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Gangerolf is offline Gangerolf
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May 2001
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Languages Put an end to popups!

maybe it's because of all those multi-language instruction manuals and shampoo bottles, but many people can recognise a language even if they have no idea what the text means. Same goes for spoken language - the other day I heard some french people talking and I figured they were french even though I don't speak a word of french myself.

funny isn't it

can you recognise any of these languages: (randomly pasted from the net )



A
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Pro vybrané kandidáty nabízíme perspektivní práci, odpovídající financní ohodnocení, moznost osobního rozvoje, firemní výhody a sociální jistoty.


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A fim alcançar a área de membros, vocę deve primeiramente tornar-se um membro.


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En almal wat rondom hulle was, het hul hande versterk met silwervoorwerpe, met goud, met goed en vee en kosbare geskenke, behalwe alles wat hulle as vrywillige gawe aangebring het.


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Du treng ikkje tenkja pĺ alt dette kvar gong du skriv eit dikt. Heller ikkje ein forfattar tenkjer sĺ mykje over slikt nĺr han skriv som best: Det er noko ein har i seg nĺr ein har skrive lenge. Men det er viktig ĺ vita om det den dagen du treng det. Sjĺ nřye pĺ dikt du kjem over, og spřr diktarar du mřter korleis dei arbeider.


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Des cercetat de pădureti
În pat de râu si-în humă unsă,
Împărătea peste bureti
Crai Crypto, inimă ascunsă,


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Ukhahlamba yaziwa njengendawo egcine ubuhle bemvelo ngendlela obuyiyo. Lena yindawo eziqhayisa ngobuhle bemvelo nokugcina izilwane eseziyingcosana kakhulu kanye nezinye izinto ezifana namatshe abaziweyo.
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Mar 2001
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A. Some Scandinavian language?

B. Italian?

C. German?

D. Another Scandinavian?

E. No Idea

F. Slavic language?

I'm not too good at this, I'm an ignorant American

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Oct 2001
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A - Russian / Polish
B - Portuguese / Brazilian
C - ... Netherlandeese (?)
D - Scandinavian
E - Romanian / Bulgarian
F - some from Africa (Swahili?)


I want the answers!!!!!

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A. Some slavic language... Czech?

B. Portuguese

C. Afrikaans

D. It's scandinavian. I'd say Norwegian.

E. Romanian

F. Swahili??

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I'd never recognise the last one though, I just included it to see if anyone else would.

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Jul 2000
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I think my guesses look like Bas':

Czech
Portuguese
Dutch
Danish
Turkish
Swahili/Xhosa

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A - Russian
B - Spanish
C - German
D - Norwegian
E - Italian
F - ?

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Jan 1970
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Originally posted by Gangerolf
I'd never recognise the last one though, I just included it to see if anyone else would.


The last one is Gibberish.

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they're all gibberish in many ways

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C is, as Bas says, probably Afrikaans (based on the fact that I know that it's not quite Dutch, and that Bas is Dutch and should know what his language looks like.)

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yep, Bas got many of them right

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A could be czech..

B is either Spanish or Portugese.. I'd go with Portugese.

C is Dutch

D is either Norwegian or Danish, I'd go with Norwegian

E .. I have no idea

F wtf? Some African language maybe.

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C is very similar to Dutch but not quite normal Dutch. Either it's Medieval Dutch or Afrikaans, but those are basically the same thing

For the other languages I agree with Bas on all accounts, except that the Scandinavian language looks more like Danish to me.

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A Hungarian
B Spanish/Portoguese
C Dutch
D Norwegian/Icelandic
E Romanian
F Swahili

Bas is offline Bas
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C is definitely Afrikaans, close to Dutch but not quite the same.

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Oct 2000
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B: portuguese
D: swedish or norwegian

Eli is offline Eli
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Jul 2000
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None of these languages is Hebrew, Russian or Arabic. The first looks like Czech. That's all I can tell.

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This is like when I see a trumpet; I know what it is but I can't play it.

I hope the quotes don't contain any obscene language

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F is definetly Special Finnish - I talked it with flash in the first page of the latest ST.

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aren't languages other than english and finnish banned on poly's OT?

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A. Polish
B. Portuguese
C. Dutch
D. Norwegian
E. Rumanian?
F. Eh, KwaZulu?

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aren't languages other than english and finnish banned on poly's OT?


jau, eg trur det.

quote:
F. Eh, KwaZulu?


don't know about the Kwa part but yep it's Zulu. do you by any chance know what it means?

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Mar 2001
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I hope no one's given the answers yet! I want to give it a go, before looking at the rest of the thread. ^_^

A) Hm. Hungarian.

B) Portuguese.

C) At first I thought this was German, but now I am convinced it's Afrikaan.

D) Finnish.

E)....no clue! xD

F) Some of those words strike me as being a South African language, but I may be very very wrong. xD



Okay, I can read the rest of the thread now. Hopefully the post before mine wasn't the answers, so I don't look like an ass.

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ok here are the answers,

A: Czech
B: Portuguese
C: Afrikaans
D: Norwegian (new norse version)
E: Romanian (Rumanian?)
F: Zulu

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Als iedereen hier buitenlands mag lullen, dan mag ik het ook! Ming kan de pot op!

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Lemme do a set.

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Als iedereen hier buitenlands mag lullen, dan mag ik het ook! Ming kan de pot op!


hmm... Dutch?
"because everyone here likes ????, then I'll like it too! Ming can ?????"

my dutch is a bit rusty

quote:
Lemme do a set.


English? "Let me do a set". Bring it on! Or is it supposed to be somthing in hungarian?

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G: Shahwada waxay ku sameeysantaa labo bilood. Jirka aadenaha wuxuu maalin kasto soo-saara qiyaastii 150 maljuun oo ah unugyada shahwada, dabadeedna waxay ka soo baro kacaan xiniinyaha, soo na maraan ibididimiska, shahwo-sideyaasha ilaa kish-yarada shahwada. Halkaas ayee ku biirsamaan dheecanka qanjirta borostatada iyo qanjirro kale ay sameeyeen. Markii ragga ay "biya-baxaan" waxaa shahwadooda dhexyaacayo boqolaal maljuun oo ah unugyada shahwada.

H: Hondamendia datorkigu. Amaitzen ari da denbora. Kaosa hurbiltzen da. Kaosa hemen da jada (ia-ia). Kapitalismoaren aldibereko arrakastak (zapaltzaileak eta bere lagunentzako) eta porrotak (4.900 pertsonentzako) mende gutxi batzuetan Lur planeta lohitu, Biosfera xahutu eta krisialdi ekologiko latza eragin du mundu osoan. Kapitalismoaren harraparitzaren irrazionaltasunak bere neurrigabeziaz jabetzen zaila gertatzen zaigun hondamendira garamatza.

I: Az először a Magyar Nemzetben megszellőztetett hír szerint Körmendy esetleges távozásának hátterében durva politikai nyomásgyakorlás áll: az igényelthez képest 450 millió forinttal kevesebbet irányoz elő a költségvetés a testület működtetésére.
Azóta tény, hogy az Országgyűlés nem fogadta el az ORTT tavalyi évről szóló beszámolóját, ám az is tény, hogy a kormánytöbbségen kívül tizenöt fideszes képviselő is ellene szavazott.

J: Avrupa Konseyi, cezanın kaldırılmasını istese de bazı Ermeniler saldırganların idam edilmesini istiyor. Devlet Başkanı Robert Koçaryan ise Avrupa standartlarına ulaşmak için idam cezasını kaldırmaya çalışıyor. İçişleri Bakanı Haik Haroutunyan'ın danışmanı Nikolai Grigoryan, ‘‘Ermenistan bir hukuk devletidir, kendi vatandaşlarına idam cezası uygulamaktan vazgeçmelidir’’ diyor. İdam cezasının kalkması halinde infazı bekleyen 42 kişinin cezası ömür boyu hapse çevrilecek ve uzun süreli mahkumların kaldığı hapishanelere nakledilecekler.

K: Finanšu ministrs atzina šādas pieejas pamatotību, taču atzina, ka reāli budžeta veidošana ir atkarīga no ministru politiskās gribas samazināt visu ministriju bāzes izdevumus. V.Dombrovskis arī uzsvēra, ka 2003. gada budžeta veidošanas procedūra ir smaga — tai jānotiek ļoti ātros tempos, turklāt rēķinoties ar iepriekšējās valdības atstāto smago mantojumu.

L: Is é cuspóir an tsuímh seo cabhrú leat teacht ar an eolas nó na heagrais a fhreagróidh do cheisteanna trí naisc a chur ar fáil duit le suímh idirlín na hearnála poiblí, innéacsanna foilseachán agus tuarascálacha reatha, áis chuardaigh agus Cibé-is-nua. Tá eolas ar Éirinn sa suíomh freisin, agus cnuasach grianghraf d'ionaid cáiliúla.

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Big points for whoever identifies these languages:

M:

An ath sheachdain air Dč a-nis? 's e na rudan as fheŕrr le Nathan Johnstone ŕ Comar nan Allt a bhios tu a' faicinn 's iad Mhŕiri 's Calum ŕ Inbhir Pheofharain a bhios sa sgioba sgrůdaidh. Faic mar a chaidh do Rhoda 's i ann an carbadan uabhasach luath! Mar as ŕbhaist bidh na Rocaidean, prěomh dheich, farpais agus spňrs gu leňr air a' phrňgram. Bidh am prňgram air a thoirt thugad le Rhoda 's Cailean. Dčan cinnteach gum bi thu ga choimhead.

N:

Por mi regiona lingvo estas NUN kiel kara vesto kiun oni ricevis de la gepatroj, kiun oni amas sentimentale, kiun oni konservas relikve en la koro (kiel oni konservus nian unuan infanecan pupon) kiun oni respektas. Sed cxu estas penseble ke tiun veston oni hodiaux proponus al niaj infanoj, en la hodiauxa mondo, en la onta mondo? Por lokaj festoj, certe jes! kiel belaj kaj cxarmaj ili estas surmetantaj la regionajn pravestojn sed cxu tauxgas por la cxiutaga nuna vivo?

O:

پليس دانمارک که اخيرا يکی از چهره های برجسته از مخافان دولت عراق را بازداشت کرده اعلام کرده است که در حال پيگيری پرونده يکی ديگر از شخصيتهای برجسته مخالف دولت عراق در اين کشور است.

پليس دانمارک پيش از اين درپی شکايت کردهای عراقی مقيم اين کشور، نزار خزرجی فرمانده پيشين ارتش عراق را تحت بازداشت خانگی قرار داد که متهم به صدور دستور حمله شيمايی به شهر حلبچه در کردستان عراق در سال 1988 است.

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G: ?????
H: Basque
I: Hungarian
J: Turkish
K: Latvian or Lithuanian
L: Irish

(cmon, don't leave words like "magyar" and "eirinn" in there )

A: Irish or Welsh or Scottish
B: Esperanto
C: Farsi or Urdu

 
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