Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock
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According to Wikipedia...
Hungarian is a member of the Ugric languages, a sub-group of the Finno-Ugric language family, which in turn is a branch of the Uralic languages. Connections between the Ugric and Finnic languages were noticed in the 1670s and established, along with the entire Uralic family
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Aye WS
Interesting to reflect that both the Finns and the Hungararians are well known for being prone to depression, I wonder if this is a consequence of being exposed to such an odd language, well just a thought !
Pip Pip !!!
AJP
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Originally posted by WageSlaveThat's true, Alf. I believe it's also similar to Estonian. However, none of them belong to the common Indo-European family of languages. Off the top of my head I can't remember which family they belong to (and I can't be arsed to google for it), but I when I was learning Hungarian I recall something in the text book about a shared root with Persian. I'm sure Threaded can enlighten us
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffockNot so fast WS, I think you will find that Hungarian is very similar indeed to Finnish, this odd fact continues to puzzle linguistics
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However, both are easy compared to Hungarian which is a complete bitch and doesn't have anything in common with other European languages!
Not so fast WS, I think you will find that Hungarian is very similar indeed to Finnish, this odd fact continues to puzzle linguistics
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So Mr Bond...These Spectre Agents are trying to lure you into a trap using a Soviet encryption machine called a Lektor, as revenge for the death of Dr No.........
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Originally posted by FranckoThat's a problem with slavic/eastern languages in general. They have all variations of sounds like tzzz, gzzz, tccc,sccc, jzzzz.... I can't do them as I was never able to reproduce the dutch "g".... there are limits to what sounds the human mouth can reproduce without poking....
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Originally posted by Franckothere are limits to what sounds the human mouth can reproduce without poking....
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Originally posted by WageSlaveI don't envy you, hyperD. It's a very interesting language, but I'm glad I left that headache behind And everything is based around the suffix, which doesn't help.
I recall they have an awkward way of pronouncing their 's', which is completely different to the Slavic languages. Koszonom szepen (sp). Szeretlek! In Polish, 's' = s and 'sz' = sh, but in Hungarian it's the opposite
Still, it's a beautiful language, particularly when created by the likes of Sandor Petofi.
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Yep, the s/sh and sz/s is very confusing. There's even a zs which is s, as in measure.
Mind you, as long as I have the translation for "Where's me ****ing dinner b1tch?" and "Two beers please" I'll be OK.
I haven't got round to finishing the first sentence but the 2nd one is:-
"Meg ket sort kerek"
One for the Lingual First Aid kit.
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I don't envy you, hyperD. It's a very interesting language, but I'm glad I left that headache behind And everything is based around the suffix, which doesn't help.
I recall they have an awkward way of pronouncing their 's', which is completely different to the Slavic languages. Koszonom szepen (sp). Szeretlek! In Polish, 's' = s and 'sz' = sh, but in Hungarian it's the opposite
Still, it's a beautiful language, particularly when created by the likes of Sandor Petofi.
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Originally posted by WageSlaveHowever, both are easy compared to Hungarian which is a complete bitch and doesn't have anything in common with other European languages!
My greatest achievement to date has been pointing at the animals in a zoo repeating their Hungarian names in an appalling accent, which has the effect of parents hurrying their little Zoltan away from the strange, retarded man.
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Originally posted by PopPop had Janet up the tulipter.
I enjoyed myself very much, such a beautiful arse.
Just like Patricia.
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Originally posted by The Late, Great JCIs that the one where John takes it up the arse from 'Pop'?
Pop had Janet up the tulipter. I enjoyed myself very much, such a beautiful arse. Just like Patricia.
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