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Vietnamese alphabet
The Vietnamese alphabet (Vietnamese: Quốc Ngữ; literally national language) is the modern writing system for the Vietnamese language. It uses the Latin script, based on its employment in the alphabets of Romance languages,[1] in particular the Portuguese alphabet,[2] with some digraphs and the addition of nine accent marks or diacritics – four of them to create additional sounds, and the other five to indicate the tone of each word. The many diacritics, often two on the same letter, make written Vietnamese easily recognizable.[3]
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Letter names and pronunciation [edit]
Letter | Name | IPA |
A a | a | /aː˧/ |
Ă ă | á | /aː˧˥/ |
 â | ớ | /əː˧˥/ |
B b | bê; bờ; bê bò | /ɓe˧/ |
C c | xê; cờ | /se˧/ |
D d | dê; dờ | /ze˧/ |
Đ đ | đê; đờ | /ɗe˧/ |
E e | e | /ɛ˧/ |
Ê ê | ê | /e˧/ |
G g | giê; gờ; ghê | /ʒe˧/ |
H h | hắt; hờ | /hat˧˥/ |
I i | i; i ngắn | /i˧/ |
K k | ca | /kaː˧/ |
L l | e-lờ; lờ | /ɛ˧ləː˧˩/ |
M m | em-mờ;em mờ | /ɛm˧məː˧˩/ |
N n | en-nờ; en nờ | /ɛn˧nəː˧˩/ |
O o | o | /ɔ˧/ |
Ô ô | ô | /o˧/ |
Ơ ơ | ơ | /əː˧/ |
P p | pê; pờ; bê phở (colloq.) | /pe˧/ |
Q q | cu; quy; quờ | /ku˧/ |
R r | e-rờ; rờ | /ɛ˧zəː˧˩/ |
S s | ét sờ; xờ mạnh; xờ nặng | /ɛt˧˥səː˧˩/ |
T t | tê; tờ | /te˧/ |
U u | u | /u˧/ |
Ư ư | ư | /ɨ˧/ |
V v | vê, vờ | /ve˧/ |
X x | ích xờ; xờ nhẹ | /ik˧˥/ |
Y y | i dài; i-cờ-rét | /i˧zaːj˧˩/ |
Note: Naming b 'bê bò' and p 'bê phở' is to avoid confusion in some dialects or some contexts, the same for s 'xờ mạnh (nặng)' and x 'xờ nhẹ', i 'i ngắn' and y 'i dài'. Q, q is always followed by u in every word and phrase in Vietnamese, e.g. quang (light), quần (trousers), quyến rũ (to attract), etc.
Consonants [edit]
Most of the consonants are pronounced approximately as in the International Phonetic Alphabet, with the following clarifications:
- C is pronounced [k] (like K).
- Both D and GI are pronounced either [z] in the northern dialects (including Hanoi), or [j] in the central and Saigon dialects. In Middle Vietnamese, D was [ð], also one of the pronunciations of Portuguese d; and GI was [ʝ], vaguely reminiscent of Italian [dʒ], spelled gi.
- Đ is an implosive [ɗ], similar to a /d/ sound in many languages.
- G is pronounced [ɣ].
- QU is pronounced [kw] in Northern Vietnamese and simply [w] in Southern Vietnamese.
- S is pronounced [s] for most speakers; however, it is sometimes pronounced [ʂ] in southern Vietnam. [ʂ] is the Middle Vietnamese pronunciation.
- R is pronounced [z] in Northern Vietnamese and [ɹ]~[ʐ] in Southern Vietnamese.
- V is pronounced [v] in the northern dialects and [j] in the southern dialects.
- X is pronounced [s] (at the beginning of a word). This sound was [ɕ] in Middle Vietnamese, resembling the English sound /ʃ/, spelled sh.
- CH is a voiceless palatal stop [c] or affricate [tɕ]. In the final position, it's pronounced as [ʲk] in Northern Vietnamese and [t] in Southern Vietnamese.
- KH is a voiceless velar fricative [x] in Northern Vietnamese and a aspirated k [kʰ] in Southern Vietnamese.
- NG is a velar nasal [ŋ] and always pronounced like that.
- NH is a palatal nasal [ɲ], similar to Spanish ñ or Portuguese nh. In final position, it's pronounced as [ʲŋ] in Northern Vietnamese and [n] in Southern Vietnamese.
- PH is pronounced [f]. It is never pronounced [p] or [pʰ]. It is used instead of F (ép-phờ ) because it developed from an earlier [pʰ] (like Greek phi).[citation needed]
- TH is an aspirated t [tʰ].
- TR is uniformly pronounced like Vietnamese CH in northern dialects ([c]~[tɕ]), and preserved as "T + R" [tʂ] by some southern speakers.
The digraph GH and the trigraph NGH are basically variants of g and ng used before i, in order to avoid confusion with the digraph GI. For historical reasons, gh and ngh are also used before e or ê, as in Italian.
Vowels [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
The correspondence between the orthography and pronunciation is somewhat complicated. In some cases, the same letter may represent several different sounds, and different letters may represent the same sound. This may be because the orthography was designed centuries ago and the spoken language has changed, or because the inventors were trying to spell the sounds of several dialects at once.
The letters y and i are mostly equivalent, and there is no rule that says when to use one or the other, except in diphthongs like ay and uy (i.e. tay (hand) is read /taj/ while tai (ear) is read /taːj/). There have been attempts since the early 20th century to standardize the orthography by replacing all the vowel uses of y with i, the latest being a decision from the Vietnamese Ministry of Education in 1984. These efforts seem to have had limited effect, in part because some people bristled at the thought of names such as Nguyễn becoming Nguiễn and Thúy (a common female name) becoming Thúi (stinky), even though the standardization does not apply to diphthongs and triphthongs and allowed exceptions to proper names. Currently, the spelling that uses i exclusively is found only in scientific publications and textbooks. Most people and the popular media continue to use the spelling that they are most accustomed to.
Spelling Sound Spelling Sound a /aː/, /æ/ in some dialects, /a/ before "u" and "y", /ə/ in "ia" /iə/ o /ɔ/, /aw/ before "ng" and "c"; /w/ before "a", "ă" and "e" ă /a/ ô /o/, /əw/ before "ng" and "c" except "uông" and "uôc" â /ə/ ơ /əː/ e /ɛ/ u /u/, /w/ ê /e/, /ə/ after iê ư /ɨ/ i /i/ before "a" and "ê" y /i/
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Monophthongs [edit]
The table below matches the vowels of Hanoi Vietnamese (written in the IPA) and their respective orthographic symbols used in the writing system.
Front Central Back Sound Spelling Sound Spelling Sound Spelling Close /i/ i, y /ɨ/ ư /u/ u Close-mid /e/ ê /əː/ ơ /o/ ô Open-mid /ɛ/ e /ə/ â /ɔ/ o Open /aː/ a /a/ ă
The vowel /i/ is:
- usually written i: /si/ = sĩ (A suffix indicating profession, similar to the English suffix -er).
- sometimes written y after h, k, l, m, s, t, v: /mi/ = Mỹ 'America'.
- It is always written y when:
- preceded by an orthographic vowel: /xwiən/ = khuyên 'to advise';
- at the beginning of a word derived from Chinese (written as i otherwise): /iəw/ = yêu 'to love'.
Diphthongs and triphthongs [edit]
Sound Spelling Sound Spelling Diphthongs /uj/ ui /iw/ iu /oj/ ôi /ew/ êu /ɔj/ oi /ɛw/ eo /əːj/ ơi /əj/ ây, ê in ⟨ênh⟩ /əjŋ/ and ⟨êch⟩ /əjk/ /əw/ âu, ô in ⟨ông⟩ /əwŋ/ and ⟨ôc⟩ /əwk/ /aːj/ ai /aːw/ ao /aj/ ay, a in ⟨anh⟩ /ajŋ/ and ⟨ach⟩ /ajk/ /aw/ au, o in ⟨onɡ⟩ /awŋ/ and ⟨oc⟩ /awk/ /ɨj/ ưi /ɨw/, northern usually /iw/ ưu /iə/ ia, ya, iê, yê /uə/ ua, uô /ɨə/ ưa, ươ /wi/ uy Triphthongs /iəw/ iêu, yêu /uəj/ uôi /ɨəj/ ươi /ɨəw/, northern usually /iəw/ ươu
The diphthong /iə/ is written:
- ia in open syllables: /miə/ = mía 'sugar cane' (note: open syllables end with a vowel; closed syllables end with a consonant);
- iê before a consonant: /miəŋ/ = miếng 'piece';
The i changes to y at the beginning of words or after an orthographic vowel:
- ya: /xwiə/ = khuya 'late at night'
- yê: /xwiən/ = khuyên 'to advise'; /iən/ = yên 'calm'.
The diphthong /uə/ is written:
- ua in open syllables: /muə/ = mua 'to buy';
- uô before a consonant: /muən/ = muôn 'ten thousand'.
The diphthong /ɨə/ is written:
- ưa in open syllables: /mɨə/ = mưa 'to rain';
- ươ before consonants: /mɨəŋ/ = mương 'irrigation canal'.
Tone marks [edit]
Vietnamese is a tonal language, i.e. the meaning of each word depends on the "tone" (basically a specific tone and glottalization pattern) in which it is pronounced. There are six distinct tones in the standard Northern dialect. In the south, there is a merging of the hỏi and ngã tones, in effect leaving five basic tones. The first one ("level tone") is not marked, and the other five are indicated by diacritics applied to the vowel part of the syllable. The tone names are chosen such that the name of each tone is spoken in the tone it identifies.
Name | Contour | Diacritic | Vowels with diacritic | |
Ngang or Bằng | mid level, ˧ | unmarked | A/a, Ă/ă, Â/â, E/e, Ê/ê, I/i, O/o, Ô/ô, Ơ/ơ, U/u, Ư/ư, Y/y | |
Huyền | low falling, ˨˩ | grave accent | À/à, Ằ/ằ, Ầ/ầ, È/è, Ề/ề, Ì/ì, Ò/ò, Ồ/ồ, Ờ/ờ, Ù/ù, Ừ/ừ, Ỳ/ỳ | |
Hỏi | dipping, ˧˩˧ | hook above | Ả/ả, Ẳ/ẳ, Ẩ/ẩ, Ẻ/ẻ, Ể/ể, Ỉ/ỉ, Ỏ/ỏ, Ổ/ổ, Ở/ở, Ủ/ủ, Ử/ử, Ỷ/ỷ | |
Ngã | glottalized rising, ˧˥ˀ | tilde | Ã/ã, Ẵ/ẵ, Ẫ/ẫ, Ẽ/ẽ, Ễ/ễ, Ĩ/ĩ, Õ/õ, Ỗ/ỗ, Ỡ/ỡ, Ũ/ũ, Ữ/ữ, Ỹ/ỹ | |
Sắc | high rising, ˧˥ | acute accent | Á/á, Ắ/ắ, Ấ/ấ, É/é, Ế/ế, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ố/ố, Ớ/ớ, Ú/ú, Ứ/ứ, Ý/ý | |
Nặng | glottalized falling, ˧˨ˀ | dot below | Ạ/ạ, Ặ/ặ, Ậ/ậ, Ẹ/ẹ, Ệ/ệ, Ị/ị, Ọ/ọ, Ộ/ộ, Ợ/ợ, Ụ/ụ, Ự/ự, Ỵ/ỵ |
- Unmarked vowels are pronounced with a level voice, in the middle of the speaking range.
- The grave accent indicates that the speaker should start somewhat low and drop slightly in tone, with the voice becoming increasingly breathy.
- The hook indicates that the speaker should start somewhat low, and fall, then rise (as when asking a question in English).
- A tilde indicates that the speaker should start mid, break off (with a glottal stop), then start again and rise like a question in tone.
- The acute accent indicates that the speaker should start mid and rise sharply in tone.
- The dot signifies that the speaker should start low and fall lower in tone, with the voice becoming increasingly creaky and ending in a glottal stop.
In syllables where the vowel part consists of more than one vowel (such as diphthongs and triphthongs), the placement of the tone is still a matter of debate. Generally, there are two methodologies, an "old style" and a "new style". While the "old style" emphasizes aesthetics by placing the tone mark as close as possible to the center of the word (by placing the tone mark on the last vowel if an ending consonant part exists and on the next-to-last vowel if the ending consonant doesn't exist, as in hóa), the "new style" emphasizes linguistic principles and tries to apply the tone mark on the main vowel (as in hoá). In both styles, when one vowel already has a quality diacritic on it, the tone mark must be applied to it as well, regardless of where it appears in the syllable (thus thuế is acceptable while thúê is not). In the case of the ươ diphthong, the mark is placed on the ơ. The u in qu is considered part of the consonant. Currently, the new style is usually used in new documents, while some people still prefer the old style.
In lexical ordering, differences in letters are treated as primary, differences in tone markings as secondary, and differences in case as tertiary differences. Ordering according to primary and secondary differences proceeds syllable by syllable. According to this principle, a dictionary lists tuân thủ before tuần chay because the secondary difference in the first syllable takes precedence over the primary difference in the second.
The signs always go on the vowels. If there are many vowels in a word, the sign will go on the last vowel, unless that vowel ends the word. For example: tuần (meaning "week"), thưởng (meaning "reward"), tuyết (meaning "snow"), yếu (meaning "weak"), etc.
Structure [edit]
As a result of influence from the Chinese writing system, each syllable in Vietnamese is written separately as if it were a word. In the past, syllables in multisyllabic words were concatenated with hyphens, but this practice had died out, and hyphenation is now reserved for foreign borrowings. A written syllable consists of at most three parts, in the following order from left to right:
- An optional beginning consonant part
- A required vowel syllable nucleus and the tone mark, if needed, applied above or below it
- An optional ending consonant part, can only be one of the following: c, ch, m, n, ng, nh, p, t, or nothing.
History [edit]
The Vietnamese language was first written down, from the 13th century onwards, using variant Chinese characters (chữ nôm 字喃), each of them representing one word. The system was based on the script used for writing classical Chinese (chữ nho), but it was supplemented with characters developed in Vietnam (chữ thuần nôm, proper Nom characters) to represent native Vietnamese words.
As early as 1527, Portuguese Christian missionaries in Vietnam began using Latin script to transcribe the Vietnamese language for teaching and evangelization purposes. These informal efforts led eventually to the development of the present Vietnamese alphabet, largely by the work of French Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes, who worked in the country between 1624 and 1644. Building on previous Portuguese–Vietnamese dictionaries by Gaspar d'Amaral and Duarte da Costa, Rhodes wrote the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, a Vietnamese–Portuguese–Latin dictionary, which was printed in Rome in 1651, using his spelling system.[2]
In spite of this development, chữ nôm and chữ nho remained dominant until the early 20th century. The Tonkin Free School, set up by nationalists in 1907, taught alphabetic script. Primary schools in Tonkin began teaching the script in 1910, and King Khai Dinh declared the traditional writing system abolished in 1918. By the 1930s, alphabetic script was Vietnam's dominant writing system.
Because the period of education necessary to gain initial literacy is considerably less for the largely phonetic Latin-based script compared to the several years necessary to master the full range of Chinese characters, the adoption of the Vietnamese alphabet also facilitated widespread literacy among Vietnamese speakers— whereas a majority of Vietnamese in Vietnam could not read or write prior to the 20th century, the population is now almost universally literate.
A feminist historian Pamela A. Pears asserted that the French, by instituting the Roman alphabet in Vietnam, cut the Vietnamese off from their traditional literature, rendering them unable to read it.[4]
Sino-Vietnamese and quốc ngữ [edit]
Writing Sino-Vietnamese words with quốc ngữ caused some confusion about the origins of some terms, due to the large number of homophones in Chinese and Sino-Vietnamese. For example, both 明 (bright) and 冥 (dark) are read as minh, which therefore has two opposite meanings (although the meaning of "dark" is now esoteric and is used in only a few compound words). Perhaps for this reason, the Vietnamese name for Pluto is not Minh Vương Tinh (冥王星 – lit. underworld king star) as in other East Asian languages, but is Diêm Vương Tinh (閻王星), named after the Buddhist deity Yama. During the Hồ Dynasty, Vietnam was officially known as Đại Ngu (大虞 – Great Yu). Most modern Vietnamese know ngu as "stupid" (愚); consequently, some misinterpret it as "Big Idiot". However, the homograph/homophone problem is not as serious as it may seem, because although many Sino-Vietnamese words have multiple meanings when written with quốc ngữ, usually only one has widespread usage, while the others are relegated to obscurity. Furthermore, Sino-Vietnamese words are usually not used alone, but in compound words; thus, the meaning of the compound word is preserved even if individually each has multiple meanings. Most importantly, since quốc ngữ is an exact phonemic transcription of the spoken language, its understandability is as high or higher than a normal conversation.
Computer support [edit]
The Vietnamese keyboard layout is an extended Latin QWERTY layout. The letters Ă, Â, Ê, and Ô are found on what would be the number keys 1–4 on the American English keyboard, with 5–9 producing the tonal marks (grave accent, hook, tilde, acute accent, and dot below, in that order), 0 producing Đ, = producing the đồng sign (₫) when not shifted, and brackets ([]) producing Ư and Ơ.[5]
The universal character set Unicode has full support for the Vietnamese writing system, although it does not have a separate segment for it. The required characters that other languages use are scattered throughout the Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, and Latin Extended-B blocks; those that remain (such as the letters with more than one diacritic) are placed in the Latin Extended Additional block. An ASCII-based writing convention, Vietnamese Quoted Readable, and several byte-based encodings including TCVN3, VNI, and VISCII were widely used before Unicode became popular. Most new documents now exclusively use the Unicode format UTF-8.
Unicode allows the user to choose between precomposed characters and combining characters in inputting Vietnamese. Because, in the past some fonts implemented combining characters in a nonstandard way (see Verdana font), most people use precomposed characters when composing Vietnamese-language documents.
Most keyboards used by Vietnamese-language users do not support direct input of diacritics by default.[citation needed] Various free utilities that act as keyboard drivers exist. They support the most popular input methods, including Telex, VIQR and its variants, and VNI.
See also [edit]
- Chữ nôm
- Vietnamese braille
- Dot (diacritic)
- Hook above
- Horn (diacritic)
- VIQR, a standard 7-bit writing convention of the Vietnamese alphabet.
- VISCII, a standard 8-bit encoding of the Vietnamese alphabet.
- Vietnamese phonology
Bibliography [edit]
- Gregerson, Kenneth J. (1969). A study of Middle Vietnamese phonology. Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Indochinoises, 44, 135-193. (Published version of the author's MA thesis, University of Washington). (Reprinted 1981, Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics).
- Haudricourt, André-Georges (1949). "Origine des particularités de l'alphabet vietnamien (English translation as: The origin of the peculiarities of the Vietnamese alphabet)". Dân Việt-Nam 3: 61–68.
- Healy, Dana.(2003). Teach Yourself Vietnamese, Hodder Education, London.
- Nguyen, Đang Liêm. (1970). Vietnamese pronunciation. PALI language texts: Southeast Asia. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-87022-462-X
- Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1955). Quốc-ngữ: The modern writing system in Vietnam. Washington, D. C.: Author.
- Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà (1992). "Vietnamese phonology and graphemic borrowings from Chinese: The Book of 3,000 Characters revisited". Mon-Khmer Studies 20: 163–182.
- Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1996). Vietnamese. In P. T. Daniels, & W. Bright (Eds.), The world's writing systems, (pp. 691–699). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507993-0.
- Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1997). Vietnamese: Tiếng Việt không son phấn. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 1-55619-733-0.
- Pham, Andrea Hoa. (2003). Vietnamese tone: A new analysis. Outstanding dissertations in linguistics. New York: Routledge. (Published version of author's 2001 PhD dissertation, University of Florida: Hoa, Pham. Vietnamese tone: Tone is not pitch). ISBN 0-415-96762-7.
- Thompson, Laurence E. (1991). A Vietnamese reference grammar. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1117-8. (Original work published 1965).
Further reading [edit]
- Nguyen, A. M. (2006). Let's learn the Vietnamese alphabet. Las Vegas: Viet Baby. ISBN 0-9776482-0-6
- Shih, Virginia Jing-yi. Quoc Ngu Revolution: A Weapon of Nationalism in Vietnam. 1991.
References [edit]
- ^ Haudricourt, André-Georges. 2010. "The Origin of the Peculiarities of the Vietnamese Alphabet." Mon-Khmer Studies 39: 89–104. Translated from: Haudricourt, André-Georges. 1949. "L'origine Des Particularités de L'alphabet Vietnamien." Dân Viêt-Nam 3: 61–68.
- ^ a b Roland Jacques (2002). Portuguese pioneers of Vietnamese linguistics prior to 1650. Orchid Press.
- ^ Jakob Rupert Friederichsen Opening Up Knowledge Production Through Participatory Research? Frankfurt 2009 [6.1 History of Science and Research in Vietnam] Page 126 "6.1.2 French colonial science in Vietnam: With the colonial era, deep changes took place in education, communication, and ... French colonizers installed a modern European system of education to replace the literary and Confucianism-based model, they promoted a romanized Vietnamese script (Quốc Ngữ) to replace the Sino-Vietnamese characters (Hán Nôm)"
- ^ Pamela A. Pears (2006). Remnants of Empire in Algeria and Vietnam: Women, Words, and War. Lexington Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-7391-2022-0. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ Just.nicepeople.free.fr
External links [edit]
- Vietnamese Online Keyboard
- Scanned version of Alexandre de Rhodes' dictionary
- Vietnamese Writing System
- Essay comparing the orthography variants
- Vietnamese Unicode FAQs
- Doctoral dissertation comparing learning efficiency between quoc ngu and Chinese characters
- Chữ viết (in Vietnamese)
- The right place of the Vietnamese accent a simple rule for learners, on where to put the tonal accent
- The Vietnamese keyboard its layout is compared with US, UK, Canada, France, and Germany's keyboards.


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Date: July 10th, 2012 11:49 AMAuthor: Doggie Suicide*Hey Brothers, the Judge just told me I need to do a better job finding small errors. He likes the substance of my work, but told me my attention to the little details is SPS. Anyway to do this better? I already print out the opinions and go over them a few times before turning them in.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21053983)
Date: July 10th, 2012 11:51 AMAuthor: Think Like a LawyerThat boomer is flamin you(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054004)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:02 PMAuthor: (GS-9 with torn acl from kickball on the mall)lol(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054079)
Date: July 17th, 2012 9:03 PMAuthor: blisssHi Ben Olsen.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21110771)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:16 PMAuthor: Mance GaydarGreetings,
read things bnackwards.
thats what i was taught to do(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054179)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:25 PMAuthor: Midnight Cowboy (Want to eat you like a cookie when I see you walk)180(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054243)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:26 PMAuthor: ,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,....,.,.,.,..,....,.,.,.,are you talking about typos that weren't caught by spell check or just mixed up words (i.e. there v. their and shit like that)? if it's the latter, just read it out loud and if it doesn't make sense, you done fucked up. if it's the former, read more books.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054251)
Date: July 10th, 2012 1:08 PMAuthor: Doggie Suicide*its shit like forgetting commas and also problems associated with lots of editing. like the subject of a sentence got changed from singular to plural, but I forgot to also change the verb. or sometimes i do weird things, like changing the last name of a party to a different but similar name starting with the same letter.
so shit that spell check don't fix. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054465)
Date: July 10th, 2012 11:57 AMAuthor: Flame of the Waking UniverseAsk another judge to proofread them before you hand them in.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054046)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:03 PMAuthor: Doggie Suicide*Well, we do have some magistrates. Considering my judge is authorized by Article III and they are not, they technically are beneath me in the totem pole. I'll let him know about this new assignment post haste. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054089)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:04 PMAuthor: fIame (retired)lol(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054095)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:09 PMAuthor: badgerwavehad to also improve this skill. try going sentence by sentence at first and you will gradually improve. if its just a matter of typos or other minor errors, this technique really works. just remember to go slow - one slow thorough edit will be more effective than several quick reads(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054132)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:14 PMAuthor: Albert Clifford "A.C." SlaterI used to be awful at this. I only got better when I went to BigLaw and the partners would literally blow up at me every time it happened.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054166)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:23 PMAuthor: badgerwaveagreed. if the judge yells at OP a couple more times those opinions will be typo free in no time(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054227)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:26 PMAuthor: Dick CakeRead slower(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054246)
Date: July 10th, 2012 12:26 PMAuthor: Dick CakeSeriously, do NOT edit in the computer.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054252)
Date: July 10th, 2012 1:06 PMAuthor: Doggie Suicide*i know this now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054450)
Date: July 10th, 2012 1:09 PMAuthor: Dick CakeYeah, reading something on a piece of paper is just a lot easier for some reasn(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21054478)
Date: July 17th, 2012 6:43 PMAuthor: Ulysius Johnsmeyer, J.M.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1990478&forum_id=2#21109709)


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Mar 11th, 2009 at 05:05 GMT
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Disappointing there's no pre-1922 leaders
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Mar 11th, 2009 at 05:26 GMT
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It's too bad Thatcher regressed the UK. Although, she did handle the AIDS pandemic better than Reagan.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 05:33 GMT
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Oh boy, politics
Mar 11th, 2009 at 05:35 GMT
20 points
Also, isn't it Andrew Bonar Law?
Mar 11th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT
9 points
This is rather easier than the Labour one, since every one of the pre-1997 leaders was Prime Minister and the post-1997 ones are recent enough to remember.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT
8 points
Technically, `Smith' shouldn't be accepted, since Iain Duncan Smith's surname is `Duncan Smith'. It's an un-hyphenated double-barrelled name.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 09:38 GMT
5 points
As has been pointed out the same applies to Bonar Law. In my view Law and Smith are wrong, shouldn't be accepted and be corrected to requiring Bonar Law and Douglas Smith. Home is different as he became Earl Home.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 13:21 GMT
-2 points
I only got the three big ones ... well, big in the sense that most U.S. students should come across them in a World History class.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 13:41 GMT
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I don't think "Bonar" is technically part of Bonar Law's surname - I think it's acceptable (if a bit unusual) to call him "Law." But someone can perhaps correct me.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 13:52 GMT
-3 points
i'm american and don't know jack about UK politics, but i got 10/14 because of the PMs quiz. can someone british explain to me why everyone through major became PM and no one after??? teach me.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 14:08 GMT
1 point
Its mainly because pre 1979, governments changed more frequently than they have done recently, when the Conservatives were in power from 1979-1997, and Labour have been in power since then. Also, added to that the increasing impatience to get results, so leaders like Hague and Howard felt they should resign rather than fight on, and Duncan Smith being forced out because of his low poll ratings.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 14:12 GMT
6 points
@ gopaladins. Major, the PM after Thatcher, lost the 1997 election in a landslide against Tony Blair's New Labour. Hague took over and ran a farcical campaign against the Euro currency in the 2001 election in which Labour again trounced the Tories. Iain Duncan Smith took over, never really got control of the party which was in disarray and was replaced by Michael Howard before the 2005 election. Whilst the Tories made quite big gains in that election they still lost to Labour and Cameron took over afterwards. Odds on he'll be the next PM in this country. I guess before the 60s and 70s the Tories didn't change leader every time they lost an election. Politics seems a lot more fickle these days. Furthermore, this is the longest sustained period of Labour governence in this country ever and the last ten to fifteen years have seen the Tories at their weakest for many, many decades.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 14:14 GMT
8 points
Sorry to lower the tone in a serious quiz. But did anyone else laugh at "Bonar"?
Mar 11th, 2009 at 14:15 GMT
19 points
@Worker and Parasite. No, but we all had a good laugh at Iain Duncan Smith.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 14:38 GMT
3 points
When in doubt, guess Smith on a quiz that has to do with Britain.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 15:07 GMT
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@ gopaladins There have been 20 General Elections between 1922 and 1992 the Tories formed a governments after 12 of these. Of the 8 Governments that Labour formed half of them lasted less than 2 years (1923, 1950, 1964, 1974 Feb). So basically the Conservatives had long been the most sucessful party over most of the 20th Century. One reason for this (besides the arguement that they often ran on populist policies in a centre right nation) is that in 1900 elections there were only two main Parties: Conservatives and Liberals. They had been fighting elections for well over a century. At the start of the 20th Century Labour began to replace Liberals as the party of the left. So by the 1920s and 1930s the 'left of centre' faction of British politics was split with Labour slowly becoming the alternative party to the Conservatives and the Liberals slowly declining. The Conservatives were the only party of the centre right locked up that vote and appeared more stable than the alternatives. They also were more comfortable with ideological splits and were a much broader party, comfortably spanning the centre ground as well as the right, in comparrison Labour looked more 'extremeist'. Between 1940 and 1997 the average length of a Conservative Leader's time in the role was 8.5 years (a statistic dragged down by Eden and Douglas Home) so it was likely you would become PM if stuck around long enough. The reason we've seen 3 Conservative Leaders recently and not one become PM is because in the 1980s the Labour Party drifted to the far left and became unelectable. This allowed the Conservatives to drift further to the right and left the centre ground. Tony Blair revolutionised the Labour party in 1994 and brought it to the centre and in the 1997, 2001, 2005 elections it still managed to occupy the centre ground while the right was less mainstream. Esentially the Conservatives made Labour seem extreme through much of post war British Politics. Since 1994 Labour has done well at making the Conservatives look extreme. Although the Conservatives look likely to win the next election.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 16:15 GMT
5 points
wow. i'm glad sporcle has so many british political scientists on the boards. this really has been interesting. thanks to everyone who weighed in. i'm curious about how these leaders come about. are party leaders chosen in a general election? how often? how does a party leader become PM, a vote amongst the house of commons? i think i learned in school that a PM could hold an election whenever he/she wants to, as long as it's done once every six years. is that still the case?
Mar 11th, 2009 at 17:03 GMT
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Party's elect their leaders. Leaders are always Members of the House of Commons. Usually they are prominent members of the cabinent or shadow (opposistion/minority party) cabinent though some backbenchers do run but its often the case they are seen as not having the right experience or are seen as outside the mainstream of the party. Different Parties elect their leaders in different ways but there are no fixed terms. A new election of a leader happens when a current leader resigns or dies or an challenger gets enough support from their party to trigger a leadership election. When Tony Blair stepped down so much of the Parliamentry Labour Party (Labour MPs) supported Gordon Brown that the left wing candidate John Macdonnel was unable to stand because he didn't have the level of support high enough. Macdonnel needed to be nominated by 12.5% of the MPs and only got about 8% so an election thrown open to the wider party never happened. If you are the leader of the party that currently has the majority of MPs in the Commons you automatically become the PM (like Brown in 2007 and Major in 1990). If you become the leader of the party who is in the minority than your become leader of the opposition (or leader of a third party such as the Liberal Democrats who have around 60 MPs) Unless they die, resign or are sucessfully challegned by someone in their own party then they lead their party into the next election. If they retain the majority they stay PM (such as Major in 1992). If they achieve a majority after having been previously in the minority they then the leader becomes the next PM and forms the next government (such as Blair as 1997). Sucess in the general election doesn't affect you being leader. Neil Kinnock leader the Labour Part from 1984-1992 even though he lost the 1987 election to Margaret Thatcher. Conversely Thatcher's wins in 1979, 1983 and 1987 didn't stop her being challenged in 1990 by Michael Heseltine. The PM decides when to hold an election though it must be once every 5 years. Often they will try to hold it whenever they current governing party will do best although unpopular governments often wait out the full 5 years only to be swept out of power at the end of them.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 17:07 GMT
3 points
Despite being a supporter of Labour I got all of these and only around 8 of the Labour leaders first time. Apart from Wilson the Tories basically controlled the country from 1951-1997.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 17:54 GMT
9 points
David Cameron is a prick and will ruin this country
Mar 11th, 2009 at 18:18 GMT
1 point
Basically Gopladins the Tories brought the NHS almost to its knees and everyone was sick of its elitist attitude - though i must say it seems a bit better now, they realised how much everyone hated them so they softened up a bit (with 'dave' cameron trying to be cool)
Mar 11th, 2009 at 18:27 GMT
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@jamesjamesclub: I seem to recall that, before Edward Heath, Tory party leaders "emerged", and were not actually elected. I mean, how likely is it that the 14th Earl of Home would have actually been "elected"?
Mar 11th, 2009 at 18:27 GMT
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ok that makes sense. so i'm assuming these elections (at least) every 5 years are general elections. is this right: so each party (liberal, conservative, labour) has their leader (decided by MPs of each party) and then the general public votes from amongst the three of them at election time? doesn't sound entirely different from the US, except the general public technically picks party leaders also. and we pretty much have a two-party system (with an occasional third screwing things up). what is voting age in the UK? is the conservative party akin to the US republican party, and is labour most similar to the democrats? sorry about all these questions.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 18:53 GMT
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@God, Cameron "will ruin this country". He may not get the chance as Brown is doing a very good job of that.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT
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@gopaladins. Essentially yes. However, the Republicans are *much* further right than either the Conservatives or Labour. Whilst you could say there is a Republican/Tory, Democrat/Labour equivalence, the truth is that on the political spectrum our right-wing mainstream party (the Conservatives) is probably quite similar to your "left-wing" mainstream party (the Democrats). What you'd call left-wing, we'd probably call the centre of centre-right. The Conservatives would never-ever, for example, outlaw stem-cell research as the Republicans did, or deny global warming for years as Bush did, or take a staunchly pro-life position as many Republicans do or ban Gay marriage as I believe Palin proposed. Whilst the two party thing exists in both countries America is a leap to the right of us and the overlap, if there is any, probably comes between the Tories and the Democrats, not the Tories and the Republicans.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 19:26 GMT
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@gopaladins. In the UK we vote for an MP who represents a party and the party with the most MPs wins the election and their leader is Prime Minister. We obviously don't vote on our head of state (the Queen) whilst you do. Whilst practically there may few differences between the thought processes of someone voting Cameron here and someone voting Obama in the US, over here the Cameron voter isn't really voting for Cameron but their local Conservative MP (Cameron's name would not be on the ballot paper). http://farm1.static.flickr.com/8/12488890_6e65999f85.jpg?v=0
Mar 11th, 2009 at 20:39 GMT
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interesting. this makes it even more unbelievable that blair and bush seemed to get along (was that only because of national security?) but makes it more understandable why his party seemed to hate him. so, the only people putting cameron on their ballot are voters in his...what, county? district? hamlet? i wonder who would be president right now if the american public only voted on representatives in congress (and the majority party's leader just became president). it would probably be either obama or hilary clinton, since democrats have control. do you brits ever wish you could cast a vote for PM?
Mar 11th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT
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@gopaladins: Yes, the only people who can vote directly for Cameron are the people in his constituency, which is Witney, near Oxford. If they don't vote him into parliament at the next election, the Conservatives will have to choose a new leader.
`Constituency' is the British term for `district'. Constituencies typically have about 100,000 people living in them so many urban constituencies are subdivisions of large cities, while many rural constituencies contain several small towns (as Witney does).
In practice, in a general election, most people vote for Party X's candidate for their constituency because they want Party X's leader to be Prime Minister. To be honest, if your own constituency MP is the Prime Minister, you've drawn the short straw. It's your MP's job to raise issues relevant to your constituency in parliament but the Prime Minister's too busy running the whole country to have any time to worry about your hospital or whatever.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 21:05 GMT
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The Conservatives would never-ever, for example...ban Gay marriage.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. They brought in the infamous anti-gay Clause 28 in the 80s, repeatedly voted against the equalisation of the age of consent (especially in the House of Lords) in the 90s, and were pretty hostile to Labour bringing in civil partnerships too, as I recall.
Agree about the rest of it, though.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 21:06 GMT
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@johnlk: Correct. His surname was Law and his given names were Andrew and Bonar; he used `Bonar' most often. As such, he is referred to as `Andrew Bonar Law', `Bonar Law' or `Law' or `Mr Law' but not `Andrew Law' or `Mr Bonar Law'.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 21:13 GMT
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@Dave B.: Alec Douglas-Home's situation is complicated. He was an MP but came to the peerage as the Earl Home when his father died. However, when he became leader of the Conservative Party, he renounced his peerage and was re-elected to parliament in a bye-election. The Conservatives lost the next general election and he later returned to the House of Lords as a life peer (i.e., a non-hereditary peerage).
Mar 11th, 2009 at 21:26 GMT
5 points
@RobH: The UK have a two-party thing? The current composition of the House of Commons is 352 Labour MPs (54%), 195 Conservative (30%), 63 Liberal Democrats (10%) and 36 others (6%), out of 646. The US House of Representatives consists entirely of Democrats and Republicans (plus three currently vacant seats); the Senate has two independents out of 100 seats (plus one currently vacant).
Mar 11th, 2009 at 21:37 GMT
5 points
@davidr. I know, I know, I know. For the purpouses of explaining our political system to our American friend I simplified things somewhat! There are, to all intents and purpouses, only really two parties with a chance of government though; although our third party is of course sizable.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT
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@Missinformed. The Tories were a different animal in the 80s to what they are now - whether that change is genuine or only skin deep is perhaps more questionable. I can't see them doing substantial damage to Gay Rights as they would have done twenty years ago and my general point about the difference between them and the American GOP still holds. The mainstream party for conservative (with a small c) voters in the US is a fair amount further right than our Tory party which is the natural base for right-wingers here.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 22:05 GMT
4 points
@RobH: I agree that the Lib Dems have little chance of forming a government in the near future, except perhaps as part coalition after an election in which neither Labour nor the Conservatives won a majority of the seats.
Mar 11th, 2009 at 23:32 GMT
1 point
@everybody...Although I've spent some time explaining all this I'm also someone who tried typing "Hume" three or four times into this quiz before giving up on that answer, so don't mistake me for some kind of political scientist!
Mar 12th, 2009 at 01:01 GMT
3 points
@RobH: I have the opposite problem. I can spell it but keep having to hit myself for pronouncing it to rhyme with `Rome'. Thankfully, I don't have to say his name very often at all.
Mar 12th, 2009 at 09:56 GMT
3 points
@gopaladins re: only voters in his district electing Cameron. Its much like Nancy Pelosi. She is the speaker of the house but is only 'elected' by voters in San Francisco. But of course she is then elected by the Democratic caucus in the house. Similar system to how we do things here except the PM is obviously much more powerful than the speaker of the house.
Mar 12th, 2009 at 10:07 GMT
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@MissInformed The Conservatives have completely reformed on this issue. One of the best (and probably longest lasting) reform Labour made was to encoruage social inclusion. Right now there are more gay MPs in the Conservative shadow cabinent than there are in the Labour Cabinet. Alan Duncan, Shadow Leader of the House and Shadow Cabinent member since 2005 entered into a civil partnership with a man in the summer of 2008. I'd like to see John Boehner do the same! A small government, right of centre party SHOULD be saying it doesn't matter what two people do in private. They should be saying government should have no involvement in a person's marriage. Republicans say government interferes too much and then they organise to legislate a definition for love. Alan Duncan's libertarian political views on gay marriage in my opinion are far more consistent. But perhaps this isn't the place.
Mar 12th, 2009 at 15:28 GMT
3 points
you brits clearly know far more about american politics than i know about UK politics, and for that i respect you. it even seems like you might know more about US politics than I do, and for that i am ashamed. more questions! does the house of lords have just as much decision-making power as the house of commons? and are their members also affiliated with labour/conservative/lib-dems? is there a "lord" for every constituency the same as there is an MP? how often does the UK reform/redraw constituencies? in the US, districts are screwed with after every 10-year census, i'm pretty sure.
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I grew up going to second hand markets and garage sales. Every second Saturday of the month I was woken up by my mother at 6am to get ready and head off to North Sydney Markets. Every 4th Saturday ( I think?) was the same ritual for Kirribilli Markets. I loved how each time we went, we came home with curious and thrifty treasures. It was an experience I richly enjoyed. I think my love of ethnic food was born from attending markets. As we would leave so early in the morning we would normally have a mid-morning brunch to fuel our rumbling bellies so we could continue our treasure hunt. As a child I enjoyed the cake stall run by the preschool parents at the North Sydney Markets.I would have 50c to spend on a sweet treat of my choice, which was usually devoured after my savoury brunch which could either be; Korean dumplings, a sausage +bacon+egg roll, or Malaysian noodles. Thinking back on North Sydney Markets, I don't think there was as much to choose from as there was at Kirribilli. At Kirribilli, there was the same sausage+bacon+egg rolls, but you could also have these amazing satay skewers with salad on a pita roll, or with rice which were so scrumptious. I also liked a particular Asian food stall which were run by a husband and wife team. Their specialties (at least to me) were their homemade (for a while anyway) spring rolls and dim sims. As for a sweet treat, well this is the true reason why I am writing this post. Have you heard do Profitjes? I was introduced to these amazingly irresistible pancake-like treats at Kirribilli Markets about 20 odd years ago!! It was the mere thought of this stall that helped me get out of bed on freezing cold mornings to go to the markets. Sometimes I didn't care if there was bargains to be had, I just wanted some steaming hot Profitjes with maple syrup, or chocolate or caramel fudge sauce, coupled with banana or strawberries and married with real whipped cream and a sprinkling of powdered sugar. It was so delicious and I am literally drooling as we speak. Oops! Please excuse me a moment, while I wipe up my dribble.
So with this memory in mind and sometimes haunting me from time to time, I came up with the idea of possibly making pancakes in a cupcake pan to try desperately to recreate my child-teen-young adulthood memories of the infamous Profitjes - dutch pancakes. So I made my own pancake recipe, which I am sure we all have our own favourite one. I whizzed up the ingredients in under a minute in my HotMix Pro Gastro. Using well greased cupcake pan, I pour a large soup spoonful of the mixture into each cupcake pan and placed them into a pre-heated oven of 180C. This is what I got.
Super delicious with ice cream and maple syrup. These are also a good idea if you need to feed a lot of people at once and don't want to be flipping pancakes half the morning or night! You could easily add fillings to the batter before they go in the oven too.
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Renault-Nissan Alliance Signs Zero-Emission Vehicle Partnership in QuébecOn June 1, 2010, the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced that Nissan Canada had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Québec, the City of Montréal, Québec City, Hydro-Québec and the Agence de l'efficacité énergétique du Québec which aims to advance zero-emission mobility in Québec. Under the MOU, the parties are to work together to plan the necessary charging infrastructure and to promote the use of zero-emission vehicles in Québec. The MOU agreement adds Québec to a growing network of zero-emission vehicle initiatives across the world. Of the agreement, the participants were quoted as follows: Québec Minister of Natural Resources Nathalie Normandeau was quoted as saying "This agreement brings us a step closer to a governmental action plan on electric vehicles, which will be launched within the next few months [...] we are planning a series of concrete actions that will pave the way for the arrival of electric vehicles in Québec. Since 97% of our electricity comes from clean, renewable resources, Québec presents a number of advantages for the introduction of electric vehicles." "The Renault-Nissan Alliance has committed to being a global leader in zero-emission mobility, which is one of the best solutions for reducing CO2 emissions," said Mark Grimm, President Nissan Canada Inc. "We look forward to bringing the Nissan LEAF, the only mass-market zero-emission car at an affordable price, to Québec. Our partners have already demonstrated their commitment to combating greenhouse gas emissions and we anticipate a productive collaboration." Thierry Vandal, Hydro-Québec's President and CEO, added that "[this] announcement falls perfectly in line with our Strategic Plan 2009-2013 and other initiatives currently underway at Hydro-Québec. This memorandum of understanding will allow us to work closely with these important partners to carefully plan for the arrival of electric vehicles in Québec." "Montréal is a true leader with respect to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions," said Alan DeSousa, Vice-President of the Executive Committee and responsible for finance, sustainable development, environment and parks. "The memorandum of understanding signed with our partners meets the objectives of Montréal's Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development. It will raise our city's profile in North America with regard to electric vehicles and will help us reach our goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by the year 2020." Québec City's Mayor, Régis Labeaume stated: "This partnership is in line with Québec City's ongoing efforts to develop sustainable transportation. The implementation of the Écolobus service, a fleet of non-polluting, ultra-quiet electric minibuses that travel the streets of Vieux-Québec, is a great success that contributes to maintaining the quality of the capital's environment." Nissan, along with its alliance partner Renault, is committed to making affordable, all-electric vehicles available to the mass-market globally. The Nissan LEAF, a five-passenger all-electric vehicle, will first be available in select Canadian markets, such as Québec, before the end of 2011. |
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'Top of the Gulf Regatta 2011 - All in the frame... Platu start' Guy Nowell/Top of the Gulf
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Preparations for the 2012 Top of the Gulf Regatta are well underway. The organising team have been working hard on promoting the regatta starting with a campaign in October 2011. Advertisements in leading yachting publications overseas and in Thailand, combined with an active campaign to marinas and yacht clubs in the region distributing posters, flyers, and having a presence at regional regattas... and now our direct email campaign to sailors around the region and beyond.
All these promotions and communications are starting to pay off as entries are coming in strong and include a number of new entries that have signed up to take part in the Regatta this year. A number of on-water and on-shore changes are planned this year, and the organisers are happy to announce Jerry Rollin will return as PRO this year on the keelboat and multihull course with Simon James attending in his IRC capacity.
The Racing Class looks to be competitive again with Neil Pryde planning to return and try again for the class title. Sports boats are also looking strong with two new Shaw 6.5's expected to add to the fleet. And the all-new, never-before-seen Soto 30 will be racing as part of its worldwide launch. More on this in a future newsletter.
Ocean Marina expansion?Ocean Marina recently announced expansion and renovation plans in-the-water in response to increased demand and the growing size and needs of the Top of the Gulf Regatta each year. The components are due for delivery this weekend.
Ocean Property, the parent company of Ocean Marina in Thailand, has confirmed an expansion of 100 new floating marina berths (13m and 20m), and an upgrade to 100 larger existing berths – the single largest expansion since the marina was built 18 years ago.
Scott Finsten, Harbour Master at Ocean Marina, said: 'The marina is not only a boost to Thailand's boating industry, but also a boost to the local economy given the amount of jobs that will be created,' adding, 'We have dredged the marina to 3.5m so we can accommodate the deeper draft vessels that visit Thailand. The new marina completes the investment, to ensure we can cater for long-term demand.'
Top of the Gulf Regatta 2011 - IRC 3 - Guy Nowell/Top of the Gulf
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Boom of the 40-footers?
The growth of the Asian 40-footer fleet has been evident for a while now, and continuing its upward growth trend, the Top of the Gulf Regatta are expecting its largest 40-foot fleet this year, and arguably its most competitive. 2011 Phuket King's Cup Regatta winner, Karasu, the Summit 40 skippered by Yasuo Nanamori, will be racing at the Top of the Gulf Regatta for the first time, against another regatta newcomer KukuKERchu, the Kerr 40 from Singapore. More pledged entries are expected to make this a very competitive class on-the-water, including a Mills 40, Swan 42 and GP 42 amongst them.
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Thailand Platu Class representative, Kevin Scott, has confirmed 15 Platus from the Ocean Marina-based fleet are entered, with more crews on a waiting list to charter. Arguably the most competitive class, the one-design 25-foot Farr Platus produce some close racing where one mistake can drop you down the rankings and out of the competition. This year the fleet looks to be one of the largest yet, and very multinational, with crews from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand competing for the prestigious Coronation Cup.
Top of the Gulf Regatta 2011 - high speed beach cat action - Guy Nowell/Top of the Gulf
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PayPal and credit card payment facilities will be available online. Participants are urged to use these facilities.
The 2012 Top of the Gulf Regatta will take place fourth to 8th May. Hosted at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, racing will take place in the waters off the marina, Jomtien Beach, Gulf coast of Thailand.
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Top of the Gulf 2011 - Closing Night Dinner on the lawns at OMYC - Guy Nowell/Top of the Gulf
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Next on the Asian regatta circuit, after the TOG Regatta, is the Koh Samui Regatta – the 'Tropical Island Regatta'. Held 28th May to 2nd June off Chaweng Beach and headquartered at Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui, the Koh Samui Regatta is one of the region's favourite boutique regattas and attracts boats from all around Asia to take part each year. 2012 is the 11th year of the Regatta and organisers are expecting a strong fleet. NOR and further details are on the event website,
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As was promised in today's WWDC keynote, Apple has released OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 4 today, a build which the company described as "near-final." 9to5Mac has posted the release notes, which indicate that the number of bugs is decreasing and Game Center is getting close to being in full working order. It's not yet known whether or not all of the new Mountain Lion features showcased today are included in this build, but Facebook integration at least can be enabled with a separate download. If they're not, they certainly ought to be in the next one: Apple has committed itself to a July launch of the new OS. Once released, Apple will charge $19.99 for either Lion and Snow Leopard users.
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