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JCC new best friends club thread

Discussion in 'Community' started by tom, Dec 15, 2014.

  1. Obi Anne

    Obi Anne Celebration Mistress of Ceremonies star 8 Staff Member Manager

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    But it's completely logical and economical to make it into just one word. Swedish does this a lot as well.

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  2. I Are The Internets

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    What's the longest word in the Swedish language?
     
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  3. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    SVÄRTA
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  4. Pensivia

    Pensivia Chosen One star 5

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    I'm a huge fan of that show and watch it pretty much every week

    (and yes, I readily confess that my few TV "habits" are sometimes rather "geriatric" in nature...what can I say, I started watching it when it premiered in 1979...I was 10)
     
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  5. I Are The Internets

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    Oh, since the pandemic started, I've adapted the habits of a 70+ year old hermit, especially when it comes to TV. I always get excited when I have time to watch the Late Shows at night. It's the little things in life
     
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  6. Pensivia

    Pensivia Chosen One star 5

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    It is truly amazing how the pandemic has made such "little things" into weekly high points. These days, I practically live for "Takeout Thursdays" at our house and get excited when I need to drive to the PO drop box to mail something or make a curbside pickup run to the grocery or some other store.
     
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  7. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    Who'd ever have thought the day would come when running to the nearest supermarket could become the most exciting thing you could do (safely)?
    If/when the pandemic is over we're gonna have a much greater appreciation for the simple things in life...
     
  8. Obi Anne

    Obi Anne Celebration Mistress of Ceremonies star 8 Staff Member Manager

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    According to wikipedia this "nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten" but this is a word that is constructed just to show how you can construct incredibly long words in Swedish. A major Swedish news paper has this as the longest word that they have printed "gravmonumentsindustrifabrikationsprodukterna" and the Swedish equivalent of the Oxford dictionary has this as their longest word "Realisationsvinstbeskattning". Words with 25-35 letters are maybe not the most common, but they are not unusual either. Once you start adding four or more words together though the recommendation is to split it up into more words to make it easier to read and understand.
     
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  9. Pensivia

    Pensivia Chosen One star 5

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    I would love for this to be true, but, unfortunately, I think those positive effects are more likely to "wear off" all too soon.
     
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  10. Healer_Leona

    Healer_Leona Squirrel Wrangler & Former Mod/Wacky Wed. Winner star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Winner

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    Good morning all.

    Had to go out and get a universal remote because the power buttton on the tv one just didn't work anymore. Took awhile to get it working but yay don't have to stab the remote with a pencil anymore!!

    Treating myself to some chips & salsa for the Packer game today.
     
  11. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    Chips & salsa.... yum! :)
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    Hope you enjoy the game!
     
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  12. gezvader28

    gezvader28 Two Truths & Lie winner! star 6 VIP - Game Winner

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    yeah , I tend to think we'll be like Homer Simpson at the end of that episode where he's poisoned by a blowfish.
     
  13. poor yorick

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    Why is it always “schnell?” Do movie Nazis have somewhere to be? Do they have a cab outside with the meter running ...?

    I’m not sure why that’s the longest Swedish word, But apparently that loft has a weight limit of 220 pounds, so maybe the extra letters are swear words said by fat people when it collapses.
     
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  14. Obi Anne

    Obi Anne Celebration Mistress of Ceremonies star 8 Staff Member Manager

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    That can't even be the longest name of an IKEA item.
     
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  15. CairnsTony

    CairnsTony Force Ghost star 5

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    I've spoken to, or played (more fluent speakers than me) Irish, to others, and they've often said it sounds like Arabic or Dutch because of the guttural consonants. I don't agree at all, but others can be the judge:



    A lot of second language Irish speakers have softened those sounds in speech to a 'k', usually, which to me just sounds weird.

    I didn't mention earlier but I also really like Zulu and Xhosa, because they have, not just click consonants, but a rather lovely use of tones (nicer to my ears than certain East Asian languages):





    I'm less familiar with other Bantu languages (except Swahili), but I'd wager many of them are up there too!
     
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  16. Obi Anne

    Obi Anne Celebration Mistress of Ceremonies star 8 Staff Member Manager

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    To me Irish is defiitely a "soft" language, I don't think it's hard at all, and it is also a very beautful language.
     
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  17. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    I went to a MOVIE yesterday. Woooo! There were five people in the theatre
     
  18. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    That's awesome, hopefully everyone there was practicing safe movieing
     
  19. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Yep masks required and we were 20 feet away from the other group.
     
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  20. DarthTunick

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    Last movie I saw in a theater was Rise of Skywalker, and after, me & my friend had to run to the car, due to a sudden downpour of rain... seemed fitting. :p
     
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  21. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I didn’t really think that one through
     
  22. Zapdos

    Zapdos Force Ghost star 5

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    no silly that would be stupid. congratulations with the day.

    love being dissed by sweden tho.
     
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  23. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    It's all the same really, isn't it. Congratulations with being alive an x amount of time.

    For me it's now 48 orbits around the sun.
     
  24. Zapdos

    Zapdos Force Ghost star 5

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    for the most part a pretty lousy orbit this last one anyway.
     
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  25. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    But your presence made it more tolerable for us, bestie.
     
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