identify the language

[EternalOptimist]

Thanks guys.

I have written back

'Yes I will have two please. One with peppers and tabasco, one without'

[Moscow Mule]

BTW, on the subject of accented letters, is there a smart way in Windows to type them on a UK keyboard, short of copying and pasting individual letters from a carefully prepared "sample" text file?

Charmap

[hyperD]

BTW, on the subject of accented letters, is there a smart way in Windows to type them on a UK keyboard, short of copying and pasting individual letters from a carefully prepared "sample" text file?

I know about ALT NUM hash hex.. and all that geeky numeric keyboard DOS carp, but I mean an easy to remember way or better still some smart handy add-on (like the brilliant and indispensable WordWeb for spell checking) ?

As MM says, the Charmap thingy (in Windows Word). When I write Hungarian (not doing so much of that nowadays! ) I simply used to have a handful of prewritten vowels on the top of each letter as a Word template. Bit of a pain, but couldn't think of a better way (except remembering a load of ALT + codes).

[hyperD]

Thinking about it, I could have a word with our cleaners - they are Brazillian but there is a risk here: they don't speak a word of English and if suddenly this middle aged bloke went up to these pretty young girls and said the equivalent of "Right you f***ing b1tch" I'm sure plod would have me in the cell next to Bubba quicker than you can play the game "Mummy and Daddies" (ok mods, won't mention that joke again! )

[EternalOptimist]

Way hay.

he has deleted from the game, that was his last shot.

Scratch one Brazillian

[Churchill]

Thinking about it, I could have a word with our cleaners - they are Brazillian but there is a risk here: they don't speak a word of English and if suddenly this middle aged bloke went up to these pretty young girls and said the equivalent of "Step away from the rucksack" I'm sure plod would have me in the cell next to Bubba quicker than you can say the words "verbal harassment".

FTFY!

[Mich the Tester]

Portuguese Chavvish?

[EternalOptimist]

Thinking about it, I could have a word with our cleaners - they are Brazillian but there is a risk here: they don't speak a word of English and if suddenly this middle aged bloke went up to these pretty young girls and said the equivalent of "Right you f***ing b1tch" I'm sure plod would have me in the cell next to Bubba quicker than you can play the game "Mummy and Daddies" (ok mods, won't mention that joke again! )

please HyperD would you try that ?

Obviously dont just come out with it, for the reasons you mention
try this -

'Excuse, mes damselles. Je avec la friendio, EO. EO est dans le grande gamio, Travian, dans le Webb.
Il Et grande conquistedores (wave your arms a little bit here) , Le GRANDE conquistedore (wave arms a lot)
EO , est avanting dans le Brazillian, nom RODO. Le homme EO busted Rodo bottom. Rodo respondez
Ta chateadinho cachorrinho

quelle heur est ille'

[OwlHoot]

Way hay.

he has deleted from the game, that was his last shot.

Scratch one Brazillian

Blast. I was about to suggest you should ask them, because I suspect "Not So Wise" and Churchill have been guessing like the rest of us (although admittedly "son of a bitch" or similar is pretty likely).

[Churchill]

Blast. I was about to suggest you should ask them, because I suspect "Not So Wise" and Churchill have been guessing like the rest of us (although admittedly "son of a bitch" or similar is pretty likely).

Yup, t'was a guess...

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