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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #45 on: June 08, 2012, 02:44:01 pm »
I approve of English for the versatility that is conveyed through the usage of its gargantuan and esoteric lexicon.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #46 on: June 08, 2012, 02:47:14 pm »
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #47 on: June 08, 2012, 02:54:30 pm »
Forsook, lest some sort of desultory epicaricacy arise! Sepulchral fugues are often effective against an obdurate man's soul.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #48 on: June 08, 2012, 02:58:22 pm »
Wait....so Yoda was Welsh? Or conversely, all Welsh are Yodas? I must ponder this....


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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #49 on: June 08, 2012, 03:20:13 pm »
For an example of my particular dialect, hit YouTube for the film Twin Town (set in and around where I grew up), the "comedy" rap group Goldie Lookin Chain, or the BBC sit-com Gavin and Stacey.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #50 on: June 08, 2012, 03:35:59 pm »
Relevent.  The English Language in 24 Accents.
The English Language In 24 Accentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM&feature=endscreen
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #51 on: June 08, 2012, 03:39:35 pm »
I like English for it's ability to make up new words.

It's ability to take other languages and use their words is also cool.

Much better then French, which I do not like speaking
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #52 on: June 08, 2012, 04:11:54 pm »
Quote from: Mr. Palau on June 08, 2012, 03:35:59 pm
Relevent.  The English Language in 24 Accents.
The English Language In 24 Accentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM&feature=endscreen
Sad to say he missed the two accents I'm most familiar with: Derbyshire and Bristol, not too bad, though.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #53 on: June 08, 2012, 04:15:19 pm »
Can anyone make a sentance out of only English loan-words off the top of their head?
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #54 on: June 08, 2012, 04:20:36 pm »
Impossible unless you don't count the small words. And you also have to define what a loan word is. Or rather, at which point a loaned word becomes an owned word.

Maybe I am overthinking it.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #55 on: June 08, 2012, 04:27:33 pm »
Not overthinking it too much scriver. The main issue is that many words that are standard English today were not once; One example being most of our legal terms being French originally.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #56 on: June 08, 2012, 04:33:30 pm »
Actually, if you stick to the simple structure of subject + verb, you can make short sentences with loanwords, I think. I'm sure there is at least two loanword subjects and one loanword verb.
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #57 on: June 08, 2012, 04:59:40 pm »
Quote from: scriver on June 08, 2012, 04:20:36 pm
Or rather, at which point a loaned word becomes an owned word.
All words to the English! All language to Merica!
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #58 on: June 08, 2012, 05:17:37 pm »
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Re: What do you think of the English language?
« Reply #59 on: June 08, 2012, 05:24:21 pm »
Got one:Shoguns brainwashed Shaolins.  All loan words. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin

Hard part is actually finding a verb, most loan-words appear to be nouns.
Quote from: Skyrunner on June 08, 2012, 04:33:30 pm
Actually, if you stick to the simple structure of subject + verb, you can make short sentences with loanwords, I think. I'm sure there is at least two loanword subjects and one loanword verb.
It was hard to find one that didn't make sense without using articles.
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