January 16, 2003, 10:26
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You are correct. And yes, your reply was exactly "here, here"  . You see, finnish isn't that difficult after all... 
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January 16, 2003, 10:28
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Blwyddyn Newydd dda. 
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Happy new year to you too.
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January 16, 2003, 10:32
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Sounds more like bleedin' newyear to me 
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January 16, 2003, 10:34
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I am wondering...in a few years there will be automatic translators pinned to your jacket. You would speak it would translate it automatically to the other person's device etc
Most translators will be out of a job...
But no completely because at official meetings etc they will always be needed
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January 16, 2003, 10:36
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Originally posted by alva
Sounds more like bleedin' newyear to me
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Pronounced Blue-ith-thin New-ith Tha.
Try to get Provost Harrison to say that and not give you a shower...
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January 16, 2003, 11:00
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You have a word for 'leather mouse'...
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No, we don't. Nahka = Leather, Hiiri = Mouse.
You can combine words if you want to make a single term in Finnish.
(no, it's NOT as simple as that)
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January 16, 2003, 11:06
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I heard from somewhere that in Estonian "pakata" means "to wank" and "runkata" means "to pack" - and in Finnish it's the other way around
Any truth to this?
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January 16, 2003, 11:16
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Originally posted by Boddington's
And Finnish. Let's not get them started!
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We can't let people's wishes down, can we?
Learn to speak Finnish in 3 minutes
How to pronounce Finnish names
(Cool new quote layout)
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January 16, 2003, 11:46
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moi!
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January 16, 2003, 12:25
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Blue-uth-thin, not Blue-ith-in...
'y' is a bit complicated, but I'm pretty sure that it should be an 'uh' rather than an 'ih' sound...but definitely not an 'ee'...
I think that's right for first syllable...hence:
Cymru is ***-ree.
Edit:
Bloody censorship!
OK...kum-ree... 
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January 16, 2003, 13:13
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Re: Minor European Languages
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Originally posted by Boddington's
I started a Welsh thread but it got spammed.
Languages like Welsh, Gaelic and Basque are apparently growing in popularity, and I might start learning Welsh. You get a pint for going to learn it every Sunday.
Slow - Araf
Ambulance - Ambiwlans
Bridgend - Pen-y-bont
Cardiff - Caerdydd
No smoking - Dim Ysmygy
Football Club - Clwb Pel-droed
Do you know a few words of minor language?
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Let it die. They don't even have words for modern concepts. Let it fade out with the American Indian languages. Hard enough to learn the major languages. Less languages = better.
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January 16, 2003, 13:14
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Less languages = better.
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Less langueages = Less cultures = Harder to realise cultural blind spots
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January 16, 2003, 13:16
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Originally posted by Tuomerehu
Less langueages = Less cultures = Harder to realise cultural blind spots
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= less wars
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January 16, 2003, 13:18
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"They don't even have words for modern concepts."
Neither did any other language until someone invented them, which is what's happened in Welsh...they've ripped of English. It's not as if English hasn't ripped off other languages to fill voids...
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January 16, 2003, 13:29
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Welsh borrows so heavily from English it might as well be English.
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January 16, 2003, 13:47
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Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Welsh borrows so heavily from English it might as well be English.
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Exactly. BTW, when I visited a Wales, I read a book about it. My favorite quote, "When was Wales?"
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January 16, 2003, 13:52
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January 16, 2003, 13:56
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culture is the enemy. Look at Hitler with all the Alpenwunder.
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January 16, 2003, 13:57
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Cymru is one of the few words in which a y is pronounced as "uh", from what I can gather.
Witness the number of towns with a word followed by a y followed by another y.
Egs:
Pen-y-Bont
Betws-y-coed
Min-y-mor
And then there is Welshpool's football ground, Maesydre.
Or the Welsh spelling of Cardiff, Caerdydd (pronounced slightly differently, I know one person even when speaking English pronounces it the Welsh way..)
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January 16, 2003, 13:58
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I'd like to visit Caerphilly castle.
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January 16, 2003, 13:58
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It always bugs me to see the Celts spell their town names wrong in Civ..
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January 16, 2003, 15:34
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Cymru is one of the few words in which a y is pronounced as "uh", from what I can gather.
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Yes, it does seem to be unusual in that I have noticed...also notice that the first letter can change, like in Welcome to Wales: 'Croeso i Gymru'.
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Witness the number of towns with a word followed by a y followed by another y.
Egs:
Pen-y-Bont
Betws-y-coed
Min-y-mor
And then there is Welshpool's football ground, Maesydre.
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Yes, the one problem with Wales when driving through was remembering names to navigate by. Now I can cope well with English names, but Welsh ones just don't stick in my mind (although thank f**k for Welshpool and Newtown although the former is Trallwng in Welsh anyway).
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Or the Welsh spelling of Cardiff, Caerdydd (pronounced slightly differently, I know one person even when speaking English pronounces it the Welsh way..)
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Yeah, the ae is a bit different and the -dd is a bit like a -th noise...
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January 16, 2003, 15:55
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Welsh borrows so heavily from English it might as well be English.
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Mae Cymraeg ddim yn fenthyg gormod o'r Saesneg, a mae Saesned wedi fenthyg geiriau fel 'pen-gwyn' o'r Gymraeg
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January 16, 2003, 16:44
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Sir Ralph:
Hungarian has got some astoundingly coarse blasphemies actually. I still balk every time I hear the old ladies in villages repeatedly use "Kurva Isten" (God is a Prostitute) as an everyday interjection. And I'm an atheist.
Boddies: I thought you were opposed to minorities?
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January 16, 2003, 17:19
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Llanfairpwllgwyngerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogo ch
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January 16, 2003, 17:30
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The longest place name in Britain?
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January 16, 2003, 17:46
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Yeah, although I don't think it is referred to that very often. Hey, if you think it looks funny written down, you want to hear it pronounced
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January 16, 2003, 18:22
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I still balk every time I hear the old ladies in villages repeatedly use "Kurva Isten" (God is a Prostitute) as an everyday interjection.
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I have heard this too, very often. Mostly with a third word, IIRC it was "Kurva Isten Fossad". And, of course "Basz meg" (sp?) thrice in every sentence .
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January 16, 2003, 18:25
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Originally posted by Myrddin
Mae Cymraeg ddim yn fenthyg gormod o'r Saesneg, a mae Saesned wedi fenthyg geiriau fel 'pen-gwyn' o'r Gymraeg
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Origin of the word penguin.
Might be welsh, but I think its a coincidence.
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January 16, 2003, 19:12
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Llanfair PG
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