At night when people are driving, whether in a well-lit city or on a dark suburban street, their faces are surprisingly well lit. Next time you're out on the road after dark, check out the passengers in the front seat and see how easily you can make out their facial expressions. Then go home and watch a movie, and you'll notice that it's much easier. Why? Most often the solution is a light bar placed strategically on the dashboard pointing at the passengers, creating, once you notice it, a very artificial and inexplicable light source on the actors' faces.
Yeah, that was a long post. Cheer up, guys, next there will be only funny pics.
We have been thinking over a new topic for quite a while. There already have been such themes as music, films and reading. We are fed up with leisures and open the week of Australia!
Frankly speaking, Australians don't speak English - they speak Australian English.
Luckily, we have found a vocabulary list for you. Enjoy, and never mess those phrases up!
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/british_australian_english.htm
Frankly speaking, Australians don't speak English - they speak Australian English.
Luckily, we have found a vocabulary list for you. Enjoy, and never mess those phrases up!
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/british_australian_english.htm
www.englisch-hilfen.de
British and Australian English - Vocabulary
Differences in British and Australian English - Learning English Online
So, what's it like to live in Australia?
On Quora.com Peter Baskerville, Australian citizen who lived there for over 50 years, answered it in this way:
"In my opinion, as a descendant of the European colonists, Australia today is a paradox that in isolation and due to the 'tyranny of distance' has created in the past 200+ years, a world of strange harmonious conflicts. Modern Australia is often misunderstood by the rest of the world but it makes perfect sense to us Aussies that live there.
Here what Australia is like to me ...
YOUNG yet OLD - for starters, while we are one of the youngest declared nations on earth, yet we inhabit its oldest land form and imbibe a heritage that is recognized as containing the world's oldest living cultural history
LARGE yet SMALL - also, while Australia is earth's largest island it is also the world's smallest continent
FLOOD yet DROUGHT - at the exact same time, a state of emergency can exist for raging floods in one part of the country and debilitating drought in another
SPACE yet CONGESTED - we have a huge land of 8 million sq km on which to build our homes, yet 85% of us huddle together in the south-east corner of the map and live in urban areas located less than 50 km from the coast with development only covering 0.3% of the land mass
CHAMPIONS yet UNDERDOG - we love our champions and world-winning sport teams and individuals yet we have a genuine soft spot for the 'underdog' and will support them in every contest
PROUD yet SUSPICIOUS - we are extremely proud to be Aussies yet we are inherently anti-authority, can't understand rampant nationalism nor patriotism and are suspicious of politician's motives who promote it zealously
RESPECT yet 'BOO' - we respect and honor our politicians when they are on the world stage yet 'boo' them as a tradition, when they choose to show their face at our sacred sporting events
VICTORY yet DEFEAT - our armed forced have won many gallant victories in global conflicts, yet we choose to celebrate and honor our greatest defeat - the ANZACs at Gallipoli
BUSH yet CITY - our identity is indelibly linked with the legends of the bush, yet 90% of us actually live in the cities and have never lived in the bush
MANY yet FEW - we call everyone mate even though we each only have a few
SINGLE yet MULTI - we consider Australians a single nationality, yet 20% of us were born overseas and 40% of us have mixed cultural origins
SERIOUS yet LAUGH - while we take ourselves seriously, it is each Aussie's 'god-given' job (or his best mate's) to declare with great merriment their own stupid acts
DEMOCRACY yet MONARCHY - 'we the people' democratically elect our government, yet we accept the fact that the Australian Head of State is a birth determined monarch who lives in another country
ENGLISH yet STRINE - we were blessed with an inherited global 'lingua franca' in the English language, yet we chose to develop our own peculiar 100,000 word lexicon in Strine that can only really be understood by people from this land down-under
LOSS yet WIN - two remembrance days at either end of the emotional spectrum stop the nation of Australia (1) honoring the loss of 8,000 young Australians on the beaches of Gallipoli on ANZAC day 25th April 1914 and (2) honoring the winner of a 150 year old horse race known as the Melbourne Cup which is run on the first Tuesday in November
DELICACY yet UNEATABLE - our national culinary delicacy and icon (Vegemite) is uneatable to most everyone else on the planet".
On Quora.com Peter Baskerville, Australian citizen who lived there for over 50 years, answered it in this way:
"In my opinion, as a descendant of the European colonists, Australia today is a paradox that in isolation and due to the 'tyranny of distance' has created in the past 200+ years, a world of strange harmonious conflicts. Modern Australia is often misunderstood by the rest of the world but it makes perfect sense to us Aussies that live there.
Here what Australia is like to me ...
YOUNG yet OLD - for starters, while we are one of the youngest declared nations on earth, yet we inhabit its oldest land form and imbibe a heritage that is recognized as containing the world's oldest living cultural history
LARGE yet SMALL - also, while Australia is earth's largest island it is also the world's smallest continent
FLOOD yet DROUGHT - at the exact same time, a state of emergency can exist for raging floods in one part of the country and debilitating drought in another
SPACE yet CONGESTED - we have a huge land of 8 million sq km on which to build our homes, yet 85% of us huddle together in the south-east corner of the map and live in urban areas located less than 50 km from the coast with development only covering 0.3% of the land mass
CHAMPIONS yet UNDERDOG - we love our champions and world-winning sport teams and individuals yet we have a genuine soft spot for the 'underdog' and will support them in every contest
PROUD yet SUSPICIOUS - we are extremely proud to be Aussies yet we are inherently anti-authority, can't understand rampant nationalism nor patriotism and are suspicious of politician's motives who promote it zealously
RESPECT yet 'BOO' - we respect and honor our politicians when they are on the world stage yet 'boo' them as a tradition, when they choose to show their face at our sacred sporting events
VICTORY yet DEFEAT - our armed forced have won many gallant victories in global conflicts, yet we choose to celebrate and honor our greatest defeat - the ANZACs at Gallipoli
BUSH yet CITY - our identity is indelibly linked with the legends of the bush, yet 90% of us actually live in the cities and have never lived in the bush
MANY yet FEW - we call everyone mate even though we each only have a few
SINGLE yet MULTI - we consider Australians a single nationality, yet 20% of us were born overseas and 40% of us have mixed cultural origins
SERIOUS yet LAUGH - while we take ourselves seriously, it is each Aussie's 'god-given' job (or his best mate's) to declare with great merriment their own stupid acts
DEMOCRACY yet MONARCHY - 'we the people' democratically elect our government, yet we accept the fact that the Australian Head of State is a birth determined monarch who lives in another country
ENGLISH yet STRINE - we were blessed with an inherited global 'lingua franca' in the English language, yet we chose to develop our own peculiar 100,000 word lexicon in Strine that can only really be understood by people from this land down-under
LOSS yet WIN - two remembrance days at either end of the emotional spectrum stop the nation of Australia (1) honoring the loss of 8,000 young Australians on the beaches of Gallipoli on ANZAC day 25th April 1914 and (2) honoring the winner of a 150 year old horse race known as the Melbourne Cup which is run on the first Tuesday in November
DELICACY yet UNEATABLE - our national culinary delicacy and icon (Vegemite) is uneatable to most everyone else on the planet".
Have you ever thought about what three colors look best together? Then we found an answer for you. Liselle Coker, Architectural/Interior designer with Diploma in Fashion design, from Quora is ready to tell you:
"This question can be answered several ways. There are several approaches to finding colors that look best together.
1. You can consult the color wheel, and try combinations of colors that appear immediately next to each other in the color sequence (analogous colors) . These will go well together because they are in the same color family
2. You can also consult the color wheel and choose two colors opposite each other in the wheel (complementary colors ), and then add a third color that can be a neutral tone, or a color that is analogous to one of the two. Complementary colors offer the most contrast. Neutrals anchor the color combination
3. You can consult nature and identify colors that emerge within a scene that you find calming. Our bodies respond positively to nature , so color combinations from nature tend to look best to us
4. When combining colors, consider tone and intensity. Match colors of similar tone and intensity for the most cohesive effect. For example, match deep jewel tones with other jewel tones (eg. gold with emerald green and indigo) or pastels with pastels. Also, consider "warm" and "cool" tonalities when choosing your colors.
5. Remember, when breaking color rules, or crossing tonal and intensity boundaries, allow two of the tones to support each other, and hold the third for contrast.
6. Colors don't have to "match" they have to "go". This means that even color combinations that seem atypical can look best together. To achieve this successfully, train your aesthetic eye by studying unusual color combinations in nature, and also color combinations that have been used by fashion, architectural and graphic designers.
I know I did not TELL YOU which 3 colors look best, because there are many color triads that are good, but I trust that the above selection methods help you to make a suitable choice for your purposes".
"This question can be answered several ways. There are several approaches to finding colors that look best together.
1. You can consult the color wheel, and try combinations of colors that appear immediately next to each other in the color sequence (analogous colors) . These will go well together because they are in the same color family
2. You can also consult the color wheel and choose two colors opposite each other in the wheel (complementary colors ), and then add a third color that can be a neutral tone, or a color that is analogous to one of the two. Complementary colors offer the most contrast. Neutrals anchor the color combination
3. You can consult nature and identify colors that emerge within a scene that you find calming. Our bodies respond positively to nature , so color combinations from nature tend to look best to us
4. When combining colors, consider tone and intensity. Match colors of similar tone and intensity for the most cohesive effect. For example, match deep jewel tones with other jewel tones (eg. gold with emerald green and indigo) or pastels with pastels. Also, consider "warm" and "cool" tonalities when choosing your colors.
5. Remember, when breaking color rules, or crossing tonal and intensity boundaries, allow two of the tones to support each other, and hold the third for contrast.
6. Colors don't have to "match" they have to "go". This means that even color combinations that seem atypical can look best together. To achieve this successfully, train your aesthetic eye by studying unusual color combinations in nature, and also color combinations that have been used by fashion, architectural and graphic designers.
I know I did not TELL YOU which 3 colors look best, because there are many color triads that are good, but I trust that the above selection methods help you to make a suitable choice for your purposes".
That awkward moment when due to the Internet connection the photo to the post is published four hours later than the post itself ;)