The Thread

[niceguy2005]

I don't know about rich, but English sure is a mess. Mixture of middle german, latin, celtic, with a little bit of other things thrown in for the heck of it. Then, when you get into all the dialects, like Creole...foget about it.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

Could make for interesting conversations when you're drunk.

well, the same stuff happens in English, and probably a bunch of other languages (all of them??) - i.e. - "man, that's BAAADD!!" can mean - that's GREAT, or that's HORRIBLE, depending on intonation, etc. Also witness Richard Nixon's "That would be wrong". Almost everyone who listened to the tape in the National Archives agreed he meant no such thing.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

OK, i give - what does "Det er ligesom fordelen ved at tale et sprog som under 1/1000 af verdens befolkning kan forstå" mean??

Alright, since you asked so nicely:

"Det er ligesom fordelen ved at tale et sprog som under 1/1000 af verdens befolkning kan forstå"

=

"That's the advantage of speaking a language which is understood by less than 1/1000 of the world's population".

Ta-daa!

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

OK, i give - what does "Det er ligesom fordelen ved at tale et sprog som under 1/1000 af verdens befolkning kan forstå" mean??

Alright, since you asked so nicely:

"Det er ligesom fordelen ved at tale et sprog som under 1/1000 af verdens befolkning kan forstå"

=

"That's the advantage of speaking a language which is understood by less than 1/1000 of the world's population".

Ta-daa!

Terminus, I am so glad you translated. I thought you were saying that

"Det er ligesom fordelen ved at tale et sprog som under 1/1000 af verdens befolkning kan forstå"

THe dastardly Folderol are spreading tall tales that Nik, the flak fanboy, wears dresses while punting 1/1000 cats. [:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

Well, he does... But I thought everybody knew that...

[DuckofTindalos]

Let's see if we can't reach 1800, brothers!

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Let's see if we can't reach 1800, brothers!

Ha! Simple childs play

[DuckofTindalos]

Appropriate, given your choice of avatar...[:'(]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Let's see if we can't reach 1800, brothers!

Ha! Simple childs play

I can babble on for hours.

[niceguy2005]

The thread has prospered this day.

[DuckofTindalos]

Indeed... Let's on endeavour to keep it like that.

[fabertong]

It's v. late for me.....but sensing 1800.....I serve the Thread......

[niceguy2005]

i'm down with that.

[fabertong]

The Thread gives me strength......

[fabertong]

The Thread gives me power......

[fabertong]

Five more my brothers......

[fabertong]

and now less than five.....

[fabertong]

I can see it.......

[fabertong]

The light.......

[fabertong]

The shining light.....