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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: NealC Date: December 21, 2018, 1:19 pm
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Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks
to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of
a targeted group, making them question their own memory,
perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection,
contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the victim
and delegitimize the victim's belief.
The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation
of a victim by her husband in the 1938 stage play Gaslight, and
the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, a
husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is
insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and
insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly,
or delusional when she points out these changes.
From Wikipedia. The 1944 movie "Gaslight" with Ingrid Bergman
and Charles Boyer is fantastic too.
I'm not going back to that page. You guys are trying to trick
me. :-P
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Aliph Date: December 21, 2018, 2:03 pm
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[quote author=NealC link=topic=704.msg10488#msg10488
date=1545419964]
I'm not going back to that page. You guys are trying to trick
me. :-P
[/quote]
How disappointing Neal , I was hoping that you would give us a
clue! You are the clever one, isn’t it?
Where is Marmooooolaaaaadaaaaaaa?????
Where is she when we need her?
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Aliph Date: December 21, 2018, 2:23 pm
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Here another riddle from the same source
The DLAB the Difense Language Aptitude Battery test to mesure if
you can apply to study languages in Monterey and become a US
army linguist. To study Arabic you have to have a 100% score.
Look at the pictures that follow
HTML https://ibb.co/GJWkwBs
and translate the following image
HTML https://ibb.co/1LssrNV
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Nikola Date: December 21, 2018, 3:18 pm
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This one makes more sense to me. I'd go with D.
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: NealC Date: December 21, 2018, 3:53 pm
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No, I am not the clever one, I am the funny one.
For this you don't need a clever linguist you need someone
cunning. You will need a cunning linguist.
I have been told I qualify, but you know how women lie.
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Alharacas Date: December 21, 2018, 4:12 pm
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Agree with Nikola. D. This one's fine. (Phew!)
Also agree with Sofia. Marmolada's the one we need if Neal's
chicken. (Did you hear that? Neal?)
I mean, maybe you're supposed to intuit, but I'd rather have a
reason.
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: NealC Date: December 21, 2018, 4:16 pm
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Sigh.
I agree A B but it seems like it should be more difficult than
that.
I searched the internet for appendix A in an attempt to impress
you all, but no luck.
Sadness
Why D for Sofia's question?
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Aliph Date: December 22, 2018, 4:49 am
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I browsed through a book that has many examples to prepare
yourself for the DLAB test.
The grammar questions are very very easy and should be answered
very quickly.
The examples with pictures (one should solve the question in
about 50 seconds) are more complex.
Finally one gets bored, because it isn’t based only on logic but
also on intuition.
But I was curious since I always had this fantasy that the
Defense Language Institute in Monterey is the best place in the
world to study Arabic or Farsi.
Here the book
HTML https://www.amazon.com/Complete-DLAB-Study-Guide-Practice-ebook/dp/B00KMHFXCQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_sims?ie=UTF8
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Alharacas Date: December 22, 2018, 6:30 am
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Oops! No, no, the answer to Sofia's puzzle is C, I'm sure.
Nikola, why D?
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Re: So, what's the answer?
By: Nikola Date: December 22, 2018, 7:25 am
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The first picture shows what structure the language uses -
"gagul"-"suro"-"deng hualo" which would probably translate as
"table"-"on it"-"one mug". We're looking for something that says
"table"-"under it"-"one bird/pigeon". So I think we can
eliminate the "gagul"-"suro" options because they both suggest
something is on the table. Option C goes against the grammar
structure we were shown. Option D starts with "gagul"-"duro",
which could well be "table"-"under it" and the unknown phrase
could mean "one pigeon" because "tito huang" doesn't necessarily
mean any bird, it might just mean "one swallow".
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