Bollard, Simmerath, Germany Superthread

[Alisaura]

No matter how you try, you can't beat the Axver.

... I just noticed your avatar.


*stifles giggles*

 

[Irishteen]

That explains this series of fantasy books I read once which was all based on Celticy stuff, and the words "yes" and "no" appeared NOWHERE in the text. It took me a couple of books to notice this and it freaked me out.

That's not surprising to me at all, our languages are weird


We don't have a word for hello either

 

[Axver]

Hey Jen!

Thanks to my learning of English i'm not too competent at reading Russian. I can help you if you like though, I know the basics.

And 'nizhny' would mean 'lower', new in Russian is 'novi or noviya'. So Nizhniy Novgorod would mean Lower Novgorod, maybe even "Lower Newtown"!

Ah, that's a shame. But yeah, I'd definitely like to learn something. I don't ever expect to have the competence to know enough to read things like Dostoevsky's novels in the original Russian, but any knowledge would be nice.

Ooh, OK. Shows that assumption of mine wasn't worth squat! And haha, Newtown? Seems like such a boring placename in English.

 

[Alisaura]

eh guys , wazzup

Hey Jen

I'm still up, but not for much longer I think! *grandma*

How are you?

 

[Axver]

We don't have a word for hello either

This must make social interaction awkward.

 

[Alisaura]

That's not surprising to me at all, our languages are weird


We don't have a word for hello either

How do Irish greet one another?

"Hey you, get me a Guinness!" (aka "hello")
"Fuck off!" (aka "no")

 

[Irishteen]

This must make social interaction awkward.

Only if you're atheist

Dia Duit = Hello but literally means God (Be) With You

 

[mysterious_jen]

Hi Ali , im also a grandma! debating printing 50 pages to take to bed and read.


nice to see so many of us around here tonite

 

[mysterious_jen]

How do Irish greet one another?

"Hey you, get me a Guinness!" (aka "hello")
"Fuck off!" (aka "no")

this is multilingual !

 

[Axver]

Only if you're atheist

Dia Duit = Hello but literally means God (Be) With You

Got an "Atheos be with you" alternative for me?

 

[Cin]

I've been staying up past ten lately, usually til at least eleven, sometimes even twelve!!

 

[The Sad Punk]

Only if you're atheist

Dia Duit = Hello but literally means God (Be) With You

Well, in English "goodbye" is a shortening of God Be With You, too, so you could argue something similar.

 

[Alisaura]

Hi Ali , im also a grandma! debating printing 50 pages to take to bed and read.


nice to see so many of us around here tonite

Argh, need to read things too...
What sort of stuff are you reading? And what's this fabbo new job I heard about ages ago but never sent you an email about?

It is cool...

 

[Vlad n U 2]

... I just noticed your avatar.


*stifles giggles*

Tis awesome. Gotta flaunt it.

Ooh, OK. Shows that assumption of mine wasn't worth squat! And haha, Newtown? Seems like such a boring placename in English.

I suppose it may be the case, 'gorod' means town/village in English.

 

[Irishteen]

"Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat" = May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil
"Titim gan éirí ort" = May you fall without rising

There's also some pick up line about preferring the girl to a thousand milk cows

And with those fancy phrases I leave you

 

[Alisaura]

I've been staying up past ten lately, usually til at least eleven, sometimes even twelve!!

 

[Axver]

Well, in English "goodbye" is a shortening of God Be With You, too, so you could argue something similar.

I was not aware of this.

Now I'm glad I stick with "have a good one"!

 

[Alisaura]

Well, in English "goodbye" is a shortening of God Be With You, too, so you could argue something similar.

... How did I not realise this sooner.

 

[Axver]

"Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat" = May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil
"Titim gan éirí ort" = May you fall without rising

There's also some pick up line about preferring the girl to a thousand milk cows

And with those fancy phrases I leave you

I challenge somebody to find a weirder language in history.

 

[The Sad Punk]

"Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat" = May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil
"Titim gan éirí ort" = May you fall without rising

There's also some pick up line about preferring the girl to a thousand milk cows

And with those fancy phrases I leave you

I've heard the cat one before, I've tried saying it but it just sounds like I'm regurgitating a large egg.

 

[mysterious_jen]

I've been staying up past ten lately, usually til at least eleven, sometimes even twelve!!

im more of a 1.30 sleeper of late
makes for one hell of a AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im late morning

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Gaelic reminds me of what an elf language would be.

 

[Alisaura]

Seeya John!


Weirdest language = those ones in Africa with "!" in.

 

[Axver]

I've heard the cat one before, I've tried saying it but it just sounds like I'm regurgitating a large egg.

Weirdest language = those ones in Africa with "!" in.

I'd say less weird, more AWESOME.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I was not aware of this.

Now I'm glad I stick with "have a good one"!

Likewise. It makes sense though, don't it?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Nu Russki yezhik kaneshna luchi tchem Irlandski.

 

[Cin]

im more of a 1.30 sleeper of late
makes for one hell of a AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im late morning

but I only stay awake that late if I'm already in bed

Gaelic reminds me of what an elf language would be.

me too

 

[mysterious_jen]

gaelic is awesome.

 

[Alisaura]

Gaelic reminds me of what an elf language would be.

I've not really heard Irish spoken aloud... dubious burblings in Another Time, Another Place notwithstanding.

 

[Axver]

Nu Russki yezhik kaneshna luchi tchem Irlandski.

I got something about Russian and Irish out of that.