The Language Thread!

[Whoey]

kinda reminds me of:

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[Taxi Dad]

thanks for that Whoey ! best laugh I've had this week 
I may have wee'd a little 

[Whoey]

The wife and I were shopping one day and we were looking at different types of pasta, and the cooking time, and one of them was 11... we kept saying 11 and laughing our guts out in the middle of the supermarket... everyone musta thought we were crazy... 

[AimlessWanderer]

A Scot .... bladdered .... surely not 

 

[enki_ck]

I love finding false friends, words that sound or are written the same in different languages but mean something completely different.

Like this one. Reading it in german or dutch compared to english.

[jerseydevil]

I think anyone would agree you talk with a much crazier accent than us!

   What did I say in my post?  I DON'T HAVE AN ACCENT.  In fact, I asked the first 10 customers in the store today if I did.  Eight said no.  One only spoke Spanish and didn't understand what I asked (though his boss thought that was hilarious), and the last said yes.  I think that's what he said at least, he's a transplant from Mobile Alabama and I had a tough time understanding him....   

Nice. I'm waiting to here something from the ol' American South.

I've spoken to Ashley on the phone before.  I've actually asked her to repeat herself in English, and she's not that far South..... 

[pfrsantos]

I love finding false friends, words that sound or are written the same in different languages but mean something completely different.

Like this one. Reading it in german or dutch compared to english.

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A note to you: Don't approach a german saying: I have a gift for you.

English: Gift = present

German: Gift = poison

 

[bmot]

Watched a movie last night: l'auberge Espagnole, in which a French guy talks about going to 'la Fac' (as in, la faculté=the faculty)... I guess you can see where that's going


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[AlephZero]

I love finding false friends, words that sound or are written the same in different languages but mean something completely different.

Like this one. Reading it in german or dutch compared to english.

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A note to you: Don't approach a german saying: I have a gift for you.

English: Gift = present

German: Gift = poison

 

Swedish too

[bmot]

I love finding false friends, words that sound or are written the same in different languages but mean something completely different.

Like this one. Reading it in german or dutch compared to english.

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A note to you: Don't approach a german saying: I have a gift for you.

English: Gift = present

German: Gift = poison

 

Swedish too

Funny thing, in Dutch, Gift can mean both present, and poison 

[Steinar]

German: Kopf = Head

Norwegian: Kopp = Cup

German: Öl = Oil

Norwegian: Øl = Beer

(Yes, ö in German and ø in Norwegian are pronounced pretty much the same.)

Yes, it's an old joke.

[Top-Gear-24]

I love finding false friends, words that sound or are written the same in different languages but mean something completely different.

Like this one. Reading it in german or dutch compared to english.

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I can see how this can be confusing for English speaking folk ... 

[pfrsantos]

So, this italian man go to Malta...



 

[firiki]

I lived in France for four years. I went there having good knowledge of their language, on paper. First thing I knew when I set foot there was I couldn't understand what people were saying to me and even worse, they didn't understand me either. This went on for almost a year. I must tell you that french people can get really sensitive about accents... First, people thought I was Russian (not good), later they thought I was an Arab (occasionally worse than not good), finally they came to think I was Italian (that's OK). No-one ever thought I was Greek. 

The fun part is at that time I had made a list of words that shouldn't get confused. An example: laisser = let, lecher = leak with my tongue. The difference a sound can make -"sh" insted of "s"- still amazes me. I heard that mistake being made more than once: leche-moi instead of laisse-moi  the worst being a greek friend arguing with her french boyfriend in the train station. She angrily shouted at him "leak me".   
Ah, fun times. I'm sure I'll remember some other "forbidden" mistakes.

[bmot]

 

[kkokkolis]

I'm going to England next month. I hope I'll find there somebody who talks English.


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[bmot]

I'm going to England next month. I hope I'll find there somebody who talks English.


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If the weather there is anything like on this side of the pond, I doubt they'll get much further than 'blub'

[bmot]

Or.. Like the Dutch Prime Minister said to the visiting American president: "I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and also from my wife's bottom" 


 

[AimlessWanderer]

 

[pfrsantos]

Or like G.W.Bush while visiting a south american country:
"It's very nice to be here in latin America. I wish I had learned latin so I could speak your language."

[firiki]

Or.. Like the Dutch Prime Minister said to the visiting American president: "I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and also from my wife's bottom" 


 

   

Or like G.W.Bush while visiting a south american country:
"It's very nice to be here in latin America. I wish I had learned latin so I could speak your language."

   

[firiki]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon_Zolotas

Jump to Speeches if you don't feel like reading the rest. I get a headache just by looking at them. 

[pfrsantos]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon_Zolotas

Jump to Speeches if you don't feel like reading the rest. I get a headache just by looking at them. 

 

[bmot]

Or like G.W.Bush while visiting a south american country:
"It's very nice to be here in latin America. I wish I had learned latin so I could speak your language."

 

[kkokkolis]

According to mr Bush, you should call me a Grecian (according to Martian) and not Greek.

[Etherealicer]

A while back we got a PhD student from India. At first many of his experiments failed.
We then realized whenever the protocol stated to incubate at room temperature (~20°C) he incubated at 35°C (room temperature in India ).

[enki_ck]

A while back we got a PhD student from India. At first many of his experiments failed.
We then realized whenever the protocol stated to incubate at room temperature (~20°C) he incubated at 35°C (room temperature in India ).

 

[pfrsantos]

A while back we got a PhD student from India. At first many of his experiments failed.
We then realized whenever the protocol stated to incubate at room temperature (~20°C) he incubated at 35°C (room temperature in India ).

Which reminds me...

[bmot]

I just realised how funny it is, that when you're talking about beer, to me, and my fellow Dutchmen, it sounds like this:



   EN - NL
Beer - Bier
Bear - Beer

[styx]

so wait probeer is a professional bear? how does that work? i'm confused