What will be the international language?

[Ren]

Originally posted by Sixchan


You know, a one word post doesn't help much. Are you referring to my post, or the original question? If you are saying the language I describe is english, then translate THIS!

Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket

by Margret Hamilton

See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine.

See thon burnty
Up wherra firewiz
Ma mammy says
Am no tellnyagain
No'y playnit.
A jist wen'y eatma
Pokacrisps furma dinner
Nabigwoffldoon.

The wummin sed Aver near
Clapsd
Jistur heednur
Wee wellies sticknoot


They sed Wot heppind?
Nme'nma belly
Na bedna hospital.
A sed A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine.

They sed Ees thees chaild eb slootly
Non verbal?
A sed MA BUMSAIR
Nwen'y sleep.

EDIT: To Mr Spice: Imagine you are brought up speaking Swedish, and you walk in on the first day of school and all your lessons are in Chinese. That's the problem.

Ok, for a start, I was reffering to the original poll
I will attempt to translate some of your poor english:
See my mummy, or money
See my dinner ticket, or jacket
A put it in my
Pocket and she put it in your
Washing Machine


See those ...... burnies???
Up where a fire is, or was
My mumma says
I'm not telling you again
No, you're playing it
I just want you to eat my
Packet of crisps for my dinner
And a big waffle down


The woman said over near

Just her head and her
Oui, well he's stuck now




They said 'What happened?'
And me and my belly
In a bed in a hospital
I said I put it in my
Pocket and she put it in your
Washing machine


They said 'he's the child'...
I said MY BUM'S THERE
And when you sleep

 

[Sixchan]

Well, very close! Much closer than most people get. An exact translation (using yours so you can see the errors) is:

See my mummy,
See my dinner ticket
A put it in my
Pocket and she put it in the
Washing Machine

See those Burned down buildings
Up where a fire was
My mummy says
I'm not telling you again
not to play in it
I just want you to eat my
Packet of crisps for my dinner
And a big wall fell down

The woman said "I very near
collapsed
Just her head and her
little Wellington boots sticking out

They said 'What happened?'
And me and my belly
In a bed in a hospital
I said I put it in my
Pocket and she put it in the
Washing machine

They said 'Is this child absolutely
non-verbal?'
I said MY BUM'S SORE
And went to sleep.

 

[pavelsu]

I am learning Spanish and English, and assure you that the English is much easier than the Spanish. In Spanish exist thousands of irregular verbs that do not have any rule, the accents are also very complicated, the personal forms are much more complicated than English. Only pronunciation is easier to learn in Spanish.
Often I write text in Spanish and i believe that it is written well, then the teacher says to me that it is incomprehensible
On to translate, Sixchan, I might put here many texts in Spanish that you might not read (If you can speak Spanish, I doubt it.) though you had lived in Spain for twenty years.

 

[amadeus]

You'd better learn English if you plan to be anything more than a rice farmer in Cambodia.

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by rmsharpe
You'd better learn English if you plan to be anything more than a rice farmer in Cambodia.

Thus speaks Rmsharpe, North America's finest diplomat!

 

[Mr Spice]

I think that pavelsu is speaking good English for one still learning. You should have heard me the first three years when I tried to learn this language.

Rmsharpe, why don´t you try to speak some Swedish and give the rest of us something to laugh at? Or any language other than English, for that matter?

 

[CurtSibling]

Mr Spice, I agree!

In North America they can't spell basic English words or even say Aluminium correctly!

Only kidding!

 

[pavelsu]

You'd better learn English if you plan to be anything more than a rice farmer in Cambodia.

Well, since I speak English so badly, I will answer you in Spanish: Esa es la respuesta típica de un gran ignorante, viendo tu conocimiento de idiomas y sobre todo tus modales, tú no deberías salir de la cueva donde vives, en Minesota. Por otro lado no sabía que en Camboya se hablara español
Or Russian:
Это это является типичным ответом игнорамус, с другой стороны я не знало, что в Кампучии они говорили по-испански.
sorry for reasonable persons of this forum.

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[Mr Spice]

Way to go pavelsu! Kicking him back is the only thing to do. Laws of the jungle, and all that.

Not that I understood much of what you wrote (I don´t speak neither Spanish nor Russian) but I am sure it was great!

 

[pavelsu]

 

[MCdread]

Well, prepare yourself. When rmsharpe discovers what you just said to him... Where can I buy tickets for the front row seats?

 

[CD Light]

LOL pavelsu. Tu respuesta era perfecta para la situación.

(Or, your response was perfect for the situation.)

At least, the Spanish part was. I have no idea what that Russian stuff said. And as someone in this thread has said before, languages with their "own" alphabets probably won't be as popular later on.

PS: To MCdread and padma: I edited my earlier erroneous post so that it refers people to your later corrections. I thank you, o Gods of Language, for setting me straight after my so terribly misinformed and ignorant post about the origins of such noble languages.

 

[Mr Spice]

Orginially posted by MCdread
Where can I buy tickets for the front row seats?

I found some tickets on the black market for only §10 each.

Oh, and Pavelsu, could you please pm me a translation of your Spanish and Russian statements? Please?

 

[MCdread]

I understand the spanish part, but russian surpasses me completely. However, I know the sounds of most of the characters. So, Pavelsu, can you confirm that it is the same text?

 

[pavelsu]

yes it says the same thing, approximately
See your PM mr spice.

 

[Mr Spice]

Thanks!

Nice.

 

[animepornstar]

an italian exchange student translated the spanish text for me and i agree with it, but i don´t think the mods like that you post in another language than english .

 

[Hamlet]

Where is Esperanto?

Seriously, I doubt there will ever be a truly universal language, but English is probably the closest we have at the mo.

 

[CurtSibling]

When rmsharpe finally finds an internet translator,
he'll be clambering into his B2 Spirit bomber to exact his vengeance!



Even though English is a major language...
I personally hope we can maintain our unique spoken language
cultures world-wide! What makes humans interesting is their linguistic diversity!

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by pavelsu

I will give an answer to your spanish quote in the language of my forefathers!!!

Vorsicht Minderwertige! Der groß tyrant von Minnesota Wille genau seine Rache auf Ihnen mit Feuer und Schwert. Dann wird er irgendeinen Hirsch schießen, trinkt ein Bier, und thrill zum nationalen anthem!



Before the Mods have me shot,
I will say that this is my first and last non-english quote on CFC,
Just couldn't resist!

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Capische?
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