It's odd, though, because they're related to the Polynesian languages and I think Hawaiian sounds neat.
Malay and Indonesian (or Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia, if you prefer) are sister languages, but Tagalog is different enough from them that your statement makes about as much sense as saying "it's funny how ugly Portuguese sounds considering it's related to French and Italian" - or still less, as I suspect Tagalog is more distant from the other two than Portuguese is from French and Italian.
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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*NM*
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