Mortlach78

Mortlach78 t1_jczgxkv wrote

Reply to comment by filosoful in UN climate report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster by filosoful

It's hard to remain optimistic when states detailing their plans for the collorado River keep talking about measure in context of maintaining strong economic growth...

No! You're supposed to start using LESS water, not find ways to justify using more! But "less" is the biggest bug bear in capitalism, so I guess we're all doomed.

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Mortlach78 t1_j6dzgkb wrote

Reply to comment by FairyPenguinz in Reading In Another Language For Pleasure by 7mariam

This is how I read Pratchett books when I was learning English all that time ago. Basically, if I didn't understand something, I assumed it was a cultural reference I didn't know or a pune or play on words.

I read a lot of history books now and I still have the same approach when it comes to names. If someone is important, the name will be repeated a few times and I know I should actually remember who they are.

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Mortlach78 t1_j6dyobx wrote

Reply to Reading In Another Language For Pleasure by 7mariam

Are you looking for title recommendations or something else?

My tip would be not to worry too much about the words you don't know. If you can still understand the sentence, just keep reading. Sure, your knowledge will increase by "this word means something like this" for a while and you can always look it up when it turns out it doesn't mean what you thought... but the best way to learn is through volume and repetition.

If there is something cultural you don't know, you can look it up on wikipedia after you are done reading. But the idea is to have as little interruption as possie during the reading time.

Plus also you'll become one of those people who mispronounced words because you only ever read them, never heard them, like "blackguard"

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Mortlach78 t1_ito7alu wrote

Reply to Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86

It all depends on how much time/money was spent. If it's a cheap product that was rushed, sure, there are going to be more errors. I always expect to find at least one or two in any book I read, if I'm honest, and it doesn't bother me too much, but any more would get annoying.

There has only ever been one book that I returned because the formatting and general polish was just unacceptable; a kindle version of one of Terry Pratchett's books, of all titles, and I think they did a complete recall at the time.

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