Some of your best friends are German? I understand the humour, but I actually think it's an interesting question how much of our emotional reaction to a language can be ascribed to the actual sounds … (View Post)

How you feel about the sound of a language is mostly about how you feel about the speakers of the language, rather than a preference for particular sounds. Even in your example "Schmetterling&qu… (View Post)

I always find it handy for when I'm walking down the street and I forget which country I'm in. (View Post)

I think it's impossible to answer a question like 'would the world be worse off if the British Empire had never existed?' But I'll give a you couple of examples. Firstly, you missed the point I was a… (View Post)

But you know with FPTP share of seats and share of votes are only tenuously related. It's not a measure of gerrymandering at all. Otherwise Scotland's general election results 2015 would mean Scottis… (View Post)