I find the inclusion of other languages into English quite upsetting (Caveat Emptor, Ad Hominem, Sans, etc.)

[StageLeft]

I can't be the only one. Sans = without, in french...so what's wrong with without? Why use the saying coup d'etat for seizure of state? What's wrong with Buyer Beware? Descartes' sig says it best. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. Damned if I can find the latin -> English translator online but if I recall correct it's translated something like "Things sound much more profound in Latin."

So, cut that sh*t out!

 

[MrAwesome]

Que pasa?

 

[geno]

i.e. - Skoorb hates latin stuff



do you hate "et al" too?

 

[LordJezo]

Yatta!

 

[RedRooster]

It makes everything sound fancier. Just like swear words.
They're all sentence enhancers, don't you know?!

 

[Encryptic]

It makes a sentence sound better, not to mention certain expressions or words are useful for getting your point across, et cetera ad nauseaum.

 

[StageLeft]

It doesn't make a sentence sound fancier - it's used by an author to try and show off that he knows a few words from other languages

 

I only have one thing to say to this: Skoorbeat emptor.

 

[rgwalt]

I'll have to put the kibosh on my use of latin from now on...



R

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Apparently, Skoorb doesn't believe in le mot juste.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Yok

 

[Wuffsunie]

j00 n0 l!k3z l337? Sux0r.

 

[samgau]

At least thats intentional..... what happens to me is that my brain sometimes switches back to my native french... and half a sentence comes out in english and half in french.... I get really funny looks from my wife whan that happens....
Like this morning... I was barely awake and she asked me what the time was and I said: six heures dix ... instead of ten past six....

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I can't be the only one. Sans = without, in french...so what's wrong with without? Why use the saying coup d'etat for seizure of state? What's wrong with Buyer Beware? Descartes' sig says it best. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. Damned if I can find the latin -> English translator online but if I recall correct it's translated something like "Things sound much more profound in Latin."

So, cut that sh*t out!

France has an office dedicated to keep the French language French. When I read that I thought "Man the French are really culturally insecure.".

Language is constantly changing.

 

[SinnerWolf]

i'll quit with the common foreign -> english snap-ins if people stop speaking ebonics, 1337, and spanglish.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I can't be the only one. Sans = without, in french...so what's wrong with without? Why use the saying coup d'etat for seizure of state? What's wrong with Buyer Beware? Descartes' sig says it best. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. Damned if I can find the latin -> English translator online but if I recall correct it's translated something like "Things sound much more profound in Latin."

So, cut that sh*t out!

Relax Francis...

Adieu

 

[Beller0ph1]

Latin rocks. Did you know that most English words are from Latin? So you may be speaking it or hearing derivatives from Latin right now!

 

[ISAslot]

Originally posted by: RedRooster
It makes everything sound fancier. Just like swear words.
They're all sentence enhancers, don't you know?!

Remember to hold you pinky in the air too

 

[PanzerIV]

Since our language is an almagamation of several languages and is ever evolving, personally I have no problem with it. I do think it's quite ridiculous of the French to have such a strict adherence on what 'invades' their native tongue. Language, like the people who speak it, adapt and change throughout the ages.

 

[PlatinumGold]

interestingly enough, this type of attitude has caused a significant shift to develop between the languages spoken in North and South Korea.

Kim Jong Il decided that he wanted to remove ALL foreign intrusions into the Korean language, so despite the fact that the Korean Language (not so much written but spoken) is primarily based on Chinese decided to remove ALL "Chinese" words, root words etc from the "korean" language. so the Korean spoken in N Korea has made significant deviations from that spoken in S Korean. it is estimated that S. Korean students learn approximately 8000 chinese characters (roots not letters as we think of them characters which have basic meanings and could also be termed words in english) by the time they graduate middle school. most S. Korean Newspapers use a significant number of Chinese Characters.

a Korean raised in N. Korea will in all likely not be able to read a newspaper from S. Korea.

 

[Hubris]

Sheesh, stop trying to make people conform to your view of the world.

 

[Bryophyte]

Carpe diem, Skoorb. Seize the day, man. Or Carpe Scrotum, if you prefer.

 

[amnesiac]

Whereas English will assimilate words from other countries for a specific meaning and eventually distort them into something completely of our own, Japanese has no way of integrating foreign words and concepts into native tongue so they end up being phonetic representations.

Examples:

'Han-baa-gaa' = hamburger
'Aisu kuriimu' = ice cream
'do-i-tsu' = Deutsch (German)
'i-gi-ri-su' = English
'pan' = Pan (Bread)

 

[Vic]

English is a bastard peasant language, made up primarily of German, French, and Latin. Always been like this, always will. Unlike many other languages though, English is remarkably flexible and adaptable.

The "King's English" was French.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Whereas English will assimilate words from other countries for a specific meaning and eventually distort them into something completely of our own, Japanese has no way of integrating foreign words and concepts into native tongue so they end up being phonetic representations.

Examples:

'Han-baa-gaa' = hamburger
'Aisu kuriimu' = ice cream
'do-i-tsu' = Deutsch (German)
'i-gi-ri-su' = English
'pan' = Pan (Bread)

actually, part of the reason japanese do that is because they don't deal with CLOSED syllables in their language very often and find them difficult to pronounce so they break everything down into open syllables.

ba tuh ma neh instead of batman for example.