Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Language


Finnish 
The Finnish language is a Finno-Ugric language.  It is related to Hungarian.  It also has many vowels.  For example, kärsivällisyyttä, which means 'patience'

French
French Tongue-twister
I'd like to share one really funny French tongue twister.
Below you'll find three different transcriptions for each line of the tongue twister.

[1] The top line is a pseudo rhythmical transcription (for you musically minded people):
( / = barline, Q = quarter note, O = eighth note, o = sixteenth note).
[2] The second line is the French language original.
[3] The third line is the English translation.
 
O / O O O O  o o O Q /
Combien sont ces six saucissons ci?
How much are these six sausages here?

O / O o o O O O O Q /
Ces six saucissons ci sont six sous.
These six sausages are six 'sous'

o o / O o o O O O O Q /
Si ces six saucissons ci sont six sous.
If these six sausages here are six 'sous'

O / O o o O O O O Q /
Ces six saucissons ci sont très chers.These six sausages here are very expensive.

Korean
Konglish jokes (Korean/English)

Q)    Why did the smoker go to the horse ranch?
A)    말보로 (Mal-bo-ro)

Q)    How much does a blanket cost?
A)    이불 (two dollars)

Q)    What did the bus driver say to the egg?
A)     계란 (Get on.)

Q) What do you call a big napkin?
A)     휴지(huge)

Q) What do you call a smelly bird?
A)     냄새{nem seh)

Q) what is the vampire's fav drink?
A)     코피(koh-pee)
Q) What do you call a 5 year old onion?
A)     오년(Oh-nyun)

Q) How did the ice cream get into a car accident?
A)     차가와서(Cha Gah Wah Suh)

Q) What did the fish say when it lost its bones?
A)     오마이가시(Oh my ga shee)

Montenegrin

This is how you write the word for "to protect" in cursive cyrillic. ;)


Swedish
The longest Swedish Word: Nordöstersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten.

Morphemic Breakdown:
Nord-östersjö-kust-artilleri-flyg-spaning-s-simulator-anläggning-s-materiel-underhåll-s-uppföjlning-s-system-diskussion-s-inlägg-s-förberedelse-arbeten.

English Definition:
"preparatory work on the contribution to the discussion on the maintaining system of support of the material of the aviation survey simulator device within the north-east part of the coast artillery of the Baltic."

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