


I am an Idiot !

Forget it

[englishangel]

You have to select it before you start typing. Tiny.

Or highlight it after you have typed. Huge

You have to select it before you start typing. Tiny.

Or highlight it after you have typed. Huge

Then "preview" to make sure it has done what you want.

[Angela Woodford]

While you're there, Mary...

I've taken a picture of my Global Warming Christmas Cake. How do I transfer this picture when there is no little paperclip thingy to indicate an attachment?

I tried "Img" but didn't get any further than .

[englishangel]

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=70

this is what I use, but if it's too comlicated with your tummy full of Thornton's chocolates (or whatever) email it to me and I will post it for you.

I have sent you a message on Facebook with my email address because my pms don't always go from here.

Mary xx

[gma]

Merry Christmas and a peaceful if it can't be a happy New Year to one and all.

Thanks, once again, for an entertaining, and enlightening, year of posts!

[mvgrogan]

Happy Christmas Maria - while you're there I've been told by the World Service during the night that the "@" sign means "miaow" in Finnish. Is this a Finnish joke?

My husband informs me that it is not a joke!

The Finnish language is not as evolved as english. In 1500s the Archbishop of Turku, Michael Agricola, wrote down the finnish language - all the grammar rules - and they are little changed since then. This means that although it is very different to english (and so hard to learn for us english-speakers) it is a simple language in that the rules are hard & fast and have very few exceptions.

The symbol we call an amphersand (?sp?), is called "miukumauku" (pron mee-oo-koo-ma-oo-koo) in finnish. It is often nicknamed the cat's tail or paw. Of course it is most used in email addresses these days and you can tell when a person began emailling as the "older generation" still say "miukumauku" rather than "at". Young people, do their computing in english!!!

[Fjgrogan]

Michael Agricola was a former Bishop - or possibly Archbishop - of Turku, and is apparently so highly thought of that the Finnish calendar includes a Michael Agricola Day, when the national flag is flown in his honour. And all this for formulating a language that is fiendishly difficult to learn?! But as Maria says it is totally logical, just incredibly complicated. For example, it has about 15 or 16 different cases. On the other hand there is no definite article, and no distinction between 'he' and 'she'; yet there are different words to describe aunts and uncles according to whether your aunt is your mother's sister, your father's sister, or just married to one of them. Aaagh!

Onnellista Uutta Vuotta to everyone (Happy New Year).

[NEILL THE NOTORIOUS]

I have been told -- in Budapest, that Attila the Hun, had two sons, when he arrived at the Danube.

The elder, Buda, fouded the city, (Pest is on the other bank)
the younger (Name unknown) went North and founded Finland.

Finnish and Hungarian are two languages which seem to have a common thread, but bear no relationship to any other European language.

True or not ---- it makes you think !!

[Angela Woodford]

[quote="mvgrogan"The symbol we call an amphersand (?sp?), is called "miukumauku" (pron mee-oo-koo-ma-oo-koo) in finnish. It is often nicknamed the cat's tail or paw. Of course it is most used in email addresses these days and you can tell when a person began emailling as the "older generation" still say "miukumauku" rather than "at". Young people, do their computing in english!!![/quote]

Thank you Maria! How interesting! What a fiendish language though!

Mee-oo-koo-ma-oo-koo; yes, I'm getting the hang of it...

[englishangel]

Angela's Global Warming christmas cake.

"Note the snow with the occasional seal-breathing hole, and the melting icicles!"

Sorry for the delay.

[anniexf]

Angela, it's a masterpiece!!! What an all-round creative lady you are!!!

[Angela Woodford]

Thank you Mary for helping me post the picture - and thank you Ann for your kind comment!

There is only one slice left now...

[Jo]

The cake looks stunning Angela. You are clever! Was it a traditional fruit cake or a sponge?

The ampersand is the & sign - I think Maria means the @, which doesn't have a name in English. There was a move a while back to call it "ampersat" in imitation, but I don't think it caught on.

Neill, I've always heard the Finnish and Hungarian are alike, and rare exceptions in Europe as they are not from the Indo-European family. However when we visited Estonia a couple of years ago we were told that Estonian is very like Finnish and is also in the Finno-Ugric family - but when you look at a map and see that Estonia is due south of Finland it's not surprising. I have also heard that Basque and Turkish are not Indo-European, but everything else from Western Europe through to the Indian sub-continent are in the same family.