Tjay Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 pah, you start giving us rights and before you know it we will want votesits a slippery slopeJust so long as we're not expected to have responsibilities... :debile2: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 responsibilities... Never heard of this.Could you please explain the concept of this idea?:biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Lion Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Never heard of this.Could you please explain the concept of this idea?:biggrin:Hmm, well, looks like the root word is 'respond' or 'response' and attach that to 'abilities' and it becomes your ability to respond, hence 'responsibility'! :biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hmm, well, looks like the root word is 'respond' or 'response' and attach that to 'abilities' and it becomes your ability to respond, hence 'responsibility'! :biggrin:I am now using my responsibility to state that:I still remain unconvinced about the concept of this context.In other words: "Que?":biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjay Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Never heard of this.Could you please explain the concept of this idea? :biggrin: I wouldn't worry about it Hedge. It's an old-fashioned idea that holds no relevance for many people in the 21st Century. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjay Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hmm, well, looks like the root word is 'respond' or 'response' and attach that to 'abilities' and it becomes your ability to respond, hence 'responsibility'! :biggrin: Perfectly logical conclusion. Unfortunately the English language is not famous for logical construction of words or sentences. You wan't precision? Try German. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpow66m Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Perfectly logical conclusion. Unfortunately the English language is not famous for logical construction of words or sentences. You wan't precision? Try German. except one word is 5 miles long,lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazjar Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I don't get how "Panzer" is really 5 miles long but you have a point with the rather rigid rules and whatnot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I don't get how "Panzer" is really 5 miles long but you have a point with the rather rigid rules and whatnot.Well put "Kampf" & "Wagen" at the end.Or you could have "Dieobereabdeckungmitdemoberenteildesvorschubmechanismus" which is "Feed Cover" in Englisch :biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Well put "Kampf" & "Wagen" at the end.Or you could have "Dieobereabdeckungmitdemoberenteildesvorschubmechanismus" which is "Feed Cover" in Englisch :biggrin:You mean "Deckel-mit-Gurtzuführeroberteil" ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 That's the one! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 23, 2013 Members Share Posted August 23, 2013 "Feed cover" does not convey the full amount of information. A fair comparison would be:"Cover with upper belt feed element" vs "Deckel mit Gurtzuführeroberteil"...aaand the German phrase is actually shorter! :debile2: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader ZIM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Wow, so does anyone know first aid on how to extract my tongue from the knot it's in after attempting to say "Dieobereabdeckungmitdemoberenteildesvorschubmecha nismus" :shocked:That's gotta be some kind of German record for single word length lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Wow, so does anyone know first aid on how to extract my tongue from the knot it's in after attempting to say "Dieobereabdeckungmitdemoberenteildesvorschubmecha nismus" :shocked:That's gotta be some kind of German record for single word length lol.Nah, that one is just made up+exagerated :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Wow, so does anyone know first aid on how to extract my tongue from the knot it's in after attempting to say "Dieobereabdeckungmitdemoberenteildesvorschubmecha nismus" :shocked:That's gotta be some kind of German record for single word length lol.Ok try this one, And yes its real, the name of a village in Wales.And its all one word Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch It holds the world record for the longest town name.and its all one word.LoL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader ZIM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 LOL, thanks for that Marko. back in the 90's I had a college professor who was from England and she told us the name of that very town for fun one day.I can't remember the phonetic pronunciation of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch though lol, but it's an example of how sometimes English can be very long in it's description. It means according to Wikipedia. [st.] Mary's Church (Llanfair) [in] the hollow (pwll) of the white hazel (gwyngyll) near (goger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrndrobwll) [and] the church of [st.] Tysilio (llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo goch)I thought "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" was a funny word, it's a real one I'm told, but it pertains to a law on beef safety as far as I know, and it's really long. But the thing is, does English have any extremely long words like the above that describe a process like German sometimes does? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Antidisestablishmentarianism.Edit: Or pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLabor Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Can we change the thread's name to "Words/names pronounced with a hot potato in the mouth"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader ZIM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 My apologies guys, didn't mean to go so off topic, but thanks for the tongue twisters lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 My apologies guys, didn't mean to go so off topic..There's a thread for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader ZIM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I know, I'm there frequently!! But sometimes I spill out of my container lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggydog Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 On the other end of the scale there's a place in Scotland called the Forest of Ae!Don't think there are any single letter words apart from the obvious grammatical ones in English 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejawolf Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 eyafjallajökull 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDeath Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 eyafjallajökull I just saw this volcano 3 days ago! eyafjallajökull means Island Mountain Glacier, because it's a glacier on top of a mountain on top of what we can see an island (so said the guide) im sure you are glad to know this! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjay Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Edit: Or pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.Is that when you get cold on your chest which develops into pneumonia and you cough up enough phlegm to bury Pompei? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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