The Official ZBB Quote Thread

schwhatever · Post by **schwhatever** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:39 am

From the "Fast and Furious Frontier" thread:

brandrinn wrote:This would be like England and America sending every last troop to Afghanistan, relying entirely on the West Point class of '09 for all of its domestic security needs, only to be defeated by a guy with a truck methodically burying the Capitol in cement.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:56 pm

J.M.D. wrote:
Torco wrote:Anyways, I think for monosyllabic-dominant langs syllabaries or lolographic scripts are coolest.
What, you mean like this?

Also, about the settling of the Americas:

gsandi wrote:
TomHChappell wrote:
TheGoatMan wrote:According to recent Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA studies, the Americas were peopled by a single migration (or something), presumably via the Baring Land Bridge.

Salmoneus wrote:Definitely not a single migration. Undeniably at least two (Inuit + everyoneelse). Probably three - Na-Dene. Quite possibly many more.
This is one of those oft-restarted oft-repeated never-settled arguments that never will be settled until we can interview someone who was actually there at the time.

Gsandi?
I knew I was old, but not that old.

psygnisfive · Post by **psygnisfive** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:17 pm

vampyre_smiles wrote:
dhokarena56 wrote:Apparently, Nuxalk, a Salishan language, has a word meaning "he had had a bunchberry plant":
/xKp_>X_wKtKpK:sk_wts_>/.
How the hell does one even pronounce something like that?
Viktor77 wrote:By not confronting Nuxalks about former possesions of bunchberry plants.

I should hope that the raspberry equivalent, "he had had a raspberry plant", is something like "ka". Just for contrast.

schwhatever · Post by **schwhatever** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:03 am

brandrinn wrote:You know, sometimes I hate the internet.

Real life conversation: "Haha, oh, Charles, you rapscallion, you! You farted, didn't you?" *hugs*
Internet interpretation of same words: "Charles, really, look me in the eyes: I am going to murder your family."

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:46 am

About which would win in a fight:

Nortaneous wrote:
sangi39 wrote:I'd say Northwest Caucasian. Athabaskan would here the consonants coming seemingly one after the other and just run away being chased by "q"s and "x"s, but then Nuxalk would come along and say "he arrives" (clearly talking in 3rd person) and then call Northwest Caucasian a little boy in a fit of voweless insults causing Northwest Caucasian to flee with Athabaskan.
Language family fanfiction? What has the internet done?

But hey, at least it's not slash. What would that be like? "Ubykh thrust its ejective into the labials of..." yeah there's no way in fuck I'm continuing that.

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:06 pm

OMG Totally Lost in Translation:

Yiuel wrote:Helpful Gentleman: What language do nowejin speak; people of Norway?
My girlfriend: Norwegian
HG: Yes, nowejin.
MG: Norwegian is the name of the language.
HG: ah! Okay! How do you say "hello" in Norwegian language?
MG: In Norwegian, "hei". [sounds like 'hai']
HG: Hai, in Norwegian, hai.
MG: Hei.
HG: Hai, "hello" in Norwegian.
MG: Yes.

Arzena · Post by **Arzena** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:34 am

Pthug wrote:ONWARD WITH THE INDO-EUROPEAN-FORCED CONCEPTION OF LINEAR TIME!

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:29 pm

Gremlins wrote:Mandarin sounds like cats drowning in porridge. Kinda cool though.

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:22 pm

From the "Apocalypto" thread:

hwhatting wrote:So, even if we may assume that the monuments and glyphs are only 0.1% of a lost Mayan art, the (lost) rest of which is all about flower gathering and bandaging injured forest animals, we can still use the Roman analogy to show that there was a public sphere in which war and sacrifices played an important role.

Arzena · Post by **Arzena** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:53 am

Zompist wrote:As I've noted before, I don't give expected completion dates, in order to forestall the despair and suicides that would result if I missed them.

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:50 pm

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:15 pm

TomHChappell wrote:
linguoboy wrote:Pulleyblank even proposed (as something of a Gedankenexperiment) "vowelless Chinese". /i/ and /u/ can be analysed as complementary to /j/ and /w/. In the same way, you can propose a pharyngeal glide complimentary to /a/. /y/ can be decomposed into /jw/ and then all you need is a "phoneme of syllabicity" (which surfaces as /@/ when no "glide" is present) to control the overall distribution.
I suppose, with a name like "Pulleyblank", he just wasn't worried that someone would make fun of him.

Io · Post by Io » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:25 am

This, for Dewrad

Elyndian: Also, I should actually tell you, I'm not at working age. I'm only 15 :\

Elyndian: I thought you were someone else, which is the only reason I lied about it

Иво: Why didn't you tell me anyway?! What difference does it make?

Elyndian says: Most people do not like talking to underage kids

Иво: I can understand why!

Grey · Post by **Grey** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:32 pm

This, because Io said I wouldn't.

Elyndian:
Would you..
Like some...
oreos?
Иво:
beer?
err
what's that
Elyndian:
Chocolate cookies.
Иво:
i've never had one of these
Elyndian:
With frosting.
Иво:
OMG
Elyndian:
They are good.
Иво:
i love chocolate
Иво:
put it in your mouth
and let me watch you swallow it
Elyndian:
what the hell Io?
Fantasy much?

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:35 pm

Mbwa · Post by **Mbwa** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:30 pm

Colonel Cathcart wrote:
Dewrad wrote:Jesus Christ, you have a valid excuse for pulling a sickie and you're not going to? What is the world coming to?
Honestly, kids today. Too much work ethic, too much respect for their elders. It makes me sick.

ils wrote:
Jose wrote:I was doing some stretching exercises under the covers
Is that what they're calling it these days.

These happened consecutively so it's more awesome.

LinguistCat · Post by **LinguistCat** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:30 am

Colonel Cathcart wrote:
Viktor77 wrote:Wait, Jose, so you're in Moldova, and you're taken hostage by a group of evil Ukrainian communists, who are in fact, Dutch Anarchists, and you have five words to explain the similarities and differences between the Soviet Union and Russia with an emphasis on Moldova. If you don't, they will tie you upside down and play Cossack tales with you. On your right is some vodka, on your left, Vladimir Putin.
Also, your captors are secretly Transdnistrian separatist sympathizers on loan from ETA
Also, Putin is secretly wielding an ornery badger named Moshe
Also, the vodka is secretly turpentine flavour-infused with the souls of the damned

GO

Colonel Cathcart · Post by **Colonel Cathcart** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:34 am

Whoa, I was quoted twice in a row. I am on a roll lately.

To contribute:

Jose wrote:I was visually and cervically empressed

Jose wrote:indescribably apostrophic tests of ingenuity

Jose is my very favourite poster

schwhatever · Post by **schwhatever** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:55 pm

VS: What thread is that from?!

edit: From the photo thread:

Viktor77 wrote:
Shm Jay wrote:
Raluv wrote: of Montreal.
Men Without Hats? They were from Montréal. Was The Box from Montréal? Luba came from Montréal too. So which one was it? Or is it a more modern band?
No, of Montreal is a band.

Nesescosac · Post by **Nesescosac** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:57 pm

'Tis from here.

Ser · Post by **Ser** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:21 pm

Hmmm... Maybe it might be better to quote the threads for future enjoyment.
From Jose's "Spiritual Enlightment" thread.

Jose wrote:
Elyndian wrote:
Jose wrote:You are currently being held hostage by a savage group of pirate monks who are, in fact, ninjas. The leader gives you three sentences to prove your spiritual enlightenment, or else they will surgically remove your genitals without euthanasia and while you are still alive, and then force you to develop long lasting friendships with perky and cute japanese schoolgirls. To your left is a zebra, to your right, a fire hydrant, and they have a gun to your head.

What do you say?
"Why does Jose start such threads? I have no idea myself, it just seems pointless. Oh right, my last sentence."
Wait, threads describing indescribably apostrophic tests of ingenuity aren't the reason for the ephemera forum?

Fascinating. Cool

From Jose's "Create a Warrior" thread:

Jose wrote:The idea for this thread came from watching "ultimate warrior" on the Military channel. I was visually and cervically empressed by the vast range of warriors often shown on that show, from Xiolin Monk to Taliban warrior.

So I was thinking it might be fun to design your own type of warrior and then discuss how well he/she would fare against the various warrior societies of earth. In this endeavor, I think creativity is more important than fighting prowess. And it doesn't really matter if your warrior would get blown to bits by a U.S. Marine.

Have fun with it!

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:47 pm

schwhatever wrote:VS: What thread is that from?!

edit: From the photo thread:
Viktor77 wrote:
Shm Jay wrote:
Raluv wrote: of Montreal.
Men Without Hats? They were from Montréal. Was The Box from Montréal? Luba came from Montréal too. So which one was it? Or is it a more modern band?
No, of Montreal is a band.

What is funny about that quote?

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:50 pm

vampyre_smiles wrote:
finlay wrote:it's considered bad practise to write "my sig" in this topic because you'll probably change it at some point and then people won't know what you're referring to.

cf. Tarasoriku's post.
Then again, unless they do it in the near future, does it really matter? How many people actually come on here and say, "OMG I need to read the quote thread in its entirety RIGHT now."?

Well, I've just read the quote thread in its entirety. Started about 2 1/2 hours ago.

Biblials *giggle*

schwhatever · Post by **schwhatever** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:51 pm

Viktor77 wrote:What is funny about that quote?

It's a bit of "lost in translation" only on a generational level, not a national one. Raluv and Shm Jay were basically having a conversation that the other didn't understand. I included your quote just in case some one else didn't know the band too and felt just as confused.

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:27 pm

schwhatever wrote:
Viktor77 wrote:What is funny about that quote?
It's a bit of "lost in translation" only on a generational level, not a national one. Raluv and Shm Jay were basically having a conversation that the other didn't understand. I included your quote just in case some one else didn't know the band too and felt just as confused.

What you mean there is really a band lamely called "of Montreal"?

*facepalm*