Supergrunch Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Right, so we can easily fomulate a theory: The root language had words for red and dead that rhymed, probably by chance. They likely followed the pattern: r [vowel] d d [vowel] d Now, as this language spead out into English, Danish, and German, vowel shifts occured, leading to three variants: English: red, dead Danish: rød, død German: rod, dod There were also changes to consonants - the lovely Danish ds you mention arose, and similarly in German the ds became unvoiced, and so we get ts. This leads to the words we have today: English: red, dead Danish: rød, død German: rot, tot
MoogleViper Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 About the vowel/consonant thing: It's the "phonetic first letter" of the next word that matters. The rule originated because it's someway unpleasant to end a word with a vowel and start the next word with a vowel. They do the same in Old Greek, except they just cut off the vowel at the end of the word. EDIT: By the way, I proved my English teacher wrong on that particular subject once. Felt good. :p Many English people will put an r sound in between two words with a vowel at each side. e.g. "vanilla ice cream" will become "vanilla rice cream"
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Many English people will put an r sound in between two words with a vowel at each side. e.g. "vanilla ice cream" will become "vanilla rice cream" What d'ya know, I learned something new today.
jayseven Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Possibly like Daredevil when it's raining? Never seen it. Dunno! Why is it frowned upon to fart and burp?
MoogleViper Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 What d'ya know, I learned something new today. You might wanna check with other forumites. My German teacher told me about it. Until then I'd been doing it without realising. I bet most people don't realise.
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 You might wanna check with other forumites. My German teacher told me about it. Until then I'd been doing it without realising. I bet most people don't realise. You're probably right. It's one of those things that just occur when speaking. By the way, Supergrunch, you seem to know a lot about languages. You studied language or something?
MoogleViper Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 You're probably right. It's one of those things that just occur when speaking. By the way, Supergrunch, you seem to know a lot about languages. You studied language or something? Well my accent is really slang and my spoken vocabulary doesn't contain many letters. I don't say the word "the", I drop off a lot of letters of words like "h" and "t".
Supergrunch Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 By the way, Supergrunch, you seem to know a lot about languages. You studied language or something? I've read a few books on linguistics, and am trying to change to it at the moment.
Jonnas Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Why is it frowned upon to fart and burp? Farting is frowned upon because it smells, and it evokes unwanted imagery of another person's rectum. I think this one was obvious. About burping, I don't frown upon it, and I have plenty of friends that accept it as well. Plus, there are cultures that take burps as a compliment. Maybe some people frown upon burping because...perhaps...it reminds them of farting? Or puking? Or something else?
jayseven Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Farting makes you think of rectums? "My, Freud would have a field day" etc :P
Jonnas Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Farting makes you think of rectums? "My, Freud would have a field day" etc :P Well, where do you think all that gas comes from?
darksnowman Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Note the rules for usage of "a" and "an" vary depending on dialect - if you want to quote something as "correct", then I'd go with the above rules. In the past, people used to use "an" before all words beginning with an h - look at Capcom using antiquated grammar in Golden Sun - "You got an herb!". Also look at the first sentence of Northanger Abbey - "an heroine". Did Capcom have something to do with the text in Golden Sun?
Supergrunch Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 Did Capcom have something to do with the text in Golden Sun? Oh, I meant to write Camelot.
Kirkatronics Posted April 7, 2008 Author Posted April 7, 2008 Whats the best way to relax? I like listening/being in really bad (or good ) rain
MoogleViper Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Whats the best way to relax?I like listening/being in really bad (or good ) rain Get a rain stick. But make sure it's a good one. I've got a cheapish plastic one and it's annoying. Or you could make one. That will make you feel more content.
Kirkatronics Posted April 7, 2008 Author Posted April 7, 2008 Get a rain stick. But make sure it's a good one. I've got a cheapish plastic one and it's annoying. Or you could make one. That will make you feel more content. How would i make one? Ive only made water finding sticks.
MoogleViper Posted April 8, 2008 Posted April 8, 2008 How would i make one? Ive only made water finding sticks. Poster tube, rice, stick some cardboard/string/random stuff on the inside. Seal one end of tube, put rice in, seal other end. It will sound shit but if you experiement and do it properly you might be able to make it sound good. IMO a good home made one sounds better than a factory made as they will probably use rice as opposed to ball bearings with just sound artificial. And it will be more irregular and therefore make it a little more realistic.
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