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  • #31
    You are correct. And yes, your reply was exactly "here, here" . You see, finnish isn't that difficult after all...
    I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Boddington's

      Blwyddyn Newydd dda.
      Happy new year to you too.
      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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      • #33
        Sounds more like bleedin' newyear to me
        Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
        Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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        • #34
          I am wondering...in a few years there will be automatic translators pinned to your jacket. You would speak it would translate it automatically to the other person's device etc

          Most translators will be out of a job...
          But no completely because at official meetings etc they will always be needed

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          • #35
            Originally posted by alva
            Sounds more like bleedin' newyear to me
            Pronounced Blue-ith-thin New-ith Tha.

            Try to get Provost Harrison to say that and not give you a shower...
            www.my-piano.blogspot

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            • #36
              You have a word for 'leather mouse'...
              No, we don't. Nahka = Leather, Hiiri = Mouse.
              You can combine words if you want to make a single term in Finnish.
              (no, it's NOT as simple as that)

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              • #37
                I heard from somewhere that in Estonian "pakata" means "to wank" and "runkata" means "to pack" - and in Finnish it's the other way around

                Any truth to this?
                "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
                "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Boddington's
                  And Finnish. Let's not get them started!
                  We can't let people's wishes down, can we?

                  Learn to speak Finnish in 3 minutes
                  How to pronounce Finnish names

                  (Cool new quote layout)

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                  • #39
                    moi!
                    "mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
                    Drake Tungsten
                    "get contacts, get a haircut, get better clothes, and lose some weight"
                    Albert Speer

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                    • #40
                      Blue-uth-thin, not Blue-ith-in...

                      'y' is a bit complicated, but I'm pretty sure that it should be an 'uh' rather than an 'ih' sound...but definitely not an 'ee'...

                      I think that's right for first syllable...hence:

                      Cymru is ***-ree.

                      Edit:
                      Bloody censorship!

                      OK...kum-ree...

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                      • #41
                        Re: Minor European Languages

                        Originally posted by Boddington's
                        I started a Welsh thread but it got spammed.

                        Languages like Welsh, Gaelic and Basque are apparently growing in popularity, and I might start learning Welsh. You get a pint for going to learn it every Sunday.

                        Slow - Araf
                        Ambulance - Ambiwlans
                        Bridgend - Pen-y-bont
                        Cardiff - Caerdydd
                        No smoking - Dim Ysmygy
                        Football Club - Clwb Pel-droed

                        Do you know a few words of minor language?
                        Let it die. They don't even have words for modern concepts. Let it fade out with the American Indian languages. Hard enough to learn the major languages. Less languages = better.

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                        • #42
                          Less languages = better.
                          Less langueages = Less cultures = Harder to realise cultural blind spots

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Tuomerehu

                            Less langueages = Less cultures = Harder to realise cultural blind spots
                            = less wars

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                            • #44
                              "They don't even have words for modern concepts."

                              Neither did any other language until someone invented them, which is what's happened in Welsh...they've ripped of English. It's not as if English hasn't ripped off other languages to fill voids...

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                              • #45
                                Welsh borrows so heavily from English it might as well be English.
                                One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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