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nekokami · 03-18-2009, 09:53 AM

Babelfish doesn't seem to know the word "hovercraft." What's wrong with this service? How could they have left out an essential word like that???

zelda_pinwheel · 03-18-2009, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

Babelfish doesn't seem to know the word "hovercraft." What's wrong with this service? How could they have left out an essential word like that???

here's a start :

Τὸ χόβερκράφτ μου εἶναι γεμᾶτο χέλια

nekokami · 03-18-2009, 09:59 AM

Yeah, but Greek has inflections. I do have a reference book on Greek inflections (as well as a paper Greek-English dictionary visible from where I'm sitting right now), but it's been a LONG time since I dealt with inflections, and I've never formally studied Greek. (I learned about inflections while studying Sanskrit, which has even more of them than Greek does.)

There's a Greek student in one of my graduate classes. I'll see her next week. If we haven't come up with something more amusing by then (or forgotten about the matter entirely

) I'll ask her about it.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-18-2009, 10:02 AM

we could use this if you prefer :

私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです

or this...

我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚

desertgrandma · 03-18-2009, 10:02 AM

And I would have to go to bed early last night.....

So I have to 'disappear' for a few hours. The Sig line won't let me add so much info, so when I get back I'll update everyones positions......

I love Raveens "seal".......but we still need "the fish"....

Good bye for now, my countrymen (people), and behave yourselves!

nekokami · 03-18-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

we could use this if you prefer :

私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです

or this...

我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚

See, there's the difference between Japanese and Chinese. Japanese just uses a phonetic spelling of "hovercraft" (haabakurafuto), but Chinese actually makes a word that means flying something or other (I'm too lazy to go look it up).

What, you didn't all notice that right off?

zelda_pinwheel · 03-18-2009, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

See, there's the difference between Japanese and Chinese. Japanese just uses a phonetic spelling of "hovercraft" (haabakurafuto), but Chinese actually makes a word that means flying something or other (I'm too lazy to go look it up).

haabakurafuto is my new favorite word.

(i'd like to hear more about the "flying something or other" when you have the energy...)

Quote:

What, you didn't all notice that right off?

tch. naturally we did !

pshrynk · 03-18-2009, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Yes, but Adrian will be giving it and he keeps confusing "prostrate" with "citizenship".

Kind of like confusing "prostrate" with "prostate?"

pshrynk · 03-18-2009, 10:41 AM

I wanna be the great seal!

zelda_pinwheel · 03-18-2009, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I wanna be the great seal!

how are your nose-balancing skillz ? i've got no objection to you as a seal.

Wetdogeared · 03-18-2009, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I wanna be the great seal!

And now you are! What fish?

WDE.

pshrynk · 03-18-2009, 10:53 AM

I am very good at balnacing stuff. I'm a Department Chair, after all...

Lady Blue · 03-18-2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I wanna be the great seal!

Why not? You made a great dolphin balancing that squirrel.

I second the wanna be.

pshrynk · 03-18-2009, 11:00 AM

What dolphin?

Lady Blue · 03-18-2009, 11:01 AM

You know . . . the sidekick to what squirrel? Remember?

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03-18-2009, 09:53 AM	#91
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Babelfish doesn't seem to know the word "hovercraft." What's wrong with this service? How could they have left out an essential word like that???

03-18-2009, 09:59 AM	#93
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Yeah, but Greek has inflections. I do have a reference book on Greek inflections (as well as a paper Greek-English dictionary visible from where I'm sitting right now), but it's been a LONG time since I dealt with inflections, and I've never formally studied Greek. (I learned about inflections while studying Sanskrit, which has even more of them than Greek does.) There's a Greek student in one of my graduate classes. I'll see her next week. If we haven't come up with something more amusing by then (or forgotten about the matter entirely ) I'll ask her about it.

03-18-2009, 10:02 AM	#94
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	we could use this if you prefer : 私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです or this... 我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚

03-18-2009, 10:02 AM	#95
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	And I would have to go to bed early last night..... So I have to 'disappear' for a few hours. The Sig line won't let me add so much info, so when I get back I'll update everyones positions...... I love Raveens "seal".......but we still need "the fish".... Good bye for now, my countrymen (people), and behave yourselves!

03-18-2009, 10:41 AM	#99
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I wanna be the great seal!

03-18-2009, 10:53 AM	#102
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I am very good at balnacing stuff. I'm a Department Chair, after all...

03-18-2009, 11:00 AM	#104
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	What dolphin?

03-18-2009, 11:01 AM	#105
Lady Blue the snarky blue one Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10"	You know . . . the sidekick to what squirrel? Remember?