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Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love

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Alex W. wrote:

> On 07/03/2016 17:23, Ted&Alice wrote:
> > On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 9:57:37 AM UTC, Alex W. wrote:
> > > On 06/03/2016 18:20, Ted&Alice Street wrote:
> > > > Alex W. wrote:
> > > > 
> 
> 
> > > Let me get this right -- your Polish mate "Bob"
> > > Brzenczyszczykiewicz who originally hailed from Pszczółczyn
> > > pronounces all those consonants?
> > > 
> > > The mind boggles.
> > > 
> > 
> > Haha! :)
> > 
> > Well as you know yourself, German is also phonetic, and the way the
> > Germans like to fit together multiple words into one (without
> > leaving any traces of a stitch in between) is almost as daunting to
> > those of us who're mostly ignorant of that language.
> 
> That name, BTW, was not an invention if mine.  I googled it.

Wow, I would have bet that you'd just made it up. The szcz combination
is common (and Cyrillic devotes a single letter to it, IIRC), but I
didn't know they could also stick an additional cz in front of it. I'd
think it would be a challenge for anybody to pronounce quickly.

> 
> German is comparatively easy: it has rigid rules, a far smaller
> vocabulary than English, and the practice of creating new words by
> sticking together the appropriate smaller words follows rules, too
> (and is usually easily deducible.
> 
> Thus, it is relatively easy to disentangle the
> "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz", or
> the law regulating the ministerial competence for supervising the
> correct labelling of beef.
> 
> Similarly, it is quite easy to decypher
> "Ver­kehrs­infra­struk­tur­fi­nan­zierungs­ge­sell­schafts­ge­setz"
> as the law regulating the state body financing traffic infrastructure.
> 
> And yes, all these are pronounced the way they are written, so take
> that, Poland!
> 

Haha. Those words are very daunting, to say the least. I knew they had
long words, but I hadn't known they were that long! :)

Good for you that you're able to just rattle them off. Do you speak
German regularly, or just when you travel to the continent?

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > regard never went any further than ordering golabki and
> > > > > > > vodka...
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ha. But I'm sure you're multi-lingual, right?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > English, German, French, plus some mostly forgotten remnants
> > > > > of 10 years of Latin and six years of Greek.  Why do you ask?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Cuz you're so damn cool, I knew you had to also be
> > > > multi-lingual. That's friggin awesome, Alex! :)
> > > 
> > > It's good to be a cunning linguist...
> > > 
> > 
> > Ah, so that's what my wife means! Good to know that all I need do is
> > mutter a couple of Spanish sentences to satisfy her. :)
> 
> I suspect you will find that actions need to follow words.
> 
> :-)

That's okay. :)

> 
> Anyway, for domestic bliss and harmony a husband only needs to know
> five words: "yes, dear" and "I am sorry".
> 
> If you wish to elaborate, feel free to add "you are right, of course".
> 
> :-)
> 
> 

Yes, I learned that lesson a long time ago. :)

> > 
> > > To be honest, my French is rusty -- haven't used it much in recent
> > > years.  Plus, I have this bad habit of intentionally using the
> > > worst possible English accent to annoy pesky French waiters.  What
> > > can I say? Pissing off the French is a national tradition.
> > > 
> > 
> > Lol. Yes, I remember reading that the historic enmity changed around
> > 1900 or so with the treaty structure suddenly favoring France over
> > Germany. And it was the Germans own stupidity that did it, IIRC.
> 
> Not sure about the French (we always suspect that they are rather
> short on a sense of humour, as demonstrated by their adoration of
> Jerry Lewis), but from our side it was always less a case of proper
> enmity and more a matter of tweaking the nose of a favourite cousin.
> 

Lol.

> 
> > 
> > (Re: Pat Buchanan's book on the history of the two world wars --
> > ever read it?)
> 
> Sorry, but I haven't.
> I do try to avoid Pat Buchanan and all his works and deeds and words.
> 

I was put off at first too, but it's an entertaining book and hopefully
factual.

> I have read extensively on WWII, though.
> 
> 

I used to enjoy reading about Nazi Germany and Hitler when I was a kid,
dunno why.

> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > Oh, and I did once start to learn Elvish, but I'm not sure
> > > > > that counts.
> > > > 
> > > > You did? Haha. That's also cool! Quenya, right? Why did you want
> > > > to learn it?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Having rad TLOTR at least 75 times (that's when I stopped
> > > counting, and I may have been just a tad obsessive) I figured I
> > > might as well learn it.  At least, it struck me as a far more
> > > sensible choice than leaning Klingon which is clearly a made-up
> > > language from a cheesy American TV show.
> > 
> > True. Tolkien has much more class.
> > 
> > Okay, that settles it. I'll have to read LOTR for sure now.
> > 
> 
> Read it before you watch the movies.

Too late. But I'm sure I'll still enjoy the book. Thanks. :)

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Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-05 13:55 +0000
  Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice Street" <sam.tedesco@notgmail.c> - 2016-03-05 15:27 +0000
    Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-06 09:52 +0000
      Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice Street" <sam.tedesco@notgmail.c> - 2016-03-06 12:35 +0000
        Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-06 13:02 +0000
          Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice Street" <sam.tedesco@notgmail.c> - 2016-03-06 13:57 +0000
            Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-06 16:55 +0000
              Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice Street" <sam.tedesco@notgmail.c> - 2016-03-06 18:20 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 09:57 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice" <ted.smasher@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 09:23 -0800
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 18:31 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice Street" <sam.tedesco@notgmail.c> - 2016-03-08 23:46 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Ted&Alice Street" <sam.tedesco@notgmail.c> - 2016-03-09 22:38 +0000
              Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-03-06 19:02 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-06 19:22 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-03-06 15:15 -0500
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 00:11 -0500
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-03-07 18:30 -0500
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 12:03 +0000
                Re: www.thescienceforum.com/ is a forum you might love Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-03-07 19:32 +0000

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