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Google translates excited as в восторге Wikitionary translates восторг as rapture, ecstasy, delight Google translates the в as B so I'm not sure what that means
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:He was a scot and Glasgow native, screaming in scots/english/whatever That's not a language, it's just the animal howls. I remember the first time ever I saw the Scotch in their natural habitat, and it weren't pretty. I'd seen them huddling in stations before, being loud but… this time I was surrounded. Everywhere I went it felt like they were watching me; fish-white flesh puckered by the Highland breeze; tight eyes peering out for fresh meat; screechy, booze-soaked voices hollering out for a taxi to take 'em halfway up the road to the next all-night watering hole. A shatter of glass; a round of applause; a sixteen-year-old mother of three vomiting in an open sewer, bairns looking on, chewing on potato cakes. I ain’t never going back… not never.
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Aug 29, 2018 12:57
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:One time one of my friends (who was born in Glasgow but she was brought to Ontario around maybe age 9, I think) showed me a video, drunk and out of context, of an also-drunk incoherent shouting white man and asked what language I thought he was speaking. Obligatory Rab C. Nesbitt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs
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Aug 29, 2018 13:09
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Historical fun fact: people pronounce things differently even if they nominally speak the same language! Large immigrant communities can affect this pronunciation and even add whole new words, or contribute to one synonym over another becoming default! Even in the passage of language from one generation to the next in a small, homogenous area, words and syntax will change! Apparently Daffy Duck single-handedly changed the pronounciation of 'despicable'.
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Aug 29, 2018 14:01
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently Daffy Duck single-handedly changed the pronounciation of 'despicable'. Wtf, it used to be stressed on the first syllable?
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Aug 29, 2018 14:07
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duckmaster posted:Google translates excited as в восторге в means "in" so the phrase literally translates as "in ecstasy" and still lacks the context of positively anticipating something. the most equivalent way to express that sentiment is in fact a phrase: "с нетерпением жду" (impatiently waiting, looking forward to)
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Aug 29, 2018 14:29
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Krankenstyle posted:Wtf, it used to be stressed on the first syllable? That's so sad. Alexa, play DesPAcito.
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Aug 29, 2018 15:21
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God Hole posted:в means "in" tbh German also lacks a word that perfectly covers the meaning "excited" has in English. You could say "aufgeregt" or "gespannt" but they don't quite convey the same sense of anticipation as "excited" does. This doesn't mean that you can't express that sentiment in German, you just have to use a phrase instead of a single word, and it's absolutely normal to boot, because many if not most words in any language carry some specific meanings, connotations or associations that get lost in translation.
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Aug 29, 2018 16:08
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently Daffy Duck single-handedly changed the pronounciation of 'despicable'. And Bugs Bunny made "Nimrod" mean "idiot".
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Aug 29, 2018 17:30
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The Roadrunner turned "beep-beep" from an anti-Polish slur into a funny nonsense phrase.
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Aug 29, 2018 17:58
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:That's not a language, it's just the animal howls. I remember the first time ever I saw the Scotch in their natural habitat, and it weren't pretty. I'd seen them huddling in stations before, being loud but… this time I was surrounded. Everywhere I went it felt like they were watching me; fish-white flesh puckered by the Highland breeze; tight eyes peering out for fresh meat; screechy, booze-soaked voices hollering out for a taxi to take 'em halfway up the road to the next all-night watering hole. A shatter of glass; a round of applause; a sixteen-year-old mother of three vomiting in an open sewer, bairns looking on, chewing on potato cakes. I ain’t never going back… not never. Scotch is a drink. Can't say I'm sorry you're not coming back.
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Aug 29, 2018 18:11
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EmptyVessel posted:Scotch is a drink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IkGDptX6YI 12:10 if it doesn't pre-load
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Aug 29, 2018 18:21
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AFewBricksShy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IkGDptX6YI 12:10 if it doesn't pre-load Blocked in my country. Was it a source for BotL's unsourced quote?
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Aug 29, 2018 18:31
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EmptyVessel posted:Blocked in my country. Yes. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Episode 5, Scotch Mist
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Aug 29, 2018 18:37
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:The Roadrunner turned "beep-beep" from an anti-Polish slur into a funny nonsense phrase. This must be archaic because a minimal effort search isn't turning anything up on this.
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Aug 29, 2018 19:46
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Duodecimal posted:This must be archaic because a minimal effort search isn't turning anything up on this. It’s a joke.
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Aug 29, 2018 19:50
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CharlestheHammer posted:It’s a joke. A what?!
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Aug 29, 2018 20:13
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Alaois posted:A what?! I think that’s a slur against the Dutch.
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Aug 29, 2018 20:24
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The dutch are known for only eating the yolks of eggs, not the whites (racism?) so people called them yokels as a slur, later joke.
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Aug 29, 2018 23:15
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chernobyl kinsman posted:wait is this true Here's a stack exchange post talking about it quote:If you use words like возбужден (which usually refers to sexual arousal for most people and atom state for physics geeks) to express your excitement you're risking to sound either too formal and insincere or too cute and funny, in case people are aware you're just a learner.
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Aug 30, 2018 00:47
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Tunicate posted:Here's a stack exchange post talking about it There used to be a PYF language quirk thread but it died (because it was in GBS). Anyone up for another one?
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Aug 30, 2018 06:04
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Peanut President posted:The dutch are known for only eating the yolks of eggs, not the whites (racism?) so people called them yokels as a slur, later joke. Please do your research before posting in this thread. https://www.etymonline.com/word/yokel
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Aug 30, 2018 06:41
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pidan posted:There used to be a PYF language quirk thread but it died (because it was in GBS). Anyone up for another one?  yea
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Aug 30, 2018 06:53
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Carbon dioxide posted:Please do your research before posting in this thread. it was a yolk, friend
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Aug 30, 2018 06:54
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pidan posted:There used to be a PYF language quirk thread but it died (because it was in GBS). Anyone up for another one? 
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Aug 30, 2018 09:17
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Peanut President posted:it was a yolk, friend Looks like the yolk's on us! We've really got egg on our faces!
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Aug 30, 2018 11:01
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Peanut President posted:it was a yolk, friend Its a yolk, fried
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Aug 30, 2018 11:59
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AFewBricksShy posted:Yes. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Episode 5, Scotch Mist Here's a historical fun fact, Darkplace is loving excellent and it's criminal not more people watched it.
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Aug 30, 2018 12:38
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Carbon dioxide posted:Please do your research before posting in this thread. How can this happen twice in the same conversation
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Aug 30, 2018 15:33
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Off course
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Aug 30, 2018 16:38
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Oh. I suppose that's what I get for posting before my first coffee.
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Aug 30, 2018 20:36
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Tashilicious posted:Here's a historical fun fact, Darkplace is loving excellent and it's criminal not more people watched it. I had a cat once. I dropped a sofa on it. It was a write-off, so I stood on its head.
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Aug 30, 2018 21:25
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You can always trust in someone who has written more books than they've read.
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Aug 30, 2018 21:35
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 This is a photograph from 1857 of Shimazu Nariakira, the damiyo of the Satsuma Domain in Japan, taken just four years after Commodore Perry's arrival and 11 years prior to the Meiji Restoration. It was the first ever photograph to be successfully created in Japan, and was taken by one of his retainers, who had already obtained an early imported camera from the West in 1848 and had been experimenting with it for many years without any instructions or training on how to even operate it. The photo was later lost for over a century until it was rediscovered in an abandoned warehouse by chance in 1975. Catboy Autonomist has a new favorite as of 23:17 on Aug 30, 2018 |
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Aug 30, 2018 23:09
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Old photos own
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Aug 31, 2018 02:59
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You can tell he's wise because despite it being his first photo, he knows that it's better to take a nap while it's developing.
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Aug 31, 2018 03:39
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verbal enema posted:Old photos own Is there a dedicated thread? There needs to be a dedicated thread.
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Aug 31, 2018 04:31
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That's a super cool photo. Also, I'd read such a thread.
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Aug 31, 2018 05:53
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Hell, already have the title: Old Photos Own: Is there a thread? There should be a thread.
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