tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post9008091619743769522..comments2024-03-10T01:26:13.595-08:00Comments on Trainride Of The Enigmas: BabelGeo.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-3642283667501149912018-04-13T20:25:47.511-07:002018-04-13T20:25:47.511-07:00If my guess is correct, Jenny, our planet's la...If my guess is correct, Jenny, our planet's languages will merge in ways unheard of since the colonization of this and other continents 2 or 3 hundred years ago --and before that, the language of commerce among coastal and river valley cities. Philology is an ongoing study, which computers and mass media will doubtless continue to accelerate.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-28794509317391777722018-04-13T18:42:45.964-07:002018-04-13T18:42:45.964-07:00This is just delightful, Geo! Mr. Dutton is lovely...This is just delightful, Geo! Mr. Dutton is lovely to listen to. I just watched a TED talk about languages where it was said there are about 7,000 languages in the world, although we are losing them quickly. I wonder what our Earth's languages will sound like in a hundred years. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-35340560157509573472018-04-12T22:21:51.917-07:002018-04-12T22:21:51.917-07:00Dear Bruce, until counseled by a qualified Welshpe...Dear Bruce, until counseled by a qualified Welshperson, I cannot be sure, but he rattled it off with such precision that I am satisfied he did. I will admit that, in my research of its proper spelling, the letter-count varied from 58 to 62. So I would award Mr. Dutton with a score of 90% to 100% --an A grade by global standards. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-44766152424834456542018-04-12T21:47:05.091-07:002018-04-12T21:47:05.091-07:00Geo, are you sure he pronounced it correctly?Geo, are you sure he pronounced it correctly?Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-53217361889621322802018-04-12T17:58:31.660-07:002018-04-12T17:58:31.660-07:00Tongue-tied or promoted to Elocution Coach for the...Tongue-tied or promoted to Elocution Coach for the whole BBC.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-82019038427539616062018-04-12T17:56:01.283-07:002018-04-12T17:56:01.283-07:00I wish you success on your idea, Tom. But take car...I wish you success on your idea, Tom. But take care: Norma just told me that Dylan Thomas would go nuts in bars and bite people --could've been the language.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-47723936475702556412018-04-12T17:50:52.480-07:002018-04-12T17:50:52.480-07:00Agreed, practiced and brave. I think I could do ma...Agreed, practiced and brave. I think I could do maybe a quarter of that name he rattled off, but then I'd have to go lie down.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-19833152888215546662018-04-12T17:47:35.111-07:002018-04-12T17:47:35.111-07:00Delores, I can imagine that scene all too easily -...Delores, I can imagine that scene all too easily --in today's world, even though we have interpreters. And yes, that young chap has a true and practiced gift.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-37105035832321591782018-04-12T17:42:36.511-07:002018-04-12T17:42:36.511-07:00Sounds typical of name-modifications in the old da...Sounds typical of name-modifications in the old days. My father's family came from the Azores, where it was customary to drop superfluous vowels at the ends of words. That, combined with immigrating to California in in 1850, shortened our name from 7 letters to 4, where it has remained.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-74019673649710731862018-04-12T17:24:04.340-07:002018-04-12T17:24:04.340-07:00Emma, I was amazed by Mr. Dutton's mastery of ...Emma, I was amazed by Mr. Dutton's mastery of that word. My wife's people are Welsh and when one of my sons (Californian is a fairly neutral accent too) went to visit he had to listen very carefully.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-75318519060793592092018-04-12T17:18:13.352-07:002018-04-12T17:18:13.352-07:00Jon, if I remember right from childhood, the most ...Jon, if I remember right from childhood, the most frequent Portuguese expletives I heard were (Phonetically --I was preliterate) "Ah, cu diabo" or "bunda do diabo", to which the standard reply was "You're sitting on it". I believe they thought profanity would burn the plaque off the back of their teeth and was just part of good dentition. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-17446957627090993872018-04-12T11:43:28.326-07:002018-04-12T11:43:28.326-07:00Liam's efforts were indeed historic and commen...Liam's efforts were indeed historic and commendable! I play tennis with a guy who grew up in Wales. I'm eager to hear his take on the video and I plan to ask him to say the town's name slowly enough that I might even try to say it.<br />Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-90124313770270473602018-04-12T11:33:16.895-07:002018-04-12T11:33:16.895-07:00Brave and glib man! I wonder how long he had to p...Brave and glib man! I wonder how long he had to practice that one? Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-8872290832136090172018-04-12T10:37:32.945-07:002018-04-12T10:37:32.945-07:00I must say that was an incredible feat. The flat i...I must say that was an incredible feat. The flat intonations of Nebraska enable me to hear and understand most languages and dialects. Welsh is simply beyond my ken.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-29021742367316907572018-04-12T07:35:18.080-07:002018-04-12T07:35:18.080-07:00Can't you see them all standing arond their fa...Can't you see them all standing arond their fallen tower and saying "I can't understand a word you are saying" in a dozen dialects, waving their arms and shouting and finally marching off in different directions. I wonder how long that young chap practiced before he felt confident enough to rattle off that name.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-5012727001426458902018-04-12T05:53:30.833-07:002018-04-12T05:53:30.833-07:00The announcer was a brave man to take on saying th...The announcer was a brave man to take on saying the name of that town on live TV. <br /><br />My paternal grandfather took off a vowel of his name to get a job. My mom, being first generation Irish, put it back on. My dad only used the O’ when he joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians, but professionally went without. It all got confusing because my parents legally, on all papers, had a different name than us children. Their tombstone, though, had the vowel. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-4864515873162593482018-04-12T02:09:54.501-07:002018-04-12T02:09:54.501-07:00Haven't seen that weather forecaster around fo...Haven't seen that weather forecaster around for a while. Maybe he just became tongue-tied!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-21481176205158130732018-04-12T01:02:51.568-07:002018-04-12T01:02:51.568-07:00I know next to nothing about consonants or vowels,...I know next to nothing about consonants or vowels, but I'm positive that the most incomprehensible dialects at Babel were the Texas and Tennessee southern accents....<br />....and the most offensive were the dirty words used by irate Hungarians.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.com