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moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Lost in translation? Yesterday I was out eating at a resturant. Since I was close to a parent and his son about 8 years old I couldn't help to hear their conversation. The parent spoke English and his son spoke Swedish when they had a dialogue. Dialogues like: "Pappa, jag vill ha Sushi" "Ok, but first get a plate for it" "Pappa, jag vill ha dessert" "Yes but eat your Sushis first" And so on. Very strange and also very funny:) |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29815 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
I grew up that way. My parents would speak Spanish and we kids replied in English. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
I grew up that way. My parents would speak Spanish and we kids replied in English. Love it:) I can think how the kids are thinking. "Please dad. Speak the same language as we do in our country" |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Wow! I only get that when I go to Thanksgiving or Xmas, My family came here in 1850, which makes Me a 4th gen American, I don't know when My paternal family stopped speaking French, but it may have been during the 200yrs in Ireland, which was from 1620-1820, We were in Canada from 1820-1850. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
We were in Canada from 1820-1850. Vic do you speak Canadian, eh? |
woohoo Send message Joined: 30 Oct 13 Posts: 972 Credit: 165,671,404 RAC: 5 |
the only thing i can say in canadian is eh |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
We were in Canada from 1820-1850. Some of My distant relatives do a bit more, they speak French Canadian, and yes English, a smart bunch, Me I've picked up a bit of Spanish, but not enough to be really useful. My language is influenced by My relatives who settled in Nebraska, then South Dakota, Keystone in fact, My grandpa was born in a log cabin in 1888. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
the only thing i can say in canadian is eh What about poutine, back bacon and toque? A little seasonal Canadian humor... |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34255 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I grew up that way. My parents would speak Spanish and we kids replied in English. Its more confusing in my brothers family. My brothers wife is french and my brother german, so mom is talking french to the kid and dad german. It works very good. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22186 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Mulit-lingal families can be very great fun. I grew up speaking Broad Scotts until I was about seven or eight when I learned English. My brother, four years younger, never really developed Broad Scotts, but speaks English with a strong West London accent, my own accent is more "somewhere North of Birmingham". But all that pales when compared to our family solicitor's family. He's Australian, from a German background, his wife is Flemish, but speak French and German. Their four children all speak English, (both UK & Australain dialects), French, German, Flemish, and Italian, and each of them speaks at least two other langauges not common to the rest of the family. Meals in their appartment can be very linguistically entertaing as one can well imagine - as guests we are known to play "spot the language". Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
I grew up that way. My parents would speak Spanish and we kids replied in English. Hehe:) Come to think about it. In Europe all countries are multi-linguage. For instance Switzerland that speak French, German and Italian. Belgium that speak French and Flemish. Even in Britain where some speak "Walesian" and Gaelic:) And here we actually have 5 official languages! Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meänkieli (Tornedal Finnish) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_minority_languages_of_Sweden Yes. Even Public Service TV broadcast news in Sami language. Oddasat meaning News in Sami. https://www.svtplay.se/video/16017135/oddasat/oddasat-29-nov-17-30-1?start=auto&tab=2017 |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Even in Britain where some speak "Walesian" and Gaelic:)Janne you are talking rubbish. I'm not talking rubbish, mr Xenophobian and mr Know it all!!!!!! I was mentioning"Walesian" within quotation marks because I dont know what it's called. Please Do behave Chris S!!!! Oh. Please translate this Chris:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSKh_vyvjVk And please adress me with Jan that is my real name. Only friends of mine calls me Janne. It's a nickname very much like Putin's nick is Vova. But I think you already know that. Do you live near the train station "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysyliogogogoch" ? |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
Was just wondering is there a full moon tonight ? Could of swore it was a couple of weeks ago ;-) ;-) ;-) Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22186 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Glaswegian is not Broad Scotts, it is a dialect somewhere between the Belfast English and the Lowland Scotland dialect, with a we bit of Broad Scotts thrown in. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29815 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Was just wondering is there a full moon tonight ? Could of swore it was a couple of weeks ago ;-) ;-) ;-) Full moon is on Dec 3. So it's getting close. Here is a photo project for you. The high tides on Dec 4 will be a King Tide, the highest of the year. Many photographers will be out on the coast lines documenting the sea levels with photographs. California has made it a state project. I will be at Dana Point. If you can try to document your sea level. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
I was mentioning"Walesian" within quotation marks because I dont know what it's called.The UK has a dedicated TV channel S4C (from the Welsh Sianel Pedwar Cymru, meaning "Channel 4 Wales"). It's been on air for 35 years, making it - according to Wikipedia - the fourth TV channel to reach the airwaves in the UK. It's only broadcast in Wales, but it's available digitally in all parts of the UK - not sure if they use a rights management system for the rest of the world. Give it a try at http://www.s4c.cymru/en/ Edit - judging by the language selector on that website, the true name of the language is 'Cymraeg'. They should know. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
I tried http://www.s4c.cymru/en/. The videos are not open to us foreigners. Well not really:) Pobl a'u Gerddi http://beta.s4c.cymru/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=540621613 |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
In Wales, S4C is available on Freeview 4, Sky 104, Virgin TV 166 and Freesat 104. Sigh... Most of the S4C content is available to all, even non UK citizens abroad, whatever platform. And English and Welsh subtitles available:) And I now have learned what a bus is called in Wales:) Ar y Bysus http://beta.s4c.cymru/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=536380323 |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Was just wondering is there a full moon tonight ? Could of swore it was a couple of weeks ago ;-) ;-) ;-) Yes. Our moon is very fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
Yes. Our moon is very fascinating. Yea it is just ask John Lear ;-);-);-) Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
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