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Spelling and Language (was:Re: Will 64-bit Windows XP speed up FS9?)
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| Thomas Suchan 2005-02-24, 4:01 am |
| Bill Leaming <n4gix@comcast.net> schrubte:
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> English is such a strange and inconsistent language...
Just a few things about the plurals of foreign words in German language...
In Italy, one plural is to end the words with "i", like Spaghetti, Bambini,
....
- When you go in Germany to an Italian restaurant, one can often hear
somebody say "Zwei Cappuchinos, bitte" (Two Cappuchinos, please"). (Should
be "Cappuchini").
- "Spaghetti" is in Italy the plural of Spaghetto, but in Germany you'll
have Spaghettis (plural) and one Spaghetti (singular)...
- And now the most difficult italian word in German language: Pizza. What
about the plural? Pizzen, Pizzas, Pizzi (??)... :-)
You'll see, wehen it comes to speaking, I sometimes prefer talking on
English rather than German, even if the other person is able speaking
German. Makes things much easier :-)
Thomas
@EDDV
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http://www.suchanhannover.de
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| John Ward 2005-02-24, 4:01 am |
| Hi Thomas,
I guess "Zwei Pizzas, bitte" doesn't cut the mustard, huh?
Regards,
John Ward
"Thomas Suchan" <valid.email.begins.after.the.three.dots...su.bin@gmx.de>
wrote in message news:Xns96074E8AC667inboxtsugmxde@145.253.2.18...
quote:
> Bill Leaming <n4gix@comcast.net> schrubte:
>
>
> Just a few things about the plurals of foreign words in German language...
>
> In Italy, one plural is to end the words with "i", like Spaghetti,
Bambini,
quote:
> ...
>
> - When you go in Germany to an Italian restaurant, one can often hear
> somebody say "Zwei Cappuchinos, bitte" (Two Cappuchinos, please"). (Should
> be "Cappuchini").
>
> - "Spaghetti" is in Italy the plural of Spaghetto, but in Germany you'll
> have Spaghettis (plural) and one Spaghetti (singular)...
>
> - And now the most difficult italian word in German language: Pizza. What
> about the plural? Pizzen, Pizzas, Pizzi (??)... :-)
>
> You'll see, wehen it comes to speaking, I sometimes prefer talking on
> English rather than German, even if the other person is able speaking
> German. Makes things much easier :-)
>
> Thomas
> @EDDV
> --
> http://www.suchanhannover.de
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| Thomas Suchan 2005-02-24, 4:01 am |
| "John Ward" <johnrmward@optusnet.com.au> schrubte:
Hi John,
quote:
> I guess "Zwei Pizzas, bitte" doesn't cut the mustard, huh?
In fact, both variants are allowed. Zwei Pizzas is the normal form of plural,
but as you may guess, the german language has many exeptions to this rule,
and so "Pizzen" may be used to, although it is uncommon. ;-)
Tom.
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http://www.suchanhannover.de
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| John Ward 2005-02-24, 4:01 am |
| Hi Thomas,
My hat's off to you, mate!
I don't know how you blokes do it!
Are pizzas any healthier over there than they are here in Aus'? Or have
you been a naughty boy?? :-))
Regards,
John Ward
"Thomas Suchan" <valid.email.begins.after.the.three.dots...su.bin@gmx.de>
wrote in message news:Xns960758365FB8inboxtsugmxde@145.253.2.18...
quote:
> "John Ward" <johnrmward@optusnet.com.au> schrubte:
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> Hi John,
>
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> In fact, both variants are allowed. Zwei Pizzas is the normal form of
plural,
quote:
> but as you may guess, the german language has many exeptions to this rule,
> and so "Pizzen" may be used to, although it is uncommon. ;-)
>
> Tom.
>
>
> --
> http://www.suchanhannover.de
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| Thomas Suchan 2005-02-24, 6:05 pm |
| "John Ward" <johnrmward@optusnet.com.au> schrubte:
quote:
> My hat's off to you, mate!
>
> I don't know how you blokes do it!
>
> Are pizzas any healthier over there than they are here in Aus'? Or have
> you been a naughty boy?? :-))
Me, I'm weight watherin' (crossed the sonic wall of 100 Kilos after
Christmas...), and let me tell ya, two pizzas have enough points for the rest
of the day (one for breakfast, one for dinner, but nothing in between than
salad...)
;-)
Thomas.
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| Bill Leaming 2005-02-25, 4:01 am |
| On 24 Feb 2005 07:42:55 +0100, Thomas Suchan wrote:
quote:
> In Italy, one plural is to end the words with "i", like Spaghetti, Bambini,
In America, we have these "wonderful" canned treats called Spaghettios...
They must be very confused to mix up their plurals so badly... ;)
Bill
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