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ANOTO CASE STORY Source: ADAC Digital Pen and Paper used by ADAC rescue service Fast entry and analysis of patient data FACTS Customer: ADAC-Luftrettung gGmbH, "After a brief training, the solution Paper technology, were closely examined. Germany's largest air rescue service. The digital pen and paper solution from was quickly accepted by the res- Diagramm Halbach was the most convincing Challenge: Every ADAC air rescue cue staff. We were able to keep choice due to reasons of ergonomics and operation must be documented in detail – our accustomed way of working practicality. The company developed the digital with an emphasis on speed, precision and emergency doctors' log – "dotforms® rescue" efficiency. All the attempts at improving with pen and paper and didn't – in collaboration with ADAC-Luftrettung data entry during ADAC emergency doc- need to change the workflow." and the German army hospital Bundes- tors' deployment of PDAs or tablet PCs wehrkrankenhaus Ulm (BWK Ulm). Verifica- failed due to reasons of ergonomics and Marcus Beckmann, project manager at tion software with handwriting recognition practicality. In addition, ADAC wanted to ADAC-Luftrettung was also developed. This solution also met be able to graphically illustrate and digitally one of ADAC's main requirements – the analyse the correlation between different Every year, ADAC takes off on thousands of possibility to graphically illustrate and digitally medical factors.This was not possible with rescue flights in Germany. The documentation analyse the correlation between different PDAs and tablet PCs. is of particular importance on each operation: medical factors during the time period of the location, time and patient data, including vital medical treatment. Solution: "dotforms® rescue" from signs, must be carefully recorded.This informa- "Meeting the key demand for documenta- Diagramm Halbach is a digital emergency tion is needed for follow-up treatment in the tion content, documentation quality, practi- doctors' log and a digital pen based on hospital after rescue operations, for adminis- cality and efficiency seemed like a 'mission Anoto Digital Pen and Paper technology. tration purposes and to settle charges with impossible' when the development of the Diagramm Halbach also developed veri- the various service providers, such as health documentation system began", says Dr. fication software with integrated hand- insurance funds and insurance companies. Un- Matthias Helm, initiator of the project, OTA, writing recognition. til now, all data was recorded manually, which from the Department of Anaesthesiology and took a great deal of time and effort. ADAC- Intensive Care at the BWK Ulm and senior Benefits: The dotforms application en- Luftrettung wanted to find an efficient and helicopter doctor at the air rescue centre ables fast and error-free data entry without practical solution to speed up the documenta- "Christoph 22" in Ulm. any additional effort while retaining paper tion process and make all of the data available forms which accompany patients to the for other use. Mission possible hospital. Data capture has become 4-5 During a three-month pilot phase, the "dot- times faster than before. Comprehensive Mission impossible forms rescue" solution was assessed to deter- analysis helps to improve medical quality For this reason, various electronic data mine its functionality, practicality, robustness, management, since the captured data can entry devices, such as PDAs, tablet PCs and stability and the quality of data entry. be used as a basis for medical research. a solution based on Anoto Digital Pen and Europe US Japan Anoto Group AB Anoto Incorporated Anoto-Maxell K.K. Phone: +46 46-540 12 00 Phone: +1-508 983 9550 Phone: +81 (0)3-5774 1212 ANOTO CASE STORY This was followed by a six-month pilot phase Partner profile: in which "dotforms rescue" was used to docu- Diagramm Halbach was founded in 1832. ment all rescue operations carried out by a With over 300 employees the company is helicopter station. dedicated to forms solutions for automatic "After a brief training, the solution was data capture and digital services. Being an quickly accepted by the rescue staff. We were Anoto partner right from the beginning, able to keep our accustomed way of working Diagramm Halbach is an experienced service with pen and paper and didn't need to change provider for digital pen and paper solutions, the workflow", says Marcus Beckmann, project offering smart and complex solutions under manager at ADAC-Luftrettung. the brand "dotforms® ". dotforms® solutions According to Dr. Mattias Helm, "The system are always harmonized regarding solution proved to be highly stable overall – no dis- efficiency and paper functionality, as Diagramm ruptions or breakdowns of individual system Halbach is a certified print provider too. components or of the whole system were ob- Based on proprietary handwriting recognition served at any time. The digital pen, in particu- with highly efficient verification front end, the lar, proved to be practical – in terms of both offering covers solutions for local, intranet its mechanical stability and battery life and its or Internet use. The dotforms® web portal handling." enables ASP applications as well as new digital As a bonus, data capture with "dotforms res- services for digital pen and paper. cue" proved to be 4-5 times faster than when it was being done manually. ADAC-Luftrettung www.halbach.com/dotforms has now decided to use the "dotforms rescue" application at all of its 33 centres based all Customer profile: over Germany. ADAC-Luftrettung gGmbH was formed 1982, and has since become Germany's The new solution – how it works largest air rescue service. The helicopters of The new solution consists of forms with the non-profit-making organisation have over Anoto's dot pattern (the digital emergency 45,000 missions every year. Today, ADAC is doctors' log), a digital pen and verification represented at 33 stations in Germany and software, that has an integrated handwriting has 45 of its own rescue and intensive care recognition function. All information is entered helicopters. Every day, the rescue teams are on into the forms with a digital pen. The digital pen standby in the densest air rescue network in looks like a normal ballpoint pen, but contains the world. The machines are ready for takeoff a tiny infrared camera and processor, which in less than two minutes. Their deployment enables it to "read" and digitise information, radius is generally 50 km. Medical treatment as it is entered into the form. Information is continues in flight. ADAC-Luftrettung gGmbH transmitted from the pen to the computer by offers exceptional quality of treatment. The docking the pen. There, handwriting recogni- company is also a creator of opinion in the tion is performed, after which the data is field of emergency rescue. further transmitted to the hospital database. The solution offers a versatile option for www.adac.de analysing the recorded data; a full picture is given of the patient's condition and his vital functions. Links that previously remained undetected are now becoming clear for the first time; the correlation between several factors, e.g. blood pressure, pulse and medica- tion can be visualized. This knowledge is being taken into account in treatment guidelines and can thus improve the quality of treatment in the long term. The recorded data is also used as a basis for medical research. Anoto Group AB is the company behind and world leading in the unique technology for digital pen and paper, which enables fast and relia- Published in April 2009 ble transmission of handwritten text into a digital format. Anoto operates through a global partner network that focuses on user-friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storage of data within different business segments, e.g. healthcare, bank and finance, transport For more information: and logistics and education. The Anoto Group has around 110 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. www.anoto.com
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The whole world has seen television images of demonstrators hurling petrol bombs, while riot police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and birdshot in protests in and around Bahrain's capital Manama. Last year's Formula One race had to be cancelled as the result of a bloody crackdown on an anti-government uprising, and Sunday's faced many calls for it to face the same fate. "We were committed to this race and after the race we will make a proper judgement of what happened and come to a conclusion," said Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn.
There may be an inquest of sorts, but even if teams were reluctant to come to Bahrain before Sunday's race, it's not likely there will be any weakening of the glamour sport's ties with the region's rulers. The race contributes some $40 million a year to Formula One's coffers – if anything, the ties will only bind tighter with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone saying he was committed to Bahrain "for as long as they want us" and asserting that all publicity was good publicity.
The cash-guzzling sport has always followed the money and it has found investors and partners in oil and gas-rich countries eager to diversify into tourism and technology as well as indulge a passion for fast cars. "In terms of cash flow, it's by far the biggest concentrating spot in the world. If you were to map it out that way, you wouldn't have enough races here," said Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez.
Bahrain was the first country in the Middle East to host a grand prix back in 2004, and owns 50 percent of the McLaren Group – whose team is leading the Formula One championship after four rounds. Abu Dhabi joined the calendar in 2009 at the Yas Marina circuit – lavish even by Formula One standards. That round has become -like Monaco and Singapore- a key fixture for business-to-business deals, and one that corporate chiefs and sponsors will always have space for in their executive diaries.
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"My Sweet Lord" was among the songs most regularly used for torture in Chilean prison camps under the regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
So what do you guys think about this? Thought it was worthy of it's own thread then a post in the Beatles news section
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Well....I can think of much worse that they could have used...
"White Album - My joint-fave Beatles album along with Revolver. They show the two sides of Beatles. Revolver's very controlled - even though it's also very innovative. The White Album's playful and almost ramshackle. It's like a scrapbook kept by a genius. Fantastic stuff."
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There is far far worse in the world of music that that Friday song that should not be posted or mentioned here as it would be too cruel.
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I will throw this into the mix:
Dang, I hope I never have to be on the receiving end of torture from members of this forum!
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I can see it now Cbatcu, tho to make it worse instead of the above we get to listen to the complete A/B Road bootleg; 2 hours of The Long And Winding Road rehearsals would be enough to get most to sell their countries secrets or renounce lifelong held beliefs.
However the below would have me singing like a Canary within 10 seconds, I truly hate this song with a very fierce passion. One of the worst pieces of music I have ever heard, the above is sweet sweet music when compared to this.
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And just for Parlance
Noooooo! Now this whole thread needs an exorcism.
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I DARE YOU! Anybody who makes it through this deserves a prize! Makes Revolution 9 sound like She Loves You!
So I take it you actually DID listen to this whole thing? Even in my experimental years listening to music, I wouldn't have sat through it.
Although that might not be the worst thing Lou's ever done... not when there's this...
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The song that came up on my mp3 when I typed the first sentence. It took me a moment to make the connection.
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An unhateful act April 19, 2015 at 4:24 p.m.
Absolute lies. We are talking about civil ceremonies, ones that allow gay people a small amount of equality and dignity. If this is a sacred rite that you adhere to, then don't shoot church weddings. Period. But if you are open to the public to perform a public service, and refuse to do so, then you are unprofessional and probably breaking the law. This is hatred, pure and simple, and a malicious act.
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JUSTICE TRIUMPH! Foe those of you that forget the Judeo Christian tradition is based on, welcome to reality!
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Religious opt-out bill off to governor April 1, 2015 at 6:14 a.m.
Arkansas moves back to 1957. Call in the troops!
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House spokesman: Harris asks to step down from leadership posts March 16, 2015 at 5:32 p.m.
RESIGN. Now.
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Arrest these traitors for violation of the Logan Act.
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A human reaction March 10, 2015 at 7:33 p.m.
Harris has proven himself unfit to govern. He is as responsible for the rape of that child as the rapist.
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Oh, boy, an army of George Zimmermans on the way. Can we amend it to allow administering the death penalty on the spot?
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Mormon leaders: Gay rights, religious rights must be joined January 27, 2015 at 6:42 p.m.
A Mormon dictated theocracy would be just grand. And this religious liberty crap is just that- the same stuff used against the civil rights movement by fundie preachers.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vietnamese language Vietnamese language Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Pronunciation Spoken in Region Total speakers Ranking [tiə̯ŋ˧˥vḭə̯t˨˩] (Northern) [tiə̯ŋ˧˥jiə̯k˨˩˨] (Southern) Vietnam Southeast Asia 70-73 million native (includes 3 million overseas) 80+ million total 13–17 (native); in a near tie with Korean, Telugu, Marathi and Tamil Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer Vietic Viet-Muong Vietnamese Vietnamese variant of Latin alphabet Language family constitute 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese, most of whom live in the United States. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. It is part of the Austroasiatic language family, of which it has the most speakers by a significant margin (several times larger than the other Austroasiatic languages put together). Much vocabulary has been borrowed from Chinese, especially words that denote abstract ideas in the same way European languages borrow from Latin and Greek, and it was formerly written using the Chinese writing system, albeit in a modified format and was given vernacular pronunciation. The Vietnamese writing system in use today is an adapted version of the Latin alphabet, with additional diacritics for tones and certain letters. Writing system Official status Official language in Regulated by Language codes ISO 639-1 ISO 639-2 ISO 639-3 Geographic distribution As the national language of the majority ethnic group, Vietnamese is spoken throughout Vietnam by the Vietnamese people, as well as by ethnic minorities. It is also spoken in overseas Vietnamese communities, most notably in the United States, where it has more than one million speakers and is the seventh mostspoken language (it is 3rd in Texas, 4th in Arkansas and Louisiana, and 5th in California[2]). In Australia, it is the sixth mostspoken language. According to the Ethnologue, Vietnamese is also spoken by substantial numbers of people in Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vanuatu.[3] Vietnam No official regulation vi vie vie Major Vietnamese-speaking communities Vietnamese (tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ[1]), formerly known under French colonization as Annamese (see Annam), is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of the Vietnamese people (người Việt or người Kinh), who Genealogical classification Vietnamese was identified more than 150 years ago[4] to be part of the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family (a family that also includes Khmer, spoken in 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cambodia, as well as various tribal and regional languages, such as the Munda languages spoken in eastern India, and others in southern China). Later, Mường was found to be more closely related to Vietnamese than other Mon-Khmer languages, and a ViệtMường sub-grouping was established. As data on more Mon-Khmer languages was acquired, other minority languages (such as Thavưng, Chứt languages, Hung, etc.) were found to share Việt-Mường characteristics, and the Việt-Mường term was renamed to Vietic. The older term Việt-Mường now refers to a lower sub-grouping (within an eastern Vietic branch) consisting of Vietnamese dialects, Mường dialects, and Nguồn (of Quảng Bình Province).[5] Vietnamese language example, Thai (one of the Kradai languages), Tsat (a member of the Malayo-Polynesian group within Austronesian), and Vietnamese each developed tones as a phonemic feature, although their respective ancestral languages were not originally tonal. The Vietnamese language has strong similarities with Cantonese with regard to the specific intonations and unreleased plosive consonant endings. The ancestor of the Vietnamese language was originally based in the area of the Red River in what is now northern Vietnam, and during the subsequent expansion of the Vietnamese language and people into what is now central and southern Vietnam (through conquest of the ancient nation of Champa and the Khmer people of the Mekong Delta in the vicinity of present-day Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), characteristic tonal variations have emerged. Vietnamese was linguistically influenced primarily by Chinese, which came to predominate politically in the 2nd century B.C. With the rise of Chinese political dominance came radical importation of Chinese vocabulary and grammatical influence. As Chinese was, for a prolonged period, the only medium of literature and government, as well as the primary written language of the ruling class in Vietnam, much of the Vietnamese lexicon in all realms consists of Hán Việt (Sino-Vietnamese) words. In fact, as the vernacular language of Vietnam gradually grew in prestige toward the beginning of the second millennium, the Vietnamese language was written using Chinese characters (using both the original Chinese characters, called Hán tự, as well as a system of newly created and modified characters called Chữ nôm) adapted to write Vietnamese, in a similar pattern as used in Japan (kanji), Korea (hanja), and other countries in the Sinosphere. The Nôm writing reached its zenith in the 18th century when many Vietnamese writers and poets composed their works in Chữ Nôm, most notably Nguyễn Du and Hồ Xuân Hương (dubbed "the Queen of Nôm poetry"). As contact with the West grew, the Quốc Ngữ system of Romanized writing was developed in the 17th century by Portuguese and other Europeans involved in proselytizing and trade in Vietnam. When France invaded Vietnam in the late 19th century, French gradually replaced Chinese as the official language in education and government. Language policy While spoken by the Vietnamese people for millennia, written Vietnamese did not become the official administrative language of Vietnam until the 20th century. For most of its history, the entity now known as Vietnam used written classical Chinese for governing purposes, whereas written Vietnamese in the form of Chữ nôm was used for poetry and literature. It was also used for administrative purposes during the brief Ho and Tay Son Dynasties. During French colonialism, French superseded Chinese in administration. It was not until independence from France that Vietnamese was used officially. It is the language of instruction in schools and universities and is the language for official business. History It seems likely that in the distant past, Vietnamese shared more characteristics common to other languages in the Austroasiatic family, such as an inflectional morphology and a richer set of consonant clusters, which have subsequently disappeared from the language. However, Vietnamese appears to have been heavily influenced by its location in the Southeast Asian sprachbund, with the result that it has acquired or converged toward characteristics such as isolating morphology and tonogenesis. These characteristics, which may or may not have been part of proto-Austroasiatic, nonetheless have become part of many of the phylogenetically unrelated languages of Southeast Asia; for 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dialect region Northern Vietnamese North-central (or Area IV) Vietnamese Central Vietnamese Southern Vietnamese Localities Hanoi, Haiphong, and various provincial forms Nghệ An (Vinh, Thanh Chương), Thanh Hoá, Quảng Bình, Hà Tĩnh Huế, Quảng Nam Saigon, Mekong (Far West) Vietnamese language Names under French colonization Tonkinese High Annamese Low Annamese Cochinchinese Vietnamese adopted many French terms, such as đầm (dame, from madame), ga (train station, from gare), sơ mi (shirt, from chemise), and búp bê (doll, from poupée). In addition, many Sino-Vietnamese terms were devised for Western ideas imported through the French. However, the Romanized script did not come to predominate until the beginning of the 20th century, when education became widespread and a simpler writing system was found more expedient for teaching and communication with the general population. Language variation There are various mutually intelligible regional varieties (or dialects), the main four being:[6] Vietnamese has traditionally been divided into three dialect regions: North, Central, and South. However, Michel Fergus and Nguyễn Tài Cẩn offer evidence for considering a North-Central region separate from Central. The term Haut-Annam refers to dialects spoken from northern Nghệ An Province to southern (former) Thừa Thiên Province that preserve archaic features (like consonant clusters and undiphthongized vowels) that have been lost in other modern dialects. These dialect regions differ mostly in their sound systems (see below), but also in vocabulary (including basic vocabulary, non-basic vocabulary, and grammatical words) and grammar.[7] The North-central and Central regional varieties, which have a significant amount of vocabulary differences, are generally less mutually intelligible to Northern and Southern speakers. There is less internal variation within the Southern region than the other regions due to its relatively late settlement by Vietnamese speakers (in around the end of the 15th century). The North-central region is particularly conservative. Along the coastal areas, regional variation has been neutralized to a certain extent while more mountainous regions preserve more variation. As for sociolinguistic attitudes, the North-central varieties are often felt to be "peculiar" or "difficult to understand" by speakers of other dialects. It should be noted that the large movements of people between North and South beginning in the mid-20th century and continuing to this day have resulted in a significant number of Southern residents speaking in the Northern accent/dialect and to a lesser extent, Northern residents speaking in the Southern accent/dialect. Following the Geneva Accords of 1954 that called for the "temporary" division of the country, almost a million Northern speakers (mainly from Hanoi and the surrounding Red River Delta areas) moved South (mainly to Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and the surrounding areas.) About a third of that number of people made the move in the reverse direction. Following the reunification of Vietnam in 1975-76, Northern and North-Central speakers from the densely populated Red River Delta and the traditionally poorer provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh have continued to move South to look for better economic opportunities. Additionally, government and military personnel are posted to various locations throughout the country, often away from their home regions. More recently, the growth of the free market system have resulted in business people and tourists traveling to distant parts of Vietnam. These movements have resulted in some small blending of the dialects but more significantly, have made the Northern dialect more easily understood in the South and vice versa. It is also interesting to note that most Southerners, when singing modern/popular Vietnamese songs, would do so in the 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Regional variation in grammatical words[8] Northern này thế này ấy thế, thế ấy kia kìa đâu nào tôi tao chúng tôi chúng tao mày chúng mày nó chúng nó ông ấy bà ấy cô ấy chị ấy anh ấy Central ni ri nớ, tê rứa, rứa tê tê tề mô mô tui tau bầy tui bầy choa mi bây, bọn bây hắn, nghỉ bọn hắn ông nớ mệ nớ, mụ nớ, bà nớ o nớ ả nớ eng nớ Southern English gloss nầy vầy đó vậy đó đó đó đâu nào sao tui tao, qua tụi tui tụi tao mầy tụi mầy nó tụi nó ổng bả cổ chỉ ảnh "this" "thus, this way" "that" "thus, so, that way" "that yonder" Vietnamese language "that yonder (far away)" "where" "which" "how, why" "I, me (polite)" "I, me (arrogant, familiar)" "we, us (but not you, polite)" "we, us (but not you, arrogant, familiar)" "you (thou) (arrogant, familiar)" "you guys, y'all (arrogant, familiar)" "he/him, she/her, it (arrogant, familiar)" "they/them (arrogant, familiar)" "he/him, that gentleman, sir" "she/her, that lady, madam" "she/her, that unmarried young lady" "she/her, that young lady" "he/him, that young man (of equal status)" Variation between l and n can be found even in mainstream Vietnamese in certain words. For example, the numeral "five" appears as năm by itself and in compound numerals like năm mươi "fifty" but appears as lăm in mười lăm "fifteen". (See Vietnamese syntax: Cardinal numerals.) In some northern varieties, this numeral appears with an initial nh instead of l: hai mươi nhăm "twenty-five" vs. mainstream hai mươi lăm.[11] The consonant clusters that were originally present in Middle Vietnamese (of the 17th century) have been lost in almost all modern Vietnamese varieties (but retained in other closely related Vietic languages). However, some speech communities have preserved some of these archaic clusters: "sky" is blời with a cluster in Hảo Nho (Yên Mô prefecture, Ninh Binh Province) but trời in Southern Vietnamese and giời in Hanoi Vietnamese (initial single consonants /ʈʂ, z/, respectively). sao, thế nào răng Northern accent. This is true in Vietnam as well as in the overseas Vietnamese communities. The syllable-initial ch and tr digraphs are pronounced distinctly in North-central, Central, and Southern varieties, but are merged in Northern varieties (i.e. they are both pronounced the same way). The North-central varieties preserve three distinct pronunciations for d, gi, and r whereas the North has a three-way merger and the Central and South have a merger of d and gi while keeping r distinct. At the end of syllables, palatals ch and nh have merged with alveolars t and n, which, in turn, have also partially merged with velars c and ng in Central and Southern varieties. In addition to the regional variation described above, there is also a merger of l and n in certain rural varieties: 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Regional consonant correspondences Syllable position syllable-initial Orthography[9] x s ch tr r d gi v [10] syllable-final c t t after e t after ê t after i ch ng n n after i, ê nh [ɲ] l, n variation Orthography n l "Mainstream" varieties [n] [l] [ɲ] [c] [ŋ] [n] [c] [ŋ] [n] [v] [k] [t] [z] [ʨ] Northern [s] North-central [s] [ʂ] [ʨ] [ʈʂ] [ɹ] [ɟ] [z] [v] [k] [t] Vietnamese language Central [s] [ʂ] [ʨ] [ʈʂ] [ɹ] [j] Southern [s] [ʂ] [ʨ] [ʈʂ] [ɹ] [j] [k] [k, t] [t] [k] [k, t] [t] [ŋ] [n] [ŋ] [n] Rural varieties [n] Generally, the Northern varieties have six tones while those in other regions have five tones. The hỏi and ngã tones are distinct in North and some North-central varieties (although often with different pitch contours) but have merged in Central, Southern, and some North-central varieties (also with different pitch contours). Some North-central varieties (such as Hà Tĩnh Vietnamese) have a merger of the ngã and nặng tones while keeping the hỏi tone distinct. Still other North-central varieties have a three-way merger of hỏi, ngã, and nặng resulting in a fourtone system. In addition, there are several phonetic differences (mostly in pitch contour and phonation type) in the tones among dialects. The table above shows the pitch contour of each tone using Chao tone number notation (where 1 = lowest pitch, 5 = highest pitch); glottalization (creaky, stiff, harsh) is indicated with the < ˷ > symbol; breathy voice with < ̤ >; glottal stop with < ʔ >; sub-dialectal variants are separated with commas. (See also the tone section below.) Vocabulary As a result of a thousand years of Chinese occupation, much of the Vietnamese lexicon relating to science and politics is derived from Chinese. As much as 60%-70% of the vocabulary has Chinese roots, although many compound words are Sino-Vietnamese, composed of native Vietnamese words combined with 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Regional tone correspondences Tone Northern North-central Vinh ngang huyền sắc hỏi ngã nặng 33 2̤1̤ 35 31̰3̰ 3ʔ5 21̰ʔ 35 33 11 31 1̰3̰ 22 Front High Upper Mid Lower Mid Low i [i] ê [e] e [ɛ] ă [a] / a [aː] 2̰2̰ Central ư [ɨ] â [ə] / ơ [əː] Thanh Chương 35 33 11, 1̰3̰ 31 Hà Tĩnh 35, 353 33 1̰3 31̰ʔ 22̰ 2̰2̰ 35 33 1̰3̰ 312 Vietnamese language Central Southern 33 21 35 214 212 Back u [u] ô [o] o [ɔ] Chinese borrowings. One can usually distinguish between a native Vietnamese word and a Chinese borrowing if it can be reduplicated or its meaning doesn't change when the tone is shifted. As a result of French colonization, Vietnamese also has words borrowed from the French language, for example cà phê (from French café). Recently many words have been borrowed from English, for example TV (pronounced tivi, although the proper translation for television is still truyền hình), phông for font. Sometimes these borrowings are calques literally translated into Vietnamese (e.g. phần mềm for software, lit. "soft part"). In addition to single vowels (or monophthongs), Vietnamese has diphthongs[14] and triphthongs. The diphthongs consist of a main vowel component followed by a shorter semivowel offglide to a high front position [ɪ], a high back position [ʊ], or a central position [ə].[15] The centering diphthongs are formed with only the three high vowels (i, ư, u) as the main vowel. They are generally spelled as ia, ưa, ua when they end a word and are spelled iê, ươ, uô, respectively, when they are followed by a consonant. There are also restrictions on the high offglides: the high front offglide cannot occur after a front vowel (i, ê, e) nucleus and the high back offglide cannot occur after a back vowel (u, ô, o) nucleus[16]. The correspondence between the orthography and pronunciation is complicated. For example, the offglide [ɪ̯] is usually written as i however, it may also be represented with y. In addition, in the diphthongs [aɪ̯] and [aːɪ̯] the letters y and i also indicate the pronunciation of the main vowel: ay = ă + [ɪ̯], ai = a + [ɪ̯]. Thus, tay "hand" is [taɪ̯] while tai "ear" is [taːɪ̯]. Similarly, u and o indicate different pronunciations of the main vowel: au = ă + [ʊ̯], ao = a + [ʊ̯]. Thus, thau "brass" is [tʰaʊ̯] while thao "raw silk" is [tʰaːʊ̯]. The four triphthongs are formed by adding front and back offglides to the centering diphthongs. Similarly to the restrictions involving diphthongs, a triphthong with front nucleus cannot have a front offglide (after Sounds Vowels Like other southeast Asian languages, Vietnamese has a comparatively large number of vowels. Below is a vowel chart of Hanoi Vietnamese. Front, central, and low vowels (i, ê, e, ư, â, ơ, ă, a) are unrounded, whereas the back vowels (u, ô, o) are rounded. The vowels â [ə] and ă [a] are pronounced very short, much shorter than the other vowels. Thus, ơ and â are basically pronounced the same except that ơ [əː][12] is long while â [ə] is short — the same applies to the low vowels long a [aː] and short ă [a].[13] 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vowel Diphthong nucleus with front offglide i ê e ư â ơ ă a u ô o Name ngang 'level' huyền 'hanging' – – – ưi [ɨɪ̯] ây [əɪ̯] ơi [əːɪ̯] ay [aɪ̯] ai [aːɪ̯] ui [uɪ̯] ôi [oɪ̯] oi [ɔɪ̯] Diphthong with back offglide iu~yu [iʊ̯] êu [eʊ̯] eo [ɛʊ̯] ưu [ɨʊ̯] âu [əʊ̯] – au [aʊ̯] ao [aːʊ̯] – – – Vietnamese language Diphthong with Triphthong centering with front offglide offglide ia~iê~yê~ya [iə̯] – – – ưa~ươ [ɨə̯] – – – – ua~uô [uə̯] – – Diacritic (no mark) Triphthong with back offglide iêu [iə̯ʊ̯] – – ươu [ɨə̯ʊ̯] – – – – – – – Sample vowel a à á ả ã ạ – – ươi [ɨə̯ɪ̯] – – – – uôi [uə̯ɪ̯] – – Example ma 'ghost' mà 'but' má 'cheek, mother (southern)' mả 'tomb, grave' mã 'horse (Sino-Vietnamese), code' mạ 'rice seedling' Description mid level low falling (often breathy) ` (grave accent) ´ (acute accent) ̉ (hook) ˜ (tilde) ̣ (dot below) sắc 'sharp' high rising hỏi 'asking' ngã 'tumbling' nặng 'heavy' Tone group bằng "level, flat" trắc "oblique, sharp" mid dipping-rising high breaking-rising low falling constricted (short length) Tones within tone group ngang and huyền sắc, hỏi, ngã, and nặng • phonation Tone is indicated by diacritics written above or below the vowel (most of the tone diacritics appear above the vowel; however, the nặng tone dot diacritic goes below the vowel).[18] The six tones in the northern varieties (including Hanoi) are: Other dialects of Vietnamese have fewer tones (typically only five). See the language variation section above for a brief survey of tonal differences among dialects. In Vietnamese poetry, tones are classed into two groups: the centering glide) and a triphthong with a back nucleus cannot have a back offglide. With regards to the front and back offglides [ɪ̯, ʊ̯], many phonological descriptions analyze these as consonant glides /j, w/. Thus, a word such as đâu "where", phonetically [ɗəʊ̯], would be phonemicized as /ɗəw/. Tones Vietnamese vowels are all pronounced with an inherent tone[17]. Tones differ in: • length (duration) • pitch contour (i.e. pitch melody) • pitch height 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vietnamese language The analysis of syllable-final orthographic ch and nh in Hanoi Vietnamese has had different analyses. One analysis has final ch, nh as being phonemes /c, ɲ/ contrasting with syllable-final t, c /t, k/ and n, ng /n, ŋ/ and identifies final ch with the syllable-initial ch /c/. The other analysis has final ch and nh as predictable allophonic variants of the velar phonemes /k/ and /ŋ/ that occur before upper front vowels i /i/ and ê /e/. (See Vietnamese phonology: Analysis of final ch, nh for further details.) Pitch contours and duration of the six Northern Vietnamese tones as uttered by a male speaker (not from Hanoi). Fundamental frequency is plotted over time. From Nguyễn & Edmondson (1998). Grammar Vietnamese, like many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic (or isolating) language. Vietnamese does not use morphological marking of case, gender, number or Words with tones belonging to particular tense (and, as a result, has no finite/nonfinite tone group must occur in certain positions distinction).[19] Also like other languages in with the poetic verse. the region, Vietnamese syntax conforms to Subject Verb Object word order, is head-iniConsonants tial (displaying modified-modifier ordering), The consonants that occur in Vietnamese are and has a noun classifier system. Additionlisted below in the Vietnamese orthography ally, it is pro-drop, wh-in-situ, and allows verb with the phonetic pronunciation to the right. serialization. Some Vietnamese sentences with English Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal word glosses and translations are provided voiceless p [p] t [t] tr [ʈʂ~ʈ] c/k Stop below. ch [c~tɕ] [k] Mai là sinh viên. aspirated th [tʰ] Mai be student voiced b [ɓ] đ [ɗ] d [ɟ] "Mai is a student." h [h] x [s] s [ʂ] kh [x] Fricative voiceless ph [f] voiced v [v] m [m] gi [z] n [n] r [ʐ~ɹ] Giáp rất g/gh cao. [ɣ] Nasal Giap [ɲ] tall nh very ng/ ngh "Giap is very tall." [ŋ] y/i [j] Người đó person that là be anh brother nó. he Approximant u/o [w] l [l] Some consonant sounds are written with only one letter (like "p"), other consonant sounds are written with a two-letter digraph (like "ph"), and others are written with more than one letter or digraph (the velar stop is written variously as "c", "k", or "q"). Not all dialects of Vietnamese have the same consonant in a given word (although all dialects use the same spelling in the written language). See the language variation section above for further elaboration. "That person is his brother." Con classifier chó dog này this chẳng not bao giờ ever sủa bark cả. at.all "This dog never barks at all." Nó chỉ he ăn cơm Việt Nam thôi. only only eat rice.colloquial Vietnam 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "He only eats Vietnamese food." Vietnamese language Before French rule, the first two Vietnamese writing systems were based on Chinese script: Cái thằng chồng em nó chẳng ra • the standard gì. Chinese character set called chữ nho (scholar's characters, ??): used to focus classifier husband I (as he not turn.out what write Literary Chinese wife) • a complicated variant form known as chữ "That husband of mine, he is good for nothing." nôm (southern/vernacular characters, ??) with characters not found in the Chinese character set; this system was better Tôi thích con ngựa đen. adapted to the unique phonetic aspects of I like classifier horse black Vietnamese which differed from Chinese The authentic Chinese writing, chữ nho, was (generic) in more common usage, whereas chữ nôm "I like the black horse." was used by members of the educated elite (one needs to be able to read chữ nho in order to read chữ nôm). Both scripts have Tôi thích cái con ngựa đen. fallen out of common usage in modern VietI like focus classifier horsenam, and almost all citizens are unable to black (generic) read chữ nôm in more recent years. "It's the black horse that I like." Computer support The Unicode character set contains all Vietnamese characters and the Vietnamese currency symbol. On systems that do not support Unicode, many 8-bit Vietnamese code pages are available such as VISCII or CP1258. Where ASCII must be used, Vietnamese letters are often typed using the VIQR convention, though this is largely unnecessary nowadays, with the increasing ubiquity of Unicode. There are many software tools that help type true Vietnamese text on US keyboards, such as WinVNKey and Unikey on Windows, or MacVNKey on Macintosh. Writing system Currently, the written language uses the Vietnamese alphabet (quốc ngữ or "national script", literally "national language"), based on the Latin alphabet. Originally a Romanization of Vietnamese, it was codified in the 17th century by a French Jesuit missionary named Alexandre de Rhodes (1591–1660), based on works of earlier Portuguese missionaries (Gaspar do Amaral and António Barbosa). The use of the script was gradually extended from its initial domain in Christian writing to become more popular among the general public. Under French colonial rule, the script became official and required for all public documents in 1910 by issue of a decree by the French Résident Supérieur of the protectorate of Tonkin. By the end of first half 20th century virtually all writings were done in quốc ngữ. Changes in the script were made by French scholars and administrators and by conferences held after independence during 1954–1974. The script now reflects a socalled Middle Vietnamese dialect that has vowels and final consonants most similar to northern dialects and initial consonants most similar to southern dialects (Nguyễn 1996). This Middle Vietnamese is presumably close to the Hanoi variety as spoken sometime after 1600 but before the present. Pragmatics and ethnography of communication • • • • • ethnography of communication politeness (see Sophana (2004, 2005)) pragmatics sociolinguistics speech acts Word play A language game known as nói lái is used by Vietnamese speakers and is often considered clever. Nói lái involves switching the tones in a pair of words and also the order of the two words or the first consonant and rime of each word; the resulting nói lái pair preserves the original sequence of tones. Some examples: 9 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Original phrase đái dầm "(child) wet their pants" Phrase after nói lái transformation → đấm dài (nonsense words) Vietnamese language Structural change word order and tone switch word order and tone switch initial consonant, rime, and tone switch initial consonant and rime switch Resulting "secret" word → lơ phả → lăn a → loan hà lanh cả → choan hìm chanh kỉm chửa hoang "pregnancy out of → hoảng chưa "aren't you wedlock" scared?" bầy tôi "all the king's subjects" bí mật "secrets" → bồi tây "French waiter" → bật mí "revealing secrets" Nonsense syllable la la la chim Target word phở "beef or chicken noodle soup" ăn "to eat" hoàn cảnh "environment" hoàn cảnh "environment" Intermediate form with prefixed syllable → la phở → la ăn → la hoàn la cảnh → chim hoàn chim cảnh The resulting transformed phrase often has a different meaning but sometimes may just be a nonsensical word pair. Nói lái can be used to obscure the original meaning and thus soften the discussion of a socially sensitive issue, as with dấm đài and hoảng chưa (above) or, when implied (and not overtly spoken), to deliver a hidden subtextual message, as with bồi tây[20]. Naturally, nói lái can be used for a humorous effect.[21] Another word game somewhat reminiscent of pig latin is played by children. Here a nonsense syllable (chosen by the child) is prefixed onto a target word's syllables, then their initial consonants and rimes are switched with the tone of the original word remaining on the new switched rime. This language game is often used as a "secret" or "coded" language useful for obscuring messages from adult comprehension. See also • • • • • • • • • • Chữ nho Chữ nôm Sino-Tibetan languages Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary Vietic languages Vietnamese alphabet Vietnamese literature Vietnamese morphology Vietnamese phonology Vietnamese syntax Notes [1] Another variant, tiếng Việt Nam, is rarely used by native speakers and is likely a neologism from translating literally from a foreign language. It is most often used by non-native speakers and mostly found in documents translated from another language. [2] "Detailed List of Languages Spoken at Home for the Population 5 Years and Over by State: 2000" (PDF). 2000 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. 2003. http://www.census.gov/ population/cen2000/phc-t20/tab05.pdf. Retrieved on April 11 2006. [3] http://www.ethnologue.com/ show_language.asp?code=vie Examples See "The Tale of Kieu" for an extract of the first six lines of Truyện Kiều, an epic narrative poem by the celebrated poet Nguyễn Du, ??), which is often considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature. It was originally written in Nôm (titled Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh ????) and is widely taught in Vietnam today. 10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Front High Upper Mid Lower Mid Low i [i] ê [e] e [ɛ] a [a] ă [ɐ] Thompson's diphthongs Vowel nucleus i ê e ư â ơ ă a u ô o Front offglide – – – ưi [ɯɪ̯] ây [ʌɪ̯] ơi [ɤɪ̯] ay [ɐɪ̯] ai [aɪ̯] ui [uɪ̯] ôi [oɪ̯] oi [ɔɪ̯] Back offglide iu~yu [iʊ̯] êu [eʊ̯] eo [ɛʊ̯] ưu [ɯʊ̯] âu [ʌʊ̯] – au [ɐʊ̯] ao [aʊ̯] – – – Central Back unrounded Vietnamese language rounded ư [ɯ] ơ [ɤ] â [ʌ] u [u] ô [o] o [ɔ] Centering offglide ia~iê [iə̯] – – ưa~ươ [ɯə̯] – – – – ua~uô [uə̯] – – [4] "Mon-Khmer languages: The Vietic branch". SEAlang Projects. http://sealang.net/mk/vietic-intro.htm. Retrieved on November 8 2006. [5] Even though this is supported by etymological comparison, some linguists still believe that Viet-Muong is a separate family, genealogically unrelated to Mon-Khmer languages.) [6] Sources on Vietnamese variation include: Alves (forthcoming), Alves & Nguyễn (2007), Emeneau (1947), Hoàng (1989), Honda (2006), Nguyễn, Đ.-H. (1995), Pham (2005), Thompson (1991[1965]), Vũ (1982), Vương (1981). [7] Some differences in grammatical words are noted in Vietnamese grammar: Demonstratives, Vietnamese grammar: Pronouns. [8] Table data from Hoàng (1989). [9] As can be seen from the correspondences in the table, no Vietnamese dialect has preserved all of the contrasts implied by the current writing system. [10] In southern dialects, v is reported to have a spelling pronunciation (i.e., the spelling influences pronunciation) of [vj] or [bj] among educated speakers. However, educated speakers revert to usual [j] in more relaxed speech. Less educated speakers have [j] more consistently throughout their speech. See: Thompson (1959), Thompson (1965: 85, 89, 93, 97-98). [11] Gregerson (1981) notes that this variation was present in de Rhodes's time in some initial consonant clusters: mlẽ ~ mnhẽ "reason" (cf. modern Vietnamese lẽ "reason"). [12] The symbol ː represents long vowel length. [13] There are different descriptions of Hanoi vowels. Another common description is that of Thompson (1965): This description distinguishes four degrees of vowel height and a rounding contrast (rounded vs. unrounded) between back vowels. The relative shortness of ă [ɐ] and â [ʌ] would, then, be a secondary feature. Thompson describes the vowel ă [ɐ] as being slightly higher (upper low) than a [aː]. [14] In Vietnamese, diphthongs are âm đôi. [15] The diphthongs and triphthongs as described by Thompson can be compared with the description above: 11 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thompson's triphthongs Centering diphthong ia ~ iê ưa ~ ươ ua ~ uô Front offglide – ươi [ɯ̯əɪ̯] uôi [uə̯ɪ̯] Vietnamese language Back offglide iêu [iə̯ʊ̯] ươu [ɯə̯ʊ̯] – [16] The lack of diphthong consisting of a ơ + back offglide (i.e., [əːʊ̯]) is an apparent gap. [17] Called thanh điệu in Vietnamese [18] Note that the name of each tone has the corresponding tonal diacritic on the vowel. [19] Comparison note: As such its grammar relies on word order and sentence structure rather than morphology (in which word changes through inflection). Whereas European languages tend to use morphology to express tense, Vietnamese uses grammatical particles or syntactic constructions. [20] Nguyễn Đ.-H. 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New The Amity Affliction Track
Pretty good.
this album will be awesome
Digging: Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
Ahren's voice is superb. One of their best tracks
Digging: Of Virtue - Salvation
that was awesome
Sick! Looking forward to this big time.
Digging: August Burns Red - Found in Far Away Places
A lot better than I was expecting. Still miss Joel's deep growl though.
I would like his band more if they had better vocals. The screams have no variation and the cleans use obvious autotune which makes them annoying at times. All in all this wasn't bad though.
nice stuff
yeah, I dig this.
I think the vocals are what make this band so good. Just my opinion though.
Was pretty good. Kind of really similar to Youngbloods, though.
@tyler, the screams aren't bad just kind of bland but he has a good pitch. The cleans I think sound overproduced as fuck. I've seen them live though and they were good so idk why they sound like that on record.
Yeah, true. And @youthcat, I read in an interview that the new album is a continuation of Youngbloods lyrically. It sounds like it too.
Pretty fucking awesome, Ahren's voice is one of the best in this genre.
Digging: Senses Fail - Pull The Thorns From Your Heart
i like this
I think this is one of the weaker tracks on the album from the 3 clips I've heard, which shows how good this album will be. Can't wait!!
Digging: Lonely the Brave - The Day's War (Victory Edition)
these guys are pretty sick
Cool song, I wish the cleans were better though.
Am I missing something? Sounds exactly like their last album, which sounds generic as all hell. No variation in either of the vocals, choruses are auto-tuned and not even catchy (although trying to be), nothing special about the riffs.
It's not really bad but there's nothing unique enough about it to say it's good. I'd rather have them go back to being underproduced than overproduced.
It was written as a Youngbloods part 2, that's why it sounds the same
Acknowledging that they're rewriting the same album twice doesn't really make it okay though lol.
No, of course not.
Continuation of youngbloods. it will probably sound like Youngbloods. Isnt it funny how people complain if a band takes another direction with a new release? And when they don't, they complain it sounds just like the previous release.
Yeah man. Personally, Youngbloods was such a great record I don't mind this being Youngbloods part2
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