Smoother Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 @esaj I'm not going to quote your cartoon, but that was absolutely brilliant. I'll be studying my suomi conjugations of dog (?) all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, esaj said: Umm, no, in English, the names of the languages are always capitalized. I have a faint memory of my English teacher pointing out that I made the mistake of not capitalizing language names... Capitalization: The Names Of Countries, Nationalities, And Specific Languages Countries, nationalities, and languages are always capitalized as they are proper nouns. See also: Proper Nouns and Words Derived from Them English is made up of many languages, including Latin, German, and French. My mother is British, and my father is Dutch. The Mennonites began to worship in the Netherlands in the 16th century. While Americans are very proud of their current nationality, most can trace their roots back to Europe or Africa. Oh my god! My English is so bad I just got schooled by a Suomalaiset. I guess I need to go back to remedial English class. Eh, flock it I'm retired, that sounds like work. See I told you guys you have my respect ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esaj Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Just now, Smoother said: Oh my god! My English is so bad I just got schooled by a Suomalaiset. I guess I need to go back to remedial English class. Eh, flock it I'm retired, that sounds like work. See I told you guys you have my respect ? Guess there's a small grammar-nazi living inside me... Don't sweat it, that's a pretty minor mistake, not to mention that I do typos and suck at punctuation all the time myself Go read some Youtube-comments to see some pretty horrible English, and more often than not, from native English-speakers... Btw, "Suomalaiset" is plural form (meaning multiple Finnish people or Finnish people in general), the singular form is "suomalainen", and in Finnish, nationalities and language names are written without capitalization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 I should just stick to drooling. I'm good at that I think., oh and scratching my ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snurre Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Me? I picks me up the speak from that tellyvisioning of Popeye, Bugs Bunny and them other cartoons. Learning a language is fun, just like learning to ride an EUC. Leaning badly on a wheel may result in a faceplant. Conjugating badly in a language, you may also get a faceplant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEC Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 On 20/11/2016 at 0:29 PM, Smoother said: Sweden, Norway, Finland ( or is it Suomi?) --- How do you do it? Where did you learn your English? Maybe not so known fact but apart of the multiply (foreign) languages taught at schools another "factor" helps with English knowledge in Nordics (Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway). Most of the TV shows and Movies are broadcast at TV in the original language (usually English) with subtitles rather than dubbed (also most of the cinema releases). The exclusion of the "rule" are shows and movies for the youngest ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Actually I did know that, I used to date a Swedish lady, back in England, and she told me that. Mind you, I've seen quite a few foreign films and Tv's shows in the original language with subtitles and I learned absolutely nothing, except maybe "hey do" not sure of the spelling. Shows like arvingerne (Denmark), all three dragon tattoo films, Wallander, Vikings, . Jean de Florette trilogy (Frrench). Didn't learn a thing. she tried to teach me a Swedish tongue twister. I told her anything in Swedish is a tongue twister . It went something like this (in English obvs.). The six, sick, seamen, something, something, something. Anyone care to type that up in Swedish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEC Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 14 hours ago, Smoother said: she tried to teach me a Swedish tongue twister. I told her anything in Swedish is a tongue twister . It went something like this (in English obvs.). The six, sick, seamen, something, something, something. Anyone care to type that up in Swedish? Probably this one: Sju sjösjuka sjömän sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor.Seven seasick sailors were nursed by seven beautiful nurses. More here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Yep that must have been it. I was LMAO at all the tongue twisters you linked too. I'm SOOO glad I didn't pick Swedish at school. No, wait, it wasn't offered. I'm going to listen to the other languages listed. Maybe even try a few of the English one's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 On 11/22/2016 at 11:30 AM, Smoother said: Jean de Florette trilogy (Frrench). Didn't learn a thing. Me too, but really liked the films, also Babette's feast was interesting, a French chef living in Norway or Sweden who got sick of eating boiled fish and made all kinds of exotic food for her benefactors. It kind of bugs me when people can pick up a language watching TV. I wish I had that gift, reminds me of the joke where the comedian went to sleep with a language learning CD and it started skipping so he could only speak the language with a stutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 @steve454 new Avitar i see. Curley? Care to explain? And what's with "454" engine or caliber ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 5 hours ago, Smoother said: @steve454 new Avitar i see. Curley? Care to explain? And what's with "454" engine or caliber ? Curley was my favorite of the Stooges, and I just wanted to see if I could put a moving avatar in. My younger brother had an old Chevy Camaro that someone put a souped up 454 engine in that he used to street race with. Once when home on leave, we went riding in it, that car had so much power it made me really like that engine. Big block Chevy, yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 @Smoother I like your new avatar, the @The Fat Unicyclist and @HEC avatars always stuck in the back of my mind because they moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoother Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Thanks. You inspired me to go further. I can't seem to crop it more tightly for some reason. I'll probably change it again soon. Never satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Me, too, it's fun to change them, I think @Hunka Hunka Burning Love has changed his more than anyone, he inspired me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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