UWOL Sub-contest: Need a t-shirt slogan!

Dale Guthormsen · November 17th, 2007, 09:50 PM

Just read the one,

Our world, your vision!!

It gets my vote!!!!

Greg Boston · November 17th, 2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Meryem Ersoz

thanks, chris, now all we need is someone from a spanish-speaking country and a portueguese person to sign up (and finish). i guess we also need to find a dead roman! who makes videos....

thanks for the translation, markus!

linguists say that about half the world's languages will vanish in the next hundred years due to globalization...and if you vikings have your way, norwegian will be the next to go!

Don't forget the Deutche languages. Rob Lohman could help with Dutch.

Still need Japanese.... oh Kaku, where are you?

-gb-

Meryem Ersoz · November 18th, 2007, 08:58 AM

well, i was kind of thinking that i would stick with languages from the countries currently represented in UWOL, either because someone is from that country, or a shooter traveled and shot there--that's an easy way to self-select and not overly clutter it...and those countries are...

United Kingdom
Canada
Norway
Sweden
South Africa
France
The Kingdom of Bhutan
Australia
Germany
United States

...and we're holding our breath this round for...Turkey and Taiwan, although I'm hoping that even if this round tortured them into the tank, that they'll be back....

and, now that i think about it, Gilles Debord shot guanacos in Chile, so we can add Spanish legitimately.

tell Rob and Kaku to sign up and make us something regionally interesting. (you, too, Greg!) Remember, it's only 3 minutes in 3 weeks, how hard can it be?

Heh. heh heh.

Chris Barcellos · November 18th, 2007, 02:56 PM

My thought was to appeal to the world in the future, and not have to redesign....

Meryem Ersoz · November 18th, 2007, 06:47 PM

Hey Chris, it's all good--you poor UWOLers are probably subject to way more of my tortuous thinking-out-loud ruminations and seat-of-the-pants formulations than is actually necessary!

Benjamin Durin · November 18th, 2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Meryem Ersoz

benjamin: when you say "traditional" chinese, is that mandarin? or something else?...your translations motivated me to look up a little info on language in Taiwan...i had no idea Taiwan was such a mash-up of different cultures and different languages. i'm speculating from your name, that you're not a native of taiwan...so what brought you there, what's your story?

Now that I uploaded my entry, I can reply...

In China and Taiwan, the official language is Mandarin. So they both speak Mandarin. But in China they write simplified Chinese and in Taiwan they write traditional Chinese.
In Hong Kong, they write traditional Chinese but speak Cantonese.

My story? Wait for my book!
Well, I am French and I met a beautiful Taiwanese girl in France. We lived there together a couple of years then moved to Taiwan where we got married. I have been in Taiwan for almost 5 years now. But I still have so much to learn

Benjamin Durin · November 18th, 2007, 09:45 PM

If no native Japanese speaker get in here on time, my wife can help. She lived in Japan for a few years and has some contacts.

Steven Gotz · November 18th, 2007, 11:43 PM

As international as this group is, I kind of like using the Latin version. That is rather universally acceptable, isn't it? I mean, everyone has to look it up? But it is relatively easy to do so?

Dave Robinson · November 19th, 2007, 03:37 AM

Need a Welsh translation?

Trond Saetre · November 19th, 2007, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Robinson

Need a Welsh translation?

Bring it on, Dave.

Meryem Ersoz · November 19th, 2007, 08:35 AM

yes, welsh, that would be great.

Dave Robinson · November 21st, 2007, 04:54 AM

Ok here goes kids.

"Ein byd ni, gweledigaeth chi"

Now to explain the pronounciation.

Ein = pain without the p. So in English it would be written "Ain"

byd = basically bid but extend the vowel so biiid

ni = thats right, the Knights who say ni or knee

gweledigaeth = hmmm, ok the gweled part, is phonetic with a hard g and the e's pronounced as you would in egg. The igaeth part would be pronounced ig (igloo) aeth (ice with a lisp).

chi = basically its a phelgmy sound, the i is an "ee" sound with the ch being the throat clearing bit.

So all together now,

"Ein byd ni, gweledigaeth chi."

or

"ain biiid knee, (g)weled-i-(g)-ithe *ch*eee"

(denotes hard g) *throat clearing noise*

If anyone is really that fussed on how to pronounce it I'll get an audio recording for you.

I'm sorting a recording out tonight.

Markus Nord · November 21st, 2007, 05:28 AM

Please Dave, record this... This is one of the funnies post on DVinfo... :)

Markus

Meryem Ersoz · November 21st, 2007, 09:19 AM

i second an audio recording.

this is so dang long, it is going to need a t-shirt of its own...

"knights who say 'ni'" - heh, that explains a few things...

Kaku Ito · November 23rd, 2007, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Greg Boston

Don't forget the Deutche languages. Rob Lohman could help with Dutch.

Still need Japanese.... oh Kaku, where are you?

-gb-

? what is this about?

November 17th, 2007, 09:50 PM	#76
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Just read the one, Our world, your vision!! It gets my vote!!!! __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

November 18th, 2007, 02:56 PM	#79
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	My thought was to appeal to the world in the future, and not have to redesign.... __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

November 18th, 2007, 11:43 PM	#83
Steven Gotz Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 1,520	As international as this group is, I kind of like using the Latin version. That is rather universally acceptable, isn't it? I mean, everyone has to look it up? But it is relatively easy to do so? __________________ Steven Gotz http://www.stevengotz.com

November 21st, 2007, 04:54 AM	#87
Dave Robinson Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Conwy, Wales Posts: 208	Ok here goes kids. "Ein byd ni, gweledigaeth chi" Now to explain the pronounciation. Ein = pain without the p. So in English it would be written "Ain" byd = basically bid but extend the vowel so biiid ni = thats right, the Knights who say ni or knee gweledigaeth = hmmm, ok the gweled part, is phonetic with a hard g and the e's pronounced as you would in egg. The igaeth part would be pronounced ig (igloo) aeth (ice with a lisp). chi = basically its a phelgmy sound, the i is an "ee" sound with the ch being the throat clearing bit. So all together now, "Ein byd ni, gweledigaeth chi." or "ain biiid knee, (g)weled-i-(g)-ithe cheee" (denotes hard g) throat clearing noise If anyone is really that fussed on how to pronounce it I'll get an audio recording for you. I'm sorting a recording out tonight. Last edited by Dave Robinson; November 21st, 2007 at 09:26 AM.

November 21st, 2007, 05:28 AM	#88
Markus Nord Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vastervik ,Sweden Posts: 639	Please Dave, record this... This is one of the funnies post on DVinfo... :) Markus __________________ www.nordproduktion.se https://vimeo.com/nordproduktion

November 18th, 2007, 08:58 AM	#78
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	well, i was kind of thinking that i would stick with languages from the countries currently represented in UWOL, either because someone is from that country, or a shooter traveled and shot there--that's an easy way to self-select and not overly clutter it...and those countries are... United Kingdom Canada Norway Sweden South Africa France The Kingdom of Bhutan Australia Germany United States ...and we're holding our breath this round for...Turkey and Taiwan, although I'm hoping that even if this round tortured them into the tank, that they'll be back.... and, now that i think about it, Gilles Debord shot guanacos in Chile, so we can add Spanish legitimately. tell Rob and Kaku to sign up and make us something regionally interesting. (you, too, Greg!) Remember, it's only 3 minutes in 3 weeks, how hard can it be? Heh. heh heh.

November 18th, 2007, 06:47 PM	#80
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	Hey Chris, it's all good--you poor UWOLers are probably subject to way more of my tortuous thinking-out-loud ruminations and seat-of-the-pants formulations than is actually necessary!

November 18th, 2007, 09:45 PM	#82
Benjamin Durin Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 212	If no native Japanese speaker get in here on time, my wife can help. She lived in Japan for a few years and has some contacts.

November 19th, 2007, 03:37 AM	#84
Dave Robinson Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Conwy, Wales Posts: 208	Need a Welsh translation?

November 19th, 2007, 08:35 AM	#86
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	yes, welsh, that would be great.

November 21st, 2007, 09:19 AM	#89
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	i second an audio recording. this is so dang long, it is going to need a t-shirt of its own... "knights who say 'ni'" - heh, that explains a few things...