Author Topic: The General Chatter Thread. (Read 1584428 times)

Team 9 · « **Reply #28020 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:25:16 PM »

Quote from: Enigma on January 10, 2012, 04:22:29 PM

You brits just want to make english complicated than it already is.
Because if someone was trying to learn english, what would make more sense to them, a dodgem, or a bumper car ?
a bumper car obviously because they're little cars that you bump into, self explanatory.
But if someone who was learning english in britain, they'd be called dodgems and have to ask someone on the street what the hell that is, and they'd probably get a look like they're retarded.

well as long as the barrier between the two languages isn't too different, why argue.

NFX · « **Reply #28021 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:25:55 PM »

The European Union Commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly, sivil servants will reseive this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be Expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by " v".
During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.
Ze drem vil finali kum tru.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #28022 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:26:59 PM »

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on January 10, 2012, 04:25:00 PM

Quote from: Enigma on January 10, 2012, 04:22:29 PM
You brits just want to make english complicated than it already is. like they're retarded.
No we want to keep it how we left it.

I never called YOU brits retarded specifically, i said if a foreigner was learning english in britain and asked someone what a dodgem is, the person they asked would probably look at them like they're retarded for not knowing.

Team 9 · « **Reply #28023 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:29:23 PM »

ENOUGH ARGUING >:C it's really stupid now, honestly! you're arguing over a few words!

Thyrus · « **Reply #28024 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:30:45 PM »

German... anyone?

Team 9 · « **Reply #28025 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:32:12 PM »

nein!

Enigm@ · « **Reply #28026 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:32:35 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on January 10, 2012, 04:30:45 PM

German... anyone?

i speak some german, but not much. :/

Thyrus · « **Reply #28027 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:34:18 PM »

Doch! Ich bin dafür das auf GTM nur noch deutsch gesprochen wird

Enigm@ · « **Reply #28028 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:37:15 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on January 10, 2012, 04:34:18 PM

Doch! Ich bin dafür das auf GTM nur noch deutsch gesprochen wird

i got like half of that..

Thyrus · « **Reply #28029 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:40:31 PM »

I knew google translater wouldn't get that one :D

Enigm@ · « **Reply #28030 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:41:40 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on January 10, 2012, 04:40:31 PM

I knew google translater wouldn't get that one :D

i actually didn't use google translate. :P

cephalopod · « **Reply #28031 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:43:43 PM »

Only German I know is obscure Rammstein lines. LIEBE IST FUR ALLE DA, NICHT FUR MICH... or something like that

Thyrus · « **Reply #28032 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:44:07 PM »

What did You use? :)

Enigm@ · « **Reply #28033 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:44:45 PM »

Quote from: Thyrus on January 10, 2012, 04:44:07 PM

What did You use? :)

memory from taking german in 9th grade. :P

Fracture · « **Reply #28034 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:45:20 PM »

Quote from: NFX on January 10, 2012, 04:25:55 PM

Ze drem vil finali kum tru.

I thought the ending was "And zen ve vil al be speaking German, just like everybody vanted in ze first plas.". :P

Quote from: NFX on January 10, 2012, 04:25:55 PM

20 per sent shorter.

Suddenly this part means something completely different to me from when I first read the joke a year ago. :D

Thyrus · « **Reply #28035 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:45:29 PM »

Quote from: Craaig on January 10, 2012, 04:43:43 PM

Only German I know is obscure Rammstein lines. LIEBE IST FUR ALLE DA, NICHT FUR MICH... or something like that

love is for everyone, not for me...

cephalopod · « **Reply #28036 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:48:41 PM »

Indeed, I know that :3

I also know that Hast is have and Hasst is hate, hence leading to confusion with 'Du Hast' - Du hast mich... I mean, you have me? (They intended this muddle for a laugh)

Thyrus · « **Reply #28037 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:53:13 PM »

He's playing with the language ther he sings du, du hasst, du hasst mich which lets you think he sings "you hate me" but later on he sings "du hast mich gefragt" what means "you've asked me"

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #28038 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:54:41 PM »

Bet none of you can get what my PT means, though

cephalopod · « **Reply #28039 on:** January 10, 2012, 04:56:44 PM »

Ah, yeah, that's a more accurate version of the story :P
Rammstein in Birmingham... just over a month away <3

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