Caelum pretender design

[archaeolept]

as "raja" means "king", I admit that i'm perplexed by the supposed femininity of it.

[Boron]

archaeolept said:
as "raja" means "king", I admit that i'm perplexed by the supposed femininity of it.

it is a language thing .

but in german you have not only the but 3 different words :
der ( normally for male )
die ( normally for female )
das ( normally for things )

but you say e.g. :
der mensch = the human
a human can be male and female . but here you chose the male variant der .
die see = the lake
you chose the femine variant die though a lake is of no gender .


in german das nataraja sounds stupid .
der nataraja and die nataraja sound both stupid too but die nataraja is probably the best chose for the 3 lol

[Pickles]

I think "rani" is the feminine of "raja" (based on "Flashman & the Great Game"). It is an Indian word but I do not know what language.


Pickles

[Arryn]

Pickles said:
It is an Indian word but I do not know what language.

Hindi, IIRC.

[Karacan]

Boron said:
it is a language thing .

Sorry, it's not. It's a thing of education.

die see = the lake
you chose the femine variant die though a lake is of no gender .

So you're one of the reasons of the Pisa-results. "Die See" = the sea. The lake = "der See". There's a difference in there, and the right pronoun is rather important.

in german das nataraja sounds stupid .
der nataraja and die nataraja sound both stupid too but die nataraja is probably the best chose for the 3 lol

Please consider yourself a Christian for a moment. Now imagine some noob in some forum goes calling Jesus Christ "daughter of god", because her name sounds stupid for a male in his native language.



I'm german, and the arrogance and lack of respect for other cultures and Languages shown by some germans (among others) always tics me off.

Add edit:_ /rant off. Back to topic.

[Arryn]

Karacan said:
I'm german, and the arrogance and lack of respect for other cultures and Languages shown by some germans (among others) always tics me off.

Not much different than similar behavior by all too many of my fellow Americans. However, what's particularly egregious about Boron's Last post, and something that especially annoys me, is that after he was corrected on the subject of gender, he continues to do things his way (regardless of being wrong). What that shows me, as apparently it does to you, is that he's willfully dismissive of all things that do not fit into his rather narrow worldview. Whether such things be proper language use, game rules he finds inconvenient, people's opinions, or even historical events.

Thanks for trying, Karacan. But I'm afraid you're wasting your efforts with him. And do not worry about the image he presents of your countrymen, as he's not representative of the average or majority (at least not in my own experience with Germans). Though I do sympathize with the bad taste he leaves you.

[Gandalf Parker]

Arryn said:

Not much different than similar behavior by all too many of my fellow Americans.

If we call someone who speaks two Languages
bi-lingual

And we call someone who speaks three Languages
tri-lingual

What do you call someone who speaks one language?
(american)

Its a joke. Really. Might not be one told in your circles but its a fairly common joke Im told.
Want to hear a good "white guy" joke?

[Arryn]

Gandalf Parker said:
Its a joke. Really.

A sad, but too true one.

Top 5 most arrogant nations, more or less in order from worst down:

1. United States
2. France
3. Japan
4. UK
5. China

I won't endeavor to actually attempt to score any of these. They just happen to be the most guilty. I (briefly) debated Germany in place of China, but China really deserves to be on the short list for a number of reasons, including lengthy historical ones.

Excuse me, so much for staying on my own topic. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon04.gif[/img]

[Kel]

A little less nation bashing, please. Even if it is your own nation, 'flaming' a whole nation, off topic, on a public forum is not likely to provoke anything but another flame.

- Kel

[Boron]

Arryn said:

A sad, but too true one.

Top 5 most arrogant nations, more or less in order from worst down:

1. United States
2. France
3. Japan
4. UK
5. China

I won't endeavor to actually attempt to score any of these. They just happen to be the most guilty. I (briefly) debated Germany in place of China, but China really deserves to be on the short list for a number of reasons, including lengthy historical ones.

Excuse me, so much for staying on my own topic. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon04.gif[/img]

wow thats interesting

and i really wonder why you didn't put germany on a high position like 2 or 3 at least .
first we have our history . germany was probably the most arrogant nation from 1870-1945 .
second we are known as very unpopular tourists .
mallorca + ballermann are just 2 catchwords .
the italian president berlusconi has said that even in public .
he has a point there .

in most european countries we germans fight with the brits for the "honor" of being the most disliked tourists

with china i wonder what historic issues you mean .
if you wrote soviet russia because of the cold war i would understand
so plz enlighten me for entertainment

japan surprises me too .
i love japanese + chinese food . the chinese / japanese in the german japanese/chinese restaurants are all very friendly , much more friendly than in a restaurant owned by germans .
japan is just cool imo . probably the most techliking nation in the whole world
oh and i love chinese/japanese action movie films .

japanese rpgs are very cool like final fantasy series or grandia 2 . the characters look so cute and the gameplay behind it is as good as e.g. baldurs gate