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«Michael (foof) Maki» I dunno if that was ever actually said by anyone, or if it was just a funny story, tho. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:57pm) «lawrence» yeah. could well be an urban legend. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:58pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» evil. evil, i tell you. am i the only bilingual here right now? please, someone back me up here... (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:58pm) «lawrence» the best ones often are. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:58pm) «lawrence» I can speak pig latin. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:58pm) «lawrence» "In pig latin! I-lay ee-day I-day, I-lay ee-day I-day..." (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:59pm) «nate...» what's evil, beth? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 1:59pm) «goovie is married!» osay ancay ihay. ivegay emay ahay ookiecay. :P (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:00pm) «lawrence» I still find it amusing that the pig latin word for "trash" is "ashtray." (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:00pm) «nate...» heehee (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:01pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» heh. I never thought of that. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:05pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» evil--the idea that english should be the only language. disgusts me even when said in jest. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:05pm) «Jody» If i could speak another language, it would be something cool-sounding (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:06pm) «Jody» like French (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:06pm) «nate...» naw, french just sounds rude (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:08pm) «nate...» and, beth: oh, come on.. you know I was joking. :) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:08pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» I think I would speak the Bushmen of the Kalahari's language. My name would be a series of clicking sounds. :-) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:08pm) «lawrence» I tried Japanese, and could read and write it just fine, but I couldn't learn to speak it. I was too shy to speak up in class. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:08pm) «nate...» And not just because french people are rude, either.... (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:08pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» The fact is that French is a rapidly dying language. I think that within 200 years, no one will speak it. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:09pm) «nate...» umm.. what about france? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:09pm) «lawrence» they'll surrender eventually. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:09pm) «nate...» I'm fairly sure they all speak it. :D (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:09pm) «nate...» not nate laughs (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:10pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Oops... I meant "no one outside France" Heh. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:10pm) «nate...» michael: ahhh. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:10pm) «Jody» it's not that the french are cool or anything (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:10pm) «Jody» french just SOUNDS cool (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:10pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» I like the fact that English is so amoeba-like. What, another language has a concept that I don't? Well, I'll just swallow it whole. :-) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:11pm) «lawrence» well, every language incorporates vocabulary from others... (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:11pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» French *does* sound suave. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:11pm) «lawrence» English doesn't tend to add concepts to the language that are drawn from others. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:11pm) «nate...» french is icky. it sounds rude and snotty. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:12pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» lawrence: Oh? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:12pm) «Jody» English needs more words for love. other languages have words for "friend love" and "family love" but we just have one all-purpose thing (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:12pm) «Jody» sorry that was long (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:12pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» "French doesn't have a word for 'entrepreneur'" :-D (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:12pm) «Jody» hehe (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:12pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Yeah. English also needs second-person plural pronouns. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:13pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» I think "y'all" should be proper usage. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:13pm) «lawrence» heh (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:13pm) «lawrence» I was about to say "what's wrong with y'all?" (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:13pm) «lawrence» (actually, "y'all" is singular. "all y'all" is plural :) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:13pm) «Jody» i think vocabulary should be taught more so i can learn the big words (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:14pm) «Jody» yeah (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:14pm) «Jody» some guy just walked by me and started cussing...that was scary! (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:15pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» sorry, the wall stopped streaming. i hate this debate, because i get angry. therefore i'm just keeping my mouth shut. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:15pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» lawrence: Heh. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:15pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» Gordon can't say "Huzzah" kisses the hands of Jody and beth (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:15pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Jody: I've always been good at picking up vocabulary. Heh. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:15pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Beth: What debate? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:16pm) «nate...» beth: what debate? about word structure? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:16pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» the value or lack thereof of learning other languages (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:16pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» all y'all is regional. It is the plural in some parts of the south but not others. Or so southerners have told me. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:16pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» I love learning vocabulary, I'm quite sesquipedelian (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:17pm) «nate...» yeah, I use "ya'll" quite often, actually..... (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:17pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» Gordon can't say "Huzzah" is incredibly pedantic (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:17pm) «lawrence» I use y'all much more than I'd rather admit. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:17pm) «Jody» I love learn vocabulary. I'm shibby. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:17pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» We were just joking? I don't think anyone here seriously argues that there isn't value in learning other languages. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:17pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Yeah, I use "y'all" a lot, too...as a plural second-person pronoun. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:18pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Shibby? That's a new word on me. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:18pm) «nate...» michael: exactly... if I had my way, I'd speak every language there is.... (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:18pm) «nate...» and... "shibby"? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:18pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» It's a perfectly cromulent word. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:18pm) «nate...» m-w.com has not an entry for "shibby". (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:19pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Nate: Yeah, I think that would be my superpower choice after x-ray vision and mindreading. :-) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:19pm) «Jody» cromulent = like a crumpet? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:19pm) «nate...» michael: just pick up a babelfish. :) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:20pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Lord. I think Nate and I are sharing a brain today. I'm scared. :-) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:20pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Heh. It's a Simpsons reference. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:20pm) «nate...» be afraid, be very afraid. heh (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:20pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» babelfish are fascinating in theory, but petrifying in practice. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» I speak every language but Greek, they are all Greek to me. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «lawrence» in practice?! (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «lawrence» um, you've actualy put a fish in your ear? (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» the thought of putting the theory in practice (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» I do that all the time. Just for fun, they don't tranlate or anything. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «lawrence» oh (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «goovie is married!» hee. a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:21pm) «Gordondon son of Ethelred» Gordon can't say "Huzzah" kisses the hand of his beloved brain (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:22pm) «lawrence» speaking of babelfish: http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/ (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:22pm) «nate...» beth: I don't know that I agree... I think it would be amazing in practice! (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:22pm) «goovie is married!» sorry. that was for michael. i may never have anything real to contribute to discussions, but goshdarnit, i know my simpsons refs (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:23pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» it would put an end to the learning of languages. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:23pm) «Jody» hehe (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:23pm) «lawrence» except that language would be strictly for communication. there would be no cultural value anymore. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:23pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» exactly (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:24pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Hmmm...I'm not so sure that's true, Lawrence. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:24pm) «nate...» I don't know that it would be a bad thing though.... while language is interesting, the miscommunication caused by variations causes more trouble than it's worth. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:25pm) «nate...» and, I mean, you could always take the fish out if you wanted to communicate the "old fashioned" way.... for scholors and the like. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:26pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» it's those misunderstandings that create us as humans. our "selves" are defined through our communication. communication is not something in which you simply engage, autonomous. (i told you to not get me started...) (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:26pm) «beth-pseudocanuck!» but that's the point--it shouldn't be just scholars communicating. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:26pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» LOL. That link is a SCREAM. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:27pm) «nate...» exactly... communication is key, and that would allow us to better communicate. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:27pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» Wha? Misunderstandings create us as humans?! I'm not following you. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:27pm) «nate...» beth: you're missing the point..... right NOW just scholars can communicate ..... this would allow EVERYONE to. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:28pm) «Michael (foof) Maki» De toutes les choses que j'ai perdues dans la vie, je manquez mon esprit plus. (Sep 23, 2002 @ 2:28pm) « Previous 100 entries | Next 100 entries »
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