Polyglots?

[Svartalf]

The manes of Egill son of Bald Grim, Eyvind Poetspoiler and Thorolf of Hvinir are cursing you.

[Eriku]

The manes of Egill son of Bald Grim, Eyvind Poetspoiler and Thorolf of Hvinir are cursing you.

s'arite... with a name like Eirik I know that I have one or two kings ready to wield their bloody axes for me

[Svartalf]

But you still owe me a head's ransom if you don't want me to plant a staff of shame on you.

[Trolldor]

I can speak 14 languages, all of them English.

[Svartalf]

More dormouse in your tea?

[Eriku]

But you still owe me a head's ransom if you don't want me to plant a staff of shame on you.

Noggy laws have evolved, Svartemann

How much is a head's ransom, out of curiosity?

[Trolldor]

One can always have more than nothing.

[Eriku]

btw, Madhat, are you talking about variants of English like British, American, Jaimaican, Haitian, etc. or are you just being silly?

I want some sound clips of you performing your array of English talents, if not. Pwetty pwease? (That's Elmer Fuddian, if you're not familiar with it)

[Trolldor]

I'm afraid I can't do that Hal.

[Svartalf]

But you still owe me a head's ransom if you don't want me to plant a staff of shame on you.

Noggy laws have evolved, Svartemann

How much is a head's ransom, out of curiosity?

Obvious, find a nice and cute Norsegirl who'll give me head ...

[Eriku]

But you still owe me a head's ransom if you don't want me to plant a staff of shame on you.

Noggy laws have evolved, Svartemann

How much is a head's ransom, out of curiosity?

Obvious, find a nice and cute Norsegirl who'll give me head ...

If I could find one for myself and if I would have to deprive you of one to keep her to myself, I'd rather have you plant the staff of shame... so long as it's not done in an invasive way.

[DRSB]

Svartalf wrote:

What I studied in school was formal Castillan, and that's still the model I look for in grammar and pronunciation. Trouble is that, of late, all my exposure to "Spanish" (I can't even regard it as such myself) I've had was deep south, small town Andalucian that is weird on every level... I don't have as much difficulty dealing with the enforced specificity of Catalan dialect... and of course, for some weird reason, I seem to have more of an affinity for Galician and Portuguese anyway, which is not saying much given that I neither study, nor ever get to practice those.

A Catalan guy disagrees withe the term "dialect" to denote Catalan and allowed me to quote him, for the sake of acuracy:

"Wrong! Catalan is a language with its own and different rules.Ok, they are both romanic, but that's all.

Catalan has à, é,è, í, ò, ó, ú whereas Spanish has á, é, í, ó, ú

Catalan has ç and l·l (pronounced like a long l), whereas Spanish has
not.

Catalan has ny whereas Spanish has ñ (same sound, different spelling)

Verb conjugation is different too.

There are more differences between Catalan and Spanish, these are only
the most important.

I know this for sure because my society is bilingual."

[Svartalf]

With all due respect, Catalan is a dialect, either of Langue d'Oc or of Spanish.

There's pretty little linguistic that is properly Catalan, it all is part of the southern Romance language continuum.

AFAIAC, every contrary claim on the part of Catalans is misplaced chauvinism and/or politically driven.

[owtth]

With all due respect, Catalan is a dialect, either of Langue d'Oc or of Spanish.

There's pretty little linguistic that is properly Catalan, it all is part of the southern Romance language continuum.

AFAIAC, every contrary claim on the part of Catalans is misplaced chauvinism and/or politically driven.

My Catalan wife has a number of relatives who cannot speak Spanish or French. Strangely Catalans have an easy enough time understanding Italian. As to whether it is a language or a dialect, surely that rests with it's official status?

[Svartalf]

When French schools start offering different classes in Catalan and Castillan, I'll believe that Catalan is a real language... for all I've seen, it's more like the locals imposing their patois just to annoy the madrid folk... For that matter, I'd be more inclined to declare Andalucian a separate language, on phonologics alone.