I have to agree on that. That´s one of the reasons why I like this ML so much. We don´t talk much about the books sometimes and get lots of OT. But the...
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Purchase Family
npurchase2000
Feb 2, 2005 8:46 am
Actually, I was reading something written in Glaswegian (a sexy gay thriller by Jack/John Dickson), and they say that there too. It's a perfectly logical...
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Alex Kwan
litalex
Feb 2, 2005 5:06 am
Hello, ... I've come across that usage, too, but I've never been to New England. I can't remember where I've heard it, though... little Alex...
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Alex Kwan
litalex
Feb 2, 2005 5:03 am
Hello, ... Depends on the kind of things you're translating. Translating fiction is, of course, quite different from translating business letters, annual ...
17532
Paula Lieberman
pa_lieberman
Feb 2, 2005 3:31 am
... From: "Gnine" <jmk69@...> ... great. ... obvious than ... synonomous ... hot" though ... other parts o ... regular basis... ... WHICH Boston...
17531
Trevor
trevor7744
Feb 2, 2005 3:22 am
I think it's great that so many people here are interested in languages, linguistics, and translation. Those are my obsession, and I rarely find anyone to talk...
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Trevor
trevor7744
Feb 2, 2005 2:59 am
I would buy a shirt that said "Rei phöril tos tókun meh brithir, v'ri sh'ruit'ya." and other phrases like that. Cafepress would be good for something like...
17529
Gnine
gninek
Feb 2, 2005 12:07 am
... There are a surprisingly large number of differences, some much more obvious than others. In New England, you often here the word "wicked" used in a way...
17528
marg_r_w
Feb 1, 2005 11:29 pm
Which is why we are often mistaken for a herd of (female) sheep:) Why did I just know that particular Aussie idiosyncratic speech pattern was going to come up...
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Purchase Family
npurchase2000
Feb 1, 2005 9:02 pm
Oooh, I like that! I didn't know US dialectal differences were so great. Nigel ... From: KAdam10561@... To: Flewelling@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
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KAdam10561@...
pghcelt
Feb 1, 2005 8:31 pm
In Pittsburgh, PA we say "yinz" for plural. Lovely little phrase and pinpoints exactly where you are from. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Andrea Chavez
achavez47
Feb 1, 2005 7:29 pm
Ah ha! Well, I've only been to Texas so, that could explain my lack of knowledge on "all ya'all" AND One must merely listen to our President to know about the...
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Purchase Family
npurchase2000
Feb 1, 2005 7:24 pm
Latin has no definite or indefinite article. Late Latin used "unus, una" which means "one" for "a" and "Ille, illa" meaning "that" for "the", and these were...
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AB
mergyrl66
Feb 1, 2005 7:19 pm
I don't know how the rest of the South does it, but I grew up in Texas and ya'll was both singular and plural. very handy word there. It's too hot in Texas...
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Purchase Family
npurchase2000
Feb 1, 2005 7:19 pm
Latin and Greek DIDN'T have a difference. The only difference reflected number (singular vs. plural) rather than degree of deference. Nigel ... From:...
17521
Gorsch
inryval
Feb 1, 2005 6:18 pm
Some languages such as classical Latin and Swahili rarely use articles, indicating such distinctions in other ways or not at all. Some languages, including...
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Andrea Chavez
achavez47
Feb 1, 2005 6:01 pm
HAHAHAH - -that explains a lot! Andrea -- who lives in the land on one and only one "You" ... ===== Andrea C "I always pass on good advice, It's the only thing...
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Gnine
gninek
Feb 1, 2005 4:52 pm
... *as a Japanese major* yes, no articles at all. Which makes teaching english to Japanese OH SO fun. Ever try explaining to someone exactly why you use "a"...
17518
Fisher, Jessica
ataruyuka
Feb 1, 2005 2:29 pm
The only non-English language I know about is Japanese (and I only took three years in college, so I am far from fluent, so if anyone is more fluent than me...
17517
Minako
gothicmalice
Feb 1, 2005 2:23 pm
Su (his theirs) indicates proprierty of 3rd person it's a "determinante posesivo". It can be used as a pronoun I guess... or apparently be used as this "su...
17516
Minako
gothicmalice
Feb 1, 2005 2:16 pm
Huh... Vosotros is used daily as the plural of you. O_O It's the Vos I never hear anywhere. ^^; Or you are talking about it's use in South America? *confused* ...
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Minako
gothicmalice
Feb 1, 2005 2:12 pm
aaaa... mochiron I don't know what I was thinking yesterday (rather I was not thinking at all, as usual). I fixed on anata and never thought of kimi and all...
17514
Iona Bartlett
i00na
Feb 1, 2005 1:52 pm
While we're talking about languages, one of my (maths) lecturers mentioned the other day that he thought there was a language that has one word for both the...
17513
summershadows_winterl...
summershadow...
Feb 1, 2005 1:13 pm
wow, all the many replies! *laughs* thanks all. I actually only meant the 'you' when talking to someone. of course german has plural forms as well. It's...
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Aeriden Raven
aeridenraven
Feb 1, 2005 1:12 pm
Actually, "jullie" is pronounced as Yu (as in Yule)- Lee, although the u (again) sounds more like the perdu u. But this might get too OT now, I'm sorry ;) It...
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Purchase Family
npurchase2000
Feb 1, 2005 11:35 am
And "je" is pronounced "ye(r)", "jij" "yay" and "jullie" "yille(r)", as best I can transcribe them into English. The Dutch (like Australians or Scots ) have a...
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Aeriden Raven
aeridenraven
Feb 1, 2005 10:41 am
Hello, Dutch also has two forms: "je/jij" (you informal singular) "jullie" (you informal plural) u (you formal singular and plural). There's a nuance...
17508
Alex Kwan
litalex
Feb 1, 2005 8:58 am
Hello, Well, Chinese has two forms of "you", too, one friendly, one formal, but no one except in business letters or old-fashioned commercials use the formal...
17507
Gorsch
inryval
Feb 1, 2005 8:43 am
As I understand it, though, "y'all" is singular. The plural is "all y'all" ... From: "Andrea Chavez" <achavez47@...> To: <Flewelling@yahoogroups.com> ...
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Alice Montrose
alice_montrose
Feb 1, 2005 8:03 am
Romanian hassomething we call "polite pronoun" for second and third person. If talking to/about a friend, we use "tu" (2nd pers.) /"el" (3rd pers. masc.)/"ea"...
