The Official Languages Thread - Page 63

Grey_Wolf · 03-28-2004, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lalaith
Thank you for the translation. Tack.

What would you say is an appropriate answer to that sentence?

Lin, always studying languages.

The appropriate answer to Ha det! (which is really a contraction of Ha det så bra!) is Tack och ha det så bra själv! (that is Thanks and be well yourself)

Janny · 03-28-2004, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
I don't know about geekish but I've noticed that anytime I've posted a supposedly funny post the only response they have is LOCK IT UP! LOCK IT UP! LOCK IT UP!. So Lockese is their major language.

Lock it up?? Lock it up?? What on earth or some other Star Warsian planet does that mean?

Grey_Wolf · 03-28-2004, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Janny
Lock it up?? Lock it up?? What on earth or some other Star Warsian planet does that mean?

It means that they lock threads which doesn't conform to their all too obvious unhumourous disposition.

Janny · 03-28-2004, 10:53 AM

Again I don't really understand. Do they ban you from starting threads which don't stick to nerdish Star Wars trivia?

Grey_Wolf · 03-28-2004, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Janny
Again I don't really understand. Do they ban you from starting threads which don't stick to nerdish Star Wars trivia?

One of the threads I started was a composition of "Your fav SW scenes and other related matters". And just because they had 30 other threads, each with one separate subject they couldn't accept my combined thread which I thought was in many ways better. But there are other instances when I found them to be dry and unhumourous and "not getting it". That's why I like Entmoot a lot 'cause here people are lighter minded and funny and humourous.

***Earniel*** · 03-28-2004, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Dank je! Ik heb vergeten het eerder te noemen.

Oh, I just learnt the difference between the stressed and unstressed forms of Nederlands pronouns. Jij zou fier zijn!

Oh, geloof me maar, dat ben ik.

I still can't believe the apparent ease with which you catch up with other languages.

Linaewen · 04-01-2004, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by Eärniel
Oh, geloof me maar, dat ben ik. I still can't believe the apparent ease with which you catch up with other languages.

Erm. I didn't exactly write all of that myself; I kind of got others to translate most of it for me.

I can't pick up languages if I've never studied them! Had a look at Dutch word order today and nearly had a heart attack. And I am bad enough with easy Swedish word order.

Thanks for those kind words but I can't really take the credit, much as I'd like to.

Lalaith · 04-03-2004, 08:32 AM

Hej!

Could any of you tell me some veggie dishes that I can find on a Swedish menu?

Tack.

Linaewen · 04-03-2004, 09:49 AM

I had a look at my mini Swedish dictionary that my friend gave me, and the only dish without vegetables in the Menu Reader that I could find there was hasselbackspotatis - sliced potatoes covered with melted butter then roasted. Mm. I'm craving Janssons among other things now.

I'm listening to some Swedish radio, and I can hear someone who I've emailed with regards to a Swedish course at the University of Melbourne- Catrin Norrby, who teaches it there. I thought maybe it was some strange coincedence- but this woman's famous, I guess!

Lalaith · 04-03-2004, 11:00 AM

Tack, Lin. Mmmhhhhhmmm. Janssons Frestelse. Love it.

Got something for you:

Wir sind Helden - Denkmal

Komm mal ans fenster, komm her zu mir
siehst du da drüben gleich hinter dem wellblechzaun,
da drüben auf dem platz vor Aldi haben sie unser Abbild in Stein gehaun

komm auf die Strasse, komm her zu mir
überall Blumen und Girlanden, halb zerknüllt
sieht so aus, als hätten sie unser denkmal heut nacht schon ohne uns enthüllt

HOL DEN VORSCHLAGHAMMER
sie haben uns ein Denkmal gebaut
und jeder Vollidiot weiss, dass das die Liebe versaut
ich werd die schlechtesten Sprayer dieser stadt engagieren
die sollen Nachts noch die Trümmer mit Parolen beschmieren

komm auf die Beine, komm her zu mir
es wird bald hell und wir haben nicht ewig zeit
wenn uns jetzt hier wer erwischt sind wir für immer vereint
in Beton und Seligkeit

HOL DEN VORSCHLAGHAMMER....

siehst du die Inschrift da unten bei den Schuhen
da steht in goldener Schrift
wir sollen in Ewigkeit ruhen

HOL DEN VORSCHLAGHAMMER.....

Grey_Wolf · 04-03-2004, 02:26 PM

International Menue Items:

Köttbullar - Meatballs
Kalvkött - Veal
Hjortstek - Venison
Bacon - Bacon
Skinka - Ham
Fårkött - Mutton
Lammkött - Lamb

Lax - Salmon
Torsk - Cod
Sik - Whitefish
Öring, Forell - Trout
Gädda - Pike
Abborre - Perch
Röding - Char
Spätta - Plaice

...just to mention a few.

Lalaith · 04-04-2004, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
International Menue Items:

Köttbullar - Meatballs
Kalvkött - Veal
Hjortstek - Venison
Bacon - Bacon
Skinka - Ham
Fårkött - Mutton
Lammkött - Lamb

Lax - Salmon
Torsk - Cod
Sik - Whitefish
Öring, Forell - Trout
Gädda - Pike
Abborre - Perch
Röding - Char
Spätta - Plaice

...just to mention a few.

Thanks for the list.
Now I only need to look up the English names.

Probably I should by myself a small Swedish-German dictionary.

Grey_Wolf · 04-04-2004, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lalaith
Thanks for the list.
Now I only need to look up the English names.

Probably I should by myself a small Swedish-German dictionary.

You're welcome.

Linaewen · 04-04-2004, 10:06 AM

Speaking website

^ Click, click!

Grey_Wolf · 04-04-2004, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Speaking website

^ Click, click!

Lin, that was very neat!!

Linaewen · 04-04-2004, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
Lin, that was very neat!!

Thanks. You should make up random letter combinations and hear them attempt to pronounce it. Swedish 'hjhjahdfjdsfh' is funny.

Grey_Wolf · 04-04-2004, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Thanks. You should make up random letter combinations and hear them attempt to pronounce it. Swedish 'hjhjahdfjdsfh' is funny.

I'll try again. But now, unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of traffic on that site so I can't load it up.

Lalaith · 04-04-2004, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Speaking website

^ Click, click!

Oh, that is brilliant. I love it.
Tack, min vän.

***Jonathan*** · 04-04-2004, 11:19 AM

That's a funny website. The persons actually sound English, French, Swedish etc, even though they have a funny pronunciation sometimes

Grey_Wolf · 04-04-2004, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Speaking website

^ Click, click!

Now when I got in again I actually could hear (though it took a bit) what I had written. Very funny. Thanks again, Lin

03-28-2004, 10:53 AM	#1244
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	Again I don't really understand. Do they ban you from starting threads which don't stick to nerdish Star Wars trivia? __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

04-03-2004, 08:32 AM	#1248
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Hej! Could any of you tell me some veggie dishes that I can find on a Swedish menu? Tack. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

04-03-2004, 09:49 AM	#1249
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	I had a look at my mini Swedish dictionary that my friend gave me, and the only dish without vegetables in the Menu Reader that I could find there was hasselbackspotatis - sliced potatoes covered with melted butter then roasted. Mm. I'm craving Janssons among other things now. I'm listening to some Swedish radio, and I can hear someone who I've emailed with regards to a Swedish course at the University of Melbourne- Catrin Norrby, who teaches it there. I thought maybe it was some strange coincedence- but this woman's famous, I guess! Last edited by Linaewen : 04-03-2004 at 09:50 AM.

04-03-2004, 11:00 AM	#1250
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Tack, Lin. Mmmhhhhhmmm. Janssons Frestelse. Love it. Got something for you: Wir sind Helden - Denkmal Komm mal ans fenster, komm her zu mir siehst du da drüben gleich hinter dem wellblechzaun, da drüben auf dem platz vor Aldi haben sie unser Abbild in Stein gehaun komm auf die Strasse, komm her zu mir überall Blumen und Girlanden, halb zerknüllt sieht so aus, als hätten sie unser denkmal heut nacht schon ohne uns enthüllt HOL DEN VORSCHLAGHAMMER sie haben uns ein Denkmal gebaut und jeder Vollidiot weiss, dass das die Liebe versaut ich werd die schlechtesten Sprayer dieser stadt engagieren die sollen Nachts noch die Trümmer mit Parolen beschmieren komm auf die Beine, komm her zu mir es wird bald hell und wir haben nicht ewig zeit wenn uns jetzt hier wer erwischt sind wir für immer vereint in Beton und Seligkeit HOL DEN VORSCHLAGHAMMER.... siehst du die Inschrift da unten bei den Schuhen da steht in goldener Schrift wir sollen in Ewigkeit ruhen HOL DEN VORSCHLAGHAMMER..... __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead. Last edited by Lalaith : 04-03-2004 at 11:03 AM.

04-04-2004, 11:19 AM	#1259
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	That's a funny website. The persons actually sound English, French, Swedish etc, even though they have a funny pronunciation sometimes __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

04-03-2004, 02:26 PM	#1251
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	International Menue Items: Köttbullar - Meatballs Kalvkött - Veal Hjortstek - Venison Bacon - Bacon Skinka - Ham Fårkött - Mutton Lammkött - Lamb Lax - Salmon Torsk - Cod Sik - Whitefish Öring, Forell - Trout Gädda - Pike Abborre - Perch Röding - Char Spätta - Plaice ...just to mention a few.

04-04-2004, 10:06 AM	#1254
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Speaking website ^ Click, click!

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