It will join the ranks of words such as karma, smorgasbord, shampoo, ketchup, samovar, and hurricane, which is another way of saying its meaning and/or pronunciation will be butchered out of all recognition and you will have problems proving it was ever from your language in the first place.
*plants the flag*
Anglophonia does not recognise the jurisdiction of anything, anywhere. This decision cannot be appealed in any way.
*plants the flag*
Anglophonia does not recognise the jurisdiction of anything, anywhere. This decision cannot be appealed in any way.
You forgot ombudsman. And husband.
On a side note. If you only knew what we do to your words. You would cry yourself to sleep every night. Oh yes. Hideous revenge.
Køntri. That is all I have to say.
*MySmiley*
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Snirkle
- 26/11/2009 09:32:57 AM
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I know what you mean, let's see if there are any native speakers who know of an English word
- 26/11/2009 12:51:17 PM
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Are we sure that's a real word? (Snerk is another that sounds like what it means.)
- 26/11/2009 03:07:51 PM
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of course it is a real word. isn't it?
- 26/11/2009 04:53:04 PM
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We've kept the English spelling for "keitering"
- 26/11/2009 05:58:52 PM
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So have we, dammit.
- 26/11/2009 05:59:51 PM
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"Occasionally"?
- 26/11/2009 08:52:26 PM
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Re: "Occasionally"?
- 26/11/2009 09:09:20 PM
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What's "snerk" in Swedish? I bet it's really cute. 
*NM*
- 26/11/2009 08:53:50 PM
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*NM*
- 26/11/2009 08:53:50 PM
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I didn't have the slightest clue what that word meant
- 26/11/2009 09:29:30 PM
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So, in translation, you'll say "that icky stuff on the top of my cold soup"? *NM*
- 26/11/2009 10:02:42 PM
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Could be "twirly". . . some times. *NM*
- 26/11/2009 03:10:59 PM
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that was my thought too. *NM*
- 26/11/2009 09:14:23 PM
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Except it really doesn't work if you want to describe a person's movement. *NM*
- 26/11/2009 10:08:01 PM
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*muses* Whorl.
- 26/11/2009 05:20:34 PM
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whorl has more speed than snirkle *NM*
- 26/11/2009 05:49:07 PM
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Yes, snirkle has to end up just right. Think spending 10 minutes on one letter to get it right. *NM*
- 26/11/2009 06:00:42 PM
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You could alternately call it a "flourish", especially now that we've seized "snirkle". *NM*
- 26/11/2009 06:47:04 PM
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To flourish? Snirkle is a verb. And it is transitive! *NM*
- 26/11/2009 06:51:01 PM
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To flourish, yes. But in English, Snirkle will henceforth be a verb AND a noun.
- 26/11/2009 08:20:36 PM
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Re: To flourish, yes. But in English, Snirkle will henceforth be a verb AND a noun.
- 26/11/2009 09:10:06 PM
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Just say "snirkle" and pronounce it like we would - snerkl *NM*
- 26/11/2009 06:36:19 PM
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but then it looses its power. *NM*
- 26/11/2009 06:37:50 PM
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No it doesn't. There's even a candy called "Snirkles".
- 26/11/2009 06:40:15 PM
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Oooh. I want some of that.
- 26/11/2009 06:42:17 PM
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In the name of Anglophonia, I claim the word "snirkle" (pronounced "snerkl")
- 26/11/2009 06:46:17 PM
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But yours is a noun. Ours is a verb!
- 26/11/2009 06:49:47 PM
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I like "køntri". Suitably lame. *NM*
- 26/11/2009 08:58:16 PM
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Now that is an excellent point, although still not good enough to cancel out the horrible spelling *NM*
- 26/11/2009 09:30:53 PM
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Ours is a verb as well. I could also decide to make it an adjective.
- 26/11/2009 10:43:42 PM
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Re: Ours is a verb as well. I could also decide to make it an adjective.
- 27/11/2009 08:31:19 AM
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I'd say they were squiggles, and the cake was squiggly *NM*
- 26/11/2009 09:46:31 PM
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Also
- 27/11/2009 04:32:46 PM
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Re: Also
- 27/11/2009 04:38:48 PM
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Hazard? More like a given
- 27/11/2009 04:43:39 PM
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- 27/11/2009 04:45:02 PM
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- 27/11/2009 04:45:02 PM
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Om jag försökte att översätta det på finska, skulle jag sa "vääntelehtiä"
- 27/11/2009 07:17:24 PM
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