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Post by william on Jul 29, 2018 8:45:26 GMT -5
Veni, vidi, vici. Says it all. ...and so does 'Sic Transit Gloria Mundi'. Gloria threw up on the bus on Monday? |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 29, 2018 10:41:37 GMT -5
...and so does 'Sic Transit Gloria Mundi'. Gloria threw up on the bus on Monday? hahaha |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 29, 2018 11:04:47 GMT -5
 Depends on where you're from as to how you pronounce stuff. Dad worked in Galveston Texas for a Greek fleet owner. He would say yella instead of jelly, Dad told him damnit Greek its jelly not yella, Greek said it took me all my life to pronounce yella, now you say I have to say jelly. The funny thing about it he said it right that time. Yella is good enough for me.! 
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Post by antb on Jul 30, 2018 1:59:05 GMT -5
Afrikaans/English (UK version  )/German in more or less equal proportions  |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jul 30, 2018 12:11:51 GMT -5
Now we know where ant was originally from  Afrikaans and German or Dutch are pretty similar, an Afrikaaner can generally understand both, though he may not know the words beforehand to speak them. |
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Post by Matthew on Jul 30, 2018 16:57:22 GMT -5
Afrikaans/English (UK version )/German in more or less equal proportions I was hoping You would respond,,"Dark Continent" is still a pretty big place.I've met people from SA,Morocco,and Nigeria.One student who said she was from Ethiopia. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 17:31:24 GMT -5
Hard Western, with frequent dropping of 'G'. . . . . just sayin'
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Post by antb on Jul 31, 2018 1:46:12 GMT -5
Afrikaans/English (UK version )/German in more or less equal proportions I was hoping You would respond,,"Dark Continent" is still a pretty big place.I've met people from SA,Morocco,and Nigeria.One student who said she was from Ethiopia. Cool. I split my time between South Africa and Namibia. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jul 31, 2018 6:06:33 GMT -5
Several years ago I met a Quickie Store owner from Nepal. I hadn't met anyone from Nepal before so made him tell me how to say 'thank you'. It sounds like daar nay bod. There's a different Quickie Store down the street run by a family of Nepalis.
When I see a new guy, it's fun to get your change and say daar nay bod. They say yeah. Then you say it again, they say oh. Then you say it again, pointedly and louder, and watch their faces light up. OHH!
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Post by Winton on Jul 31, 2018 7:30:20 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea how many languages I have studied. Obviously English. A little Spanish, 2 years of French. 1 year German. 2 years Greek (old, not modern) Then I started a Masters in linguistics. Every assignment used a different language.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 31, 2018 7:54:33 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea how many languages I have studied. Obviously English. A little Spanish, 2 years of French. 1 year German. 2 years Greek (old, not modern) Then I started a Masters in linguistics. Every assignment used a different language. If were talking studied languages then in school we had to take French and Latin. I also took Spanish. Then, more recently I studied Hebrew and Greek (similar to Winton - old, not modern). I also have some knowledge of Portuguese from my dad's background, but I never needed to speak it in Ireland so I don't know much of that either. Can I speak any of them? Not really. I could get by with my Spanish...kind of. But the rest have slipped out of my brain over the years. It takes me to be in the place to get good at the language. There's no substitute for being in the thick of it...for me anyway. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 9:17:30 GMT -5
LL, I informed the people of Dublin that you stated “ you speak the Queens English “ and now the towns people are waiting upon your return......LMAO😜😂😜😂
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Post by Matthew on Jul 31, 2018 9:33:53 GMT -5
I was hoping You would respond,,"Dark Continent" is still a pretty big place.I've met people from SA,Morocco,and Nigeria.One student who said she was from Ethiopia. Cool. I split my time between South Africa and Namibia. Namibia,,,,,,That has a nice "Ring" to it.If I could just win the lottery I'd Love to travel your continent.My Mother always threatened to ship me off to Timbuktu,I was about 12 when I found it on a map and took her a box to put me in. Several years ago I met a Quickie Store owner from Nepal. I hadn't met anyone from Nepal before so made him tell me how to say 'thank you'. It sounds like daar nay bod. There's a different Quickie Store down the street run by a family of Nepalis.
When I see a new guy, it's fun to get your change and say daar nay bod. They say yeah. Then you say it again, they say oh. Then you say it again, pointedly and louder, and watch their faces light up. OHH!
My favorite convenience store is run by a gentleman from Nepal and he sponsors other from there as students and immigrants. I like to go there and just hang out.They are fun to shoot the breeze with. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 31, 2018 9:51:09 GMT -5
LL, I informed the people of Dublin that you stated “ you speak the Queens English “ and now the towns people are waiting upon your return......LMAO😜😂😜😂 first Ronv69 and then you. I thought we were friends. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 31, 2018 9:57:46 GMT -5
LL, I informed the people of Dublin that you stated “ you speak the Queens English “ and now the towns people are waiting upon your return......LMAO😜😂😜😂 first Ronv69 and then you. I thought we were friends. Hey, just yanking your chain. My ancestor, Lancelot Vance, gave his life defending LONDONDERRY. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 31, 2018 10:27:26 GMT -5
LL as my kids used to say You In Trouble!
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 31, 2018 10:31:35 GMT -5
You're right oldcajun123. I in trouble! But I'll bring them all down with me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 11:24:54 GMT -5
I know I’m welcomed in Dublin, I refused to speak the Queens English back in the late 50’s👍
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jul 31, 2018 12:26:02 GMT -5
first Ronv69 and then you. I thought we were friends. Hey, just yanking your chain. My ancestor, Lancelot Vance, gave his life defending LONDONDERRY. oh dear, this is starting to get ugly, lol |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Jul 31, 2018 13:54:42 GMT -5
Basic grunt with some English thrown in for good measure, plus a smattering of mostly forgotten Spanish and Italian. My folks spoke English, Yiddish, Russian, Classical Greek, Latin, French, German and a few other languages. Grunt works for me.
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Post by Matthew on Jul 31, 2018 14:01:07 GMT -5
Hey, just yanking your chain. My ancestor, Lancelot Vance, gave his life defending LONDONDERRY. oh dear, this is starting to get ugly, lol I'm so UGLY ,,,I got a restraining order from the litter box.... |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jul 31, 2018 15:28:30 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 31, 2018 15:37:58 GMT -5
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Post by simnettpratt on Jul 31, 2018 15:49:18 GMT -5
Grab your popcorn LL.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jul 31, 2018 20:47:56 GMT -5
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Post by simnettpratt on Jul 31, 2018 21:21:22 GMT -5
I was actually asked by a little boy in the lunch line, in 1975 in Galveston, how it felt to be wearing clothes after wearing all that armour. Seriously. It won't offend me if you don't believe me, but that happened.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 7:44:21 GMT -5
American English with west coast speed and a southern drawl. I also speak mechanic, redneck, backwards Cajun and broken Spanish without raising my voice thinking that they will understand me better.
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Depends on where you're from as to how you pronounce stuff. Dad worked in Galveston Texas for a Greek fleet owner. He would say yella instead of jelly, Dad told him damnit Greek its jelly not yella, Greek said it took me all my life to pronounce yella, now you say I have to say jelly. The funny thing about it he said it right that time. Yella is good enough for me.! 
)/German in more or less equal proportions 
Afrikaans and German or Dutch are pretty similar, an Afrikaaner can generally understand both, though he may not know the words beforehand to speak them.
