Have you spent any appreciable amount of time in Asia?
Tom Send a noteboard - 13/04/2011 01:23:13 AM
They sound very similar. Similarly irritating to the ear. Not quite as irritating as Cantonese, which may quite possibly be the most unpleasant language in the world (as much because no one seems to be able to speak QUIETLY in Cantonese as that it has so many abrupt stops), but irritating nonetheless. Northeast Asian languages are much easier on the ear, and I haven't really had any negative reactions to Thai or Vietnamese.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Funny words
- 11/04/2011 03:22:29 PM
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Re: Funny words
- 11/04/2011 04:12:50 PM
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- 12/04/2011 07:31:13 PM
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Yeah, I was going to ask you about the ß but Tim got there first. It is very easy.
- 11/04/2011 11:37:42 PM
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- 12/04/2011 07:31:13 PM
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How about these?
- 11/04/2011 07:30:41 PM
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"Muckefuck" sounds to me like "Schmutzenficken" sounds to you.
- 11/04/2011 11:26:21 PM
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Re: Funny words
- 11/04/2011 09:40:11 PM
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Haha. How are you supposed to pronounce it?
- 11/04/2011 10:36:16 PM
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Moockefoock, though with short "oo"s. I'm guessing it's more the spelling that's funny. *NM*
- 11/04/2011 10:59:37 PM
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Sort of like "book" for both "u"s and with a short "uh" sound for the "e".
- 11/04/2011 11:22:55 PM
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Innstapp
- 12/04/2011 07:44:01 AM
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I think that works because the languages are similar but distinct
- 12/04/2011 03:04:49 PM
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I think some of my funniest foreign words would have to be Norwegian, as well.
- 12/04/2011 07:11:43 PM
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Re: I think some of my funniest foreign words would have to be Norwegian, as well.
- 12/04/2011 07:13:26 PM
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Well, Norwegian is closer to Dutch than Swedish and Danish are.
- 12/04/2011 07:33:22 PM
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Re: Well, Norwegian is closer to Dutch than Swedish and Danish are.
- 12/04/2011 07:35:38 PM
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Re: Funny words
- 12/04/2011 11:58:22 AM
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I found Tagalog to be an unattractive language
- 12/04/2011 03:07:28 PM
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That's an odd way of reasoning...
- 12/04/2011 07:15:37 PM
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Have you spent any appreciable amount of time in Asia?
- 13/04/2011 01:23:13 AM
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Nope. None, in fact.
- 13/04/2011 07:15:28 PM
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I always grimace a little when I hear "pupsik". Always sounds like "poopsicle" to me. 
*NM*
- 13/04/2011 06:08:46 AM
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*NM*
- 13/04/2011 06:08:46 AM
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