Language….

[pagey]

Just smiffy great post

 

[PP Bear]

Whenever I hear the Swedish language, I think of the chef on the muppets

 

[ChrisL]

I saw a couple of crows, is that a murder or was that an attempted murder ?

If it was in Midsomer it was definitely a murder

 

[Boldly]

Even Monkeys can speak French, Avez vous cuppa !
Phillipe.

Think they were chimpanzees not monkeys.

 

[lorger]

Quite possibly but he was heard to say “Fur goodness sake Jean, I’m in the middle of a murrderr case”.

Ian

Of memory serves me correctly when the detective Jardine (I think that’s his name) said the famous words “there’s been a murder” Taggarts reply was something like “there’s a murder at Firhill every week” for those who don’t know Firhill is home of Partick Thistle FC who Taggart supported.

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[lorger]

It always amazes me the difference in accent and words used going from town to town, when I moved to Dumfries in my teens from Glasgow it took a while to understand each others dialects. When I first met my girlfriend now long suffering wife she thought my name was Jacob, how you get that from Gerry I’ve no idea but I think it was about 3 or 4 weeks before she realised

Even now in my 50s if we go south Lorraine has to translate for me at times , she says it’s funny as I just start talking faster when they don’t understand and the look on folks faces.

 

[Branston]

American mafia make you offers you can't refuse. Glaswegian mafia make you offers you can't understand.

 

[Just smiffy]

Raining today but as much as I try to get her to say it, it’s always “lainey “ ..

 

[jockaneezer]

I find it strange that the letters X, J and G are all often pronounced as H in some Mediterranean languages ?

 

[Silver-Fox]

Even the bits of metal you use to fill in the gaps on kitchen worktops are baguettes.

In the trade we call them salmonella strips

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[L' Hobo]

Raining today but as much as I try to get her to say it, it’s always “lainey “ ..

I'm told, there are many more unattractive traits one could find in a person?

(I was going to say woman, then I thought, better not!)

 

[sedge]

I find it strange that the letters X, J and G are all often pronounced as H in some Mediterranean languages ?

In Spanish, a G is hard normal G when it starts a word eg 'garaje' but pronounced like an H in the middle of a word so angel = anhel. J is always pronounced as H.

 

[L' Hobo]

In Spanish, a G is hard normal G when it starts a word eg 'garaje' but pronounced like an H in the middle of a word so angel = anhel. J is always pronounced as H.

Next year, let's have a language Rally, a different language each day with wine of that country to accompany.

Nothing serious, just polite greeting etc.

Cheers! Yamas, Proost, Skal!

 

[steve69]

Isn't Coup de Gras French for a Lawnmower?

 

[Just smiffy]

I love it when she asks for some peanuts….. it sounds just like “ penis ”….

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[jockaneezer]

I love it when she asks for some peanuts….. it sounds just like “ penis

....and that your Honour, is the case for the Defence !

 

[Grianan]

I remember asking at school whether the feminine version of ‘il y a’ was ‘elle y a’, much to my french teacher’s amusement.

She told my parents I wasn’t a linguist and not to take German, so I ended up crashing Spanish A level and then, at Cambridge, adding Italian into the mix . She was mightily embarrassed later, when meeting my parents in Sainsbury’s.

The one that always gets me is màs in Spanish is ‘more’ and ‘ma’ in Italian is one of the ways to say ‘but’.

Actually, truth be told, when I’m in Italy I end up speaking Spanish and in Spain, Italian.

 

[L' Hobo]

I remember asking at school whether the feminine version of ‘il y a’ was ‘elle y a’, much to my french teacher’s amusement.

She told my parents I wasn’t a linguist and not to take German, so I ended up crashing Spanish A level and then, at Cambridge, adding Italian into the mix . She was mightily embarrassed later, when meeting my parents in Sainsbury’s.

The one that always gets me is màs in Spanish is ‘more’ and ‘ma’ in Italian is one of the ways to say ‘but’.

Actually, truth be told, when I’m in Italy I end up speaking Spanish and in Spain, Italian.

I know the feeling, whenever I was abroad, WHEREVER I was, without stopping to think, the language that I found coming out of my mouth was always French.

 

[steve69]

I'm reminded of a British chap I met a few years ago who got top grades in A-level Spanish and then decided to holiday in Benidorm, with a view to living there permanently.

He couldn't understand a word they said. He effectively had to re-learn the lingo from scratch.

 

[bobnick]

My young grandson is learning Spanish, he doesn't yet know how to say Thank you in Spainish, that's por for four.

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[Minxy]

Fun fact, this saying was only used once in one episode and seems to be his catchphrase even though Taggart never said it

Bit like Capt Kirk in the original series and films never said "Beam me up Scotty" but everybody says he did.

 

[Minxy]

I know the feeling, whenever I was abroad, WHEREVER I was, without stopping to think, the language that I found coming out of my mouth was always French.

Same as us! Even if they start speaking to us in English!

 

[Scotch mist]

Apparently coc au van isn't sex in a camper

Who knew

Well
When I got married 8 years ago in Mauritius, the official doing the service concluded the service with “ I wish you both much suck sex in your marriage “ , he couldn’t understand why everyone was on the ground rolling about in tears

 

[EuroTrotters]

if a French person asks, for example, how was your night ?, be careful how you word you French reply !

 

[pjay]

I always thought aperitif was french for dentures.

Pierre

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[gus-lopez]

I find it strange that the letters X, J and G are all often pronounced as H in some Mediterranean languages ?

X is prounounced as an 'S' or 'th'

I'm reminded of a British chap I met a few years ago who got top grades in A-level Spanish and then decided to holiday in Benidorm, with a view to living there permanently.

He couldn't understand a word they said. He effectively had to re-learn the lingo from scratch.

You get plenty of Spanish from the north who cannot understand the locals around here in Murcia or Next door in Andalucia.

 

[DBK]

Just in passing - who gets to decide if ‘new’ words are feminine or masculine?

It is beyond mortal understanding. Look up "le vagin", there is nothing more feminine but it is masculine.

Greek is a difficult language. I wouldn't bother trying to learn it unless you want to visit regularly or even live there.