Random Rants XLVII: I don't like food anymore!

[Grendeldef]

What, "Civil" is "Kivil" in Latin? That just sounds so... odd.

To get rid of these extremely annoying & illogical aspects of pronunciation we clearly need an universal language for all to use and to take a totally random example I introduce Finnish - a ridiculously easy (or maybe not) language pronounced just as it's written with one minor exception. No more troubles like these men had Tollemache-Tollemache

Also somewhat off topic but I was learning Italian back in the 80s to get something more out of Guerin Sportivo than just pics I was taught that while the language doesn't have k it has one word starting with k - by far the most memorable thing about Italian to me.

Spoiler :

Kairo.
And by an odd coincidence one aforementioned language also spells it with k instead of more common c.

 

[Optical]

kiwil IIRC, Mr. choxorn.

Interestingly, this little grammar point also means 'Caesar' is pronounced pretty much the same as 'Kaiser'.

 

[madviking]

kaysar; hence the german kaiser and the russian tsar

 

[Takhisis]

To get rid of these extremely annoying & illogical aspects of pronunciation we clearly need an universal language for all to use and to take a totally random example I introduce Finnish - a ridiculously easy (or maybe not) language pronounced just as it's written with one minor exception. No more troubles like these men had Tollemache-Tollemache

We'd better take a language that is used across all the lands of Sweden, instead of merely Österland and a bit of Norrland.

Then again, I have no intention of learning any Swedish beyond the lyrics to Caramelldansen, so carry on.

Also somewhat off topic but I was learning Italian back in the 80s to get something more out of Guerin Sportivo than just pics I was taught that while the language doesn't have k it has one word starting with k - by far the most memorable thing about Italian to me.

Spoiler :

Kairo.
And by an odd coincidence one aforementioned language also spells it with k instead of more common c.

I think there're more words with k around, but it's half past three so I'll find out tomorrow (today?).

Interestingly, this little grammar point also means 'Caesar' is pronounced pretty much the same as 'Kaiser'.

Hmm, yes.

kaysar; hence the german kaiser and the russian tsar

Car. If you're going to rant about sch and shch then spelll it right.

 

[madviking]

Spelling 'tsar' as 'car'? That's correct under zero transliterations of Russian or any Slavic language I know.

 

[Takhisis]

But phonetically correct.

 

[madviking]

not at all.

 

[cardgame]

I was under the impression that czar/tsar was pronounced as, essentially, 'sar' (rhymes with scar)

 

[LamaGT]

I was under the impression that czar/tsar was pronounced as, essentially, 'sar' (rhymes with scar)

Nope. The ts represents the letter ц of the cyrillic alphabet, which is pronounced more or less like ts, just a bit harder.
Then there's the thing that after the r there's the letter ь, which is literally called "soft sign" and it transforms the r so that it's impossible to give the idea of how it sounds in English

 

[Arakhor]

Civilis (meaning "of the citizens") is pronounced kee-vee-lis. Since the ae dipthong is pronounced as in "try", Cæsar would be pronounced "kai-zer".

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I just saw the new 5€ note and it's astonishingly ugly. Why did they have to change it ?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I just saw the new 5€ note and it's astonishingly ugly. Why did they have to change it ?

Essentially money only has value once it is disposed of for something of tangible benefit, so maybe the uglier the note the better? You lose less when you dispose of it. Just a thought.

 

[Peck of Arabia]

Oh, it doesn't look that bad; for a Euro note. I mean, economic arguments about the euro aside, I've always found Euro denominations to be aesthetically inferior to (most) of the national currency denominations it superseded.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Essentially money only has value once it is disposed of for something of tangible benefit, so maybe the uglier the note the better? You lose less when you dispose of it. Just a thought.

If the money is too ugly no one will want to have it and inflation kicks in, and next thing you know they'll have to add zeroes and I'll need a wheelbarrow just to buy an apple or a loaf of bread. If the next issue of replacement notes doesn't look better I'll start to stockpile canned goods and weapons.

Oh, it doesn't look that bad; for a Euro note

I like the old design.

Spoiler :

The colors on the new one look gaudy and lifeless at the same time, like something printed in the eighties, and Europe and the number both look out of place.

Spoiler :

 

[W|M]

Car. If you're going to rant about sch and shch then spelll it right.

The first letter of Tsar is Ц (ts), not Ш (sh) or Щ (shch)

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

You would think a major political party during the establishment of a country would be more important than some radio station in a small town, but Wikipedia seems to think otherwise.

 

[Takhisis]

not at all.

The first letter of Tsar is Ц (ts), not Ш (sh) or Щ (shch)

I recommend that you read the following: Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой, by Э.А.Хиль (I'm not sure as to how to Romanise it).

Civilis (meaning "of the citizens") is pronounced kee-vee-lis. Since the ae dipthong is pronounced as in "try", Cæsar would be pronounced "kai-zer".

/kivilis/

Really, Arakhor, being surrounded by the Welsh shouldn't impede you from proper use of the IPA.

I just saw the new 5€ note and it's astonishingly ugly. Why did they have to change it ?

Better return to the mark, with the pfennig as a sub-unit.

 

[Grendeldef]

We'd better take a language that is used across all the lands of Sweden, instead of merely Österland and a bit of Norrland.

Sure, if such would exist.

Then again, I have no intention of learning any Swedish beyond the lyrics to Caramelldansen, so carry on.

Nobody does though the teachers argued the opposite.

I think there're more words with k around, but it's half past three so I'll find out tomorrow (today?).

I assume you're right in broader view but I also think that it's a matter of interpretation of whether a word is considered native or a borrowed one. In this particular case I always thought that the word had been used for long enough to be an Italian word rather than a foreign one in common use.

 

[LamaGT]

I recommend that you read the following: Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой, by Э.А.Хиль (I'm not sure as to how to Romanise it).

i c wat u did thar

 

[Takhisis]

Sure, if such would exist.

I keep forgetting that Sweden owning Finland is only at hockey now.

Nobody does though the teachers argued the opposite.

Yet, without Caramelldansen, the world would be incomplete. So someone should learn Swedish just in case.

I assume you're right in broader view but I also think that it's a matter of interpretation of whether a word is considered native or a borrowed one. In this particular case I always thought that the word had been used for long enough to be an Italian word rather than a foreign one in common use.

It's better than transforming 'beef' into 'pihvi'.