Re: Translations: work slogans (was Re: Which language is this? (once again))
| From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 5, 2006, 1:33 |
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aargh, 5th msg. of the day; that hasn't happened in a while.........
Mark Reed wrote:
> Now I"m going to play "Name That Language!" I bet I can name that
> language in ten words! As I'll be operating with no Google, though, I
> expect to get a lot of them wrong. :)
Pretty close to an A--- except
>
> > Det ved jeg ikke. Jeg arbejder her bare.
> Dutch
NOT. Danish I suspect, maybe Norwegian; see below....
> > मुझे नहीं पता । मैं तो सिर्फ यहाँ
> > काम करता हूँ ।
> More question marks.
Geen idee, kurang tahu here too, but prob. Hindi? Marathi? Bengali?
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> > Jeg vet ikke. Jeg bare jobber her.
> Norwegian?
Or else Danish.
> > Geen idee. Ik werk hier alleen maar.
> Afrikaans?
I'd say Dutch, but colloquially there may not be a lot of difference.
> > Di ko alam. Trabahador lang ako dito.
> Ooh. This one looks interesting. Evident Spanish pidgin background
> make me wanna say Tagalog.
You are probably correct sir. Unless it's Bisayan....
Two or three still don't come thru to me, so I'll give you Japanese, Chinese
and Korean. But AFAIC they could be Georgian, Armenian, Tamil, Khmer,
Burmese, Aramaic or Cherokee or Deseret.......;-)))
Now back to Gwr sound changes....endless.........
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