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One of the best known examples of Dunglish took place between the Dutch foreign minister Joseph Luns (a man whose main foreign language was French, the language of diplomacy prior to World War II) and John F. Kennedy. At one point Kennedy inquired what hobby Luns had, to which he replied "I fok hor...

Chechnyan war lord, anyone?

this is said with humour, mind you.

I have nothing to compare with but I have to say that it sound like he's singing with an "american" accent.

Hubris Incalculable wrote:Huron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gwCmXKWhw

Swedish,
Hoppborg
Lit. Jump-castle.

Cerys Matthews - Y Corryn Ar Pry'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLAHysTIdQE

Okay, okay: I confess, I couldn't help myself and I just needed to post that picture. I had it in the neighbour tab when I read this thread.

happy now?

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Using the suffering of others to make you feel guilty and so to steer you towards a goal. That was a new one, I have never heard of it and it is definitely not an insult to the ones who suffered in the beginning.

linguoboy, probably.

http://rci.rutgers.edu/~rdenzerk/A%20Preliminary%20Look%20at%20Restricted%20Counting%20in%20Proto-Salish.pdf A preliminary look at restricted counting in Proto-Salish Ryan Denzer-King Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey This paper examines the hypothesis that Proto-Salish had a restricted co...

Do any other languages use 'because' to stonewall? E.g. "Why is the sky blue?" "[Be]cause." Cool That seems to be a new evolution, because at the time when I learned English it would parse as an error. The "normal way" back-then would be "because it is so". It is common in Swedish -- however, "Varf...

It's an otter mystery right there or rather here.

no, this is serious biznis

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

And then we have the opposite: the Japanese Paris syndrome.

There's a youtube-spoof about The History Channel. You should look it up. Is pretty funny.

Yeah, like why couldn't they just have taken Hittite and expanded on it?

Yeah I know and this dream was particularly realistic. If I didn't have an spider-o-phobia before I'm probably on the verge of developing one now.

I dremt that I ate a spider.

I'm sure you do.

Pthug wrote:fuck each other up the arse.

What about Napoleonic surnames like "Zeldenhuis" and the like. Have you spotted anyone like that?

In Swedish there's a word rusdryck as a general term for all alcoholic beverages. Literally it means "rush drink", or idk maybe "drunkenness drink". :? Here we can also sneak in an example of compounding: "fullständigt"(completely) and "full ständigt"(completely drunk always). This together makes t...

I had this dream where I saw myself playing a game called "Alien: Blood of the fallen" or something similar. My entire field of view was taken up by the screen. It was your typical low-res mid-ninety's game. However, the title was slightly misleading as it was only multiplayer(no aliens) and I was p...

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Apparently body hair colour can fuck up pretty badly sometimes, because just look at Alistair Darling, which supposedly got this the natural way.

Native language is Standard Swedish with a big dose of Northern Swedish words that nobody else in my general area understands. Heritage: Well, I have mixed Slavic/Scottish features in my face but the rest is anyones guess. However, I posted a bit about my body hair awhile ago and I think that should...

Oh, you cheapshot -- search "lang~" and my username and you'll see. I have like 80% of the grammar fleshed out, because I only have one lang~ --- and then I keep changing the phonemic inventory when I feel like trying something new.