Where Chopin and Listz more than friends?
I know they weren't in real life, but in the movie Chopin seems more interested in his friend than in madam Sands. What do you think?
shareDude, you mispelled Liszt's name.
shareEva Rosen, you're hardly in a position to criticize another for their incorrect spelling of Liszt's name, when you cannot spell the word "misspelled" correctly yourself. Still, you used the word "dude", so you're probably an American and it therefore comes as no great surprise.
shareLet's keep petty sniping and xenophobia out of this board, please.
shareOn the contrary, I do not have a dislike of foreigners, my slant (for that is all it was) was just against someone who criticized another for their spelling, whilst committing a fundamental spelling error in the text of their critique. The pot calling the kettle black I'd say.
My American observation/comment was simply based on my view that Americans are significant misusers and abusers of the English language, as so painfully witnessed on British television. That is not a xenophobic stance by any stretch of the imagination. If you want a prime example of xenophobia, just look within the bounds of your own shores. Paranoia, mistrust and hostility to foreigners both at home and away is rife.
Then perhaps we can agree that one should not judge an entire people by the actions of their political leadership or the actions of tourists abroad, and certianly not by what one watches on TV. Which you have just done. As an American who spells words with care, I would prefer that you keep your "slanted" remarks against Americans out of a discussion of Chopin and Liszt. There are plenty of sites where you can vent against us with abandon.
shareReally? How enchanting. I shall look out for them.
shareQuote "and certianly not by what one watches on TV. Which you have just done. As an American who spells words with care".
Certianly?
Hmm, can't see that one in the OED.
The OED, no doubt a rarity in the U.S, along with books promoting the greater understanding of other cultures.
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Will everyone PLEASE ignore this troll? And turn the subject back to Chopin and "Impromptu." There is an imdb section for "Private Messages" - and that is where this kind of irrelevant baiting should be conducted. Behave!
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I languish in delight at your feathery insult. Better that I have the natural ability to issue wind, whereas you clearly emulate the product of rectal seepage.
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To be honest, although you don't strike me as the type that would want the colonies back, take it from me, speaking on behalf of most of us (by definition), based on the last eight years of Bush, you can have them.
shareDear Calacantranis. The English language is the most beautiful of all. It has such majesty, and nobility; that other languages pale in comparison.
You on the other hand are indeed xenophobic. "The pot calling the kettle black;" indeed? For you to have used this phrase, in the critique of another's' misspelling strikes me as being filled with great irony. You make the comment; "paranoia, mistrust, and hostility to foreigners both at home and away is rife." Now, that is really the height of hypocrisy.
Unlike the Britain you know, which will shortly be a colony of Eurabia, we in the United States of America have the most diverse group of immigrants of any nation on the face of this earth. We have integrated our immigrants, and that is who I am, and who we are. That is all we are. We do NOT pretend to be anything that we are not. That certainly should sound foreign to you. Much of the world's current problems have a distinctive British subtext.
Your diversity is not one of choice, but one borne merely out of obligation to your former colonization of the world. The immigrants in the glorious United States of America came here freely and eagerly without having been the victims of any previous colonization. We fought our former imperialistic, colonizers to shake off the shackles of their mighty grandiose imperiousness.
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Criticism is due on both sides. You express disdain toward the intelligence of Americans but wrote this:
On the contrary, I do not have a dislike of foreigners, my slant (for that is all it was) was just against someone who criticized another for their spelling, whilst committing a fundamental spelling error in the text of their critique. The pot calling the kettle black I'd say.
You are mixing singular and plural~a lack of agreement. "Their" should be "his or her" or "his/her" two places. Perhaps this is not as dreaded as misspelling a word, but it's one of my pet peeves.
So, where does criticism end? What error(s) did I make?
By the way: Yes, they are only friends. How silly to try to throw in the gay bit, which is all too common on IMDb forums. (I just finished watching this, so I'm quite certain that there is no "homoerotic undertone", as too often is claimed of movies.)
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You formed your opinion of American usage of the English language by watching BBC? 😊
sharePiss off.
"They sucked his brains out!"