Would you "digitize" your body?

AzraeL · Post by **AzraeL** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:27 pm

[quote="Deacon";p="728184"]That's so cute la![/quote]

La is different, as it's not used to act cool, its used because "that's just the way singaporeans speak english" (unless some white guy is doing it, then it it just to feel special).

The Cid · Post by **The Cid** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:08 pm

My friend is from Ohio, but lived in Singapore for a few years and does the "lah" thing occasionally. It's kinda...irritating.

Query: what about using other languages when speaking romantically? Is that the same thing, or is that different entirely? Because if not, I might be just as guilty as the "desu" folks.

AzraeL · Post by **AzraeL** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:24 pm

So you try to impress the ladies by speaking like Gambit?

The Cid · Post by **The Cid** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:32 pm

Actually, pretty much, except that I don't know a lick of French. So I use Spanish and Japanese words/phrases on occasion. My girlfriend occasionally drops a line or two in Gaelic, and I guess that's where it started with me.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:25 am

AzraeL, I wouldn't fault a Japanese forumite throwing in a "ne" like that, though it would be kind of annoying, nor would I fault a Singaporean forumite throwing "la" in there. I'm was referencing Americans who do that kind of stuff...

bagheadinc · Post by **bagheadinc** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:30 am

RACIST!

Kerui · Post by **Kerui** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:05 pm

I enjoy the pleasures of the mind more than of the flesh...therefore, I would love to digitize not only my body, but my mind.

Maybe, take my mind and throw it into the vast expanses of the net? Think of the possibilities! Hell, I could even hang out with Real Life Comics characters online all the time.

Just have to watch out for those weird sites...like, Scientology, or the Britney Spears Fan Club.

Posted Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:12 am:

[quote="Deacon";p="728540"]AzraeL, I wouldn't fault a Japanese forumite throwing in a "ne" like that, though it would be kind of annoying, nor would I fault a Singaporean forumite throwing "la" in there. I'm was referencing Americans who do that kind of stuff...[/quote]

I've been known to do things like this on occasion...but generally not in forums. Once I started to get the hang of Chinese, I found it invading my English so I started to say things like, "I want to go to the museum suoyi I can get extra credit for class." Yeah, it happened...weird for me, even weirder for the people trying to figure out "Suoyi" (所以).

Arc Orion · Post by **Arc Orion** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:58 pm

[quote="Kerui";p="728898"]I enjoy the pleasures of the mind more than of the flesh.[/quote]But you still play Diablo II? Does not compute.

Oh, and welcome to the forums.

SevTiZ · Post by **SevTiZ** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:44 pm

diikan wa totemo bakana hito desune. nihongo wa kireina go desuyo.

(Deacon is a very foolish person, isn't he? Japanese is a beautiful language, y'know.)

Gowerlypuff · Post by **Gowerlypuff** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:10 pm

I hate it when people spout japanese to sound cool. People don't do it in Welsh, German, Italian, Latin, Esperanto, French, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Afrikaans, and why? Because none of those make you sound like an animé fanboy, and thus, not cool, or kawaii. It's bloody annoying. I understand that some words and phrases have come into the English language and have been welcomed. It's what gives our language a certain je ne sais quoi. However, these haven't. So why use them? There are hundreds of thousands of words in the English language. How about learning to use (and SPELL, PLEASE) them?

Bigity · Post by **Bigity** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:16 pm

RACIST

Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:19 pm

Can I introduce music videos and sell Co-Co-Coca Co-o-o-o-o-o-la?

bagheadinc · Post by **bagheadinc** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:19 pm

I'll use random Spanish/Spanglish words every once in a while. Maybe I'm a Spanimé fanboy.

Posted Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:20 pm:

[quote="Dreamer";p="729179"]Can I introduce music videos and sell Co-Co-Coca Co-o-o-o-o-o-la?[/quote]

WIN!

Kerui · Post by **Kerui** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:48 pm

[quote="Arc Orion";p="728924"][quote="Kerui";p="728898"]I enjoy the pleasures of the mind more than of the flesh.[/quote]But you still play Diablo II? Does not compute.

Oh, and welcome to the forums.[/quote]

Hey hey hey...there is a huge fan base for Diablo II...or are you implying that Diablo II is not pleasurable? Either way, yes, I do enjoy Diablo II, there must be something messing with you Kernel32.DLL.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:08 pm

[quote="Gowerlypuff";p="729176"]I hate it when people spout japanese to sound cool. People don't do it in Welsh, German, Italian, Latin, Esperanto, French, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Afrikaans, and why? Because none of those make you sound like an animé fanboy, and thus, not cool, or kawaii. It's bloody annoying. I understand that some words and phrases have come into the English language and have been welcomed. It's what gives our language a certain je ne sais quoi. However, these haven't. So why use them? There are hundreds of thousands of words in the English language. How about learning to use (and SPELL, PLEASE) them?[/quote]

What about when people use phrases from other languages* for reasons other than quote-unquote "to be cool"?

(*let's just ignore the fact that many commonplace "english" words started off as words from other languages, too)

And I find it kinda funny that you chide people (mostly americans) from stealing the words of other languages, and then throw a "bloody" in there, as well as using "je ne sais quoi". I mean, what the fuck. Instead of using that and bloody, how about learning to use one or two of the many thousands of english words availible?

Pfft ... Who determines what foreign words and slang and whatnot are 'valid' for use in english, and which ones aren't?

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