Language topic

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

The machine that cuts grass is one word (not two), lawnmower. "Lawn mower" is the Trump lookalike i.e. the person.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

@Dr. Eddies Wingman @Shadow @SixesAlltheway

We use the word "slåmaskin" in Norwegian, too - but we use it for a larger machine used to cut taller grass, more specifically in a farming setting.

 

[Forostar]

Grasmaaier (grass mower)
To mow: to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.

Yep, makes sense.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

When I was wee I used to confuse move and mow and I thought the lawnmower "mowes" the grass away

 

[Freeyyaa]

A lawnmower in Standard Purebred Russian--"газонокосилка" (f).

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

A lawnmower in Standard Purebred Russian--"газонокосилка" (f).

What is purebreed, Freeyyaa?

 

[Freeyyaa]

Here the term "purebred" means "70% of cognates and only 30% of borrowings"

 

[Perun]

As defined by who?

 

[Deleted member 7164]

Language is fluid, it's functional, it changes. How do you say software, transistor, oscilloscope on purebreed Russian?

 

[Legatodave]

Purebred has racist tones that i think should not be used
unless talking about dogs or cats or horses or something like that

 

[Freeyyaa]

Language is fluid, it's functional, it changes. How do you say software, transistor, oscilloscope on purebreed Russian?

Just like this: "программное обеспечение, ПО, софт, транзистор, осциллоскоп".

 

[Deleted member 7164]

...aaand that's bullshit.

 

[Freeyyaa]

...aaand that's bullshit.

What do you mean by that?

 

[Saapanael]

These words all look like borrowings, except обеспечение.

 

[Ariana]

Phew. Finally found the thread under all that spam.

So, anyway, some more about purebreed Serbian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Bosnian.
@Night Prowler @Zare

https://qz.com/948383/declaration-o...ontenegrin-and-serbian-are-the-same-language/

 

[Deleted member 7164]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtokavian

But hey, it'd be good otherwise. I could claim I am pento-lingual or whatever

 

[Perun]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtokavian

This sounds like the name of a language made up for a Hollywood thriller about nuclear proliferation in a separatist Caucasus Republic.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

Actually, the direct translation of "Stokavski" into English, both by words and by pure meaning, 100%, would be Whatish.

 

[Forostar]

Alright, let's try!

http://greatlanguagegame.com/play/

 

[Saapanael]

350. All 3 mistakes were langugages in India.