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Post by bpg on Aug 29, 2024 14:35:41 GMT
My first assignment in Germany was Bavaria. That is a different language even fluent German speakers struggle there.
I compare it to learning English and going to Liverpool. As a native English speaker I really struggle there. Never been to Aberdeen, I was in Inverness and had to up my game there.
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Post by Humph on Aug 29, 2024 14:37:08 GMT
Aberdonian is tricky even for other Scots.
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Post by bpg on Aug 29, 2024 14:38:17 GMT
Yeah, I should proof read more thanks to spell checker.
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Post by Humph on Aug 29, 2024 14:39:35 GMT
Heh heh. This is now going to make no sense at all!
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Post by bpg on Aug 29, 2024 14:49:12 GMT
It helps being a massive English speaker. 😁
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2024 15:02:36 GMT
Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig an-dràsta.
Christ knows why. But it's interesting. Good brain training. It's bloody difficult, especially the daft spelling system. At least the Welsh have got that right.
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 29, 2024 15:09:26 GMT
My first assignment in Germany was Bavaria. That is a different language even fluent German speakers struggle there. A retired doctor I knew (now sadly passed away) left Munich as a three year old in the early 1930s with his parents to avoid the Holocaust. They settled in Newcastle and for the next 40+ years he never entered Germany. His family spoke English at home, with a neutral accent, so that you had no idea he wasn't a middle class Englishman. His daughter told us that on one family holiday, sometime in the 1970s, they were driving somewhere in Europe and there was no option but to drive through Germany. This was still at the time there were border controls or similar. When they reached the border, the doctor conversed with the border guard in German, who then said, "when did you leave Munich??". Apparently his Bavarian dialect was so strong even though he hadn't spoken it for decades, that it was obvious where he originated from. |
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 29, 2024 15:13:08 GMT
Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig an-dràsta. Christ knows why. But it's interesting. Good brain training. It's bloody difficult, especially the daft spelling system. At least the Welsh have got that right. Frankly, if you are going to use Roman letters for a language, at least have the decency to pronouce the words roughly as the Romans would have done. Niamh - Neve. Cymru - Cum Ree. I reckon Welsh was made up by the Victorians. And the Irish were having a laugh. |
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Post by bpg on Aug 29, 2024 15:31:39 GMT
Strange thing dialects. A broad Geordie or Northumbrian accent helps with German. I suppose the words coming from mainly Norwegian for those 'English' dialects helps and explains why English speakers can sometimes struggle in the North East.
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 29, 2024 15:55:53 GMT
The funniest things to listen to are foreign languages that adopt English words in the absence of their own. Obviously 'le weekend' but if you want to discuss your car with an Israeli mechanic, you will hear: -
Injectorim - injectors
Clatch - clutch
Pancturia - tyre repair and tyre sales depot
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Post by Humph on Aug 29, 2024 15:59:20 GMT
On another theme, when was the last time anyone here actually “dialled” a number on a telephone, or indeed “wound” a window down on a car?
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Post by bpg on Aug 29, 2024 16:11:01 GMT
I have got into the habit of putting my mobile phone down somewhere and wandering off then having to punch the number in the house phone to make it ring but I think you're talking finger in hole and turning a dial.
I was looking at Volvo 240 estates earlier this week, some had electric windows, most were keep fit though they had electric door mirrors and heated seats.
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Post by WDB on Aug 29, 2024 16:36:40 GMT
… “wound” a window down on a car? …or even in a car. 🤓 |
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Post by Humph on Aug 29, 2024 16:59:06 GMT
Well, yes, maybe, but, the window is technically on the car as part of its structure. Only the inside of the window is usually in the car, unless it is fully wound down I suppose, when it might reasonably considered to be in the car.
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Post by bpg on Aug 29, 2024 17:36:57 GMT
Is the window not in the door on the car 😋
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