Random Rants XXIX: Watch your %*$@ Language!

[Takhisis]

Maybe if you're Scottish, but most English people use the door.

Well, if we are going to be Yared-like, then English open the door while brawny Scotsmen do not, is that what you mean?

You can walk into a room and it will not be different from entering it. I'm talking about the physical act of moving yourself into a room.

Or well, that's not really true, is it? I can think of one difference between those two things:

English -> Swedish (Germanic)
"To walk into a room" -> "Att gå in i ett rum"
"To enter a room" -> "Att gå in i ett rum"
Att gå = To walk

English -> Spanish (Latin)
"To enter a room" -> "Entrar en una habitación"
"To walk into a room" -> "Entrar en una habitación"
Entrar = To Enter

Don't try teaching me Spanish, lad. 'To walk into a room' is generally translated as 'entrar en una habitación' but not the only correct intrepretation, and if we go back to English, you can enter a room from any place, such as 'walk/climb/run up to the room' or 'walk/climb/run down into the room', etc. You can also be thrown into a room…

 

[NYHunter]

My rant is not very important, but it applies to far too many people in my life that it is begining to tick me off more than it should:

If you are an adult I am speaking to, please do not respond "oh" to each of my sentences. It is very annoying. Thank you, that is all.

 

[Arakhor]

Oh.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My mom took the $10 out of my bank account i was saving. I yelled at her and she said she will pay it back Monday. But I am still terribly mad

Edit; I also made her write that down and sign it.

 

[Arakhor]

Why do you have a joint account?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Because I cannot get to the bank myself.

 

[Mathalamus]

Because I cannot get to the bank myself.

why cant you go to the bank yourself?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Its far away and I cannot drive

 

[Camikaze]

Procrastinating too much. I don't like procrastinating. But I do it anyway.

 

[SuperJay]

In the same boat here, Camikaze. Going to have to go into work this weekend because of it, too

 

[_random_]

Apple tech support.

 

[choxorn]

With heavy French and Graeco-Latin influence.

I think it's a startlingly rich and varied language, myself, but YMMV.

English is the bastard child of Medieval German and Medieval French, with some random other bits thrown in, or stolen from other languages.

 

[Camikaze]

Apple tech support.

I've always found them quite helpful.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, Anglo-Saxon and Norman French, but I'll give you that, yes.

Read Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English for a fascinating insight into the birth of our mother tongue. You can also read Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue for a more humorous take on the subject.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I had to put my dog down tonight. He had several large tumors which were causing him great pain. He could no longer even stand to eat.

 

[_random_]

I've always found them quite helpful.

Helpful enough to be worth 29 USD a session?

 

[Yared]

My condolences, Cheezy. How old was he?

 

[Camikaze]

Condolences, Cheezy.

Helpful enough to be worth 29 USD a session?

Ah. You're not in warranty.

 

[bhsup]

I had to put my dog down tonight. He had several large tumors which were causing him great pain. He could no longer even stand to eat.

I'm sorry, man Wish there was something to be said or done to make you feel better.

 

[Joecoolyo]

My condolences Cheezy.