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A thread for those questions you wouldn't dare ask in real life/normally!

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LittleMissGerardButlerfan · 02/06/2013 17:14

Please feel free to ask questions and if I know the answer I will tell you, also feel free to answer others questions!

My stupid question is

Would I be able to see nits in my sons very short hair if he had them? (He has short brown hair)?

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LindyHemming · 02/06/2013 17:37

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FarelyKnuts · 02/06/2013 17:35

How is it that some countries that are really quite tiny such as Ireland can have SO many diverse accents even to the point of three or four in the same city and yet a country as large as say Australia has no accent that links you to a particular area of the country? (ie you couldn't tell someone was from Melbourne or Sydney from their accent alone).

superbagpuss · 02/06/2013 17:32

my question
who is your stand in celebrity partner - rules are he/she can't be married or have kids

I am having Benedict cumberbatch

ItsallisnowaFeegle · 02/06/2013 17:32

Ooh great idea for a thread OP! I've soooo many stupid questions that I know logical answers to (or suspect there is a logical answer to) but still get me all philosophical Grin

Like - what do babies actually think about? And what do they dream about?

superbagpuss · 02/06/2013 17:31

littlemiss yes

sole - in christian thinking its to do with the tower of babel and God punishing us for thinking we are more important than him, now we can't all work together
in science terms its because proper language was very spread out when it developed but European languages are linked by either Greek or Latin (the romans)

DeepPurple · 02/06/2013 17:31

Who decides what is masculine and feminine in French? If I invented something and named it, who decides which it is? I asked my cousin who has lived in France all his life and he didn't know!

SchroSawMargeryDaw · 02/06/2013 17:25

TheHerring Probably because, when different languages were invented it people weren't able to travel to wider areas to even know that there was other languages?

Can't think of a question just now but I will.

NotAnotherPackedLunch · 02/06/2013 17:25

Can lip readers identify different accents and do some accents make people incomprehensible to lip readers?

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LittleMissGerardButlerfan · 02/06/2013 17:25

Sole I wouldn't say fantasise but I do wonder what it would be like!

Herring I know what you mean, and I used to think if you were born in France you would just speak French and know it, but obviously it's what you are taught. And who made up the words for stuff, because obviously someone had to name things!

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SayMama · 02/06/2013 17:21

< lurks > will think of something soon

TheHerringScreams · 02/06/2013 17:20

No SoleSource

And my question is, and I will never ask this because it's so stupid, but why are there different languages? I mean, I get why, as you spread out, but surely it should be different dialects stemming from one root language, instead of hundreds of languages, where some connect, but others don't?

SoleSource · 02/06/2013 17:17

Do you ever fantasise about lesbian sex?

2Old2BeABluePeterPresenter · 02/06/2013 17:15

Yes, you can see the black eggs on the hair shaft itself and the actual crab like looking nits on the scalp.

YouStayClassySanDiego · 02/06/2013 17:15

Yes, you would be able to see the little critters if you look closely.

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