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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    And none for 'fun'...

    Defaid.

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  • JohntheBike
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    For giggles I chucked that at Google Translate and told it to figure out the language. It thinks it's Basque but only managed to translate kamzaskula into camcorder.
    some of the remote European languages, including Welsh and perhaps Basque were considered in WW2 for secrecy issues. I believe they choose Navajo Indian. Wasn't there a film made about it?

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View Post
    furriner
    Hmmmm....inneresting....

    Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View Post
    furriner
    Originally posted by Freaki Li Cuatre View Post
    furriner

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  • Big Blue Plymouth
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police' - BBC News

    Is it time for the Speling Polise to back off and give those with disabilities a chance?
    Swings and roundabouts.

    We had a load of foreign students on my M.Sc. They had to lower the pass mark for the project management module because the standard of English was so bad. I'm sure I'd have failed otherwise - not because of my grammar but just my ineptitude with nebulous subjects like that.

    Also, a guy on the same course had his dissertation knocked back because his spelling was so bad (not a furriner - he was from Sunderland). They gave him 3 months to resubmit it. He did and he got a distinction. Stuck in the craw somewhat.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
    Nonsense.

    We have 10,000 words for rain.
    And none for 'fun'...

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    Welsh is supposed to be a very effective way of communicating, it's just that the Welsh have **** all of note to impart.
    Nonsense.

    We have 10,000 words for rain.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Ehdojklk fedocrak spegumboo kamzaskula hagodib
    For giggles I chucked that at Google Translate and told it to figure out the language. It thinks it's Basque but only managed to translate kamzaskula into camcorder.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Ehdojklk fedocrak spegumboo kamzaskula hagodib
    Dave..?

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  • xoggoth
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    Ehdojklk fedocrak spegumboo kamzaskula hagodib

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by JohntheBike View Post
    perhaps if English were more phonetic like Welsh is, we might not have this problem.
    Welsh is supposed to be a very effective way of communicating, it's just that the Welsh have **** all of note to impart.

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  • JohntheBike
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police' - BBC News

    Is it time for the Speling Polise to back off and give those with disabilities a chance?
    perhaps if English were more phonetic like Welsh is, we might not have this problem.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police' - BBC News

    Is it time for the Speling Polise to back off and give those with disabilities a chance?
    Nope.

    Hth.

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  • BrilloPad
    started a topic Speling Polise

    Speling Polise

    Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police' - BBC News

    Is it time for the Speling Polise to back off and give those with disabilities a chance?

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