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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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In my office theres this little joke a day thing on the wall over the copy machine we read while waiting for photocopies. Today I read something that inspired this topic's random theme.
In how many languages can you say fire?
(please correct some of these if theyre wrong.)
Chinese - Huo
Dutch - brand
French - Le feu
German - Feuer
Italian - fuoco
Portugese - fogo
Spanish - fuego
Polish - ogieñ
Maori - ahi; pupuhi
Afrikaans - brand; ontslaan; vuur
Chezk - vyhodit
Danish - skyde; ild
Estorian - tuli; vaimustus
Finnish - tuli
Gaelic - las
Hawaiian - ahi
Hungarian - langolva; allva
Indonesiean - memburakan; api; memecat
Latin - accendo; icendi
Potawatomi - shkota
Seneca - katsista
Norweigan - varme; sparke
Romany - foc
Sanskrit - agni
Swahili - moto
Sumerian - sîr
Swedish - eld
Tagalog - apoy; init
Turkish - yangin; atmak
Ukranian - vohoni
Welsh - tananu; saethu; tanio
Hindi - aga; jalana; agni
Lithuanian - ugnis
Kreyol - dife; revoke
Lol, Anything I missed or messed up on?
Aish
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In my office theres this little joke a day thing on the wall over the copy machine we read while waiting for photocopies. Today I read something that inspired this topic's random theme.
In how many languages can you say fire?
(please correct some of these if theyre wrong.)
Chinese - Huo
Dutch - brand
French - Le feu
German - Feuer
Italian - fuoco
Portugese - fogo
Spanish - fuego
Polish - ogieñ
Maori - ahi; pupuhi
Afrikaans - brand; ontslaan; vuur
Chezk - vyhodit
Danish - skyde; ild
Estorian - tuli; vaimustus
Finnish - tuli
Gaelic - las
Hawaiian - ahi
Hungarian - langolva; allva
Indonesiean - memburakan; api; memecat
Latin - accendo; icendi
Potawatomi - shkota
Seneca - katsista
Norweigan - varme; sparke
Romany - foc
Sanskrit - agni
Swahili - moto
Sumerian - sîr
Swedish - eld
Tagalog - apoy; init
Turkish - yangin; atmak
Ukranian - vohoni
Welsh - tananu; saethu; tanio
Hindi - aga; jalana; agni
Lithuanian - ugnis
Kreyol - dife; revoke
Lol, Anything I missed or messed up on?
Aish
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. W. B. Yeats
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Posted:
Greek
fire = φωτιά, πυρκαγιά, πυροβολώ
fotia, pyrkagia, pyrobolo
Greek
fire = φωτιά, πυρκαγιά, πυροβολώ
fotia, pyrkagia, pyrobolo
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Las means Light in Gaelic (Irish), Tine is fire
Japanese - Hi
Las means Light in Gaelic (Irish), Tine is fire
Japanese - Hi
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
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Posted:
you dont need to say fire, ppl know what you mean when you light it, or when you set fire to your hair, so i get by that way!
later days
you dont need to say fire, ppl know what you mean when you light it, or when you set fire to your hair, so i get by that way!
later days
Step (el-nombrie)
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Posted:
waw !!! polyglotish !
... just one lil correction : fire in dutch is "vuur" ("brand" is for burning) ...
but please don´t understand this wrong ... i really couldn´t say it in all these languages ...
this one is on your skills !!!!
waw !!! polyglotish !
... just one lil correction : fire in dutch is "vuur" ("brand" is for burning) ...
but please don´t understand this wrong ... i really couldn´t say it in all these languages ...
this one is on your skills !!!!
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Location: Wageningen, NL
Posted:
campfire: kampvuur
fire!! (as in: your house is on fire): brand!
incend: in brand steken, brand stichten
flames: vlammen
spit fire; vuurspugen
I knew an Estonian beaut called Ugne, and she said that that means fire(flame) as well.
quote:the phenomena fire: vuur
Originally posted by florre:
waw !!! polyglotish !
... just one lil correction : fire in dutch is "vuur" ("brand" is for burning) ...
campfire: kampvuur
fire!! (as in: your house is on fire): brand!
incend: in brand steken, brand stichten
flames: vlammen
spit fire; vuurspugen
I knew an Estonian beaut called Ugne, and she said that that means fire(flame) as well.
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posted:
Someone actually e-mailed me these:
Tolkien Black Speech - ghaash
Tolkien Queyana (Elf) - Uur; anor
Klingon - moH
Vulcan - yOn
Adelic - buuri
Lol, whatever!
Aish
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quote:The joke a day thing was actually a reference to asking someone for a light to light a cigarette. Hence using the word fire.
Originally posted by Mechhead:
you dont need to say fire, ppl know what you mean when you light it, or when you set fire to your hair, so i get by that way!
later days
Someone actually e-mailed me these:
Tolkien Black Speech - ghaash
Tolkien Queyana (Elf) - Uur; anor
Klingon - moH
Vulcan - yOn
Adelic - buuri
Lol, whatever!
Aish
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. W. B. Yeats
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Posted:
Pig Latin: irefay
Sorry, had to be done.
Pig Latin: irefay
Sorry, had to be done.
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Posted:
Russian: Ogon' [agon']
and i somehow doubt it would be "vyhodit" in Chech... i would think that means "comes out"
but whatever
skjalff
Russian: Ogon' [agon']
and i somehow doubt it would be "vyhodit" in Chech... i would think that means "comes out"
but whatever
skjalff
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