What be on yer noggin?

[Ambalon]

It's funny you do that observation using English of all languages.

edit - directed at gestricicucius

 

[Swissky]

Aye, even though I hate how those K's sound it's waaay better when you have something to distinguish it from a normal "k", does Swedish have something similar or is it just a guessing game? :Þ

We don't, but most words are known for the native speakers, so it's rarely a problem. :Þ

It's funny you do that observation using English of all languages.

edit - directed at gestricicucius

Well, French has influenced the English language in huge amounts, and I would say that the French love to make words look good rather than to make them easier to pronounce. 

Edit : It has been brought to my attention that Danish "Gøre" and "Kød" are both pronounced with hard G's and K's respectively. Please excuse this mistake.

 

[Dantе]

French can be a ***** in the ass sometimes. Atleast they have a verb for hitting someone with your penis, it recuperates some of the damage it does to you whilst you try to wrap your head around the Subjective form. anything besides the bare grammatical minimum.

 

[tintontoe]

Edit : It has been brought to my attention that Danish "Gøre" and "Kød" are both pronounced with hard G's and K's respectively. Please excuse this mistake.

I didn't even notice you put Danish examples there. But yes, this is one of the few things Danish does right! :Þ

 

[PinCussion]

Spoiler

and some of their k's I think Norwegian is your best bet.

Norwegians do this too, but they have something to distinguish it from a K-sound by putting a j in front of the word.

Examples : Meat.
Danish : Kød
Swedish : Kött
Norwegian : Kjøtt

Drive.
Danish : Kør.
Swedish : Kör
Norwegian : Kjør.

This also applies to both Norwegians and Fenno-Swedes when it comes to hard and soft G's.

To do.
Danish : Gøre
Swedish : Göra
Norwegian : Gjøre
Fenno-Swedish : Gjöra.

Dammit man, you're supposed to teach him rude words, not normal ones!

 

[Swissky]

I didn't say what kind of meat. 

 

[Captured Joe]

But what about the

hard and soft G's

?

 

[crodio]

I met a Colombian guy the other day. he told me that students and union leaders are still being disappeared there. that was very shocking.
he laid says that the referendum was bad for corrupted politicians and guerrilleros

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Disappeared? As in fired, or as in gulag'd?

 

[Swissky]

Kidnapped and made into hot tamales á la China.

 

[crodio]

as in one day they go missing forever and authorities claim to know nothing
I think everyone knew when you went to ГУЛАГ, and the press informed it when you decided to kill yourself out of love for Stalin :^) might be wrong tho.

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

I think that only happens in stalinism because every little thing has to be justified as a direct benefit to or result of the advance towards communism. These big fat postmodern dictatorships don't follow such petty concerns.

I didn't know Colombia was that bad though, that's messed up. Some of these surviving communist dictatorships are pretty scary.

 

[Comrade Crimson]

I think that only happens in stalinism because every little thing has to be justified as a direct benefit to or result of the advance towards communism. These big fat postmodern dictatorships don't follow such petty concerns.

I didn't know Colombia was that bad though, that's messed up. Some of these surviving communist dictatorships are pretty scary.

Colombia is neither communist nor a dictatorship. Nor did it ever claim to be- its a republic with elected presidents. And I don't mean that in the sense of how North Korea claims to be democratic, I mean it actually holds elections people vote in. A drug cartel lord once tried to run as president there, Pablo Escobar.

Its just a really ****ty place to live full of drug cartels and guerrillas, and paramilitaries.

Government on wikipedia is classed as a Unitary presidential constitutional republic with a parliament like structure, house of commons and a senate.

 

[Swissky]

I think it's in Chile where a former dictator of the country is a legit presidential candidate, imagine that.

 

[Pixel]

The 'despariciones' (because the phenomenon is so much a part of cultural memory that it has a name) happened in most of Latin America, ex-communist or not. It's just what repressive governments do. Students and stuff are still disappearing in Mexico too and there's been drama about it, but the news doesn't cover it often.

 

[Goker]

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