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Top 10 Fascinating Facts About The Mayans
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known
fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well
as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.
Many misconceptions about the mayans exist, and this list should put an
end to at least one or two of them. In addition, it will introduce you
to facts that you never knew about this great ancient civilization.
The Fact: The Mayans “enhanced” the beauty of their children
The Maya desired some unnatural physical characteristics for their children. For instance, at a very young age boards were pressed on babies’ foreheads to create a flattened surface. This process was widespread among the upper class. Another practice was to cross babies’ eyes. To do this, objects were dangled in front of a newborn’s eyes, until the newborn’s eyes were completely and permanently crossed. Another interesting fact about Mayan children is that most were named according to the day they were born. Every day of the year had a specific name for both boys and girls and parents were expected to follow that practice.
The Fact: The Mayans had many excellent medical practices
Health and medicine among the ancient Maya was a complex blend of mind, body, religion, ritual, and science. Important to all, medicine was practiced only by a select few who were given an excellent education. These men, called shamans, act as a medium between the physical world and spirit world. They practice sorcery for the purpose of healing, foresight, and control over natural events. Since medicine was so closely related to religion and sorcery, it was essential that Maya shamans had vast medical knowledge and skill. It is known that the Maya sutured wounds with human hair, reduced fractures, and were even skilled dental surgeons, making prostheses from jade and turquoise and filling teeth with iron pyrite.
The Fact: Some Mayans still practice blood sacrifice
It is a rather well known fact that the Mayans practiced human sacrifice for religious and medical reasons – but what most people don’t know is that many Mayans still practice blood sacrifice. But don’t get too excited – chicken blood has now replaced human blood. Today the Maya keep many of the ritualistic traditions of their ancestors. Elements of prayer, offerings, blood sacrifice (replacing human blood with that of sacrificed chickens), burning of copal incense, dancing, feasting, and ritual drinking continue in traditional ceremonies.
The Fact: The Mayans used painkillers
The Mayan peoples regularly used hallucinogenic drugs (taken from the natural world) in their religious rituals, but they also used them in day to day life as painkillers. Flora such as peyote, the morning glory, certain mushrooms, tobacco, and plants used to make alcoholic substances, were commonly used. In addition, as depicted in Maya pottery and carvings, ritual enemas were used for a more rapid absorption and effect of the substance. Above is a statue of a Mayan enjoying their enema.
The Fact: The Mayans built ball courts so they could play games
The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played for over 3000 years by the pre-Columbian peoples of Mesoamerica. The sport had different versions in different places during the millennia, and a modern version of the game, ulama, is still played in a few places by the local indigenous population. Ballcourts were public spaces used for a variety of elite cultural events and ritual activities like musical performances and festivals, and of course, the ballgame. Enclosed on two sides by stepped ramps that led to ceremonial platforms or small temples, the ball court itself was of a capital “I” shape and could be found in all but the smallest of Maya cities. In Classic Maya, the ballgame was called pitz, and the action of play was ti pitziil. The game was played with a ball roughly the size of a volleyball but made from rubber and heavier. Decapitation is particularly associated with the ballgame – severed heads are featured in much Late Classic ballgame art. There has even been speculation that the heads and skulls were used as balls.
The Fact: The Mayans used saunas
An important purification element to the ancient Maya was the sweat bath, or zumpul-ché. Similar to a modern day sauna, sweat baths were constructed of stone walls and ceilings, with a small opening in the top of the ceiling. Water poured onto the hot rocks in the room created steam, offering a setting in which to sweat out impurities. Sweat baths were used for a range of conditions and situations. New mothers who had recently conceived a child would seek revitalization in them, while individuals who were sick could find healing power in sweating. Maya kings made a habit out of visiting the sweat baths as well because it left them feeling refreshed and, as they believed, cleaner.
The Fact: The last Maya state existed until 1697
The island city of Tayasal was the last independent Mayan kingdom and some Spanish priests peacefully visited and preached to the last Itza king, Canek, as late as 1696. The Itza kingdom finally submitted to Spanish rule on March 13, 1697, to a force led by Martín de Ursua, governor of Yucatán. The famous archeological site and home to the beautiful monuments we are all familiar with was in Chichen Itza, located in this last independent region. Interestingly, much of the land under the monuments is privately owned by one family, whilst the government owns and administers the monuments themselves.
The Fact: The Mayan Calendar does not predict the end of the world in 2012
First of all, the Mayans don’t have a calender they have calendars which often interlocked. The calender that has given rise to the myth of the end of the world is the Mayan long count calendar. According to Mayan Mythology, we are living in the fourth world or “creation” so to speak. The last creation ended on 12.19.19.17.19 of the long count calendar. That sequence will occur again on December 20, 2012. According to the Mayans this is a time of great celebration for having reached the end of a creation cycle. It does not mean the end of the world but the beginning of a new “age”. Does the world end every December 31st? No – we go on to a new year. This is the same as the Mayan creation periods. In fact, the Mayans make many references to dates that fall beyond 2012. The idea of 2012 being the end of the world was actually first suggested by New Age religionist José Argüelles in his 1987 book The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology.
The Fact: No one really knows what caused the collapse of the Mayan culture
For reasons that are still debated, the Maya centers of the southern lowlands went into decline during the 8th and 9th centuries and were abandoned shortly thereafter. This decline was coupled with a cessation of monumental inscriptions and large-scale architectural construction. Non-ecological theories of Maya decline are divided into several subcategories, such as overpopulation, foreign invasion, peasant revolt, and the collapse of key trade routes. Ecological hypotheses include environmental disaster, epidemic disease, and climate change. There is evidence that the Maya population exceeded carrying capacity of the environment including exhaustion of agricultural potential and over-hunting of megafauna. Some scholars have recently theorized that an intense 200 year drought led to the collapse of Maya civilization.
In fact, there are over seven million Mayans living in their home
regions, many of whom have managed to maintain substantial remnants of
their ancient cultural heritage. Some are quite integrated into the
modern cultures of the nations in which they reside, while others
continue a more traditional culturally distinct life, often speaking one
of the Mayan languages as a primary language. The largest populations
of contemporary Maya inhabit the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche,
Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Chiapas, and in the Central American
countries of Belize, Guatemala, and the western portions of Honduras and
El Salvador. Just as a point of interest, it is very possible that the
word “shark” comes to us from the Mayan languages, as does the word
“cocoa”. To say “thank you” in Yucatec Maya, you say “Jach Dyos
b’o'otik.”
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Mayan Childhood
The Fact: The Mayans “enhanced” the beauty of their children
The Maya desired some unnatural physical characteristics for their children. For instance, at a very young age boards were pressed on babies’ foreheads to create a flattened surface. This process was widespread among the upper class. Another practice was to cross babies’ eyes. To do this, objects were dangled in front of a newborn’s eyes, until the newborn’s eyes were completely and permanently crossed. Another interesting fact about Mayan children is that most were named according to the day they were born. Every day of the year had a specific name for both boys and girls and parents were expected to follow that practice.
The Fact: The Mayans had many excellent medical practices
Health and medicine among the ancient Maya was a complex blend of mind, body, religion, ritual, and science. Important to all, medicine was practiced only by a select few who were given an excellent education. These men, called shamans, act as a medium between the physical world and spirit world. They practice sorcery for the purpose of healing, foresight, and control over natural events. Since medicine was so closely related to religion and sorcery, it was essential that Maya shamans had vast medical knowledge and skill. It is known that the Maya sutured wounds with human hair, reduced fractures, and were even skilled dental surgeons, making prostheses from jade and turquoise and filling teeth with iron pyrite.
7
Blood Sacrifice
The Fact: Some Mayans still practice blood sacrifice
It is a rather well known fact that the Mayans practiced human sacrifice for religious and medical reasons – but what most people don’t know is that many Mayans still practice blood sacrifice. But don’t get too excited – chicken blood has now replaced human blood. Today the Maya keep many of the ritualistic traditions of their ancestors. Elements of prayer, offerings, blood sacrifice (replacing human blood with that of sacrificed chickens), burning of copal incense, dancing, feasting, and ritual drinking continue in traditional ceremonies.
6
Painkillers
The Fact: The Mayans used painkillers
The Mayan peoples regularly used hallucinogenic drugs (taken from the natural world) in their religious rituals, but they also used them in day to day life as painkillers. Flora such as peyote, the morning glory, certain mushrooms, tobacco, and plants used to make alcoholic substances, were commonly used. In addition, as depicted in Maya pottery and carvings, ritual enemas were used for a more rapid absorption and effect of the substance. Above is a statue of a Mayan enjoying their enema.
The Fact: The Mayans built ball courts so they could play games
The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played for over 3000 years by the pre-Columbian peoples of Mesoamerica. The sport had different versions in different places during the millennia, and a modern version of the game, ulama, is still played in a few places by the local indigenous population. Ballcourts were public spaces used for a variety of elite cultural events and ritual activities like musical performances and festivals, and of course, the ballgame. Enclosed on two sides by stepped ramps that led to ceremonial platforms or small temples, the ball court itself was of a capital “I” shape and could be found in all but the smallest of Maya cities. In Classic Maya, the ballgame was called pitz, and the action of play was ti pitziil. The game was played with a ball roughly the size of a volleyball but made from rubber and heavier. Decapitation is particularly associated with the ballgame – severed heads are featured in much Late Classic ballgame art. There has even been speculation that the heads and skulls were used as balls.
4
Saunas
The Fact: The Mayans used saunas
An important purification element to the ancient Maya was the sweat bath, or zumpul-ché. Similar to a modern day sauna, sweat baths were constructed of stone walls and ceilings, with a small opening in the top of the ceiling. Water poured onto the hot rocks in the room created steam, offering a setting in which to sweat out impurities. Sweat baths were used for a range of conditions and situations. New mothers who had recently conceived a child would seek revitalization in them, while individuals who were sick could find healing power in sweating. Maya kings made a habit out of visiting the sweat baths as well because it left them feeling refreshed and, as they believed, cleaner.
3
The Last Maya State
The Fact: The last Maya state existed until 1697
The island city of Tayasal was the last independent Mayan kingdom and some Spanish priests peacefully visited and preached to the last Itza king, Canek, as late as 1696. The Itza kingdom finally submitted to Spanish rule on March 13, 1697, to a force led by Martín de Ursua, governor of Yucatán. The famous archeological site and home to the beautiful monuments we are all familiar with was in Chichen Itza, located in this last independent region. Interestingly, much of the land under the monuments is privately owned by one family, whilst the government owns and administers the monuments themselves.
The Fact: The Mayan Calendar does not predict the end of the world in 2012
First of all, the Mayans don’t have a calender they have calendars which often interlocked. The calender that has given rise to the myth of the end of the world is the Mayan long count calendar. According to Mayan Mythology, we are living in the fourth world or “creation” so to speak. The last creation ended on 12.19.19.17.19 of the long count calendar. That sequence will occur again on December 20, 2012. According to the Mayans this is a time of great celebration for having reached the end of a creation cycle. It does not mean the end of the world but the beginning of a new “age”. Does the world end every December 31st? No – we go on to a new year. This is the same as the Mayan creation periods. In fact, the Mayans make many references to dates that fall beyond 2012. The idea of 2012 being the end of the world was actually first suggested by New Age religionist José Argüelles in his 1987 book The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology.
1
Ancient Mystery
The Fact: No one really knows what caused the collapse of the Mayan culture
For reasons that are still debated, the Maya centers of the southern lowlands went into decline during the 8th and 9th centuries and were abandoned shortly thereafter. This decline was coupled with a cessation of monumental inscriptions and large-scale architectural construction. Non-ecological theories of Maya decline are divided into several subcategories, such as overpopulation, foreign invasion, peasant revolt, and the collapse of key trade routes. Ecological hypotheses include environmental disaster, epidemic disease, and climate change. There is evidence that the Maya population exceeded carrying capacity of the environment including exhaustion of agricultural potential and over-hunting of megafauna. Some scholars have recently theorized that an intense 200 year drought led to the collapse of Maya civilization.
10 Debunked Scientific Beliefs Of The Past
Science fills us all with great wonder and it has done so for
generations, but there have been an incredible number of “scientific
discoveries” which were later found to be completely false. This list
looks at ten of the more fascinating cases of scientific falsehoods from
history.
This strange theory has a relatively normal name, but rest assured, the concept is far from it. Hans Hörbiger (pictured above), an Austrian engineer and inventor received a vision in 1894 which told him that ice was the substance of all basic substances and had created the ice moons, ice planets, and a “global ether”. He said “I knew that Newton had been wrong and that the sun’s gravitational pull ceases to exist at three times the distance of Neptune[.]” Unbelievably this theory got a great deal of support. One of the strongest supporters of the concept was Houston Stewart Chamberlain (British born posthumous son-in-law of composer Richard Wagner) who went on to become one of the leading theorists behind the development of the Nazi Party in Germany.
Alchemy has its roots (in the Western world) in Ancient Egypt where it combined with metallurgy in a form of early science. The Egyptian alchemists discovered the formulas for making mortar, glass, and cosmetics. From Egypt it eventually spread to the rest of the Ancient world and led to modern alchemy in which men would try to turn metals into gold, to conjure up genies, and perform all manner of bizarre not-so-science-like activities. While it has contributed in some ways to modern science, the discipline of true science caused the death of alchemy which could not stand up to the rigorous testing of its pseudoscience.
From the 16th century, European experts in geography were convinced that California was an island separate from the North American mainland. Maps of the time show a large island on the left of the land mass and California continued to appear this way even into the 18th century. There was at the time also a rumor that California was an earthly paradise like the Garden of Eden or Atlantis. A romance novel from 1510 describes it thus:
Geocentricity is the concept which states that the earth is the center of the Universe and that all other objects move around it. The view was universally embraced in Ancient Greece and very similar ideas were held in Ancient China. The idea was supported by the fact that the sun, stars, and planets appear to revolve around Earth, and the physical perception that the Earth is stable and not moving. This was combined with the belief that the earth was a sphere; belief in a flat earth was well gone by the 3rd century BC. The geocentric model was eventually displaced with the work of of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler in the 16th Century.
In classical antiquity right up to modern times, it was believed that the body contained four humors: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. It was believed that the right balance of these four humors made a person healthy but an excess or decrease in any one of these would cause illness. Because of this belief, treatments of sickness would include bloodletting, purges, and emetics. Occasionally a mixture of herbs would be used to restore the balance. The humors were also applied to foods – for example wine was choleric (yellow bile). This classification still exists today to some extent, as we refer to some foods as “hot” and others as “dry”. The concept of humors was not replaced until 1858 when Rudolf Virchow published theories of cellular pathology.
Vitalism states that the functions of living things are controlled by a “vital force” and not biophysical means. Vitalism has a long history in medical philosophies – and it has ties to the four humors. It is sometimes referred to as a “life spark” and even as the soul. In the Eastern traditions it is essentially the same thing as “qi” or “chi”, which is heavily tied in to oriental medicinal methods. The concept is (as can be expected) completely rejected by most mainstream scientists. In 1967, Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, stated “And so to those of you who may be vitalists I would make this prophecy: what everyone believed yesterday, and you believe today, only cranks will believe tomorrow.”
Maternal Impression is an old belief that a mother’s thoughts while pregnant can impart special characteristics on the child in her womb. For many years this idea was used to explain congenital disorders and birth defects. Maternal Impression was used to explain the disorder suffered by the Elephant Man: it was suggested that his mother was frightened by an elephant while she was pregnant with him – thereby imprinting the memory of an elephant on her child. Depression was also explained in this manner. If a mother had moments of strong sadness during pregnancy, it was believed that her child would ultimately suffer from depression in later life. Genetic theory caused the almost complete eradication of this belief in the 20th century.
The theory of phlogiston dates to 1667 when Johann Joachim Becher (a German physicist) suggested that there was a fifth element (phlogiston) to go with the four classical elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire) which was contained within objects that could burn. It was believed that when an object burned, it released its phlogiston (an element without taste, mass, odor or color) and left behind a powdery substance called calx (what we now know to be oxide). Objects that burned in air were considered to be rich in phlogiston and the fact that a fire burned out when oxygen was removed was seen as proof that oxygen could only absorb a limited amount of the substance. This theory also led to the idea that the human need to breathe had a sole function which was to remove phlogiston from the body. The entire concept was superseded by Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier’s discovery that combustion could only occur with the help of a gas such as oxygen.
Before microscopes and theories of cells and germs, man had other ideas about the creation of living things. He bizarrely believed that life arose from inanimate matter (for example, maggots come spontaneously from rotting meat). Proponents of this view (virtually everyone) used the Bible as a source of evidence, due to the fact that God made man from dust. However, the view did exist before Christianity and Aristotle said, in no uncertain terms, that some animals grow spontaneously and not from other animals of their kind. Earlier believers had to come up with some pretty strange ideas to make their theory work: Anaximander (a Greek philosopher who taught Pythagoras) believed that at some point in man’s history, humans had been born from the soil spontaneously in adult form, otherwise they could never have survived. Before we laugh too hard at the ancients, we should note that many Scientists right up to the 19th century believed this, and some even wrote recipe books for making animals. One such recipe (to make a scorpion) calls for basil, placed between two bricks and left in sunlight. The theory was not finally put to rest until 1859, when Louis Pasteur proved it wrong once and for all.
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Rain Follows the Plow
“Rain Follows the Plow” is the name given to a climatology concept which is now completely debunked. The theory said that human settlement caused a permanent increase in rainfall – thus enabling man to move to areas previously considered arid. It is this 19th century theory that brought about the settlement of the Great Plains (previously known as the Great American Desert), and parts of South Australia. The theory was eventually refuted by climatologists, and in the settled areas of South Australia, drought brought an end to the attempted settlements.
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World Ice Theory
This strange theory has a relatively normal name, but rest assured, the concept is far from it. Hans Hörbiger (pictured above), an Austrian engineer and inventor received a vision in 1894 which told him that ice was the substance of all basic substances and had created the ice moons, ice planets, and a “global ether”. He said “I knew that Newton had been wrong and that the sun’s gravitational pull ceases to exist at three times the distance of Neptune[.]” Unbelievably this theory got a great deal of support. One of the strongest supporters of the concept was Houston Stewart Chamberlain (British born posthumous son-in-law of composer Richard Wagner) who went on to become one of the leading theorists behind the development of the Nazi Party in Germany.
8
Alchemy
Alchemy has its roots (in the Western world) in Ancient Egypt where it combined with metallurgy in a form of early science. The Egyptian alchemists discovered the formulas for making mortar, glass, and cosmetics. From Egypt it eventually spread to the rest of the Ancient world and led to modern alchemy in which men would try to turn metals into gold, to conjure up genies, and perform all manner of bizarre not-so-science-like activities. While it has contributed in some ways to modern science, the discipline of true science caused the death of alchemy which could not stand up to the rigorous testing of its pseudoscience.
7
California Island
From the 16th century, European experts in geography were convinced that California was an island separate from the North American mainland. Maps of the time show a large island on the left of the land mass and California continued to appear this way even into the 18th century. There was at the time also a rumor that California was an earthly paradise like the Garden of Eden or Atlantis. A romance novel from 1510 describes it thus:
Know, that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it is peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they live in the manner of Amazons. – Las Sergas de Esplandián by Garci Rodríguez de MontalvoThe matter was finally put to rest indisputably on the 1774-1776 expeditions of Juan Bautista de Anza. Interestingly, it is likely that within 25 million years, Baja California and part of Southern California really will separate from North America due to tectonic plate movement.
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Geocentricity
Geocentricity is the concept which states that the earth is the center of the Universe and that all other objects move around it. The view was universally embraced in Ancient Greece and very similar ideas were held in Ancient China. The idea was supported by the fact that the sun, stars, and planets appear to revolve around Earth, and the physical perception that the Earth is stable and not moving. This was combined with the belief that the earth was a sphere; belief in a flat earth was well gone by the 3rd century BC. The geocentric model was eventually displaced with the work of of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler in the 16th Century.
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The Four Humors
In classical antiquity right up to modern times, it was believed that the body contained four humors: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. It was believed that the right balance of these four humors made a person healthy but an excess or decrease in any one of these would cause illness. Because of this belief, treatments of sickness would include bloodletting, purges, and emetics. Occasionally a mixture of herbs would be used to restore the balance. The humors were also applied to foods – for example wine was choleric (yellow bile). This classification still exists today to some extent, as we refer to some foods as “hot” and others as “dry”. The concept of humors was not replaced until 1858 when Rudolf Virchow published theories of cellular pathology.
4
Vitalism
Vitalism states that the functions of living things are controlled by a “vital force” and not biophysical means. Vitalism has a long history in medical philosophies – and it has ties to the four humors. It is sometimes referred to as a “life spark” and even as the soul. In the Eastern traditions it is essentially the same thing as “qi” or “chi”, which is heavily tied in to oriental medicinal methods. The concept is (as can be expected) completely rejected by most mainstream scientists. In 1967, Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, stated “And so to those of you who may be vitalists I would make this prophecy: what everyone believed yesterday, and you believe today, only cranks will believe tomorrow.”
3
Maternal Impression
Maternal Impression is an old belief that a mother’s thoughts while pregnant can impart special characteristics on the child in her womb. For many years this idea was used to explain congenital disorders and birth defects. Maternal Impression was used to explain the disorder suffered by the Elephant Man: it was suggested that his mother was frightened by an elephant while she was pregnant with him – thereby imprinting the memory of an elephant on her child. Depression was also explained in this manner. If a mother had moments of strong sadness during pregnancy, it was believed that her child would ultimately suffer from depression in later life. Genetic theory caused the almost complete eradication of this belief in the 20th century.
2
Phlogiston
The theory of phlogiston dates to 1667 when Johann Joachim Becher (a German physicist) suggested that there was a fifth element (phlogiston) to go with the four classical elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire) which was contained within objects that could burn. It was believed that when an object burned, it released its phlogiston (an element without taste, mass, odor or color) and left behind a powdery substance called calx (what we now know to be oxide). Objects that burned in air were considered to be rich in phlogiston and the fact that a fire burned out when oxygen was removed was seen as proof that oxygen could only absorb a limited amount of the substance. This theory also led to the idea that the human need to breathe had a sole function which was to remove phlogiston from the body. The entire concept was superseded by Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier’s discovery that combustion could only occur with the help of a gas such as oxygen.
1
Spontaneous Generation
Before microscopes and theories of cells and germs, man had other ideas about the creation of living things. He bizarrely believed that life arose from inanimate matter (for example, maggots come spontaneously from rotting meat). Proponents of this view (virtually everyone) used the Bible as a source of evidence, due to the fact that God made man from dust. However, the view did exist before Christianity and Aristotle said, in no uncertain terms, that some animals grow spontaneously and not from other animals of their kind. Earlier believers had to come up with some pretty strange ideas to make their theory work: Anaximander (a Greek philosopher who taught Pythagoras) believed that at some point in man’s history, humans had been born from the soil spontaneously in adult form, otherwise they could never have survived. Before we laugh too hard at the ancients, we should note that many Scientists right up to the 19th century believed this, and some even wrote recipe books for making animals. One such recipe (to make a scorpion) calls for basil, placed between two bricks and left in sunlight. The theory was not finally put to rest until 1859, when Louis Pasteur proved it wrong once and for all.
I Want (Chords) - One Direction
Intro: Am Am Give you this, Give you that Blow a Kiss, take it back F C Em Am If I look inside your brain Am I would find lots of things clothes, shoes, diamond rings B Em Stuff that´s driving me insane Am You could be preoccupied, different date every night F C Em You just got to say the word Am But you´re not into them at all You just want materials B Em You should know because I´ve heard when girls say Coro: F I want, I want I want, but it´s crazy Am I want, I want, I want, but it´s not me G F Am I want, I want, I want, to be loved by you. Am You've got everything you need But you want accesories F C Em Got to hold it in your hand Am If I change the world for you I bet you wouldn't have a clue B Em Don't you know that I can't stand When girls say... Coro: F I want, I want I want, but it´s crazy Am I want, I want, I want, but it´s not me G F Am I want, I want, I want, to be loved by you. And now the girls say F I want, I want, I want, but that's crazy Am I want, I want, I want, and that's not me G F Am I want, I want, I want, to be loved by you F Be loved by you Am I wanna, I stay true Ab I wanna, if you knew Em Dm Am What you put me through F G Am But you want, you want, you want me to love you too (Se repiten acordes del coro) I want, I want, I want, but that's crazy I want, I want, I want, but that's not me I want, I want, I want, to be loved by you Oh, now the girls say I want, I want, I want, but that's crazy I want, I want, I want, and that's not me I want, I want, I want, to be loved by you I want, I want, I want, another girl say I want, I want, I want, and that's crazy I want, I want, I want, to be loved by you
Senin, 04 Juni 2012
I Should've Kissed You - One Direction (Chords)
(G#)I keep playing it (A#)inside my head
(D#)All that you said to me
(G#)I lie awake just to (A#)convince myself
(D#)This wasn't just a dream
Cuz you were (G#)right here
And I should've (A#)taken the chance
But I got (D#)so scared and I lost the moment again
(G#)It's all that I can (A#)think about
Oh, (D#)you're all that I can think about
Is your heart (D#)taken
Is there (A#)somebody else on your mind
I'm so (Fm)sorry, I'm so confused
Just tell me, (G#)am I out of time
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Is your heart (D#)breakin'
How do you (A#)feel about me now
I can't (Fm)believe I let you walk away when
(G#)When I should have kissed you
(D#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(Cm)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(G#)Every morning when I (A#)leave my house
(D#)I always look for you
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(G#)Yeah, I see you every time I (A#)close my eyes
(D#)What am I gonna go
And all my (G#)friends say that
I'm punching (A#)over my weight
But in my (D#)eyes I saw how you're looking at me
(G#)It's all that I can (A#)think about
Oh, (D#)you're all that I can think about
Is your heart (D#)taken
Is there (A#)somebody else on your mind
I'm so (Fm)sorry, I'm so confused
Just tell me, (G#)am I out of time
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Is your heart (D#)breakin'
How do you (A#)feel about me now
I can't (Fm)believe I let you walk away when
(G#)When I should have kissed you
(D#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(Cm)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
When you (G#)stood there, just a heartbeat away
When we were (Cm)dancing, and you looked up at me
If I had (G#)known then that I'd be feeling this way
If I could (A#)replay I would never have let you (D#)go
No, (A#)oh, never have let you (Cm)go
(G#)Am I out of time?
Is your heart (D#)taken
Is there (A#)somebody else on your mind
I'm so (Fm)sorry, I'm so confused
Just tell me, (G#)am I out of time
Is your heart (D#)breakin'
How do you (A#)feel about me now
I can't (Fm)believe I let you walk away when
(G#)When I should have kissed you
(D#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(Cm)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(D#)I should have kissed you
(D#)All that you said to me
(G#)I lie awake just to (A#)convince myself
(D#)This wasn't just a dream
Cuz you were (G#)right here
And I should've (A#)taken the chance
But I got (D#)so scared and I lost the moment again
(G#)It's all that I can (A#)think about
Oh, (D#)you're all that I can think about
Is your heart (D#)taken
Is there (A#)somebody else on your mind
I'm so (Fm)sorry, I'm so confused
Just tell me, (G#)am I out of time
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Is your heart (D#)breakin'
How do you (A#)feel about me now
I can't (Fm)believe I let you walk away when
(G#)When I should have kissed you
(D#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(Cm)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(G#)Every morning when I (A#)leave my house
(D#)I always look for you
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(G#)Yeah, I see you every time I (A#)close my eyes
(D#)What am I gonna go
And all my (G#)friends say that
I'm punching (A#)over my weight
But in my (D#)eyes I saw how you're looking at me
(G#)It's all that I can (A#)think about
Oh, (D#)you're all that I can think about
Is your heart (D#)taken
Is there (A#)somebody else on your mind
I'm so (Fm)sorry, I'm so confused
Just tell me, (G#)am I out of time
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Is your heart (D#)breakin'
How do you (A#)feel about me now
I can't (Fm)believe I let you walk away when
(G#)When I should have kissed you
(D#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(Cm)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
When you (G#)stood there, just a heartbeat away
When we were (Cm)dancing, and you looked up at me
If I had (G#)known then that I'd be feeling this way
If I could (A#)replay I would never have let you (D#)go
No, (A#)oh, never have let you (Cm)go
(G#)Am I out of time?
Is your heart (D#)taken
Is there (A#)somebody else on your mind
I'm so (Fm)sorry, I'm so confused
Just tell me, (G#)am I out of time
Is your heart (D#)breakin'
How do you (A#)feel about me now
I can't (Fm)believe I let you walk away when
(G#)When I should have kissed you
(D#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(Cm)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(A#)I should, I should, oh, I should have kissed you
(D#)I should have kissed you
Minggu, 03 Juni 2012
One Direction - Save You Tonight (Chords Lyrics)
(Intro) D# Bb Cm G# D# Bb I, I wanna save ya, wanna save your heart tonight Cm G# He'll only break ya, leave you torn apart oh! (Verse) D# Bb Cm G# It's a quarter to three can't sleep at all, you're so overrated D# Bb Cm G# If you tell me to jump back take the fall, and you would'nt take it (Refrain) Cm Bb G# All that you want's under your nose, yeah Cm Bb G# You should open your eyes, but they stay closed...closed (Chorus) D# Bb Cm G# D# Bb I, I wanna save ya, wanna save your heart tonight, Cm G# He'll only break ya, leave you torn apart oh! D# Bb Cm G# I can't be no superman, but for you I'll be superhuman! D# Bb Cm G# I, I wanna save ya, save ya, save ya, tonight... (Verse) D# Bb Cm G# Oh now your at home, and he don't call, cuz he don't adore ya D# Bb Cm G# To him you are just another doll, and I tried to warn ya (Refrain) Cm Bb G# What you want what you need has been right here...yeah, Cm Bb G# I can see that your holding back those tears...tears! (Chorus) D# Bb Cm G# D# Bb I, I wanna save ya, wanna save your heart tonight, Cm G# he'll only break ya, leave you torn apart oh! D# Bb Cm G# I can't be no superman, but for you I'll be superhuman! D# Bb Cm G# I, I wanna save ya, save ya, save ya, tonight! (Bridge) Cm Bb G# Bb Up, up and away, I'll take you with me, Cm Bb G# Bb Up, up and away, I'll take you with me... (Chorus) D# Bb Cm G# D# Bb I, I wanna save ya, wanna save your heart tonight, Cm G# He'll only break ya, leave you torn apart oh! D# Bb Cm G# I can't be no superman, but for you I'll be superhuman! D# Bb Cm G# D# Bb I, I wanna save ya, save ya, save ya, tonight... Cm G# D# I wanna save ya, save ya, save ya, tonight...
One Direction and Savan - Vas Happenin' Boys
C C Am There once was a group with Liam and Niall G C Vas happenin' boys? vas happenin' boys? C Am They lived with Zayn and their room was vile G C Vas happenin' boys? vas happenin' boys? G C Did you know, Harry's such a slob? Am G He needs to win X-factor cause he can't get a job G C And oh, Louis needs a boat Am G He dresses like he owns one cause he's got no other clothes G They really need your vote G C Vas happenin boys? Vas happenin boys? C Am Mick Jagger could be Harry's dad G C Vas happenin mum? Vas happenin mick? C Am When Liam sings he makes his face look sad G C Vas happenin song? Vas happenin sad? G C And Zayn's the master of echoes (echo echo echo) Am G And Niall was raised by leprechauns so he won't ever grow C G C And oh, Louis needs that boat Am G He dresses like he owns one and it's becoming a joke G They really need your vote G C Vas happenin boys? Vas happenin boys? G C Vas happenin boys? Vas happenin boys? G C Vas happenin boys? Vas happenin boys?
One Direction - Forever Young (Chord)
CAPO 2ND FRET. verses:GEm Let's dance in style, lets dance for a whileCDHeaven can wait we're only watching the skiesEmCHoping for the best but expecting the worstDAre you going to drop the bomb or not?GEm Let us die young or let us live foreverCDWe don't have the power but we never say neverEmCSitting in a sandpit, life is a short tripDThe music's for the sad men Chorus:GEmCForever young, I want to be forever youngDEmCDdo you really want to live forever, forever foreverGEmCForever young, I want to be forever youngDEmCDdo you really want to live forever? Forever forever Verses:GEm Some are like water, some are like the heatCDSome are a melody and some are the beatEmCSooner or later they all will be goneDwhy don't they stay youngGEm It's so hard to get old without a causeCDI don't want to perish like a fleeing horseEmCYouth's like diamonds in the sunDand diamonds are forever ChorusGEmCForever young, I want to be forever youngDEmCDdo you really want to live forever, forever ForeverGGEmCForever young, I want to be forever youngDEmCDdo you really want to live forever? Forever Forever Bridge:GEm So many adventures couldn't happen todayCDSo many songs we forgot to playEmCSo many dreams swinging out of the blueDWe let them come true Chorus:GEmCForever young, I want to be forever youngDEmCDdo you really want to live forever, forever ForeverGGEmCForever young, I want to be forever youngDEmCDdo you really want to live forever? Forever Forever CHORUS REPEATED THREE MORE TIMES BUT HIGHER (I DON’T KNOW THE CHORDS FOR THAT BIT!)
One Direction - I Wish (Chord)
G He takes your hand C I die a little G I watch your eyes C And I'm in little Em C G Why can't you look at me like that G When you walk by C I try to say it G But then I freeze C And never do it Em C My tongue gets tight G The words can't trade pre-chorus: G C I hear the beat of my heart getting louder D Whenever I'm near you chorus: G Em But I see you with him slow dancing C Tearing me apart G Cause you don't see Whenever you kiss him Em I'm breaking, C D G Oh how I wish that was me verse: G He looks at you C The way that I would G C Does all the things, I know that I could G Em G If only time, could just turn back pre-chorus: G Cause I got three little words C D That I've always been dying to tell you chorus: G Em But I see you with him slow dancing C Tearing me apart G Cause you don't see Whenever you kiss him Em I'm breaking, C D G Oh how I wish that was me Bridge: Feel with my hands on your waist C D While we dance in the moonlight G I wish it was me C That you call in your room D Cause you wanna say good night Chorus: G Em But I see you with him slow dancing C Tearing me apart G Cause you don't see G Em But I see you with him slow dancing C Tearing me apart G Cause you don't see Whenever you kiss him Em I'm breaking, C D Oh how I wish C D Oh how I wish C D Em /C Oh how I wish, that was me C D G Oh how I wish, that was me
One Direction - Up All Night ( Chord )
CAPO 5
G C#
It feels like we been living in fast-foward
Em D
Another moment passing by
G C#
The party's ending but it's now or never
Em D
Nobody's going home tonight
G
Katy Perry is on a play,
C#
She's on a play
Em
DJ got the floor to shake
D
The floor to shake
G
People going all the way
C#
Yeah, all the way
Em D
I'm still wide awake
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And jump around until we see the sun
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And find a girl and tell her she's the one
G
Hold on to the feeling
C#
And don't let it go
Em
Cause we got the flow now
D
Get out of control
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And do it all with you
G
Up all night
C#
Like this, all night, hey
G
Up all night
C#
Like this, all night, hey
G
Up all night
C#
Don't even care about the table breaking
Em D
We only wanna have a laugh
G C#
I'm only thinking 'bout this girl I'm seeing
Em D
I hope she wanna kiss me back
G
Katy Perry is on a play,
C#
She's on a play
Em
DJ got the floor to shake
D
The floor to shake
G
People going all the way
C#
Yeah, all the way
Em D
I'm still wide awake
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G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And jump around until we see the sun
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And find a girl and tell her she's the one
G
Hold on to the feeling
C#
And don't let it go
Em
Cause we got the flow now
D
Get out of control
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And do it all with you
G
Up all night
C#
Like this, all night, hey
G
Up all night
C#
Like this, all night, hey
G
Up all night
G
Katy perry is on a play,
C#
She's on a play
Em D
(We're gonna want to stay up all night)
G
DJ got the floor to shake
C#
The floor to shake
Em D
(We're gonna want to stay up all night)
G C#
Up all night, up all night
Em D
(We're gonna want to stay up all night)
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And jump around until we see the sun
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And find a girl and tell her she's the one
G
Hold on to the feeling
C#
And don't let it go
Em
Cause we got the flow now
D
Get out of control
G
I wanna stay up all night
C# Em D
And do it all with you
G
Up all night
C#
Like this, all night, hey
G
Up all night
C#
Like this, all night, hey
G
Up all night
Minggu, 11 Maret 2012
10 Controversial Mental Disorders
I don’t adhere to the school of thought which says mental illness
is a myth; there are, undeniably, some crazy people in the world. It is
quite apparent, however, that psychiatry has been used to stigmatize
and control people on many occasions since its inception, especially
nonconformists, free thinkers and those at odds with authority. Here are
10 of the most pseudoscientific mental disorders ever proposed, some
from the past, and some from today.
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Female Hysteria
Hysteria was a common diagnosis for feisty and disobedient women, dating back to Ancient Greece. Greek philosophers, including Hippocrates and Plato, viewed the womb as a living creature that wandered through a woman’s body, often causing disease. In fact, the word “hysteria” is derived from the Greek word for uterus (hysteria). Insomnia, nervousness, irritability, loss of appetite, fluid retention, muscle spasms and many other symptoms were said to result from the wandering womb. Though hysteria was a common diagnosis for nuns, virgins and widows throughout the Middle Ages, the disease truly exploded in 19th century America and Europe, creating a huge market for vibrators, douches and similar devices. One physician, in 1859, even claimed a quarter of all women suffered from hysteria, while another compiled a 75 page list of hysteria symptoms, only to state it was still incomplete. The most common prescriptions for hysteria were, of course, sex and masturbation, sometimes performed by the doctor himself, until the patient experienced “hysterical paroxysm” (orgasm).
9
Homosexuality
Many forget that homosexuality was, and is still, considered a mental disorder by many. The American Psychiatric Association did not declassify homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973. Gays were considered mentally ill in China until 2001, after 5 years of intensive study by the Chinese Society of Psychiatry. In many countries around the world, gays are still considered insane and immoral, facing punishment, ostracism and even death.
8
Drapetomania
Drapetomania was a purported mental illness that caused black slaves to flee captivity, described by American doctor Samuel Cartwright, in 1851. According to Cartwright, the illness resulted from masters who “made themselves too familiar with [slaves], treating them as equals” and prescribed “whipping the devil out of them” as a “preventative measure.” In his work, Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race, Cartwright’s justification for drapetomania is primarily Biblical, citing the idea that slaves must obey their masters.
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Dysaethesia Aethiopica
Here’s another alleged mental illness from Samuel Cartwright, describing widespread laziness and “rascality” amongst blacks, particularly “free negroes.” Again, he prescribed whipping as a cure, which would make the black “look grateful and thankful to the white man whose compulsory power … has restored his sensation and dispelled the mist that clouded his intellect.” The name of the disease roughly translates to “abnormal Ethiopian perception.”
6
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Into the modern era… People who suffer from this “disorder” are said to be depressed in the winter and happy in the summer. That sounds a lot like sanity to me. Come to Minnesota and try not to suffer from this. Popular treatments for SAD include bright light therapy, in which a person stares at a bright light for 30-60 minutes daily, costly air ionizers, “dawn simulation,” and even antidepressants.
5
Chemophobia
Though it literally translates to “fear of chemicals,” this term is used by some psychologists, scientists and organizations to describe those concerned about the “industrial,” “synthetic,” “artificial,” and “man-made” particularly with regards to food and drink. An article by the American Enterprise Institute on chemophobia boldly states “The false idea that our bodies have become ‘toxic waste dumps’ is not just wrong but counterproductive.” Do they really think there’s no correlation between the skyrocketing rates of cancer and the increase of chemical additives in the food supply? It’s probably only a matter of time before psychiatrists use this word to describe people who resist chemotherapy for cancer (i.e. Daniel Hauser has “chemophobia”).
4
Orthorexia Nervosa
This “disorder” is similar to chemophobia. According to its discoverer, Steven Bratman, orthorexia, also known as “healthy eating disorder,” is a “fixation with healthy or righteous eating.” This can include people who avoid fats, sugars, salt, caffeine, alcohol, gluten, preservatives, food additives and animal products, as well as raw foodists. This condition is not officially recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, but is still promoted by some psychologists, and news outlets such as ABC. In my opinion, an obsession with health food that becomes detrimental to an individual should be considered a form of OCD or anorexia, not “orthorexia.” By the way, why isn’t a fixation with eating unhealthy foods considered a mental disorder? If it was, it would probably be the most common in the Western world.
3
Autism/Asperger’s
I’m expecting this to be one of the more controversial items on the list, but allow me to make a few points if you will. First, note there is no objective medical test to determine if someone is autistic. There are only varying lists of behavioral traits, some of which are vague enough to fit anyone. Supposed symptoms of autism given by the Autism Society of America, and other organizations, include “insistence on sameness,” “little or no eye contact,” “fixation with certain objects or subjects,” and “preference to be alone.” So in other words, if your child is different, perhaps shy or introverted, they may be autistic and require behavioral therapy, medication and special schooling. What I find particularly fraudulent about autism is the “autism spectrum,” which seemingly every human being could fall into, with vague symptoms like “insistence on sameness” and “fixation with certain objects or subjects.” Should we start placing people with moles, cysts and skin tags on the “cancer spectrum,” or people with tans on the “burn spectrum?”
2
ADHD
There is certainly a huge industry which has developed around this supposed mental illness. Almost six million children in the United States, alone, have been diagnosed with it, with most going on one or more medications. Many of these medications, including Lexapro, Adderall and Ritalin, contain dangerous amphetamines, associated with a slew of side effects including chronic headaches, high blood pressure, lethargy, seizures, weakened immune system, stunted growth, depression, suicidal thoughts and even death; according to the FDA, Ritalin accounted for the deaths of at least 186 children between 1990 and 2000. A great number of studies show the true cause of the ADHD as a diet high in refined sugar, food additives and common allergens like gluten and lactose. Some would even argue that hyperactivity is a normal part of being a kid, and that many parents nowadays are just too lazy or ineffectual to discipline their children.
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Personality Disorder
This blanket term incorporates syndromes such as schizophrenia, OCD, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder. The APA defines a personality disorder as “an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it.” This definition raises some very important questions about the nature of, not just personality disorders, but all mental illness. It seems that in all cases, diagnosis is contingent upon cultural standards of normalcy, and what if certain mores in our culture are arbitrary or immoral? Who are psychiatrists to deem what constitutes normality to begin with? Here’s an additional dilemma. The words “disorder” and “illness” imply a handicap- an inability to function successfully- yet many people with “mental illnesses” are highly successful entrepreneurs and entertainers. Bill Gates for example, is considered by many to be autistic. What if some “mental illnesses” are actually gifts which allow people to excel above “normal” human beings? Think about that one. By the way, if you disagree with anything on this list, you may have Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World
Language is perhaps the most important function of the human body –
it allows us to get sustenance as a child, it allows us to get virtually
anything we want as an adult, and it allows us many hours of
entertainment through literature, radio, music, and films. This list
(in order of least to most spoken) summarizes the most important
languages in use today.
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Number of speakers: 129 million
Often called the most romantic language in the world, French is spoken in tons of countries, including Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti. Oh, and France too. We’re actually very lucky that French is so popular, because without it, we might have been stuck with Dutch Toast, Dutch Fries, and Dutch kissing (ew!).
To say “hello” in French, say “Bonjour” (bone-JOOR).
Number of speakers: 159 million
Malay-Indonesian is spoken – surprise – in Malaysia and Indonesia. Actually, we kinda fudged the numbers on this one because there are many dialects of Malay, the most popular of which is Indonesian. But they’re all pretty much based on the same root language, which makes it the ninth most-spoken in the world.
Indonesia is a fascinating place; a nation made up of over 13,000 islands it is the sixth most populated country in the world. Malaysia borders on two of the larger parts of Indonesia (including the island of Borneo), and is mostly known for its capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
To say “hello” in Indonesian, say “Selamat pagi” (se-LA-maht PA-gee).
Number of speakers: 191 million
Think of Portuguese as the little language that could. In the 12th Century, Portugal won its independence from Spain and expanded all over the world with the help of its famous explorers like Vasco da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator. (Good thing Henry became a navigator . . . could you imagine if a guy named “Prince Henry the Navigator” became a florist?) Because Portugal got in so early on the exploring game, the language established itself all over the world, especially in Brazil (where it’s the national language), Macau, Angola, Venezuela, and Mozambique.
To say “hello” in Portuguese, say “Bom dia” (bohn DEE-ah).
Number of speakers: 211 million
In Bangladesh, a country of 120+ million people, just about everybody speaks Bengali. And because Bangladesh is virtually surrounded by India (where the population is growing so fast, just breathing the air can get you pregnant), the number of Bengali speakers in the world is much higher than most people would expect.
To say “hello” in Bengali, say “Ei Je” (EYE-jay).
Number of speakers: 246 million
Arabic, one of the world’s oldest languages, is spoken in the Middle East, with speakers found in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Furthermore, because Arabic is the language of the Koran, millions of Moslems in other countries speak Arabic as well. So many people have a working knowledge of Arabic, in fact, that in 1974 it was made the sixth official language of the United Nations.
To say “hello” in Arabic, say “Al salaam a’alaykum” (Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom).
Number of speakers: 277 million
Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Yakov Smirnoff are among the millions of Russian speakers out there. Sure, we used to think of them as our Commie enemies. Now we think of them as our Commie friends. One of the six languages in the UN, Russian is spoken not only in the Mother Country, but also in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the U.S. (to name just a few places).
To say “hello” in Russian, say “Zdravstvuite” (ZDRAST-vet-yah).
Number of speakers: 392 million
Aside from all of those kids who take it in high school, Spanish is spoken in just about every South American and Central American country, not to mention Spain, Cuba, and the U.S. There is a particular interest in Spanish in the U.S., as many English words are borrowed from the language, including: tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, enchilada, and taco grande supreme.
To say “hello” in Spanish, say “Hola” (OH-la).
Number of speakers: 497 million
Hindustani is the primary language of India’s crowded population, and it encompasses a huge number of dialects (of which the most commonly spoken is Hindi). While many predict that the population of India will soon surpass that of China, the prominence of English in India prevents Hindustani from surpassing the most popular language in the world. If you’re interested in learning a little Hindi, there’s a very easy way: rent an Indian movie. The film industry in India is the most prolific in the world, making thousands of action/romance/musicals every year.
To say “hello” in Hindustani, say “Namaste” (Nah-MAH-stay).
Number of speakers: 508 million
While English doesn’t have the most speakers, it is the official language of more countries than any other language. Its speakers hail from all around the world, including New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Canada. We’d tell you more about English, but you probably feel pretty comfortable with the language already. Let’s just move on to the most popular language in the world.
To say “hello” in English, say “What’s up, freak?” (watz-UP-freek).
Number of speakers: 1 billion+
Surprise, surprise, the most widely spoken language on the planet is based in the most populated country on the planet. Beating second-place English by a 2 to 1 ratio, but don’t let that lull you into thinking that Mandarin is easy to learn. Speaking Mandarin can be really tough, because each word can be pronounced in four ways (or “tones”), and a beginner will invariably have trouble distinguishing one tone from another. But if over a billion people could do it, so could you. Try saying hello!
To say “hello” in Mandarin, say “Ni hao” (Nee HaOW). (“Hao” is pronounced as one syllable, but the tone requires that you let your voice drop midway, and then raise it again at the end.)
10
French
Number of speakers: 129 million
Often called the most romantic language in the world, French is spoken in tons of countries, including Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, Cameroon, and Haiti. Oh, and France too. We’re actually very lucky that French is so popular, because without it, we might have been stuck with Dutch Toast, Dutch Fries, and Dutch kissing (ew!).
To say “hello” in French, say “Bonjour” (bone-JOOR).
9
Malay-Indonesian
Number of speakers: 159 million
Malay-Indonesian is spoken – surprise – in Malaysia and Indonesia. Actually, we kinda fudged the numbers on this one because there are many dialects of Malay, the most popular of which is Indonesian. But they’re all pretty much based on the same root language, which makes it the ninth most-spoken in the world.
Indonesia is a fascinating place; a nation made up of over 13,000 islands it is the sixth most populated country in the world. Malaysia borders on two of the larger parts of Indonesia (including the island of Borneo), and is mostly known for its capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
To say “hello” in Indonesian, say “Selamat pagi” (se-LA-maht PA-gee).
8
Portuguese
Number of speakers: 191 million
Think of Portuguese as the little language that could. In the 12th Century, Portugal won its independence from Spain and expanded all over the world with the help of its famous explorers like Vasco da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator. (Good thing Henry became a navigator . . . could you imagine if a guy named “Prince Henry the Navigator” became a florist?) Because Portugal got in so early on the exploring game, the language established itself all over the world, especially in Brazil (where it’s the national language), Macau, Angola, Venezuela, and Mozambique.
To say “hello” in Portuguese, say “Bom dia” (bohn DEE-ah).
7
Bengali
Number of speakers: 211 million
In Bangladesh, a country of 120+ million people, just about everybody speaks Bengali. And because Bangladesh is virtually surrounded by India (where the population is growing so fast, just breathing the air can get you pregnant), the number of Bengali speakers in the world is much higher than most people would expect.
To say “hello” in Bengali, say “Ei Je” (EYE-jay).
6
Arabic
Number of speakers: 246 million
Arabic, one of the world’s oldest languages, is spoken in the Middle East, with speakers found in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Furthermore, because Arabic is the language of the Koran, millions of Moslems in other countries speak Arabic as well. So many people have a working knowledge of Arabic, in fact, that in 1974 it was made the sixth official language of the United Nations.
To say “hello” in Arabic, say “Al salaam a’alaykum” (Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom).
5
Russian
Number of speakers: 277 million
Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Yakov Smirnoff are among the millions of Russian speakers out there. Sure, we used to think of them as our Commie enemies. Now we think of them as our Commie friends. One of the six languages in the UN, Russian is spoken not only in the Mother Country, but also in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the U.S. (to name just a few places).
To say “hello” in Russian, say “Zdravstvuite” (ZDRAST-vet-yah).
4
Spanish
Number of speakers: 392 million
Aside from all of those kids who take it in high school, Spanish is spoken in just about every South American and Central American country, not to mention Spain, Cuba, and the U.S. There is a particular interest in Spanish in the U.S., as many English words are borrowed from the language, including: tornado, bonanza, patio, quesadilla, enchilada, and taco grande supreme.
To say “hello” in Spanish, say “Hola” (OH-la).
3
Hindustani
Number of speakers: 497 million
Hindustani is the primary language of India’s crowded population, and it encompasses a huge number of dialects (of which the most commonly spoken is Hindi). While many predict that the population of India will soon surpass that of China, the prominence of English in India prevents Hindustani from surpassing the most popular language in the world. If you’re interested in learning a little Hindi, there’s a very easy way: rent an Indian movie. The film industry in India is the most prolific in the world, making thousands of action/romance/musicals every year.
To say “hello” in Hindustani, say “Namaste” (Nah-MAH-stay).
2
English
Number of speakers: 508 million
While English doesn’t have the most speakers, it is the official language of more countries than any other language. Its speakers hail from all around the world, including New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, England, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Canada. We’d tell you more about English, but you probably feel pretty comfortable with the language already. Let’s just move on to the most popular language in the world.
To say “hello” in English, say “What’s up, freak?” (watz-UP-freek).
1
Mandarin
Number of speakers: 1 billion+
Surprise, surprise, the most widely spoken language on the planet is based in the most populated country on the planet. Beating second-place English by a 2 to 1 ratio, but don’t let that lull you into thinking that Mandarin is easy to learn. Speaking Mandarin can be really tough, because each word can be pronounced in four ways (or “tones”), and a beginner will invariably have trouble distinguishing one tone from another. But if over a billion people could do it, so could you. Try saying hello!
To say “hello” in Mandarin, say “Ni hao” (Nee HaOW). (“Hao” is pronounced as one syllable, but the tone requires that you let your voice drop midway, and then raise it again at the end.)
Selasa, 06 Maret 2012
More Than This-One Direction
[Liam]
I’m broken, do you hear me?
I’m blinded, ‘cause you are everything I see,
I’m dancin’ alone, I’m praying,
That your heart will just turn around,
And as I walk up to your door,
My eye turns to face the floor,
‘Cause I can’t look you in the eyes and say,
[HARRY]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
Can love you more than, this
[NIALL]
If I’m louder, would you see me?
Would you lay down
In my arms and rescue me?
‘Cause we are the same
You saved me,
When you leave it’s gone again,
[Louis]
And when I see you on the street,
In his arms, I get weak,
My body fails, I’m on my knees,
Prayin’,
[EVERYONE]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
[ZAYN]
I’ve never had the words to say,
But now I’m askin’ you to stay
For a little while inside my arms,
And as you close your eyes tonight,
I pray that you will see the light,
That’s shining from the stars above,
(And I say)
[LIAM]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
[ZAYN]
‘Cause I can love you more than this
[EVERYONE]
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he opens his arms and hold you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
Can love you more than this
I’m broken, do you hear me?
I’m blinded, ‘cause you are everything I see,
I’m dancin’ alone, I’m praying,
That your heart will just turn around,
And as I walk up to your door,
My eye turns to face the floor,
‘Cause I can’t look you in the eyes and say,
[HARRY]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
Can love you more than, this
[NIALL]
If I’m louder, would you see me?
Would you lay down
In my arms and rescue me?
‘Cause we are the same
You saved me,
When you leave it’s gone again,
[Louis]
And when I see you on the street,
In his arms, I get weak,
My body fails, I’m on my knees,
Prayin’,
[EVERYONE]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
[ZAYN]
I’ve never had the words to say,
But now I’m askin’ you to stay
For a little while inside my arms,
And as you close your eyes tonight,
I pray that you will see the light,
That’s shining from the stars above,
(And I say)
[LIAM]
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
[ZAYN]
‘Cause I can love you more than this
[EVERYONE]
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this, yeah,
When he opens his arms and hold you close tonight,
It just won’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
When he lays you down,
I might just die inside,
It just don’t feel right,
‘Cause I can love you more than this,
Can love you more than this
Another World-One Direction
It's not me its not
you there's a reason
I'm just tryna' read the signals I'm receiving
Just like a stone on fire can you feel it?
I don't know about you girl but I believe it
Words will be just words
Till you bring them, to life
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Everyday, in everyway
Oh
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
One for me, one for you, whatcha doing?
Girl the music sounds so good when you're movin'
Let me take you higher let me prove it
'Cause hey hey pretty girl I believe it
Words will be just words
Till you bring them, to life
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Everyday, in everyway
Oh
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Take you to another world
You know I'll take you to another world
Baby let me find out your secret
Just let me in and let me show you that I keep it
Close to my heart jump in the deep end
Just let me in and let me show you what I'm meaning
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Everyday, in everyway
Oh
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Take you to another world
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up
I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Take you to another world
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
I'm just tryna' read the signals I'm receiving
Just like a stone on fire can you feel it?
I don't know about you girl but I believe it
Words will be just words
Till you bring them, to life
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Everyday, in everyway
Oh
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
One for me, one for you, whatcha doing?
Girl the music sounds so good when you're movin'
Let me take you higher let me prove it
'Cause hey hey pretty girl I believe it
Words will be just words
Till you bring them, to life
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Everyday, in everyway
Oh
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Take you to another world
You know I'll take you to another world
Baby let me find out your secret
Just let me in and let me show you that I keep it
Close to my heart jump in the deep end
Just let me in and let me show you what I'm meaning
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Everyday, in everyway
Oh
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Take you to another world
You know I'll take you to another world
I'll build you up
I'll never stop
You know I'll take you to another world
Take you to another world
I'll lift you up, I'll never stop
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