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October 16

British and southern US accents

I saw a program on TV that said that some accents in the southern US are very similar to British accents of the 18th century. How do they know what 18th-century accents were like? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:22, 16 October 2012 (UTC) moved

Question has been re-posed (and now reposes) on the Language desk. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 01:20, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

whitney houston vs jewel

Can you please tell me who sold more albums of their debut album within the first 5 yeare of its release. Whitney's first album Whitney houston or Jewel's first album. Me and my boss was debating it. We tried to find the answer but was unable to. If you could please help I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by107.10.66.8 (talk) 14:49, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

For U.S. sales only, Whitney Houston was certified 9X platinum before its 5th anniversary (by 1990), which means 9 million copies, per the RIAA database (enter Whitney Houston in search box). Using the same database, we can see that Pieces of You by Jewel was certified 11X Platinum before 2000, which would have been it's 5th anniversary. So, just on U.S. sales, Jewel's first album beat Whitney's first album over the first five years by 2 million copies. International sales may skew these numbers considerably, so take it with a grain of salt.--Jayron32 21:54, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

ESC 2013 Lithuania stream

1st Presentation Episode of Lithuania will be hold on 20th, Oct, 2012. I would like to watch it live online, does anyone have live stream URL? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olli (talk •contribs) 17:41, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

This site confirms the Lithuanian pre-contest shows will be streamed by LRT, though no channel is specified. Here's their main page, and there appear to be live stream links for various channels top right. - Karenjc 21:55, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you SO much! I found out the channel from LRT's program guide. --Olli (talk) 11:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)