No swahili?

rocklikemom · Post by **rocklikemom** » Fri May 09, 2003 4:58 pm

As I'm sitting here, waiting to finish my laundry, I check my profile on here and mosey to the Language section. Eager to see all the languages the message board supports, I am disappointed to find that English is the only language listed!

Well, excuse me hoity-toity Mr. god-like smarty pants. (Digression: Hey! Quick! What's that line from?)

What if my native language was Luganda? French? Portugese? Swahili?

Needless to say, I am mucho disappointed.

Post by **Merlin** » Fri May 09, 2003 8:01 pm

Cultural hegemony begins with us, rocklikemom.

rocklikemom · Post by **rocklikemom** » Fri May 09, 2003 9:30 pm

That doesn't ease my disappointment at all.

Le sigh.

ghamina · Post by **ghamina** » Mon May 12, 2003 6:46 am

I met someone who speaks swahili at a dinner party last night.

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta · Wed May 14, 2003 2:23 pm

an ex-workmate of mine speaks lingala. i find this quite fascinating...

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

Post by **John** » Wed May 14, 2003 11:06 pm

We believe that from a marketing standpoint it's more important to focus our multi-lingual efforts in areas where the Long Winters have a built -in appeal. That's why we're working hard to translate this entire website into foxychickese. Starting with Merlin's posts.

PS. I believe that 'Ichy-da' is 'cheers' in swahili.

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Thu May 15, 2003 8:34 am

rocklikemom wrote:Well, excuse me hoity-toity Mr. god-like smarty pants. (Digression: Hey! Quick! What's that line from?)

Please tell me

royal · Post by **royal** » Thu May 15, 2003 8:44 am

John wrote:That's why we're working hard to translate this entire website into foxychickese.

Such a difficult language to master, how will you ever get all 387 letters from the foxychickese alphabet represented in our mere 26 letters?

Post by **Merlin** » Thu May 15, 2003 8:49 am

royal wrote:how will you ever get all 387 letters from the foxychickese alphabet represented in our mere 26 letters?

I think some stuff would just have to be written phonetically.

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Thu May 15, 2003 8:51 am

you know this could be the first website to be translated into braille...

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta · Thu May 15, 2003 9:16 am

Liz wrote:you know this could be the first website to be translated into braille...

to be boring and geeky here for a minute: they usually translate themselves by means of an ingenious contraption called a braille terminal. now aren't you delighted i told you that? *g* but i'd really like this to be translated into lingala, that would rock... :rolleyes smilie:

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Thu May 15, 2003 9:33 am

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta wrote:now aren't you delighted i told you that?

not at all. i'm sad now.

anyaway - i have a better idea

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta · Thu May 15, 2003 9:35 am

Liz wrote:
AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta wrote:now aren't you delighted i told you that?

not at all. i'm sad now.

anyaway - i have a better idea

so if you have a better idea, why are you sad? you're weird...

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Thu May 15, 2003 9:47 am

because you're torpeding my efforts to be brilliant

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta · Thu May 15, 2003 12:25 pm

Liz wrote:because you're torpeding my efforts to be brilliant

no i'm NOT!!!!! quite on the contrary, i can't wait for you to tell me this idea of yours! anyway, to be told that after all those years of love and help and support and.. *grumble* *grunt* *mumble* *extensive brian's mother rant*

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:30 pm

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta wrote:
Liz wrote:because you're torpeding my efforts to be brilliant

no i'm NOT!!!!! quite on the contrary, i can't wait for you to tell me this idea of yours! anyway, to be told that after all those years of love and help and support and.. *grumble* *grunt* *mumble* *extensive brian's mother rant*

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

okay. well my glorious idea is posted in the previously posted post. the words "i have another idea" are a link. got the idea? :o)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta · Thu May 15, 2003 12:56 pm

Liz wrote:
AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta wrote:
Liz wrote:because you're torpeding my efforts to be brilliant

no i'm NOT!!!!! quite on the contrary, i can't wait for you to tell me this idea of yours! anyway, to be told that after all those years of love and help and support and.. *grumble* *grunt* *mumble* *extensive brian's mother rant*

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

okay. well my glorious idea is posted in the previously posted post. the words "i have another idea" are a link. got the idea? :o)

*G* brilliant... i'm all for it!

:-)

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Thu May 15, 2003 12:59 pm

Killer! Awesome!
Echt total urleiwaund! Gaunz ungeheua!
[Eckt toe-tall oor-lye-vond! Goundz oon-gay-hoy-a! ]

AffluentSuburbOfAtlanta · Thu May 15, 2003 1:09 pm

*GULP* sorry, i think i've just run out of viennese... :eek:

:-)

oneArpeggiopete:cool:

Post by **John** » Thu May 15, 2003 2:35 pm

In my experience language is filtered by geography. Let me explain. Since Vienna is situated in the geographical heart of Europe languages have collided there and intermingled for centuries. This has produced and eloquent language for commerce, but precious little else. Witness: Vienna's lack of success in the last century in holding on even to Slovenia, let alone Hungary.

In contrast, as English moved across the American continent it became more and more refined by distance from the source and by the necessity for clarity until it reached it's most perfect form, and by extension the most perfect form of any language, in the dialect spoken by Alaskans.

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