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27 Nov 2014, 10:48 am

I cannot see the post I posted just now either, other than in the topic review.

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27 Nov 2014, 5:24 pm

Skilpadde wrote:

I cannot see the post I posted just now either, other than in the topic review.

try:

going to the bottom of the page, where it says "sort by: (post time) (ascending)", under "ascending" (the default setting, and what i assume you have), change it to '"descending". you'll see all the new posts, in backwards order of course.

you won't be able to see the oldest posts in that setting but you can change it back.

unfortunately both ways, all the middle posts have vanished it seems.

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27 Nov 2014, 10:31 pm

Thanks, Kip! That worked perfectly.

Norwegian and Swedish are closely related, but some words are different:

Norwegian: Jeg er rolig (I am calm)
Swedish: Jag är rolig (I am funny)

Swedish: Glass (English: ice cream, Norwegian: iskrem)
Swedish: Glas (glass in English and Norwegian bokmål, glas in Norwegian nynorsk)

Norwegian: rar (weird/strange)
Swedish: rar (cute, fun)

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28 Nov 2014, 4:09 am

you're welcome!!

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05 Dec 2014, 12:54 pm

Looks like new posts are showing up just fine on this page.

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07 Dec 2014, 11:53 pm

Skilpadde wrote:

English: red
Norwegian: redd (scared)

red can be a scary color.

hydnellum peckii. imagine one of those the size of a small car. yikes.

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24 Dec 2014, 4:05 am

Well, red also means ‘net’ in Spanish

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01 Jan 2015, 8:14 pm

Informal abbreviations: English KK (’kay, ’kay) and Spanish KK (caca, ‘poop’).

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02 Jan 2015, 6:02 pm

i never got why the english speakers doubled the k. where did that come from, "okay okay"? i've rarely heard that.

perhaps KK is supposed to imply that? :oops: i'm clueless.

Spiderpig wrote:

Well, red also means ‘net’ in Spanish

yes, that i knew

possibly unrelated but a hebrew equivalent of English "lol" would be a bunch of heths drawn out (like 3 or more)

חחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחחח

hey works too

ההההההההההההההההההההההההההההההה

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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03 Jan 2015, 9:11 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:

i never got why the english speakers doubled the k. where did that come from, "okay okay"? i've rarely heard that.

perhaps KK is supposed to imply that? :oops:

i'm clueless.

One of my father's favourite expressions was Okay Okay Okay!

Don't ask me to explain that, or anything else for that matter.....

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04 Jan 2015, 6:05 am

Spiderpig wrote:

Informal abbreviations: English KK (’kay, ’kay) and Spanish KK (caca, ‘poop’).

In Quantum Leap Al used "kaka" or "caca" (only heard it, so don't know the spelling) to mean crazy.

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17 Jan 2015, 2:13 pm

I'll just round a few Tagalog words here:

English: Salvage (To Save/Rescue OR Uncivilized)
Tagalog(Or rather, Fil. Eng.): Salvage (To Assassinate)

Spanish: Delicado (Delicate)
Tagalog: Delikado (Dangerous)
Spanish: Leche (Milk)
Tagalog: Leche (Either it's a cuss word, or a snack flan)
Spanish: Puto (Manw----, a cuss word otherwise)
Tagalog: Puto (A type of cake)
Spanish: Casa (House)
Tagalog: Kasa (Something to do with gun triggers)
Spanish: Gata (Female Cat)
Tagalog: Gata (Coconut juice)

Portuguese: Mamon (Some cuss word)
Tagalog: Mamon (Some type of bread)

Yes, imagine a filipino telling a portuguese and a spanish speaker to "Eat puto mamon." Either it'll be ugly or hilarious.

Visaya: Anay (Child)
Tagalog: Anay (Pest)

Malay: Selamat Pagi (Good Morning)
Tagalog: Salamat Pagi (Thank you, Stingray)
Malay: Pembalut (Some feminine product)
Tagalog: Pambalot (Wrapper)

Then there's Twitter, announcing that Tagalog was the one of the most twitted language somewhere in Europe... But LOL (Laugh out loud) is not equals to Ulol (which not an acronym, and it means crazy/stupid) or Lolo (Grandfather). And twitted 'laughs' and other more are mistaken for reduplication affixes.

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01 Feb 2015, 6:38 pm

Tøs/tös means two completely different things in Norwegian and Swedish. :mrgreen:

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01 Feb 2015, 7:47 pm

some japalino drink, apparently translates to 'i can, i can' in croatian...if someone can confirm this for me.

i guess i like the way english words are 'borrowed into' hebrew: 'technology" - טכנולוגיה, teknologiya. "television" - טלוויזיה, televiziya. perhaps they have other words for the same.

kind of reminds me of the way those words are transliterated into the slavic languages, "televizija." "televiziya".

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02 Feb 2015, 2:30 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:

some japalino drink, apparently translates to 'i can, i can' in croatian...if someone can confirm this for me.

i guess i like the way english words are 'borrowed into' hebrew: 'technology" - טכנולוגיה, teknologiya. "television" - טלוויזיה, televiziya. perhaps they have other words for the same.

kind of reminds me of the way those words are transliterated into the slavic languages, "televizija." "televiziya".

True that!

"Mogu"="I can"

"televizija" in Croatian as well :thumright:

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02 Feb 2015, 7:39 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:

some japalino drink, apparently translates to 'i can, i can' in croatian...if someone can confirm this for me.

I think Arabic has this too, the "iya" endings.

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