Brick Fight Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Fair enough, I don't know anything about that to be honest. I only know that a lot of people assume that Dutch = Deutsch. Like "Oh you're Dutch? Cool, I know Dutch!" *starts to speak in German*. Slightly relevant: The Amish here all called "Pennsylvania Dutch." So everyone assumed they were Dutch. Then other people came out with "They're German, because we confused 'Deutsch' with 'Dutch.'" Then, if you go and try to speak German to some Amish, they'll talk back in either Dutch, German, Swiss, or some weird combination of any three. Then it's out that Pennsylvania Dutch just means actual Dutch, and we've just been extending it to mean Germanic Pennsylvanians (Non-Amish too). It's weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Neat vid on alphasyllabarys: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect, Vanagandr and Sturgeon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I think the point made by the feller at the end there is pretty interesting: Modern day German-Germans seem pretty reluctant to take any pride in their ethnicity or country, for obvious reasons. Kind of a tragic irony if you think about what one of the major goals of the Nazis was, that being restoring German pride. In doing so, they did the exact opposite.Because they decided to do that by being huge dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Their accents are so Texan that I almost can't tell when they are speaking German On the topic of German pride, I always find it funny that the only times you will see Germans display the German flag are when someone is being critical of their own country, if they are in the military, at [some] federal offices, or international soccer games, when Germany sees a shocking 110% flag utilization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted September 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 AdmiralTheisman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdmiralTheisman Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 http://greatlanguagegame.com I thought it was an amusing game and somewhat relevant, it is interesting to hear the differences between various languages. On the other hand when it gets to things like distinguishing between Hausa/Swahili/Telugu/Javanese it gets rather difficult… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Toxn, Belesarius and Lord_James 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I've been reading through a book in German on folk tales from Europe. It's all more or less comprehensible until it gets to the dialogue in this one Rumpelstilzchen-like tale Derf I a hingehn? Mir scheint, du bist so dumm, daßt glaubst, der König nimmt di als Frau No Dirndl, was gibst ma denn, wannst Kenigin wirst Jo, mei Monerl, wos kann i denn dir geben i hob jo nix Du wirst kenigin wen, aber du muaßt nach drei Jahren no wissen, daß i Kruzimugeli haß, wannst dos nit waßt, so bist mei No, wannst nit mehr wüllst, dos wir i ma scho merken Wie guat is, daß djung kenigin nit waß Daß i Kruzimugeli haß No, Frau Kenigin, wissens no mein Nom, se derfen aber nur dreimal raten, wann Sies do nit treffen so gherns mei No, mir scheint Steffel haßt Nit troffa No, so haßt holt Veitl Nit troffa Na, so haßt holt Kruzimugeli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogensthegreat Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 My school teaches a mandatory Latin 1 course (which I am now taking) and after 1 year of such, an option for your remaining school career between Latin, French or Spanish courses. I plan to take Latin, because I'm not like the fucking filthy plebum that is the rest of my grade who can't distinguish the difference between the verb portare (to carry) and the noun porta (gate), or don't know what ego means or cant decline or conjugate shit. Peasants. Anyways... I have realized throughout this course that Latin and its conjugations and declensions are wonderful because they provide for the possibility of far more free sentence structure, and you can always know what adjective is describing what or what is performing the verb, or whatever problems far more conjugation- and declension-free languages like English may encounter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 and declension-free languages like English may encounter. To whom are you addressing that statement? Vanagandr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogensthegreat Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 ? It was a joke about noun confusion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogensthegreat Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 This is Anglish, an attempt to create a purely Germanic English in response to the high percentage of Romance Language vocabulary in English (about 60-70%). https://www.reddit.com/r/anglish/ What these fucking peasants don't realize is that if your bank is a gold-house or your Political Action Committee is called an althing, you're gonna sound like a pretentious idiot. "I'm forward-thinking on taking a trip to see my elder-mother" Fucking stop. Lord_James and Sturgeon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well, my hope is that most people would recognize how dumb it sounds as a feature, not a bug. Makes you recognize and appreciate the romance influences and whatnot. Mogensthegreat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Oh, nevermind, it's a bunch of neo-nazis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Oh, nevermind, it's a bunch of neo-nazis. SURPRISE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 This is Anglish, an attempt to create a purely Germanic English in response to the high percentage of Romance Language vocabulary in English (about 60-70%). https://www.reddit.com/r/anglish/ What these fucking peasants don't realize is that if your bank is a gold-house or your Political Action Committee is called an althing, you're gonna sound like a pretentious idiot. "I'm forward-thinking on taking a trip to see my elder-mother" Fucking stop. In the year 1066 William the Bastard overcame Anglo-Saxon led England, bringing with him a new leading set and the tung of Frankrike. Through yearhundreds our wordstock was little by little edstowed, and today one can't speak without the frim of Romish words. Many are even unaware that English is in truth a Theedishtung. Inborn words are roughcasted to score between only 20 and 33 hundreths of our tung. Lets see... "tung": Taal "Frankrike": 'Phonetic' spelling of the Dutch Frankrijk. "Yearhundreds": Eeuw "Wordstock" Lets use woordenschat instead: etc etc etc If you want a Germanic language, THEN FUCK USE GERMANIC WORDS YOU ABSOLUTE WANKSTAINS. GERMANIC LITERALLY HAS A WORD FOR EVERY SINGLE FUCKING (((((LATIN))))) WORD. Retards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 What is jawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogensthegreat Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 That's what happens when you colonize a place with Quakers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sturgeon Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 I really feel like that is a sketch. Mogensthegreat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogensthegreat Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 On 2/20/2017 at 10:09 PM, Sturgeon said: I really feel like that is a sketch. Also, it's thousands of years old and supposedly also imitates the phonetics of Spanish? I also don't see how one could distinguish what someone is "whistling", the only thing you would be able to notice differences in would be pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogensthegreat Posted March 17, 2017 Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Interesting video about the connections between Indo-European languages: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 17, 2017 Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 If you're interested in PIE, jaeghon is pretty great no matter how you look at it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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