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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.

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!


>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.

:-)

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".

:-)


>
>> 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.


>
> (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 have read extensively on WWII, though.


>
>>
>>>
>>>> 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.

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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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