Languages!

[Monkey's_Uncle]

Also, what the hell is "Pop" apart from a style of music?

It's what balloons do... when you 'Pop' them.

:tongue:

 

[The Dead King Of Dead Stuff]

The Dead King Of Dead Stuff Wrote: A thread about language? ah the joy of nodding and smiling as tourists mutilate your Language

I myself born and raised in Canada know both French and English and through French learned Italian, Spanish and Portuguese (which just sounds like someone whose been brained with a brick speaking Spanish) I am currently learning German, which isnt too diffacult and one day i hope to learn Russian as i have a great fake accent

Oh com'on, not everyone speaks so poorly in languages that they are not native to ..Although I hear plenty of people mutilate English here in America.. and they aren't even foreign..

Also, I just realized that we lost our country banners. There used to be a little US flag below my avatar, but now everybody's is gone...

You know, I totally remember those existing once upon a time.. huh, changed when they did that revamp that gave us the 'Online Auras' then? Odd.

A thread about language? ah the joy of nodding and smiling as tourists mutilate your Language

I myself born and raised in Canada know both French and English and through French learned Italian, Spanish and Portuguese (which just sounds like someone whose been brained with a brick speaking Spanish) I am currently learning German, which isnt too diffacult and one day i hope to learn Russian as i have a great fake accent

Oh com'on, not everyone speaks so poorly in languages that they are not native to :zombie: ..Although I hear plenty of people mutilate English here in America.. and they aren't even foreign..

ORLY? I have lived severel years in Quebec and to hear these Rednecks from the Deep South attempting to get directions good merciful god i remember with clarity this interaction
Redneck:"Parmzon Monsieur Quest Que Cest La Shopping Districay?" which translates into " hdfsjdah Sir What is the shoppng ghafsfoy"
Me: Try Rene and St. Laurent
Redneck: "Merci Gracias"
and this kind of incident has happened far more times then id like to say :slapface:

 

[Tawg]

Also, not knowing the context in which you'd be saying "She'll be right" I am also confused

Its a phrase unique to Australians, sort of expressing our easy-going attitude towards things.
Its sort of like when people say "No Worries" it generally expresses the opinion that whatever it is will sort itself out.
For example-
Bob: *knocks over a can full of trash*
Jane: "Shouldn't we pick that up?"
Bob: "She'll be right mate, someone will pick it up later"
Sanai: (2 hours later) "What.... who the hell knocked this everywhere" *Grumbles as he cleans up the mess*


Also, what the hell is "Pop" apart from a style of music?

Oh yeah, I'd be able to pick up that meaning in context; Unless I had a feeling you were really attached to your garbage can I guess? lol, but yeah that seems fairly easy to pick up. (The phrase, not the trash)

I'm sure I could throw around some pretty stupid term/phrases that I'd have to explain to you after using them though as well "Pop" apparently being one of them.

Yeah, I dunno the root words or how it got that way exactly, I know the terms Soda, Soda-pop, and Pop all refer to soft drinks, or carbonated beverages.. might have come about as a sorta onomonopeia of the fizzy noise it makes?

 

[Chaos_Born]

Here in the mother country, we just call them fizzy drinks. I have never understood the root of 'soft drinks' aren't all liquids pretty much soft.

 

[Tawg]

Here in the mother country, we just call them fizzy drinks. I have never understood the root of 'soft drinks' aren't all liquids pretty much soft.

Really now, that sounds more crazy than anything else I've heard in here yet. Fizzy drinks? lol.

I believe that the term 'Soft Drink' came about along with the terminology of 'Hard Liquor'? That being that alcoholic beverages came to be associated with 'Hard' and so then non-alcoholic drinks were called 'Soft'. Actually I'm pretty sure the terminology 'Soft drink' applies to anything non-alcoholic, rather than strictly 'Carbonated' beverages.

Fun stuff.

 

[Chaos_Born]

What's wrong with fizzy drinks? They fizz don't they

 

[Tawg]

What's wrong with fizzy drinks? They fizz don't they

Lol, it just sounds like something a child would say, something very juvenile. The '-y' sound at the end helps push it in that direction IMO. 'Fizzy' Not to mention that things are not often called by their characteristics except in more childish mentalities.. if that makes sense? I mean, we don't call cars 'Vroom Wagons' or ovens 'Hot Boxes' be it as it may that they are.

I mean, I guess it's cool, it just really sounds like something I'd expect out of a child. Although that may have merits of it's own, since it could persuade adults to not want fattening sugar water out of embarrassment to ask for 'Fizzy drinks' lol.

 

[Sanai]

You know what language I wanna learn? Lingua Technis. The most efficient form of communication!

 

[Zephyr]

You know what language I wanna learn? Lingua Technis. The most efficient form of communication!

I know binary so that comes close. Crap...now my nerd-hood is fully declared.:slapface:

 

[robtion]

I love languages and travelling but am not great at them. I am Australian so English it is but can read a fair amount of Italian, and used to speak a bit of basic Japanese when I taught English in Tokyo 7 years ago (though this is pretty rusty now).

Speaking of POP in Australia we call what Americans refer to as a 'juice box' 'poppers'. We had an exchange student from the U.S who found this amusing. The reason is when you finish drinking the juice you blow air into the empty container then stomp on it and it goes pop! (just incase anyone was wondering).

 

[Tawg]

I love languages and travelling but am not great at them. I am Australian so English it is but can read a fair amount of Italian, and used to speak a bit of basic Japanese when I taught English in Tokyo 7 years ago (though this is pretty rusty now).

Speaking of POP in Australia we call what Americans refer to as a 'juice box' 'poppers'. We had an exchange student from the U.S who found this amusing. The reason is when you finish drinking the juice you blow air into the empty container then stomp on it and it goes pop! (just incase anyone was wondering).

Yeah, I've done that before (The juice box thing I mean) :ghost: Although the food item I'd think of, if you offered me a 'Popper' would beeeee...

Those little breaded, cheese filled hot peppers that are deep fried. Dunno if those have a different name, but that's what I know them as, as well as the only thing I really associate with the term 'Popper' lol. How interesting.

Oh, also I just translated the Japanese Katakana on the box of Black Knights and found out that Japanese people call 'Vampire Counts' "Vanpaiakaunto" lol, I didn't get past that, when I translate 'Foreign' words into Japanese it just makes me giggle.

EDIT: You know what? I might just start a Vocabulary list in the first post, and start listing all the words I learn, or different terms that are discussed in this thread on the first post, just so I can see them all and either be learning them, or .. laugh about things lol. That sounds like a good plan.

 

[The Dead King Of Dead Stuff]

LOL if some one offered me a popper id be a little mroe then laughing. Popper where i come from refers to smoking pot mixed with tobacco in a special bong to give you 1 mean hit... i think i need a different circle of friends o.o

 

[Chaos_Born]

What's wrong with fizzy drinks? They fizz don't they

Not to mention that things are not often called by their characteristics except in more childish mentalities.. if that makes sense? I mean, we don't call cars 'Vroom Wagons' or ovens 'Hot Boxes' be it as it may that they are.

Are you American, tawg (my point will become clear)

 

[Tawg]

Of course, didn't you see the beginning of the thread where I said I was jealous of 'Foreign' nations usually learning more than one language by default (Since I assume, most people learn their native and english at least).

 

[Chaos_Born]

Well then going back to what you said about not naming things after their characteristics, there is somthing of a tendancy for the americans to do this to words they don't like. This was hilariously pointed out by the comedian Michael Mcintyre, although I shant try to convey the humour. A prime example is the word 'pavement'. A perfectly good word, as words go, yet the yanks decided to make the word was not descriptive enough and change it to 'sidewalk'- I assume so that people would know what to do on it. There were other words too, 'waste paper basket' being another, but you'll have to see the act for the rest.

Esentially what I am saying is, 'HYPOCRISY!!!'

 

[Tawg]

Eh, Pavement is a material as far as I know; Like, it's the stuff that the surface is made out of rather than the surface itself? I had never heard of a sidewalk being called a pavement though, but the dictionary does list that as a definition, specific to British speakers or Atlantic states I guess. Although I do see the point with Sidewalk, I don't think I have ever heard the words 'Waste Paper Basket' used ever, lol. Maybe in an add for the object or something stupid, but that might even be retards and copyright laws or something stupid. Kinda like how I call all tissues 'Klenex' even though that's just a brand, the word is all I use, at least when I want one to blow my nose.

But I did say the '-y' sound at the end goes a long way to make it sound childish: Fuzzy, fluffy, pretty, shiny; Those words all sound childish to me. I dunno where I get that association exactly but (Lol Social ingraining), it has a definitive 'Feel' to it, if you know what I mean.

Also I wonder how many words American English has that are different from British English just to distance ourselves? I feel like, at least closer to the colonization of America, they may have made a point to try and establish their own identity to further distance themselves from Britain. Although saying 'American' english is kinda silly, since I bet the majority of this nation would have slang/vocabulary that I don't know as it stands; It'd be hard to claim we have a 'Single' language, or at least a common vernacular. Although the shift of word use might be more influenced by generation gaps than location I feel like, at least in this day and age.

 

[Count Darvaleth]

Other than my native language (Croatian), I have also learnt English and German...and Latin too for that matter, but that doesn't really count.

Latin SOOOOOOO does count. Best language ever.

Along with my Latin, I can speak English and could survive in France; my French isn't pretty, it often has bad grammar, but people would get what I'm trying to say. They'd laugh at me, but understand all the same.

 

[Bishop]

Iirc The country flags were lost when the map got cleared. If you put your location on the back you should get it back.

I'm native english and some french very outta date. And then any tech/geekspeak

Lol at 1 lang is British / American

Edit: hmm. Maybe not.

 

[Mesayah]

I remember learning french. I was good at it in school, Scored 99% in the final exam before options. Made the mistake of choosing something else.... since i already knew french.

Complete facepalm moment right there, Honestly regretted it since!

 

[Marche Funebre]

I speak and write both German and English fluently and im kind of wishing i had taken French while i was still at school. But Spanish is my next goal should i ever find time. I also know a smattering of Latin but thats because i have to know a lot of medical terms for my work.

 

[merenwen]

I was brought up in a multicultural household. My mother is Dutch and father is English. So I was brought up with both Dutch and English, especially as my relatives in Holland do not really speak English. I found that it is hard to practice Dutch when in Holland though, because whenever I am in Holland everyone I meet (apart from family) want to practice their English. lol

 

[robtion]

@Merenwen: Yep I think that is a common problem in many countries (from my own travels anyway). Either they want to practice their English or it is just easier because their English is often better than your Japanese, Dutch, Italian, or whatever. You are lucky having relatives abroad, I love the Netherlands.