I heard this english cook in a progrma say 'gravlaks' just the other day
2006-01-07 00727, 2006
chocomo_
it was so cute
2006-01-07 00728, 2006
wolfsong
the UK was ruled by foreign monarchs several times
2006-01-07 00739, 2006
nikki_
I know ombudsman as that concept in business studies which I don't remember the definition of
2006-01-07 00743, 2006
chocomo_
it's liek 'you don't say 'gravsalmon' but 'gravlaks'
2006-01-07 00757, 2006
wolfsong
and some borrowing due to trade i'm sure
2006-01-07 00757, 2006
nikki_
wolfsong: that doesn't explain us stealing tsunami and karaoke from japan when we had no decent word of our own ;)
2006-01-07 00701, 2006
mustaqil
business studies... I remember that... until I was kicked off the course :\
2006-01-07 00710, 2006
nikki_
mustaqil: I hated it :/
2006-01-07 00720, 2006
wolfsong
y have a new word though?
2006-01-07 00721, 2006
mustaqil
So did I, but it doesn't mean I'm happy about being booted off the course
2006-01-07 00752, 2006
nikki_
wolfsong: because we're lazy, we don't like using 10 words to explain something in just one
2006-01-07 00758, 2006
wolfsong
it's when we change the spelling of a foreign word or worse it's meaning that it becomes a headache
2006-01-07 00701, 2006
chocomo_
gravlaks is.. uh this way of prepairing raw salomon.. I dunno its abotu smoking and pickling and marination
2006-01-07 00710, 2006
nikki_
we don't change the spelling that much
2006-01-07 00718, 2006
nikki_
which is why we have so many annoying words
2006-01-07 00719, 2006
wolfsong
yes we do actually
2006-01-07 00725, 2006
nikki_
example?
2006-01-07 00745, 2006
wolfsong
a LOT of english is derived from latin words
2006-01-07 00753, 2006
mustaqil
French too
2006-01-07 00754, 2006
nikki_
why don't we call karaoke kariohki?
2006-01-07 00703, 2006
wolfsong
that's why it's easy to recognize so much French
2006-01-07 00730, 2006
wolfsong
nikki_: that's where the problems start
2006-01-07 00732, 2006
chocomo_
how do you spell solicitor with the 'l' word?
2006-01-07 00740, 2006
nikki_
derived from isn't the same as borrowing
2006-01-07 00748, 2006
nikki_
lawyer?
2006-01-07 00754, 2006
chocomo_
takk
2006-01-07 00710, 2006
wolfsong
what mo?
2006-01-07 00717, 2006
chocomo_
what what?
2006-01-07 00745, 2006
chocomo_
I asked, shre told me i said thansk
2006-01-07 00754, 2006
chocomo_
but in norwegian I said thanks
2006-01-07 00719, 2006
wolfsong
no i didn't understand your "L" word question
2006-01-07 00723, 2006
wolfsong
nevermind
2006-01-07 00726, 2006
chocomo_
but nikki did
2006-01-07 00730, 2006
nikki_
derived forms are bound to change, borrowed words tend to either be accepted as they are (english took cliche even though we'd probably write cleesh if it were an english word, japanese always adapts words, e.g. terebishon)
2006-01-07 00730, 2006
chocomo_
:)
2006-01-07 00740, 2006
nikki_
er
2006-01-07 00743, 2006
nikki_
cleeshey
2006-01-07 00705, 2006
wolfsong
terebishon?
2006-01-07 00709, 2006
nikki_
tv
2006-01-07 00714, 2006
nikki_
television
2006-01-07 00724, 2006
chocomo_
we did the things where we turnp ph to f and c to k and x ro ks
2006-01-07 00739, 2006
chocomo_
and w to v (and not u)
2006-01-07 00749, 2006
wolfsong
that's what they say n japan?
2006-01-07 00759, 2006
nikki_
they actually call it terebi for short
2006-01-07 00702, 2006
nikki_
but yes
2006-01-07 00706, 2006
chocomo_
in norwegian double u is called 'dobelt ve'
2006-01-07 00713, 2006
UserErr0r has quit
2006-01-07 00733, 2006
wolfsong
interesent
2006-01-07 00745, 2006
chocomo_
interesangt
2006-01-07 00750, 2006
chocomo_
interesting
2006-01-07 00700, 2006
chocomo_
a simple english borrowing
2006-01-07 00706, 2006
chocomo_
or was it latin or germwan?
2006-01-07 00707, 2006
chocomo_
;)
2006-01-07 00711, 2006
wolfsong
latin
2006-01-07 00728, 2006
nikki_
languages which are pronounced very regularly tend to adapt new words to fit the language, when you don't, you end up with all the exceptions english has
2006-01-07 00741, 2006
chocomo_
and of course we have words from old norse that kept even as we had to adopt danish as the common language
2006-01-07 00715, 2006
chocomo_
old norse of course being originaly based on altin as well
2006-01-07 00723, 2006
chocomo_
latin*
2006-01-07 00711, 2006
nikki_
words for 'chocolate' in other languages are interesting because they're nearly all the same, but adapted to fit the language
2006-01-07 00722, 2006
chocomo_
sjokolade
2006-01-07 00756, 2006
chocomo_
chocklad
2006-01-07 00758, 2006
UserErr0r joined the channel
2006-01-07 00723, 2006
chocomo_
UserErr0r why do you keep quitting and redjoining all the time?
2006-01-07 00730, 2006
wolfsong
nikki_: can you look over the changes to the Code of Conduct I made after DonRedman entered your suggestiosn
2006-01-07 00739, 2006
wolfsong
*suggestions?
2006-01-07 00701, 2006
Shepard
hi wolfsong
2006-01-07 00714, 2006
chocomo_
dude Shepard he's been here a while
2006-01-07 00723, 2006
wolfsong has a kitty on his lap making it hard 2 type
2006-01-07 00727, 2006
Shepard
i know but i was not looking then
2006-01-07 00728, 2006
wolfsong
hi Shepard
2006-01-07 00730, 2006
chocomo_
awww
2006-01-07 00731, 2006
chocomo_
^^
2006-01-07 00759, 2006
nikki_
chokoreito, qiao ke li, cioccolato, siocled, shokolad, schokolade, xocolata, chokolres...
2006-01-07 00702, 2006
nikki_
yeah sure
2006-01-07 00735, 2006
wolfsong
u chocoholics make me nervous
2006-01-07 00740, 2006
wolfsong
hehehe
2006-01-07 00740, 2006
nikki_
:D
2006-01-07 00741, 2006
chocomo_
and cat!
2006-01-07 00743, 2006
luks
čokoláda!
2006-01-07 00745, 2006
chocomo_
katt, cat gatti
2006-01-07 00752, 2006
wolfsong
gato
2006-01-07 00755, 2006
wolfsong
chat
2006-01-07 00718, 2006
nikki_
chocomo_: but cat doesn't have a single root in a non-european language
2006-01-07 00719, 2006
chocomo_
chat
2006-01-07 00730, 2006
chocomo_
what do you mean?
2006-01-07 00732, 2006
chocomo_
neko?
2006-01-07 00733, 2006
wolfsong only knows english and a bit of spanish and french
2006-01-07 00741, 2006
wolfsong
chat is french
2006-01-07 00752, 2006
chocomo_
nekobuss
2006-01-07 00702, 2006
chocomo_
how do you say bus in japanese
2006-01-07 00727, 2006
chocomo_
catbus
2006-01-07 00733, 2006
wolfsong
LOL
2006-01-07 00735, 2006
chocomo_
nekobusaito
2006-01-07 00738, 2006
mustaqil remembers Totoro
2006-01-07 00738, 2006
chocomo_
kattebuss
2006-01-07 00707, 2006
Shepard
whoops
2006-01-07 00709, 2006
Shepard
luks
2006-01-07 00714, 2006
nikki_
chocomo_: all the words for chocolate that I know come from the nahuatl word (xocoatl I think)
2006-01-07 00714, 2006
wolfsong
now how did we get from cats to buses?
2006-01-07 00714, 2006
Shepard
sorry i edited the page
2006-01-07 00718, 2006
nikki_
basu
2006-01-07 00726, 2006
Shepard
did not see the notice
2006-01-07 00736, 2006
chocomo_
ooh interesting
2006-01-07 00750, 2006
wolfsong
what page Shepard ?
2006-01-07 00753, 2006
chocomo_
nekobasu, catbus, kattebuss
2006-01-07 00701, 2006
Shepard
CodeOfConduct
2006-01-07 00706, 2006
HairMetalAddict , having seen thousands of dogs earlier, feeds his own Inner Poodle to: Sebastian Bach ~ Tom Sawyer [from "Subdivisions: A Tribute to Rush" (2005)]
2006-01-07 00706, 2006
chocomo_
heh
2006-01-07 00718, 2006
mustaqil
Rush! :D
2006-01-07 00725, 2006
nikki_
chocomo_: but the spelling was changed to fit the language, so they're effectively all the same word spelt according to the spelling of the language it's being used in, hence very interesting
2006-01-07 00735, 2006
chocomo_ sort of eyes the CodeofConduct being abriviated to COC
2006-01-07 00749, 2006
chocomo_
nikki: I get it, very interesting
2006-01-07 00753, 2006
nikki_
:)
2006-01-07 00707, 2006
luks
wolfsong: can you please change [[IRC]] to ["IRC"] ?
