chrisp65 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 different languages would be used for different words, creole as Mooney says I'm fairly confident that the Welsh contingent would get their word for microwave adopted by all the others: popty ping schnell schnell stick the pizza a la popty ping, klootzak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I like the Dutch word for elbow, elleboog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Has anyone ever looked good in a Hawaiian shirt? Edited May 23, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Merlincourt Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) No... Edited May 24, 2014 by limpid use the "link directly to this gif" link, not the page url Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) You would need to list all 100 languages before I could answer that. English Mandarin Spanish German French Portuguese Japanese Swahili Hungarian Swedish Finnish and 89 others English because it's likely that some of the couples that don't natively speak it would at least understand it somewhat. Lots of countries teach English in school. Edited May 23, 2014 by Rovers13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Assuming nobody spoke a second language, English might have the edge when it comes to writing. Anyone ever noticed how when a passage of text is translated into several languages, the English version tends to be the shortest by far? - it's a very precise language. But maybe that makes it harder to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted May 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2014 Assuming nobody spoke a second language, English might have the edge when it comes to writing. Anyone ever noticed how when a passage of text is translated into several languages, the English version tends to be the shortest by far? - it's a very precise language. But maybe that makes it harder to learn. It's not as precise as some surely, that's why it's shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Yeah should have made no second languages a criteria in my original post... Im sure I read a theory somewhere that Latin would be the best universal language ... Any doctor for example would probably be familiar with the Latin terms for the human body and same goes for plants and animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I took Latin for years... I'm in great shape for this alpha centauri trip! (Slight problem, no one knows anything besides the medical terms) My theory, if you have no second languages, is that a Romance language would win out. It's relatively easy for speakers of one to learn another. The strongest personality idea isn't bad though. That makes a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) Assuming nobody spoke a second language, English might have the edge when it comes to writing. Anyone ever noticed how when a passage of text is translated into several languages, the English version tends to be the shortest by far? - it's a very precise language. But maybe that makes it harder to learn. It's not as precise as some surely, that's why it's shorter. Seeing as we're calling each other Shirley, Shirley the more precise language says the thing you want to say without having to explain itself with extra words, don't you think Shirley? The other thing is that you'd think a lot would depend on the personalities of the individual deep space travelers. Edited May 24, 2014 by CrackpotForeigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Shut it Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Shut it Sheila Careful, if you're going to assume I'm an Aussie I might have to bore you with my life story. It will not end well. Edit: To save this page from now turning into guess-CrackpotForeigner's-life-story, I'm from the wonderful city of Cape Town, but mrs CrackpotForeigner is from the almost-as-wonderful city of Sydney. It turns out that mrs's get the final say in where you live. So the moral of the story is, if you like where you're from, make sure you hook up with somebody from somewhere at least as nice as Sydney (and btw if it IS Sydney, make sure it's not out west, because that can be a bit grim). Edited May 25, 2014 by CrackpotForeigner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Shut it Sheila Careful, if you're going to assume I'm an Aussie I might have to bore you with my life story. It will not end well. So are you a whinging pom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 See edit above 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Praat jy Afrikaan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Praat jy Afrikaans? Spelled thus. Yes, I grew up in the 70's and 80's and the bastards made us learn it at school. Saying that it's a fairly useful language to know if you live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I don't speak it either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) no Edited May 25, 2014 by CrackpotForeigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Why do the thoughts in my head sound like my voice. Even if I try and do an English accent, it'll sound like me doing an English accent, or if I try to make them sound like Morgan Freeman it'll be a piss poor me impression. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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