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Originally posted by Ecthy
Whenever I hear Polish around me I check whether I still have all my stuff with me.
Whenever I hear Polish around me I check whether I still have all my stuff with me.
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Whenever I hear German, I think of the millions killed during ww2"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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When I hear Polish, I think of Joanna Krupa
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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fixedOriginally posted by LordShiva
When I hear Polish, I think of Heresson
"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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All slavic languages sound like "petrovsky petrovich nivscky nivscky niet"I need a foot massageComment
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Por poco creÃble que parezca, sÃ.Originally posted by Barnabas
¿Un gitano?
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"Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.Comment
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Whenever I hear french I think about the millions of innocent frogs and snails that were eaten by its usersOriginally posted by Barnabas
All slavic languages sound like "petrovsky petrovich nivscky nivscky niet"
"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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Billions, not millionsOriginally posted by Heresson
Whenever I hear french I think about the millions of innocent frogs and snails that were eaten by its users
Statistical anomaly.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.Comment
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Someday You are going to start turning into frogs and eating each other..."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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Re: Language and the Character of Nations
It all depends on perspective, in addition to very specific dialectic differences.Originally posted by VetLegion
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So this got me wondering: can we conclude something about "national character" from just the sound of language its people speak?
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British English is self-righteous. American English... doesn't have a prevailing characteristic.
I know this isn't very scientific but it isn't meant to be
Feel free to comment my impressions and add your own.
If you speak "Queen's" English, then standard American, Estuary, Cockney, Yorkshire, Australian and more all sound lazy. If you speak Australian English, then BBC talk sounds pompous. To Americans, angry Germans sound like Adolf Hitler. To Germans, some Americans sound as if they have hot potatoes in their mouths. To Thai folks, Americans sound harsh, with lots of kkhhs, ssshh, and thhs. To northern Americans, southern Americans sound like hicks. To southern Americans, northern Americans sound like nitwits.
It's all perspective.
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"God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death." - Hannibal Barca, c. 218 B.C.
"We can legislate until doomsday but that will not make men righteous." - George Albert Smith, A.D. 1949
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Please someone explain what British English as spoken is.Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Some bloke on a film somewhere, presumably.Originally posted by TheStinger
Please someone explain what British English as spoken is.Comment
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It's probably about as hard to pin down as 'american english'Originally posted by TheStinger
Please someone explain what British English as spoken is.Comment
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When I go to America people think I'm Australian,Irish or even one enlightened sole in Atlanta, Canadian!
spelling fixedLast edited by TheStinger; April 27, 2007, 07:15.Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Well, you can't really fault Italian footballers' footwear for not being completely up to date on these things.Originally posted by TheStinger
[...] or even one enlightened sole in Atalanta, Canadian!Comment
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OpsOriginally posted by Emetri
Well, you can't really fault Italian footballers' footwear for not being completely up to date on these things.
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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