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magaretnahmias wrote in linguaphiles May 26, 2021 10:21

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GERMAN: A line in a dialogue

orpheus_samhain wrote in linguaphiles May 26, 2021 10:14

Could you please help me to distinguish the words in this sentence?

https://youtu.be/2viR539KQ6g?t=38

Lena says something to the effect "You're a strange/funny cop", and all I can make out is "Bulle" at the end. She's speaking too fast for me.

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Novgorodian birch bark in Finnish dialect, 11th Century

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 26, 2021 09:03

Novgorodian birch bark in Finnish dialect, 11th Century - written in Cyrillic:

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english, language history, germanic, hungarian, old english, finnish, linguistics, finno-ugric, russian, karelian, loanwords, research projects, indic languages, german, estonian

LANGUAGES ACROSS OCEANS

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 24, 2021 20:50

LANGUAGES ACROSS OCEANS: http://www.paabo.ca/uirala/4A.whalers-languages.html

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inuit languages, hungarian, finnish, finno-ugric, karelian, research projects, indic languages, estonian

The deep Origin of the Word NOSE

valeriy_osipov wrote in linguaphiles May 24, 2021 20:16

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This paper deals with words that sound similar in Arabic and English. It considers, in particular, the possible reason why the organ of smell was named with the help of this particular combination of sounds, namely, the word NOSE in English and the word ANF “nose” in Arabic. The author puts forward his own version (hypothesis) of the origin of ( Read more... )

old english, english, linguistics, language history, loanwords, arabic

Raining 'CATS' and 'DOGS' - etymology

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 22, 2021 05:18

In English we use an idiom 'IT RAINS CATS AND DOGS' about a heavy rain and storm. And, although NO dogs or cats EVER fell from the clouds instead of raindrops, one imagines exactly these animals falling from above:

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old english, english, research projects, idioms, language origins

BAD and بد (BAD). The truth about the Persian word بد

valeriy_osipov wrote in linguaphiles May 22, 2021 05:30

An analysis of the words associated with the English word bad and the Persian word بد , as well as the using of facts from the Russian language, reveal additional links between these two words. As a result of the analysis, we can conclude that the words BAD and بد (BAD) are NOT 'FALSE' COGNATES.Today, in Western European linguistics, the ( Read more... )

old english, english, russian, indo-european

ЛАВР, LAURUS, LAUREL and its related words

new_etymology wrote in linguaphiles May 22, 2021 02:14

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toponyms, russian, loanwords, names, english, etymology, words, language history, germanic, vocabulary, learning languages, language origins, greek, old english, multilingual, interlingua, research projects, german, estonian, classical languages

Stumped on how to spell Woolloomooloo? Start with sheep toilet...

waitingman wrote in linguaphiles May 22, 2021 10:40

David Astle does the Friday Cryptic Crossword in the Sydney Morning Herald & is better known by his initials (DA - Don't Attempt). He was also the 'Dictionary Corner' in Australia's short-lived version of 'Countdown' (which we had to call 'Letters & Numbers', as there had been a music show called 'Countdown' in Australia for decades- itself a local ( Read more... )

An Australian Delicacy?

waitingman wrote in linguaphiles May 20, 2021 16:55

Vanilla Slice? Or 'Snot Block'This is one of those cake shop treats we're all familiar with - I'm sure it's European in origin, but has found a place in the hearts & stomachs of Australians for generations. As for the name game, I grew up in New South Wales & have always known it as a Vanilla Slice & I remember the name 'Snot Block' from school... ( Read more... )