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animale37

The Mental Tangent of the Moment part 2

Mar 19, 2009 23:15

The paczki. Not the dessert itself so much as the word and the fact that we pronounce it "poonch-key". Chicken or egg? Did someone say the word one day and get the response: "I've never heard that word before. How do you spell it?" Only to have the person try frantically to piece together a word out of his severely limited amount of letter magnets ( Read more... )

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Packzi... sarantha March 20 2009, 09:08:15 UTC

I believe it's Polish which has almost as sensical a pronuniciation guide as Gaelic. ;)

Re: Packzi... animale37 March 20 2009, 18:37:08 UTC

Vrei sa pleci dar numa, numa iei, Nu ma, nu ma iei, Nu ma, numa, numa iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei, Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.

Sorry, I hear Polish and I slip into it.

Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-huu Ma-ia-hoo Ma-ia-ha ha

Re: Packzi... debyrus March 20 2009, 23:54:21 UTC

That's not Polish! Its Romanian!

Re: Packzi... animale37 March 21 2009, 00:08:31 UTC

Ah, your faddah's mustache!

fiery_lioness March 21 2009, 02:45:35 UTC

*smiles* And this is yet another reason why I miss you.

We're America folks and we have a saying. English doesn't borrow from other languages. It mugs them in back alleys and loots the pockets looking for loose grammar. ... I seem to remember muttering this at you. Several times. Whilst reading something we were both supposed to be editing. ^_~;

*hugs*

I have brain-cell killer if you need it... though, after today, I'm surprised I have any left.

Esperanto! brian_barker March 21 2009, 13:53:31 UTC

Then what about Esperanto!

Check for translation at http://www.apertium.org or http://www.lernu.net for translation?