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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 1793 of 3737 05 July 2011 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
They're fine on my screen, although I can't actually read most of them since I don't know what they're saying.
The English explanation states that, if English is not your first language and you require more information, you can call the given number and they'll "call you back immediately with a translator." Two things struck me when reading this: 1. Presumably the operators don't speak those languages (hence the need for a translator) so they're obviously expecting you to know enough English to ask for your own language. Otherwise, how would they know which language you'd be talking in when you phoned? 2. Who is the translator (or, more likely, group of translators) who is willing to drop everything and immediately attend to Thames Water's translation requests? I never realised that sewer ownership could be so interesting! Edited by patuco on 05 July 2011 at 5:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 1794 of 3737 05 July 2011 at 6:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
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This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Get your mind out of the gutter!"
You are a Language Nerd when you want to call that number just for fun! And any self-respecting language nerd would, of course, carefully place that beautiful pamphlet in a sturdy frame, under bulletproof glass, and display it on the wall to be contemplated at all times as a little shrine to Polyglot Plumbing! Edited by meramarina on 05 July 2011 at 6:06pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1795 of 3737 05 July 2011 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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@Juan
I feel your pain over an otherwise wasted opportunity, and have therefore swapped the links with extra large originals. Enjoy! 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5050 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 1796 of 3737 06 July 2011 at 4:20am | IP Logged | |||||
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You know you are a language nerd when you go to a bar and order a dark German beer, pronouncing it the correct German way (W said like a v etc) and you become annoyed when she keeps pronoucing the W like a W, and then after about 6, you finally lose enough sense or ability to bite your tongue and you tell the poor Black waitress the correct pronunciation... apparently going on German language and grammar tangents in public means I'm cut off... Edited by LebensForm on 06 July 2011 at 4:22am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 1797 of 3737 06 July 2011 at 9:02am | IP Logged | |||||
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So basically that waitress cut you off from your supply of dark German beer when you corrected her pronunciation? What a mess ... people have no respect for knowledge.
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| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5050 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 1798 of 3737 06 July 2011 at 4:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
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No my friend did... lol. But I don't think the waitress really appreciated me correcting her. What an interesting night...
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 1799 of 3737 10 July 2011 at 4:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you take delight in the fact that the past participle of the English loanword "upload" in German is "upgeloadet".
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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4888 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 1800 of 3737 10 July 2011 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
Lol, I love Turkish pop music too :-p Yey for Tarkan!! :oD x 1 person has voted this message useful |
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