Well technically, that’s a ligature. Whether it represents a diphthong (in Icelandic, apparently) or a monophthong depends on the language. The a in ash is a monophtong (single or pure vovel sound), not a diphthong (double or gliding vovel) like the sound represented by the letter i in high.

Yeah, but that works better if you don’t have a kid on the rear seat…

How do you like Luftwiderstandsbeiwert (in even more technical terms: Strömungswiderstandskoeffizient). That’s the drag coefficient, in case you wondered.

And just to make things clear: cops aren’t supposed to beat up kids (or anyone else, but especially kids), even if they commited an actual crime.

Chances are he’s a perfectly loving father. One who sees his victim as “some criminal”, not a child or a human being. This is how dehumanization works.

The older it and I get – and the more new cars BMW introduces–, the more I’m warming to the E60 (the E65 is still the same horrible abomination it was when it came out, though).

Not really that roundabout. I think it’s rather direct, actually.

This is indeed not the Confederate (national) flag, it is the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Which all those people should know, if they were really interested in their “Southern heritage” and not just plain racist.

The term “almond milk” has been used in English for over 600 years. This is how a living language works, whether we like it or not.

Trump has 5 children (that we know of) – and I’d think twice before shaking his hand for $300,000. Say what you want about Elon, but he’s a hell of a lot of a better than the president.

Lotus showed an Elite Concept in 2010 which would still look current today – one of my favorite car designs. But they didn’t have the means to produce it then, and they won’t have them now (or ever, I fear).

We should finally stop doing the far-right to favour of using their propaganda term “pro-life”. It’s always been misleading, at best.

Audi (like Italian step-daughter Lamborghini) consistently manage to make their cars look uninteresting and garishly tasteless at the same time. “Plain and clean” is not a term I would use.

I was thinking the same thing exactly.

Very French. I can’t help but like it (I might be a little strange, though).

I did get the hint ;o) I actually love Miyazaki’s films.

Yes, but the name is probably still not quite coincidental.

Steam ships??? They’re still using steam ships????

You may be thinking of Lanke Tanganyika. The ship in question would be the Liemba (formerly Graf Goetzen).

That view is a little too US-centric, methinks.