New "Shitori" game! Thanks Tutor Hanako

I am starting a new discussion based on the popular one by Tutor Hanako. The previous one has nearly 700 posts!

 

Do you know one of Japanese games, "Shiritori"?

shiritori: a word game played by saying a word that starts with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player.

 

If someone said the word ends with "n", the game will finish. Then we start again with a word begins with "a".

 

If someone adds any absurd or thoughtless word, please ignore it and return to the one before it.

 

If you write a difficult word, please add your simple explanation to it.

 

For example, ancient→Trilingual→Luxembourg→・・・

Please write one word at a time.

Let's begin!

 

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What is your favorite (or favorites) cologne?

There has been a discussion about favorite perfumes...lets have a discussion about favorite colognes! In english in the USA the word perfume refers to women's scents, and cologne refers to men's scents.

 

So what are your favorite(s)?

 

My all-time favorite is Declaration by Cartier. I also like Terre d'Hermes, Cologne by Theirry Mugler, and Bvlgari pour homme Extreme

Tu vs Usted Llevo muchos anos hablando espanol, pero todavia me fascina las varias situaciones en que las personas usan "Usted" vs "tu", y visa versa. Por ejemplo: a) Padres que usan "Usted" cuando hablan con sus hijos b) Parejas q se llaman "Usted" en vez de espanol c) en oraciones a Dios, me dicen q debo usar el "tu" en vez de decir "Usted" d) etc Se q en la mayoria de los casos "Usted" (formal) se usa para demostrar respecto y invitar seriedad, y "tu" (informal) se usa para invitar y demostrar familiaridad e intimidad. Que opinais? Que opinan? ;-)

Intercontinental romance and possibly marriage!

I have been wondering about this for a while. I want a wide variety of comments from many people, male and female, young and old, from many parts of the world!

 

Is it possible to have an intercontinental romance and make it work (Meaning that we are on different continents)? 

 

Also, what are your thoughts about marriage with someone who does not speak your native language?

 

What about marriage with someone that has a native language that is different from yours, but you both speak a common language?

 

I look forward to a good discussion!

Cuando usar "tu" y cuando usar "Usted"

Llevo muchos anos hablando espanol, pero todavia me fascina las varias situaciones en que las personas usan "Usted" vs "tu", y visa versa. Por ejemplo:

 

a) Padres que usan "Usted" cuando hablan con sus hijos

b) Parejas q se llaman "Usted" en vez de espanol

c) en oraciones a Dios, me dicen q debo usar el "tu" en vez de decir "Usted"

d) etc

 

Se q en la mayoria de los casos "Usted" se usa para demostrar respecto y invitar seriedad, y "tu" se usa para invitar y demostrar familiaridad e intimidad.

 

Que opinais? Que opinan? ;-)