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Re: favourite words
I only know 1 or 3 of those words. Isn't karsk some kind of ice? is this the same as kvark?
How about
pajamas
obliterate
smack
aardvaark
porcupine
pangalin
avocado
snorkel
and from the slang thanks to the Vagina Monologues
coochie-snorcher
How about
pajamas
obliterate
smack
aardvaark
porcupine
pangalin
avocado
snorkel
and from the slang thanks to the Vagina Monologues
coochie-snorcher
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Re: favourite words
Is kvark a quark? I'm not surprised that Halfy (nor I) didn't know what the Norwegian translation is.
Re: favourite words
well.. it is kinda obvious though
(because it is pronounced the same duh..well almost, we pronounce the v)
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Re: favourite words
Contemplate - a fine word ![Nod](/users/1813/32/54/71/smiles/1918643206.gif)
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Re: favourite words
Yes, contemplate is a very fine word. As is memorandum.
Do Fjordlandians pronounce a v the way we pronounce a w? That changes everything.
And kvetch is an exemplary word, but only if you pronounce a hard v.
Do Fjordlandians pronounce a v the way we pronounce a w? That changes everything.
And kvetch is an exemplary word, but only if you pronounce a hard v.
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Re: favourite words
Norc wrote:(because it is pronounced the same duh..well almost, we pronounce the v)
So ... it's not pronounced the same at all, then?
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Re: favourite words
no... we pronounce v as in victory.
eldo
it has the same K and A and R and K... it's just the v...
(quark sounds like quack... kvark is like so much more fun to say)
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(quark sounds like quack... kvark is like so much more fun to say)
Re: favourite words
I like to pair the word "quirk" with "quark".
Do you have a Fjordlandic word that goes well with "kvark"?
Do you have a Fjordlandic word that goes well with "kvark"?
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Re: favourite words
Norc wrote:no... we pronounce v as in victory.
eldoit has the same K and A and R and K... it's just the v...
(quark sounds like quack... kvark is like so much more fun to say)
No, quark most definitely does not sound like quack, it sounds like quaRck.
(and not 'quoke' as the brits would pronounce it.
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Re: favourite words
There are some, David, which share the same "kva-" opening. Like "kvalifisert" (qualified) and "kvartett" (quartet). Both of which share and probably have their origin in the "qua-" opening in english, so there's probably some connection betwen the sounds.
As for the general pronounciation, while they are slightly different they are so similar I doubt anyone would fail to grasp the meaning whichever pronounciation they heard.![Shrugging](/users/1813/32/54/71/smiles/3392635135.gif)
As for the general pronounciation, while they are slightly different they are so similar I doubt anyone would fail to grasp the meaning whichever pronounciation they heard.
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Re: favourite words
halfwise wrote:Norc wrote:no... we pronounce v as in victory.
eldoit has the same K and A and R and K... it's just the v...
(quark sounds like quack... kvark is like so much more fun to say)
No, quark most definitely does not sound like quack, it sounds like quaRck.
(and not 'quoke' as the brits would pronounce it.)
I was going to say I had the impression it was pronounced kind of like norc, but that's probably how the english pronounce it then.
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Re: favourite words
The english and americans pronounce Norc differently, but in each case it would rhyme with their pronunciation of quark.
To our ears the Brit pronunciation of Norc is just shy of 'knock'. But then they've started throwing in an extra r in words like 'sawr' instead of 'saw', because perversely if you wrote the word 'sawr' they would pronounce it 'saw'.
American linguists rather smugly refer to this as 'over-compensation'.
To our ears the Brit pronunciation of Norc is just shy of 'knock'. But then they've started throwing in an extra r in words like 'sawr' instead of 'saw', because perversely if you wrote the word 'sawr' they would pronounce it 'saw'.
American linguists rather smugly refer to this as 'over-compensation'.
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Re: favourite words
Maybe it boils down to simply having more time to screw around with the language.
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Re: favourite words
This British English vs American English thing is quite fun to watch from the sideline ![Laughing](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_lol.gif)
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Oh, we find the Brits to be adorable. Sort of old school charming, like your grandmother.
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Re: favourite words
I like sjablong. And the (very?) local word gløslik. Gløs=(quick) look, lik=like and it is used when someone at first glance looks like someone else, then you look again and find that they don't really look a like at all.
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Re: favourite words
Also Brits shouldn't claim American's put R into random words when neither of them can pronounce R correctly in the first place.
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Re: favourite words
plonker is a good word
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Re: favourite words
Don't you bloody Americans start telling us English how to pronounce our own fecking language!!!!
And you can fuck off with your adorable too!!
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And you can fuck off with your adorable too!!
Re: favourite words
qwak?halfwise wrote:Norc wrote:no... we pronounce v as in victory.
eldoit has the same K and A and R and K... it's just the v...
(quark sounds like quack... kvark is like so much more fun to say)
No, quark most definitely does not sound like quack, it sounds like quaRck.
(and not 'quoke' as the brits would pronounce it.)
Re: favourite words
Bluebottle wrote:halfwise wrote:Norc wrote:no... we pronounce v as in victory.
eldoit has the same K and A and R and K... it's just the v...
(quark sounds like quack... kvark is like so much more fun to say)
No, quark most definitely does not sound like quack, it sounds like quaRck.
(and not 'quoke' as the brits would pronounce it.)
I was going to say I had the impression it was pronounced kind of like norc, but that's probably how the english pronounce it then.![]()
why is it so dificult.. or the ozzie way, like hawk, nawk, but more nasal. didn't know the brits did is as in knock... i guess the scottish way may be more similar to how I would do it.halfwise wrote:The english and americans pronounce Norc differently, but in each case it would rhyme with their pronunciation of quark.
To our ears the Brit pronunciation of Norc is just shy of 'knock'. But then they've started throwing in an extra r in words like 'sawr' instead of 'saw', because perversely if you wrote the word 'sawr' they would pronounce it 'saw'.
American linguists rather smugly refer to this as 'over-compensation'.
in norway it is like from moomin valley, the snork (snorken), so norc as in the verb å snorke,
no.. wait, edit: it is actually /nårk/ in norwegian.
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And you can fuck off with your adorable too!!
Tisk tisk! Such language from a cute sad puppy!
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Lancebloke wrote:Don't you bloody Americans start telling us English how to pronounce our own fecking language!!!!
I hope you all understand that if he ever heard me speak, Halfy would make just as much fun of the way I speak as he does of all of you, or for that matter as I would of him (New Yowakahs
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