bannedfromHandV Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I should really learn welsh.....I like to write penblwyd hapus in peoples birthday cards just so they think i can speak it but aside from that I can count to up to 9 and then I’m on to the road signs that everyone knows.......araf (standard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Seven vowels in welsh, how many you got? A - E - I - O- U - Hiss - Throat Clear? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I should really learn welsh.....I like to write penblwyd hapus in peoples birthday cards just so they think i can speak it but aside from that I can count to up to 9 and then I’m on to the road signs that everyone knows.......araf (standard) I think I'm slightly ahead of that but not much but it is the first language I learned as a baby and also the first I've forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Xann said: A - E - I - O- U - Hiss - Throat Clear? No, A E I O U Egg, do keep up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Just now, Xann said: A - E - I - O- U - Hiss - Throat Clear? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, bickster said: No, A E I O U Egg, do keep up Bah - Egg's got two consonants and only one vowel. Keep your alien vowels with consonants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 7, 2019 Just now, Xann said: Bah - Egg's got two consonants and only one vowel. Keep your alien vowels with consonants Nah it has 4 vowels phonetically - ooee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Just now, bickster said: Nah it has 4 vowels phonetically - ooee Did you sing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted November 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Seven vowels in welsh, how many you got? I wasn't referring to the number of different varieties of vowels but the total number that appear in the text on the map. The minute I realized that it was more than 5% vowels and none of the town names began with double L it was clear it wasn't Welsh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, bickster said: I think I'm slightly ahead of that but not much but it is the first language I learned as a baby and also the first I've forgotten You’ve forgotten more than one language, that’s more impressive that knowing them if you ask me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, il_serpente said: I wasn't referring to the number of different varieties of vowels but the total number that appear in the text on the map. The minute I realized that it was more than 5% vowels and none of the town names began with double L it was clear it wasn't Welsh. Racist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 36 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: That has the wrong vowels, and isn't coffee and acronyms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2019 Anyway the map was a map made for Polish Airmen in WWII so they could understand the placenames, written phonetically in Polish presumably taking into account local pronunciation (as per Blandy's comment) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2019 Here's one for all you Simpsons fans 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Texas Cheesecake Depository .. presumably Mayor Quimby is going to get assassinated from there in a future episode There is an episode where Homers leaves the Simpsons house turns right and is pretty much at Moes Tavern , I hope someone is getting fired for that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2019 13 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: I should really learn welsh.....I like to write penblwyd hapus in peoples birthday cards just so they think i can speak it Similarly, I learned an elaborate way of telling people (in French obviously) that I can't speak French, which always gets a weird look I say 'elaborate'. I basically added 'malheureusement' (unfortunately) to the start of the normal sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2019 14 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Seven vowels in welsh, how many you got? One for either the 'Things that cheer you up' or the 'Things that piss you off' thread here (but defo not the map thread ) ... is when contintenal Europeans say to me 'oh you wouldn't be able to pronounce it properly. You don't have that sound in English'. Yeah but we have that sound in Irish biyatch It's like they then accept us into their little gang. Like a union almost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, BOF said: One for either the 'Things that cheer you up' or the 'Things that piss you off' thread here (but defo not the map thread ) ... is when contintenal Europeans say to me 'oh you wouldn't be able to pronounce it properly. You don't have that sound in English'. Yeah but we have that sound in Irish biyatch It's like they then accept us into their little gang. Like a union almost EU rocket polishers 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 3 hours ago, BOF said: One for either the 'Things that cheer you up' or the 'Things that piss you off' thread here (but defo not the map thread ) ... is when contintenal Europeans say to me 'oh you wouldn't be able to pronounce it properly. You don't have that sound in English'. Yeah but we have that sound in Irish biyatch It's like they then accept us into their little gang. Like a union almost it's kinda the opposite for me I say stuff and anyone from more than 5 miles away responds 'wut? wut? what the **** are talking about?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: it's kinda the opposite for me I say stuff and anyone from more than 5 miles away responds 'wut? wut? what the **** are talking about?' VT must be a blessing for you. A way to communicate with outsiders. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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