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beercanman
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friendoken
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My ultimate favourite is German too.
Schadenfreude = I take pleasure in your misfortune
Man I worship the Germans. The world would be a better place if they were running the show. |
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beercanman
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Schadenfreude is now also an English word, is it not? |
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harlowethrombey
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Seoul
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| friendoken wrote: |
My ultimate favourite is German too.
Schadenfreude = I take pleasure in your misfortune
Man I worship the Germans. The world would be a better place if they were running the show. |
Non-stop schiezer porn, goose-stepping and tekno music.
Yes, a true paradise. |
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Chambertin
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: Gunsan
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They probably meant Prussians.
All the German fun without the recent history born guilt.
Guess where my family is from. |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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I like Gem�tlichkeit. It means the notion of belonging, social acceptance, cheerfulness, the absence of anything hectic and the opportunity to spend quality time.
What is it with German words - they sound cool I guess? |
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the oak llama
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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Spanish:
"Estadounidense" ~ United Statesian
Refers to someone from the United States of America. The only word we have for it is "American."
The US is part of the continent of North America. There is also a South American continent (I just checked wikipedia)
"American" seems pretty vague. |
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Insidejohnmalkovich
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| From the German there comes Weltanschauung, meaning how a man sees the world around him. We might say a man's philosophy of life. |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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That's a cool one for sure. Germans have long words. No wonder they encompass a lot.
I guess all languages have their ways, to hold common thoughts within their cultures. I will go with English though, as the greatest thief. |
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Khenan
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
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| Not so much the greatest thief as the greatest unexpected importer. Thanks, Germany! |
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friendoken
Joined: 19 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| harlowethrombey wrote: |
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My ultimate favourite is German too.
Schadenfreude = I take pleasure in your misfortune
Man I worship the Germans. The world would be a better place if they were running the show. |
Non-stop schiezer porn, goose-stepping and tekno music.
Yes, a true paradise. |
That's a litle bit of a stretch isn't it? As an aside, the last time I saw anyone goose stepping with an outstretched arm was Mr.Park,the geography teacher at the PS I taught in in Korea! He was an avowed nazi and proud of it. Try getting away with that in another country 
What I admire about Germans is their orderliness, cleanliness and their forthrightness. And yes, I stand behind my statement. I believe the world would be better if Germany was running the show. |
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ekul
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
Location: [Mod Edit]
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| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I love vaffanculo!
Pretty much go *beep* yourself in Italian, roles off the tongue with such venom. |
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friendoken
Joined: 19 Jan 2008
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In the lao language:
Hum means hard-on
Poo sii means girl
Meow means cat |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| So is that an accident of language Friendoken? Or did Lao borrow from GI English? |
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