Manbird wrote: 
with sardines.

 buzz wrote: 
crisco!

what can i eat?

 buzz wrote: 
mmmkay...thanks.  really, i should just own those....

 triskele wrote: 
I dont think TCM is showing the Alister Sim version this year. That one is my favorite.
 
I did set up an e-mail notification for an older version, but I dont remember what the date is.
 
It's A Wonderful Life is usually shown on one of the broadcast networks, NBC, I think. I dont watch it because of the commercials. 

hey, jrzy—-or anyone else....do you know when and what channels i might be able to see "It's a Wonderful Life," and "A Christmas Carol" this year?  all i found is that TNT has one version of "A Christmas Carol" on Tuesday.....but i want options, and i prefer to see one of the old black and white versions....

thanks!

 kopak wrote: 
Scored a few points with the Hazze I think.

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
God natt

 kopak wrote:  What I'm gonna do as well ! ...

 HazzeSwede wrote: 
Made people go to sleep.

 swell_sailor wrote:  What ! What? What.

 kopak wrote: 
Now you've done it.

 swell_sailor wrote: 
Well, plenty of languages with a different sound system are spoken throughout the world, so I couldn't write a list down (and annoy the others). What I can tell you is that English or French are rather poor compared to Swedish for instance. In some countries of Africa / Asia, people use words very differently ; by giving a same syllabic word several tones or stresses, they change the meaning of the word, which is very hard to understand for Europeans.

 kopak wrote: 
Can you tell me which languages these might be? I don't know the subject. I'm just curious, and I'm guessing you might know the answer.

 swell_sailor wrote: 
Indeed.
Indeed.

 kopak wrote: 
So, miss smarty pants, which languages, theoretically, offer the greatest advantage when it comes to learning new languages, all other things being equal. This would be the language with the greatest variety of sounds, yes?

Teasing you with the smarty pants bit.  

 swell_sailor wrote: 
Fortunately, it is Summertime on the other side of the planet. Soon.

 swell_sailor wrote: 
It's a mere conspiracy against America.

 kopak wrote: 
Huh?

 swell_sailor wrote: 
There's an interesting theory about how babies acquire the capacity to produce words. To be short, it is said that every carpentillar has the ability to learn any language in the very beginning. It's like we sort sounds which are not used in the language we learn to speak. Because of our environment, we only keep a few necessary sounds. This theory can also explain why people whose tongue contains many sounds seem to be more gifted in learning languages. Though it would be too simple an explanation. Because of course, environment and education matter as well.