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The non-English word association thread (an aid)

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satt fs
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 12:11 am
A camino largo, paso corto (spanish "Make haste slowly")
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Thok
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 12:14 am
Eile mit Weile (german for Make haste slowly )
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satt fs
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 12:25 am
Gut Ding braucht Weile (german "Great talents mature late")
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Thok
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 12:33 am
actuellement (french for at present)
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 04:22 pm
actuel - Fr. 'topical,' among other things.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 05:15 pm
another for 'eile mit weile' = komm' ich heut' nicht, komm' ich morgen = 'if i won't come today, i'll come tomorrow' . hbg
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satt fs
 
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Reply Thu 2 Sep, 2004 05:59 pm
da-qi wan-cheng (chinese for "Great talents mature late")
(大器晩成)
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Thok
 
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Reply Fri 3 Sep, 2004 12:47 am
Talente (german for talents)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Fri 3 Sep, 2004 06:19 pm
kuenstler (deutsch fuer artist) . (in hamburg antwortete man auf die frage, 'was fuer ein kuenstler sind sie ?' , ... 'oh. ich bin ein hunger-kuenstler'). hbg
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Thok
 
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Reply Sat 4 Sep, 2004 12:34 am
Honorar ( german for fee)
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sat 4 Sep, 2004 07:22 pm
schornsteinfeger(g) = chimney-sweep(e) ... sottje(plattdeutsch)
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Thok
 
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Reply Sat 4 Sep, 2004 10:40 pm
(as far as I know, that in Vienna itmeans) Rauchfangkehrer
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Clary
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 12:40 am
outfangthief, Anglo-Saxon word meaning the right of judging and fining thieves when outside of one's own jurisdiction.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 01:22 am
Guillaume le Conquérant (French, William the Conqueror)
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Clary
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 01:28 am
(Walter, are you implying that Guillaume le Conquerant was a thief? You are probably right!)

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian for Guglielmo Marconi
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drom et reve
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 04:27 am
Fízica - Russian for physics
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satt fs
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 04:39 am
physis (greek for "nature" )
ΦΥΣΙΣ(Φυσις)
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Galilite
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 05:06 am
dròm_et_rêve wrote:
Fízica - Russian for physics
Actually, by the established although informal Cyrillic - Latin character conversion protocols, it's "fizika".

You can use www.translit.ru to convert between Cyrillic and Latin characters.

but... отличный русский :-) .

Ever saw a noun without vowels?

Here's one:
trg (Croatian) - square
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hamburger
 
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Reply Sun 5 Sep, 2004 12:41 pm
rauchfangkehrer(upon meeting thok) : "gruess gott, herr baron".
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Rick d Israeli
 
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Reply Mon 6 Sep, 2004 01:46 pm
Godsdienst (Dutch for religion, replying to Hamburger's "Gruess Gott")
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