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Centripetal Horse posted:Except for the part where it's likely that the "ginger" thing was total horseshit, and the airline just wanted to boot someone from an overbooked flight without having to take responsibility or provide compensation. There's no way any airline with a fleet consisting or more than one puddle-jumper doesn't see thousands of redheads per year. OK, at that point I *had* to click his link because I wanted to see how all that tied into trombone playing, gun shooting clown. Sadly, it didn't. None of what you mention is in that article.
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What kind of sick world do we live in where this sort of thing can happen somewhere other than Florida?
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Phyzzle posted:What kind of sick world do we live in where this sort of thing can happen somewhere other than Florida? It is the summer time, were it winter, they would have most likely been in Florida.
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Welsh assembly UFO question prompts dip into trilingualism with Klingon
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Just for the record here, as far as constructed languages go, klingon is really lovely.
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Wanamingo posted:Just for the record here, as far as constructed languages go, klingon is really lovely. I remember hearing it is missing a lot of common items and objects, so instead of 'table' you had to say something like 'flat thing for putting upon.'
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No one would notice if they changed Welsh with Klingon.
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Dienes posted:I remember hearing it is missing a lot of common items and objects, so instead of 'table' you had to say something like 'flat thing for putting upon.' Isn't that basically how some actual languages work?
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Isn't that basically how some actual languages work? Kind of, yeah. I can tell you that the Vietnamese term for "Air Conditioner" literally translates to "Cold Machine."
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Dienes posted:I remember hearing it is missing a lot of common items and objects, so instead of 'table' you had to say something like 'flat thing for putting upon.' Pretty much, yeah. The language just outright doesn't have a ton of vocabulary that you need for normal conversations. The grammar structure is also completely backwards from what English uses, so it can seem more alien I guess. It uses an Bloody Hedgehog posted:Isn't that basically how some actual languages work? No, not really. With living languages, if there's a word you need but don't have, you can either make something up or borrow a term from somewhere else. Constructed languages can't evolve or change like that simply because nobody speaks them. Wanamingo has a new favorite as of 23:03 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Wanamingo posted:It uses an object-subject-verb word order, so to give an example from wikipedia, instead of saying "Sam ate oranges" you'd say "oranges ate Sam". I'm no linguist, but wouldn't that be object - verb - subject?
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I'm no linguist, but wouldn't that be object - verb - subject? Whoops, you're right. Messed that up.
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drgnwr1 posted:Too GINGER to fly: Teenager's dream holiday turns into a 'disaster' as stopped from getting on plane That article has a link to another article with the name Obese woman shed 13 stone after heckling gang of men threw a KEBAB at her shouting 'Oi fatty!'
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I think Klingon was originally meant as a prop to keep things consistent between movies (Later shows), so it reads more like a half-filled writer's bible they released to the public.
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Wanamingo posted:Pretty much, yeah. The language just outright doesn't have a ton of vocabulary that you need for normal conversations. The grammar structure is also completely backwards from what English uses, so it can seem more alien I guess. It uses an The word order isn't such a big deal. It's better than making the language English but with word substitutions, and Object-Verb-Subject is rare, but apparently not unheard of in existing languages. The lack of vocabulary is a bigger problem, but what do you expect from a language meant primarily to maintain consistency between scripts, rather than actually be spoken by anyone.
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Kavak posted:I think Klingon was originally meant as a prop to keep things consistent between movies (Later shows), so it reads more like a half-filled writer's bible they released to the public. Klingon language has a tendency to pop up in weird stories, I remember a news story from a few years ago where police found a family with three children living in a filthy caravan, and the kids only spoke Klingon.
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Furious prison guards forced to call violent thug Mighty Almighty after he changed name from Obi Wan Kenobi This news site is full of great titles
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lol is that Carol Goldsmith from WYFF 4? She tried to join a local gym here but refused when they wouldn't give her a discount for being a local celebrity.
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ChaosArgate posted:Kind of, yeah. I can tell you that the Vietnamese term for "Air Conditioner" literally translates to "Cold Machine." Sweet found my minimalist techno band name.
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Wanamingo posted:No, not really. With living languages, if there's a word you need but don't have, you can either make something up or borrow a term from somewhere else. Constructed languages can't evolve or change like that simply because nobody speaks them. You just typed this on a board with keys.
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ChaosArgate posted:Kind of, yeah. I can tell you that the Vietnamese term for "Air Conditioner" literally translates to "Cold Machine." No one has said it yet so here goes. "air conditioner" is a two word phrase to describe something that is less succinct and descriptive than "cold machine." Something like "washing cat" for raccoon or "electric brain" for computer are funny but "air conditioner" is actually kind of archaic and stupid. In what way is the air being conditioned? It's only because we all use that term and don't even think about it that "cold machine" sounds odd to us.
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ChaosArgate posted:Kind of, yeah. I can tell you that the Vietnamese term for "Air Conditioner" literally translates to "Cold Machine." My favorite is the Japanese word for "mortar," which is essentially an instruction manual. "Gun to be used on those who are armed for close combat"  syscall girl posted:In what way is the air being conditioned? Aren't ACs also heating units, plus have some dehumidifying functions as well? Fur20 has a new favorite as of 00:23 on Jul 15, 2015 |
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syscall girl posted:No one has said it yet so here goes. "air conditioner" is a two word phrase to describe something that is less succinct and descriptive than "cold machine." Yeah, but cold machine is no better. Does it make the air cold? Or does it make water cold so it forms ice? Or is it for making food cold? All words or terms are subjective, since unless you want to name everything with an overly descriptive sentence, they all have a meaning which is partiallty descriptive and partially interpretive.
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i call em airfrigerators
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The White Dragon posted:Aren't ACs also heating units, plus have some dehumidifying functions as well? Yes, a chiller just makes the air cold. An air conditioner removes moisture as well, conditioning it.
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In England they're called Brisky Blowers.
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In the South, they're called God's Gift.
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Byzantine posted:In the South, they're called God's Gift. They use the same term for children afflicted with major birth defects and malignant tumors that scare people into going to church.
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From panzer (tank) and schreck (fright). It's a tank-scarer! 
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Ehud posted:lol is that Carol Goldsmith from WYFF 4? Ha, I was 98% certain I recognized her. I actually know one of the editors there, although I'm pretty sure he mostly works with video so the peeing Tom probably wasn't his fault.
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Screaming Idiot posted:They use the same term for children afflicted with major birth defects and malignant tumors that scare people into going to church. As seen on various gospel LP sleeves from the 1960s.
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My college paper actually used "peeing tom" in a headline, on purpose. Dude was caught urinating while looking in a window.
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To continue the linguistics derail, my favorite language for that is Icelandic which is really traditional. There's a language institute that is responsible for figuring out a word whenever a new thing needs it, and they go back through icelandic and norse lore to find something suitable. Loanwords aren't used. So when "computer" came along it was translated into "tala völva" ("numbers oracle"), and then shortened to "tölva". Of course what the institute says and what people actually use are some times different things. So for instance a kiwi fruit translates into "loðber" ("hairy berry"), but everyone just calls it a kiwi anyway.
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I loved loðber in Monster's Ball.
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The White Dragon posted:My favorite is the Japanese word for "mortar," which is essentially an instruction manual. "Gun to be used on those who are armed for close combat" The White Dragon posted:Aren't ACs also heating units, plus have some dehumidifying functions as well? What I really like at a restaurant is when a patron asks the server to "turn the AC down". Is that turn the temperature on the unit down, turn down how often it runs, the statement as a whole doesn't inherently make sense but we take it for granted that they are cold and don't want to put something on to get warmer.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Isn't that basically how some actual languages work? Sure, but the idea of a spacefaring civilization not having a native word for "table" is a bit ridiculous. My personal favorites are German and Chinese: Feuerzeug is German for "lighter" (as in cigarettes), and literally means "fire-thing". In Mandarin, a lot of adjectives (which also function as verbs!) are compounds with 好 hǎo, "good", such as: 好吃 hǎochī "tasty", lit. "good eat", 好笑 hǎoxiào "funny", lit. "good laugh". Languages are cool as heck. venus de lmao has a new favorite as of 14:09 on Jul 15, 2015 |
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drgnwr1 posted:What would the direct translation be for mortar as is used in brick walls? I believe that translates into "make brick stick to form a wall."
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