Herligt citat om engelsks forhold til fremmedsprog
Bertel Lund Hansen
Læs lige det her:
Da bleibt nur James Nicoll zu zitieren:
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just
borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
for new vocabulary.
--
Bertel
http://bertel.lundhansen.dk/ FIDUSO: http://fiduso.dk/
Per Vadmand
> Hej alle
>
> Læs lige det her:
>
> Da bleibt nur James Nicoll zu zitieren:
>
> The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
> that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just
> borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
> down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
> for new vocabulary.
Den vil jeg straks lægge på min citatside!
Per V
--
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mensker komme hen til mig og gi mig en medalje" Bastian 5½ år
Ulvir
"Bertel Lund Hansen" <unos...@lundhansen.dk> skrev i meddelelsen
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> Hej alle
>
> Læs lige det her:
> The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
> that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just
> borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
> down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
'
Det skulle være tvangslæsning til dem der jamrer sig over fremmedord og
udtryk der sniger sig ind ad bagdøren i dansk..
Bertel Lund Hansen
> Det skulle være tvangslæsning til dem der jamrer sig over fremmedord og
> udtryk der sniger sig ind ad bagdøren i dansk..
Ja, og det faldt da også i en tråd der var drejet i den retning.
Og det var svar på det her postulat (fra en der mener at engelsk
er udviklet fra fransk):
> Das Englische z.B. lebt sehr gut ohne externe Einflüsse. Mit wenigen
> Ausnahmen (z.B. selten benutzte Begriffe wie Angst) kann sich diese
> Sprache selbst in Schwung halten.
kk
"Bertel Lund Hansen" <unos...@lundhansen.dk> skrev i en meddelelse
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Kunne ikke lade være med at sende denneher:
NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE
To the citizens of the United States of America,
In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to
govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your
independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchial duties
over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which
she
does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The rt. hon. Tony Blair, MP for
the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world
outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need
for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A
questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you
noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the
following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You
will be amazed at just how incorrectly you have been pronouncing it.
Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up
"vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with
filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and
inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed".
2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft
know on your behalf.
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian
accents. It really isn't that hard.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors
as the good guys.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The
Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want
you to get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one
kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a
very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world
outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American"
football.
You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play
proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the
girls.
It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be
kk
"kk" <k...@nospamail.dk> skrev i en meddelelse
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>
> "Bertel Lund Hansen" <unos...@lundhansen.dk> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:84htr3tothlm3nc3d...@4ax.com...
>> Ulvir skrev:
>>
>>> Det skulle være tvangslæsning til dem der jamrer sig over fremmedord og
>>> udtryk der sniger sig ind ad bagdøren i dansk..
>>
>> Ja, og det faldt da også i en tråd der var drejet i den retning.
>> Og det var svar på det her postulat (fra en der mener at engelsk
>> er udviklet fra fransk):
>>
>>> Das Englische z.B. lebt sehr gut ohne externe Einflüsse. Mit wenigen
>>> Ausnahmen (z.B. selten benutzte Begriffe wie Angst) kann sich diese
>>> Sprache selbst in Schwung halten.
>>
>> --
>> Bertel
>> http://bertel.lundhansen.dk/ FIDUSO: http://fiduso.dk/
>
> Kunne ikke lade være med at sende denneher:
>
> NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE
>
> To the citizens of the United States of America,
>
> It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be
Undskyld, der manglede slutningen.
Forfra:
allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does
not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full
kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least
a US rugby sevens side by 2005.
7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear
weapons if they give you any merde. The 97.85% of you who were not aware
that there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves
lucky.
The Russians have never been the bad guys.
Merde" is French for "shit".
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a
new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called
"Indecisive Day".
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is
for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand
what we mean.
10. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us nuts for
almost forty years.
Thank you for your cooperation.
mvh
kk
>
Martin Mose Larsen
> 10. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us nuts for
> almost forty years.
>
En eller anden har vist været inspireret af "The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy" ("Blafferens Galakseguide" på dansk).
sayonara
Martin Mose Larsen
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't"
Johansen
> The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
> that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just
> borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
> down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
> for new vocabulary.
Indgår der nogen eksempler i den pågældende tekst?
/Johansen
Bertel Lund Hansen
Ja, implicit. Der var en i tråden der var så venlig at trække dem
frem:
problem, defend, purity, language, pure, just, occasion, pursue,
alley, unconscious, rifle, pocket, vocabulary.
Johansen
> Johansen skrev:
>
>>> The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
>>> that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't
>>> just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other
>>> languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle
>>> their pockets for new vocabulary.
>
>> Indgår der nogen eksempler i den pågældende tekst?
>
> Ja, implicit. Der var en i tråden der var så venlig at trække dem
> frem:
>
> problem, defend, purity, language, pure, just, occasion, pursue,
> alley, unconscious, rifle, pocket, vocabulary.
Ok, tak.
/Johansen
Michael Baumgartner
> Johansen skrev:
>
>>> The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
>>> that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just
>>> borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
>>> down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
>>> for new vocabulary.
>
>> Indgår der nogen eksempler i den pågældende tekst?
>
> Ja, implicit. Der var en i tråden der var så venlig at trække dem
> frem:
>
> problem, defend, purity, language, pure, just, occasion, pursue,
> alley, unconscious, rifle, pocket, vocabulary.
Og "their", faktisk.
--
Schönen Gruß aus der "lebenswertesten Stadt der Welt"!
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/18/arts/rmon1munich.php
Michael
Bertel Lund Hansen
> Og "their", faktisk.
Der var nogle flere af ordene som man godt kan relatere til lånte
ord hvis man går meget langt tilbage, men et eller andet sted
skal man jo stoppe. Ellers findes engelsk jo slet ikke.