That's the actual name of a town in Wales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And you thought that I was just forcefully applying my head to my keyboard, didn't you?

 

 

 

Translated, the name means "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazal near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave."

 

 

 

Anyways, Welsh is really funny to look at. :3nod:

 

It would, on first glance (and second, third, and maybe fourth) appear to have been created by a toddler with a typewriter. As a spoken language, it's excessively pretty, but the text amuses me.

 

 

 

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

that might start some flaming. :wink:

 

 

 

maybe we could just talk about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogog

That's the actual name of a town in Wales.

 

 

 

And you thought that I was just forcefully applying my head to my keyboard, didn't you?

 

 

 

 

you got me there :lol:

Hehe, funny, I have a book full of weird things and this is on pg.12. . . Anyway, when translated, I just think it's kinda a weird name for a town. Period. Lol

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

 

 

In written language Icelandic seems rather funny. I wish I had time to study it, it doesn't seem to be that much different to swedish which I can somehow speak.

I wouldn't really call Welsh a funny language. Just has some overly long words in it.

 

And yes I knew it was a placename when I read the title (but that's probably because I'm british and it's now pretty famous place because of the length of it's spelling. :)

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

 

 

 

Same herel. None of the words sound unique :o

 

 

 

But remember to asian language speaking people, we sound just as funny :P

Some japanese robot developers came over my school to promote their (Sony's) cute little robot, Qrio, and it was like: huayhjremt-pormentay-qrio-wassa. I noticed they end up nearly every sentence with this wassa thing, I wonder what it means :shock:

 

 

 

A flame war may be coming up here xD *goes grab his coke cans hat*

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

 

 

Americans often think that all Asians can understand each other because all their languages sound the same to us. A Korean student once told me that this is obviously untrue. All the major Asian languages are extremely different. Yet somehow, he said that whenever an American tries to imitate one of them, it always sounds like Chinese :P

 

 

 

Personally, tonal languages (in a tonal language, words that are exactly the same can have completely different meanings depending on the pitch) sound funny to me because all the tonal stuff makes the inflection seem funny and really random.

 

 

 

No offense meant to anyone. I have a good friend who speaks a tonal language. :D

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

 

 

Americans often think that all Asians can understand each other because all their languages sound the same to us. A Korean student once told me that this is obviously untrue. All the major Asian languages are extremely different. Yet somehow, he said that whenever an American tries to imitate one of them, it always sounds like Chinese :P

 

 

 

Personally, tonal languages (in a tonal language, words that are exactly the same can have completely different meanings depending on the pitch) sound funny to me because all the tonal stuff makes the inflection seem funny and really random.

 

 

 

No offense meant to anyone. I have a good friend who speaks a tonal language. :D

 

 

 

Most of us Koreans know English to a well-educated extent however a few of my friends can't tell the difference between English and French...

 

 

 

Some japanese robot developers came over my school to promote their (Sony's) cute little robot, Qrio, and it was like: huayhjremt-pormentay-qrio-wassa. I noticed they end up nearly every sentence with this wassa thing, I wonder what it means

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Japanese names are usually long and elaborate... Chinese seems to be too short... Korean seems just right in length... But maybe that's just because I'm Korean...

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

 

 

Americans often think that all Asians can understand each other because all their languages sound the same to us. A Korean student once told me that this is obviously untrue. All the major Asian languages are extremely different. Yet somehow, he said that whenever an American tries to imitate one of them, it always sounds like Chinese :P

 

 

 

Personally, tonal languages (in a tonal language, words that are exactly the same can have completely different meanings depending on the pitch) sound funny to me because all the tonal stuff makes the inflection seem funny and really random.

 

 

 

No offense meant to anyone. I have a good friend who speaks a tonal language. :D

 

 

 

IMO, to any Westerner, any of the oriental (hope it's not offensive to most, since it really isn't an offensive word in the first place) countries' languages would sound the same, except maybe the Borneo, Philippines and Java.

Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit

 

(Sorry if that killed anyones page layout)

 

Is translated to: The land of angels, the great city of immortality, various of devine gems, the great angelic land unconquerable, land of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital, place of the grand royal palace, forever land of angels and reincarnated spirits, predestined and created by the highest devas.

 

 

 

There is also a very long name for a hill in New Zealand... Cant remember it though.

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

 

 

In written language Icelandic seems rather funny. I wish I had time to study it, it doesn't seem to be that much different to swedish which I can somehow speak.

 

I can somehow comprehend spoken Icelandic. A bit on the strange side, but it's true.

I wouldn't really call Welsh a funny language. Just has some overly long words in it.

 

And yes I knew it was a placename when I read the title (but that's probably because I'm british and it's now pretty famous place because of the length of it's spelling. :)

 

The reason I find it to be funny isn't because of the length of its spelling but the apparent impossibility of pronouncing it.

The reason I find it to be funny isn't because of the length of its spelling but the apparent impossibility of pronouncing it.

 

English also has words like that.

 

eg. flocinaucinihilipiliphication :P some people can't pronounce that.

The reason I find it to be funny isn't because of the length of its spelling but the apparent impossibility of pronouncing it.

 

English also has words like that.

 

eg. flocinaucinihilipiliphication

 

But most Welsh words are like that.

 

I bring you...a whole paragraph in Welsh! xD

 

 

 

Helo Gyfeillion!

 

 

 

Croeso i'r cynllun Unilang newydd o'r enw "Synau'r Byd". Mae'r cynllun hwn yn cynnwys recordio darn byr o destun (rydych chi'n gwrando iddo ar hyn o bryd) gyda'r bwriad o gyflwyno sain bob iaith i fyfyrwyr iaith, oherwydd rydym ni'n credu'n gryf ym mhwysigrwydd ynganiad da er mwyn gwneud cyfathrebu mewn iaith dramor yn bosibl. Efallai y byddwch yn darganfod synau yma nad ydynt yn cyfateb i'r rhai rydych eisoes wedi'u dysgu. Na phoener! Mae hyn yn ganlyniad i'r tafodieithoedd gwahanol sydd gan bob iaith. Mae hi wastad yn fanteisiol i glywed siaradwr brodorol, nagyw hi? Gobeithiwn y byddwch yn gweld y cynllun hwn yn gymorth defnyddiol yn y broses o ddysgu iaith.

 

 

 

Hwyl Fawr

 

 

 

Welsh isn't the only language that amuses me, though; most languages are funny to some degree.

So, what languages do you find funny, in either their text or their spoken form? What do you think of Welsh?

 

 

 

Most Asian languages seem to be really weird when spoken. I can't even tell a word from each other. Doesn't matter is it japanese, korean or chinese, it's still total gibberish in my ears.

 

Asian languages have never sounded the same to me. :? Even less so since I learned Japanese.

 

Maybe this is because of my predisposition to learning languages?

Yeah see, not being able to read or pronounce another language I don't think is funny, like seeing that paragraph in welsh doesn't make me laugh, it's the longness of that particular placeword I find humerous. I think it's unpronouncability comes from it being so long really.

Yeah see, not being able to read or pronounce another language I don't think is funny, like seeing that paragraph in welsh doesn't make me laugh, it's the longness of that particular placeword I find humerous. I think it's unpronouncability comes from it being so long really.

 

I think the reason that I find it humourous is because it makes me feel like a 'language n00b', as it were. I find the excessive consonants in Russian funny, for instance, because even though I'm learning the language and am finally able to pronounce them, I really had issues at first.

 

 

 

I find all of the vowels in French funny as well, but those actually have a funny story behind them.

The reason I find it to be funny isn't because of the length of its spelling but the apparent impossibility of pronouncing it.

 

English also has words like that.

 

eg. flocinaucinihilipiliphication :P some people can't pronounce that.

 

 

 

I've been trying to figure out the pronounciation of that word(without a dictionary) for at least 6 months now.

 

 

 

I also know that Llan... was a city from this quiz I started awhile ago(and still can't finish it :( )

OMG it's true! I thought you were joking! Ggl gives more than 100 hits O.O

 

*falls of her chair*

 

 

 

I'm glad I don't live there or know anyone who lives there, cuz writing a letter would be a hell :shock:

I'm glad I don't live there or know anyone who lives there, cuz writing a letter would be a hell :shock:

 

Apparently the locals in Anglesey know it as "Llanfair PG"

whatever language the word spatula come from

The reason I find it to be funny isn't because of the length of its spelling but the apparent impossibility of pronouncing it.

 

English also has words like that.

 

eg. flocinaucinihilipiliphication :P some people can't pronounce that.

 

 

 

I've been trying to figure out the pronounciation of that word(without a dictionary) for at least 6 months now.

 

 

 

I also know that Llan... was a city from this quiz I started awhile ago(and still can't finish it :( )

 

 

 

i believe the word is pronounced (phonetically) like this:

 

 

 

flossy nossy neh hilleh pilleh fication.

 

 

 

 

 

as for the asian languages dispute, i undertand that to most, it would seem as though they are all the same when spoken.... however, myself, being half japanese, half uh.. white.. i can see a very big difference, especially written.. ( in english characters.. the actual text in japanese and chinese use a lot of the same characters.. korean is totally different, simpler and use of circles in the texts differenciates it from the other 2)

 

 

 

japanese uses many short, usually 2 letter combinations to create words... for example.

 

 

 

watashi wa kawaii desu. (means i am cute)

 

 

 

breaks down like this when it is written in japanese characters..

 

 

 

wa ta shi wa ka wa i i de su. (i used these words to illustrate some exceptions to the rule, such as the letter i in kawaii being 1 letter, and the shi in watashi being 3 letters.)

 

 

 

also interesting, the word "kowai" means scary, and its pronunciation is nearly the same as "kawaii" (careful not to confuse the two :P)

 

 

 

after learning this, i found japanese to be really blocky, i guess is the word.. i dont know much about the other two languages, but they sound very much different from japanese now..

 

 

 

anyone else wanna fill in the gap of this language lesson and teach us the other two? :P

i believe the word is pronounced (phonetically) like this:

 

 

 

flossy nossy neh hilleh pilleh fication.

 

We had to learn the word for English class once. They said it wwas pronounced ..

 

 

 

flocky nocky nigh hilleh pilleh fication.