Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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You should just have said..."I'm doing a degree in Italian".
Simple explanation.
(, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 16:19, 1 reply)
with the same resultthe problem is the "in Italian" bit. It makes them think that, well, that it's in Italian, not that I am studying Italian.
Later, I was in Italy, and had broadened my horizons to linguistics, however in Italian this brings up another ambiguity in that linguistica is generally understood to mean that you study a variety of languages rather than the study of language, which lead to the inevitable "that's nice, so which languages are you studying?".
It was easier by the time I had moved on to Philosophy. Then the question was just, "so why are you studying that?" or a rather more point "what job will that get you?".
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Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 20 Mar 2010, 17:39,
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It's a bit different...Because when you originally said "I'm studying a batchelor of arts in Italian" - the confusion arose because not everyone knows what a BA is. Therefore (as you mentioned), if people think that it's something to do with painting, then they think you're studying painting - while learning in Italian.
However, everyone does know what a degree is - so it's therefore more obvious that you're studying Italian.
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you might think thatbut you'd be wrong.
People are idiots.
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Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sun 21 Mar 2010, 1:21,
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