LiveJournalers love quizzes. What kind of hobbit are you? Are you a great lover? What planet are you most like? Which character from some movie are you? What's your emotional type? They fill them in and their friends fill them in and everyone compares their results. Harmless fun.

Tone is phonemic in Chinese.

The stature is bowed down in age, the cop is depressed.

ITALIAN BOY: Are you a Jewboy? The boy doesn't answer, tries to keep going. ITALIAN BOY: Well, if you're not a Jew, say 'bread' in Italian. See, he can't.