I was looking up a word in my big German-English Dictionary when I noticed what may be the funniest word in German. It is:
Muckefuck
And apparently it means a coffee substitute. And you thought "Sanka" was weird enough...
I thought to myself, "If I drank coffee, and if I were to want a substitute, there is no way that I could say 'ich möchte etwas Muckefuck, bitte' with a straight face. I would start laughing."
Hence, this survey. It is short and simple, so that everyone can get back to their Muckefuck.
1. Name a word in a foreign language that you think sounds funny.
Muckefuck
And apparently it means a coffee substitute. And you thought "Sanka" was weird enough...
I thought to myself, "If I drank coffee, and if I were to want a substitute, there is no way that I could say 'ich möchte etwas Muckefuck, bitte' with a straight face. I would start laughing."
Hence, this survey. It is short and simple, so that everyone can get back to their Muckefuck.
1. Name a word in a foreign language that you think sounds funny.
Spánky (Spánek in dictionary form). The first time I heard/read it while listening to a Martin? song, I sort of laughed. Of course, it means sleep.
2. Name a word in a foreign language you do not like.
Tvrdí ... meaning hard ... which is too hard to say. Or that other awful one. ?ty?í. Always derails my counting. Words that start with St? ... like the word for silver, cant think of it off the top of my head.
3. Name a word or phrase in your own language you do not like.
Diminution, I always mangle it. I say Diminiminution or something. Philosophical, I get the accents backwards, like, (fil - OS - o - FIK - il) as opposed to (FIL - o -SOPH - ik - il).
This message last edited by The_Muted_Grimaud on 11/04/2011 at 08:00:52 PM
Funny words
11/04/2011 03:22:29 PM
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Re: Funny words
11/04/2011 04:12:50 PM
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Yeah, I was going to ask you about the ß but Tim got there first. It is very easy.
11/04/2011 11:37:42 PM
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How about these?
11/04/2011 07:30:41 PM
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"Muckefuck" sounds to me like "Schmutzenficken" sounds to you.
11/04/2011 11:26:21 PM
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Re: Funny words
11/04/2011 09:40:11 PM
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Haha. How are you supposed to pronounce it?
11/04/2011 10:36:16 PM
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Moockefoock, though with short "oo"s. I'm guessing it's more the spelling that's funny. *NM*
11/04/2011 10:59:37 PM
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Sort of like "book" for both "u"s and with a short "uh" sound for the "e".
11/04/2011 11:22:55 PM
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Innstapp
12/04/2011 07:44:01 AM
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I think that works because the languages are similar but distinct
12/04/2011 03:04:49 PM
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I think some of my funniest foreign words would have to be Norwegian, as well.
12/04/2011 07:11:43 PM
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Re: I think some of my funniest foreign words would have to be Norwegian, as well.
12/04/2011 07:13:26 PM
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Well, Norwegian is closer to Dutch than Swedish and Danish are.
12/04/2011 07:33:22 PM
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Re: Well, Norwegian is closer to Dutch than Swedish and Danish are.
12/04/2011 07:35:38 PM
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Re: Funny words
12/04/2011 11:58:22 AM
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I found Tagalog to be an unattractive language
12/04/2011 03:07:28 PM
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That's an odd way of reasoning...
12/04/2011 07:15:37 PM
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Have you spent any appreciable amount of time in Asia?
13/04/2011 01:23:13 AM
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Nope. None, in fact.
13/04/2011 07:15:28 PM
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I always grimace a little when I hear "pupsik". Always sounds like "poopsicle" to me. *NM*
13/04/2011 06:08:46 AM
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