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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Google translate doesn't know it!

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    Google doesn't know *everything*, birka is sheep and I'll leave the rest as an exercise for the reader. :laugh:

    veni bibi saltavi

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      Google doesn't know *everything*, birka is sheep and I'll leave the rest as an exercise for the reader. :laugh:

      veni bibi saltavi

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      Sheeps give 'un loads of exercise... ;)

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Sheeps give 'un loads of exercise... ;)

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        Loads of exercise, with wellies! :laugh:

        veni bibi saltavi

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

          Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

          Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

          Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

          veni bibi saltavi

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          szukuro
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          To be fair English has some of those weird sentences as well Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo[^]. Also shame on them for leaving the phrase árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép out. :laugh:

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Hah! Try Welsh place names some day! :laugh:

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            Johnny J
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            Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch It's pronounced just like it's spelt, I'm told. That's quite a relief... :~

            Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
            Anonymous
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            The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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            I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
            Me, all the time

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            • S szukuro

              To be fair English has some of those weird sentences as well Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo[^]. Also shame on them for leaving the phrase árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép out. :laugh:

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              Gyere, Gyuri, a gyufagyárba, gyertyát gyújtsunk!

              veni bibi saltavi

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                Gyere, Gyuri, a gyufagyárba, gyertyát gyújtsunk!

                veni bibi saltavi

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                Gesundheit! :~

                Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                Anonymous
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                The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                Winston Churchill, 1944
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                I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                Me, all the time

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                • J Johnny J

                  Gesundheit! :~

                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                  Anonymous
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                  The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                  Winston Churchill, 1944
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                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                  Me, all the time

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  egészségedre!

                  veni bibi saltavi

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                    Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                    Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                    Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                    BillWoodruff
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                    Hi Nagy, Greets from a country where "mai mai mai mai mai," can mean "new wood doesn't burn, does it ?" Or, "pom ma" can mean "I came/am coming/will come," or "I'm a dog." These choice words from Hungarian are wonderful, could you please record yourself speaking them slowly, and post links to the audio files here :) cheers, Bill

                    «In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”

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                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                      egészségedre!

                      veni bibi saltavi

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                      Typical. All other languages have words for "Cheers" that people can actually pronounce when they're sloshed. Leave it to the Hungarians to be different... ;)

                      Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                      Anonymous
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                      The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                      Winston Churchill, 1944
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                      I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                      Me, all the time

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                      • B BillWoodruff

                        Hi Nagy, Greets from a country where "mai mai mai mai mai," can mean "new wood doesn't burn, does it ?" Or, "pom ma" can mean "I came/am coming/will come," or "I'm a dog." These choice words from Hungarian are wonderful, could you please record yourself speaking them slowly, and post links to the audio files here :) cheers, Bill

                        «In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”

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                        Nagy Vilmos
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                        You'll get a fair idea here[^]; when I try I think I put in too many te's :laugh:

                        veni bibi saltavi

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                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                          Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                          Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                          Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                          Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                          veni bibi saltavi

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                          I really expected an update to some language or another (C#, Java, C++, what have you) :)

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                          Regards, Sander

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                          • P Pete OHanlon

                            Surely that should be "Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese e Chrissie Waddel y Ryan Giggs"

                            This space for rent

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                            Scorchio![^] :laugh: :thumbsup:


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                            "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                            • N Nagy Vilmos

                              Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                              Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                              Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                              Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                              veni bibi saltavi

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                              W Balboos GHB
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                              Really Broken Languages - Top of the List is the Frog-Tongue, French. You probably know they don't count above sixty? After that they start with stuff like sixty-ten. No wonder they have to 'protect' the language: it's already on it's deathbed in the modern world.

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                                You'll get a fair idea here[^]; when I try I think I put in too many te's :laugh:

                                veni bibi saltavi

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                                9082365
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                                Shouldn't that be in Sander's Song of the Week thread. You can dance to it!

                                I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                                • N Nagy Vilmos

                                  Loads of exercise, with wellies! :laugh:

                                  veni bibi saltavi

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                                  This thread is starting to smell like the Soapbox. ;P

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                                  • W W Balboos GHB

                                    Really Broken Languages - Top of the List is the Frog-Tongue, French. You probably know they don't count above sixty? After that they start with stuff like sixty-ten. No wonder they have to 'protect' the language: it's already on it's deathbed in the modern world.

                                    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                    "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                                    "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                    W∴ Balboos wrote:

                                    After that they start with stuff like sixty-ten.

                                    English 'breaks' after just 12 with three-ten, four-ten etc. What's your point?

                                    I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                                      W∴ Balboos wrote:

                                      After that they start with stuff like sixty-ten.

                                      English 'breaks' after just 12 with three-ten, four-ten etc. What's your point?

                                      I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                                      Nope. You are in error. It's not broken. The eleven and twelve are throwbacks to a long time tradition. That is related to the unit 'dozen' in that twelve was (and still is) a very convenient unit*. It's also common in other languages, fore example German (elf, zwölf, and then dreizehn, etc.). Besides, there's no real analogy in your reply. We're not talking about the numbers between sixty and seventy - we're talking about the fact that they don't even have seventy (and beyond). * Entire Societies believe this to be rather significant - click this link

                                      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                      "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                                      "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                                        Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                                        Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                                        Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                                        Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                                        veni bibi saltavi

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                                        But it has a good beat and you can dance to it.

                                        We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                                          Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                                          Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                                          Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                                          Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                                          veni bibi saltavi

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                                          It must be heaven for those who stutter.

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