Poll: Would you like to have polls about regional variations of idiomatic expressions?
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Would you like to have polls about regional variations of idiomatic expressions?".

This poll was originally submitted by Andre Dumoulin. View the poll results »



 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 23:26
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
+ ...
Yes, but limited to world languages Jun 24, 2024

For the moment, I'm not interested in languages from other planets or galaxies But with time who knows...

[Edited at 2024-06-24 20:55 GMT]


Philip Lees
Iulia Parvu
Liena V.
Lingua 5B
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Francie
Local time: 00:26
francouzština -> angličtina
. Jun 25, 2024

If there are aliens out there, I want to be able to talk with them. Where do I sign up for languages out of this world?

Lingua 5B
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosna a Hercegovina
Local time: 00:26
angličtina -> francouzština
+ ...
Had a great laugh Jun 25, 2024

The first two posts are hilarious.

Yea, maybe we can add Martian (the Southern version) to our range. I think the AI had not picked it up yet and it'll take quite some time.


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Kay Denney
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
Francie
Local time: 00:26
angličtina -> němčina
+ ...
As already said in a previous message... Jun 25, 2024

...Klingonian or nothing!

Lingua 5B
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Kay Denney
writeaway
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Itálie
Local time: 00:26
angličtina -> němčina
+ ...
Please explain Jun 25, 2024

What would "polls about regional variations of idiomatic expressions" look like?

 
World languages Jun 25, 2024

We'd be buggered if there were such a thing as world languages.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Francie
Local time: 00:26
francouzština -> angličtina
. Jun 25, 2024

Christopher Schröder wrote:

We'd be buggered if there were such a thing as world languages.



The only thing holding Globish back is that we Brits can't speak it...


The Shredder
 
Charlie Bavington
Charlie Bavington  Identity Verified
Local time: 23:26
francouzština -> angličtina
Is there..... Jun 25, 2024

Kay Denney wrote:

Christopher Schröder wrote:

We'd be buggered if there were such a thing as world languages.



The only thing holding Globish back is that we Brits can't speak it...


.... a case to be made that where artificial languages have failed to produce the situation where any human can communicate with any other human, artificial intelligence is on the way to doing so?


 


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