What is the difference....? [Archive] - Urban Online Entertainment Forums

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 12:30 AM

I'm wondering what is the difference between the Off Topic Forum and the General Chat Forum? Should ALL General Chat topics be sims related in some way? Which place would be the right place to post a getting to know you type thread, introducing myself a little better and asking other people to do the same?

ManagerJosh

09-21-2002, 07:29 AM

One would be General and one would be offtopic (where offtopic would probably be something soooooooooo outlandish)

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 08:36 AM

sooo... General would be like hey, how is everyone, my cat is eating my sock... and Off Topic would be like If the Martians Came would they be Dark or Light Green? :P

Helén

09-21-2002, 12:18 PM

lol Josh!
Outlandish???? Talking to me??? .. *lol*
Well that makes me special if i'm "off topic".. Goes for anyone outside US then or??? To be "outlandish" hat is. Does the word really exist by the way?? Or are we creating a new language as well??
Most amusing... :laugh:

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 01:23 PM

"outlandish" means to be outrageous, very strange, unusual, off the wall, bizzarre, crazy etc. Yes, it's actually a real word. :) I guess originally it might have come from people thinking people from different cultures did things strangely, so they called it out-land-ish... I've gotten so used to the word I never even think about that.

ManagerJosh

09-21-2002, 01:52 PM

Same here Fae :)
I hate SATs...they always change your vocabulary.

Jake

09-21-2002, 01:55 PM

i have yet to take SATs....do it this spring or around there

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 02:00 PM

hehe I didn't learn any new volcabulary for the SATs... I just read TONS of sci-fi and fantasy novels. You can still tell sometimes when I've learned a word from reading and not heard it used, I know what it means, I use it right, I just pronounce it ALL wrong!! But look, I got good trying to describe stuff.... I made up that definition....

Helén

09-21-2002, 02:12 PM

And so we have more learning to do. Thanks for the clearing of outlandish, but what is SAT????
Sorry. I'm just swedish bunny with a minor brain. (hoppetihopp)
*joke*
Really There are loads of words that are not commonly used and you never really learn them, especially not in school. *sighes* So i'm gonna keep asking you guys until I really got it. ok? (And hopefully remembers it too) :D

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 02:14 PM

ummm let's see if I remember, I think it stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test, in the US people take it as a test to be accepted into College after they graduate from 1-12 grade school.

Jake

09-21-2002, 02:15 PM

SATs is a test you have to take in high school in USA. everyone 10th grader takes it, the higher test score the more likely you'll be accepted into a good college or university. i think thats right

Helén

09-21-2002, 02:16 PM

Aha! Thanks!

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 02:16 PM

hey, maybe you can teach us stuff too!! What's the word for "bunny" in Swedish?? I'm always quoting the line from Buffy, "I've got a theory, it could be bunnies." :P I should learn that in as MANY languages possible!

Helén

09-21-2002, 02:37 PM

Sure in swedish that line will be:
"Jag har en teori, det kan vara kaniner".
one bunny/rabbit = kanin
plural = kaniner

hoppetihop

ManagerJosh

09-21-2002, 02:41 PM

I should consider installing a language translator here...

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 02:42 PM

whoah, that's scary I could almost READ that without the translating!! I see/guess "I have one theory, that can truth/reality/being -------------" the word for bunnies I would NEVER have guessed if you hadn't told me. :D

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 02:43 PM

oh my goodness I just realized that my friend using the nickname Kanin for his bunny character is a word play!!! hahahahahehehehehe!!!! cool!!! I'm learning ALL the time!

FaeLuna

09-21-2002, 02:46 PM

Hey if you do any translating "official" for the site I think it would be cool to translate the words for all the Objects and Downloads people would be looking for on websites where they don't speak the language!! I found a lot of cool stuff on German sites but I had to learn what everything was the hard way, and guess on some....

I'd want to learn Object, Skin, Man, Woman, Child, Doors Windows, Stairs, Chairs, Sofas, Tables, Beds... you get the idea... oh and Plumbing and Toilet are always good words to know too!!

ManagerJosh

09-21-2002, 03:13 PM

I always use http://world.altavista.com

timz2rules

09-22-2002, 01:01 AM

adding a translator would be nice, especially for those others who can't understand english :P

Helén

09-22-2002, 04:05 AM

Defantum have one at his site,
Well german is an easy one.. What about the chinese and russian sites? You should see the translations for the sims bars in the game... omg! They really get funny. But then there is no other words to use.. So i run it in english anyway.
But translations for downloads would be excellent i think. But what's more urgent is translations of instructions for downloads.

ManagerJosh

09-22-2002, 06:30 PM

Dunno about Chinese though. The Chinese language has sooo many dialects it is hard to differentiate one from another.

One character may represent dog in one dialect, but the same character may represent ox in another dialect.

Sorta confusing to the translator wouldn't it be?

FaeLuna

09-22-2002, 07:06 PM

Most movies I've seen use Mandarin and Cantoneese as the two Chinese language options, so I guess those are the 2 main ones so people would probably know one or the other??

Helén

09-22-2002, 07:52 PM

Why not check that with Drachelord or Lewdini? Lewdini is a member here if I'm not mistaken..

ManagerJosh

09-22-2002, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by FaeLuna
Most movies I've seen use Mandarin and Cantoneese as the two Chinese language options, so I guess those are the 2 main ones so people would probably know one or the other??

Those are the two primary dialects used. However I'm accounting for the many different people who visit here. Not all of them who come from China will speak the primary two dialects.

They are similar, however sometimes you will get completely different meanings. It is hard for a computer to know which dialect to use considering the same chinese character could have several dozen meanings when you translate it.

Helén

09-26-2002, 10:55 AM

Real tricky stuff obviously.

lewdini

09-30-2002, 07:25 PM

Someone should invent a universal translator ...like in Star Trek :)

Helén

10-02-2002, 02:18 AM

Lew you ought to know about chinese translators right?

lewdini

10-02-2002, 03:38 AM

Not 100% workable....
Well if u want to know Chinese Dialects...theres also teochew...which i am...
Hokkien, Shanghainese and many more

Helén

10-02-2002, 01:39 PM

Aarrgg..
Well seems chinese will be to tricky then....

*sighes*

:D

lewdini

10-02-2002, 07:18 PM

Thats why we are trying to standardise chinese into one dialect...mandarin

Helén

10-02-2002, 07:42 PM

That sound very good.
Dialects can coexist as well.

:bunny::bunny::bunny:

lewdini

10-03-2002, 01:09 AM

Dialects originate from different towns/villages....even within an area...a dialect can be split into different dialects as different villages have different pronounciations....scary huh!?

sugar_junkie

10-19-2002, 11:57 PM

hey nina,juz one question since were all talkin bout diferent languages, is ur s/n in swedish?

Helén

10-20-2002, 09:05 AM

Yes it is Tess. :classic:
Kanina is a femininum form of Kanin = rabbit/bunny ;)

timz2rules

10-20-2002, 10:40 AM

oooo now thats an intresting bit of info to learn...

Helén

10-20-2002, 04:04 PM

Isn't it? :laugh: *raises an eyebrow*
And sooooo important right? *raises the other one*

*looks now incredible silly*

ManagerJosh

10-20-2002, 10:07 PM

yEAH! I learned sweedish today :D

Helén

10-21-2002, 09:02 AM

Lol Josh!:laugh:
You're welcome to ask about it anytime - goes for all of you. If it's not "clean" language I'm gonna PM the translation hehehe.. ;)

ManagerJosh

10-21-2002, 02:15 PM

Post it here Nina....then we can all learn :) (unless it is vulgar)

Helén

10-21-2002, 05:31 PM

That's what I meant Josh. :);)

timz2rules

10-21-2002, 10:15 PM

that sounds fun...we get to learn Swedish now...

Helén

10-22-2002, 11:24 AM

Welcome to my "swedishclass" Tim :);) What do you want to now?
:laugh::bunny::classic:

timz2rules

10-22-2002, 01:01 PM

erm...how bout numbers...

Helén

10-22-2002, 01:02 PM

ok.... So how far up? ;):)

timz2rules

10-22-2002, 01:37 PM

erm...10...?

Helén

10-22-2002, 02:07 PM

ok :
1 = ett 2 = tv� 3 = tre 4 = fyra 5 = fem 6 = sex
7 = sju 8 = �tta 9 = nio 10 = tio

*classic*

Bryan

10-22-2002, 02:25 PM

*acts like he knows what going on and nods*

FaeLuna

10-22-2002, 05:22 PM

oooh I hope I can remember those, I know in French and Spanish...

Une, deux, trois, quatre, sanq, seis, sept, oct... uh... oh oh... neuf, dix!

Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, sais, siete, ocho, nueve, oh oh... um.. dis??

Tio is Ten in Swedish? It means Uncle in Spanish!! Cool!! heehee!

timz2rules

10-22-2002, 07:37 PM

ten is dias in spanish...

11 = once 12 = doce 13 = trece 14 = catorce 15 = quince and i have to look up 16 - 19 :confused: those are the only ones i don't know...i know up to a hundred other wise...and thats so cool! now i know some numbers in swedish!