Prog Eye Candy

I've been trying for days to post a really dishy picture of Eddie Jobson for the (probably very few) ladies who might still frequent this thread, but there were technical problems, so I gave up. I'll try again, though... So much beauty should be displayed! 

more pictures!! hahaha

I should think Engine and Machine are both interchangable, but in this case, I prefer Machine.  Steam Machine rolls off the tongue better.

Ghost Rider wrote: It's exactly like that, Finnish being a phonetic language like Italian (perhaps even easier than that). All vowels are voiced, so Kone (=machine) is pronounced just like that: ko-ne (not kon or koun). As to the höyry part (=steam), the ö is pronounced as the same vowel in German, and the y like the French u. Sorry, Vompatti, for stealing the limelight... You can retaliate by explaining how Italian is pronounced next time!

can we get back to the eye candy now

Edited by king of Siam - June 23 2006 at 15:28

Soft or hard?  I have no idea. It's also hard for me to explain the pronounciation, because in Finnish the alphabet are pronounced in a different way than in English.

^It's very easy, they're all pronounced the same way they're written. 

Geck0 wrote: Oh, you and Tlossy should be able to converse in Finnish together! That language seems really difficult to learn, but I guess like any language, just living in a country long enough is sufficient to pick up at least the basics.

Experts say that's one of the most difficult languages in the world. Suffice it to say that it makes German seem easy. It's true that living in a country can help a lot, but while in Finland I met some other foreigners who'd been living there for much longer than I and who could hardly speak it, even in everyday situation. I was successful because, first of all, I'm a trained linguist and language teacher, then I've got an uncommon aptitude for languages (or so I've been told) and, last but not least, I was strongly motivated. It took a lot of effort and practice, but I'm very proud of the results.

AtLossForWords wrote: @ Bern   Then why don't you like Simone Simons?

Actually, I don't know. She's ok but she's not my type. She's not natural enough I guess.

Ghost Rider wrote: I lived there for almost six years and it was great... I even learnt the language, and I still can speak and write it decently. Girls were quite good-looking, that's true (though not more so than Italian ones, only different...) - unfortunately, the same couldn't be said of men (of course, with the exception of all our Finnish male forum frequenters!). I fell desperately in love with a Danish man, who was tall, slender and with light brown hair - but things didn't work out, alas...