What does the word h*ll mean in your language

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09 Jul 2009, 12:24 am

ZEGH8578 wrote:

dont we have any romanians here?

romanian is cool, similar to italian, i was astounded the one only time i started to ask a romanian about words :I

i can also check w a chinese friend! hell in chinese, thats bound to be groovy

I think Chinese and Japanese both use a similar word for it, written (in traditional) 地獄 (jigoku in japanese, and something like di4yu4 in Mandarin with 4 as the falling tone, I think). Looks something like "ground prison" I think. The word seems to be applied to Christian Hell according to what I can understand from the wikipedias, but has its origins in Chinese Diyu it seems.

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09 Jul 2009, 1:14 am

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Enfer (french)

Allez en enfer (go to hell) That should help you out in your travels, Z. :lol:

"Enfer" would be French for "hell"?

In Latin, the nominative declension of the word meaning "hell" is "Infernum".

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09 Jul 2009, 8:43 am

twoshots wrote:

ZEGH8578 wrote:

I think Chinese and Japanese both use a similar word for it, written (in traditional) 地獄 (jigoku in japanese, and something like di4yu4 in Mandarin with 4 as the falling tone, I think). Looks something like "ground prison" I think. The word seems to be applied to Christian Hell according to what I can understand from the wikipedias, but has its origins in Chinese Diyu it seems.

f'ing awesome

chinese aint chinese without the pitches, im listening to myself pronounce it hahahah

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09 Jul 2009, 10:42 am

Haven't got a hell in makaton or pecs,but in the other language-its where people are told they'll go when they're too naughty for heaven which by its high standards will eventually be home for everyone.

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09 Jul 2009, 10:52 am

How about in Russian? Russian aspies here?

I'm English speaking so it'd be plain old 'Hell', but in my language... let's say it doesn't begin with an 'h'. :wink:

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09 Jul 2009, 12:23 pm

Hell means absolutely nothing in my language. If you add an ä (a with spots), you get hellä, meaning "tender" in English.

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09 Jul 2009, 12:36 pm

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Hell means absolutely nothing in my language. If you add an ä (a with spots), you get hellä, meaning "tender" in English.

Not like that, what IS it in your language, i understand if you're confused

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09 Jul 2009, 12:41 pm

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Hell means absolutely nothing in my language. If you add an ä (a with spots), you get hellä, meaning "tender" in English.

Not like that, what IS it in your language, i understand if you're confused

Oh... thanks for clarifying the issue. :oops:

Hell is "Helvetti" in my language.

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09 Jul 2009, 12:45 pm

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bdhkhsfgk wrote:

OddFinn wrote:

Hell means absolutely nothing in my language. If you add an ä (a with spots), you get hellä, meaning "tender" in English.

Not like that, what IS it in your language, i understand if you're confused

Oh... thanks for clarifying the issue. :oops:

Hell is "Helvetti" in my language.

swedish influence perhaps?

btw Hell is a place east of here, they have a blues festival there, and the place-name is obviously a tourism bonus.
postcards "from hell" and stuff B)
roadsigns being stolen

clasic:

"gods" means "goods" (its the train station)
the sign (and its grammar) is outdated, but kept like that for fun

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09 Jul 2009, 12:53 pm

ZEGH8578 wrote:

OddFinn wrote:

bdhkhsfgk wrote:

OddFinn wrote:

Hell means absolutely nothing in my language. If you add an ä (a with spots), you get hellä, meaning "tender" in English.

Not like that, what IS it in your language, i understand if you're confused

Oh... thanks for clarifying the issue. :oops:

Hell is "Helvetti" in my language.

swedish influence perhaps?

btw Hell is a place east of here, they have a blues festival there, and the place-name is obviously a tourism bonus.
postcards "from hell" and stuff B)
roadsigns being stolen

clasic:

"gods" means "goods" (its the train station)
the sign (and its grammar) is outdated, but kept like that for fun

I would love to visit that place!! :twisted:

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09 Jul 2009, 1:07 pm

bdhkhsfgk wrote:

ZEGH8578 wrote:

OddFinn wrote:

bdhkhsfgk wrote:

OddFinn wrote:

Hell means absolutely nothing in my language. If you add an ä (a with spots), you get hellä, meaning "tender" in English.

Not like that, what IS it in your language, i understand if you're confused

Oh... thanks for clarifying the issue. :oops:

Hell is "Helvetti" in my language.

swedish influence perhaps?

btw Hell is a place east of here, they have a blues festival there, and the place-name is obviously a tourism bonus.
postcards "from hell" and stuff B)
roadsigns being stolen

clasic:

"gods" means "goods" (its the train station)
the sign (and its grammar) is outdated, but kept like that for fun

I would love to visit that place!! :twisted:

its in stjørdal, east of trondheim. i think they could use a visit too, their music festival is getting forgotten lately, and have done bad. i dunno if they even got it anymore.

i'd love to have gone, cus its all jazz and blues, but then again its hillbillyland, and drunk farmerboys scare me.

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