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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 673 of 766 18 December 2014 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
That is what I call a good memory :-) And you are absolutely right. The rules were changed after a few days, but the original rules are the ones quoted above. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4666 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 674 of 766 18 December 2014 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
Good memory. The original rules are in the first post here. If you hunt for "Twilight" you'll see the change on 15 May 2012. Edited by dampingwire on 25 December 2014 at 10:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Emme Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5348 days ago 980 posts - 1594 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian, Swedish, French | Message 675 of 766 19 December 2014 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
@patrickwilken
Yes, comparability was probably one of the factors that brought about the change from “book” to “book unit”.
That’s great! I need to get around to your log and see how it’s going. This year I haven’t spent much time on the forum reading other people’s logs, so I’m horribly behind with that. I suppose this is one of the few drawbacks of the Super Challenge. @Cristina Thanks for the quick reply! That’s the info I need to try and make a decision. When people here say that you’ve inspired them, that’s what they mean. Even after a couple of years, I can’t get your original idea out of my head and so you’re responsible for my most prolific reading year ever. As the saying goes: "With great power comes great responsibility". Luckily for us you’re a fairy godmother, who has our linguistic welfare as her priority, and not a despotic tyrant hell-bent on tormenting us. ;-) @Serpent and @dampingwire Thanks for your excellent memory and your superior searching techniques! ;-) With all the changes it was difficult to keep up with all the different incarnations the Super Challenge went through. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 676 of 766 22 December 2014 at 6:43am | IP Logged | |||||
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For the mini-challenge: Finnish slang words of Swedish origin
In summer I actually bought a slang dictionary mostly to look for this kind of words. And one of my reasons to learn Swedish is also to understand Finnish slang better (and maybe eventually coin my own Swedish-based slang words :D) 1) byysat, bögät 'trousers' - from byxa (pl. byxor) standard Finnish pöksyt from the same root 2) darra - 'to tremble', 'to shiver' in Swedish, 'hangover' in Finnish when I first saw it, it clearly had something to do with feeling unwell so I thought it means diarrhea, haha 3) knööli 'pimple' - from knöl the example was "knööli klyyvarissa", ie a pimple on the nose. klyyvari is also from Swedish, but it was originally loaned to mean the jib of a ship. Russian has клюв btw, ie beak. probably all related 4) lempata 'leave', 'get rid of' - from lämna 5) traba 'stairs' - from trappa standard Finnish raput, can't find a confirmation but seems to be another doublet 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 677 of 766 25 December 2014 at 10:08am | IP Logged | |||||
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A kind soul has helped me out with some (hopefully mild) Russian swearwords. Let me know if I have
misunderstood any of them. Swearwords in Russian Дурак, козёл, придурок, дебил, идиот - just for men = idiot Негодяй, мерзавец, ничтожество -sad for yourself that you waisted time on this person Дура, коза, дебилка, идиотка for women = idiot Ведьма - which Блин, чёрт, блинский блин - when smth goes wrong (Бля, блядь - ( whore) when you have smth really heavy fallen on your foot.) Да пошёл ты! Да идите вы! - get lost! Да идите вы ... лесом! - Go to ....... The woods Иди в баню! - go to the sauna Боже мой, О Господи! Хоспаде! (ХÅspadje) - my God! Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 25 December 2014 at 10:08am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5396 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 678 of 766 27 December 2014 at 12:17am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm just doing some math here.
696 Japanese films 1342 English films -------------------- 2038 films total x90 minutes ------------ 183420 min = 3057 hours / 8 months ------------ 382 hours per month on films (or audio) That equals about 12+ hours per day (average) of watching. On top of 380+ book (units). Which equals about 1.5 book (units) per day. Can we say overkill? Really? 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 679 of 766 27 December 2014 at 2:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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And some of the "books" are subtitles too.
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 680 of 766 27 December 2014 at 7:22am | IP Logged | |||||
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Well subtitles do not count as books, so already there we have a problem. In addition the schedule does not
seem possible even for someone who is without a job and dedicates his entire life to the Super Challenge. I think therefore the person behind these figures will have to explain how he/she has been counting the hours, so that we can explain the rules properly, and get the figures down to a realistic level, or we may have to look at disqualification here. It is a step I am extremely reluctant to consider, as this challenge is all about motivation and fun, but if someone is ruining the experience for everyone else, that is neither motivational nor fun. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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