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Old 01-23-2009, 06:27 PM   #3281
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Hm. I think it's Van Morrison's style of singing that puts me off of that album. I can only imagine it to be a taste which I have yet to acquire - perhaps in a few years, I'll be able to see the greatness of it. For the time being, however, I will most willingly concede to you that their take on 'I'll Tell Me Ma' is a very, very, very close second to the YD's version.
Well, as far as personal tastes go, I think Morrison's renditions of 'Carrickfergus', 'My Lagan Love' and 'She Moved through the Fair' are perhaps the most powerful and moving ever done. A lot of soul went into those songs.

And to get the thread back on track, I appreciate Kitanna's Alexander Pope quote.
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Old 02-06-2009, 11:22 AM   #3282
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Following one just brilliant quite, I have noticed a few quite good signatures at the Downs recently.

First, I should note Dury's which I just noticed:

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And Farael's:

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Which I have of course noticed already a very long time ago, but this time, it just struck me once again (yes, for about 6d6), simply because lately, my players have been using them excessively... (And by the way, nice to see you around, Farael - and hope to see you around more...)

However, the really, really BEST one, is this:

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Maximus: "Strength and Honour!"
Legionaries: "Strength and Honour!"
Ancient Germans: "Romano u bagronk sha pushdug Italiam glob bubhosh skai...
Fantastic, Gollum!!!
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Old 02-06-2009, 04:52 PM   #3283
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Fantastic, Gollum!!!
Thanks, Legate. Gladiator is a classic.
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Old 02-06-2009, 10:07 PM   #3284
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Thanks, Legate. Gladiator is a classic.
NO! "The Fall of the Roman Empire" is a classic, "Gladiator" is a remake. . .
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Old 02-07-2009, 05:25 PM   #3285
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Thanks, Legate. Gladiator is a classic.
Braveheart is better.

While I'm here I think that I'll nominate Lommy's signature. Very elvish (gosh, I've noticed I've been using that adjective a lot lately) with the mentioning of the see and all. Reminds me a lot of Scandinavia. Any chance that it is?
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Old 02-08-2009, 01:04 AM   #3286
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Braveheart is better.
WRONG. "Gladiator" is the single greatest movie in existence.
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Old 02-08-2009, 11:38 AM   #3287
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WRONG. "Gladiator" is the single greatest movie in existence.
What about Fiddler On The Roof, Henry V, Gettysburg, Roostercgburn, 300, or The Dark Night? The acting and fighting is great for Gladiator, but the story line is a little too cheesy for me. Then again that is just me.
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Old 02-08-2009, 11:43 AM   #3288
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WRONG. "Gladiator" is the single greatest movie in existence.
We're not here to discuss what the best films are. Besides, you're forgetting The Lord of the Rings by Backshi.
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Old 02-08-2009, 11:56 AM   #3289
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Besides, you're forgetting The Lord of the Rings by Backshi.
Ha ha. No, I'm not.
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Old 02-08-2009, 01:25 PM   #3290
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While I'm here I think that I'll nominate Lommy's signature. Very elvish (gosh, I've noticed I've been using that adjective a lot lately) with the mentioning of the see and all. Reminds me a lot of Scandinavia. Any chance that it is?
Actually, don't ask me what exactly it is about. It does remind me of Scandinavia, a lot, and it's a sort of homecoming song, but by an English singer... so go figure.
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Old 02-14-2009, 02:41 PM   #3291
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I like Wilwa's Douglas Adam's quote about the secret of flying.....
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Old 03-02-2009, 02:09 PM   #3292
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Ack! Mith beat me. Anyway, I was just going to say that Wilwa's sig never fails to make me chuckle.

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Old 03-02-2009, 08:18 PM   #3293
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i like this one


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Old 03-19-2009, 08:43 AM   #3294
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What does your signature say, Lommy? I saw the word "finn" in there, so I'm guessing something patriotic.
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Old 03-19-2009, 09:15 AM   #3295
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My translation, as a person who can read only English and German:

Great you near hasty full I skin, scram ave heaven some bran, speaking something nice near, with I your way - there all something/ he hunts here, he hunts in the talk/ nice/ that Finns are something something me.



So what does it really mean, Lommy?*curious*
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Old 03-19-2009, 09:45 AM   #3296
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Old 03-19-2009, 09:54 AM   #3297
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My translation, as a person who can read only English and German:

Great you near hasty full I skin, scram ave heaven some bran, speaking something nice near, with I your way - there all something/ he hunts here, he hunts in the talk/ nice/ that Finns are something something me.



So what does it really mean, Lommy?*curious*
Haha. Pretty close, Rikae. But now I'm being too nice. Actually you didn't translate a single word correctly. Not one.

And no, the Finns aren't mentioned in the quote.

I'll leave the translation to Lommy though, because apparently the Swedish language has grown on her.
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Old 03-19-2009, 11:01 AM   #3298
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My translation, as a person who can read only English and German:
Nice, my two brothers speak German! But as a person who can speak English fluently (I’m so gifted) perhaps I could translate your translation.

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Great you near hasty full I skin,
if you come near, I’ll skin you quick!
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scram ave heaven some bran,
Get out of here, I’m having some cereal!
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speaking something nice near, with I your way
Near some nice speaking something in your way.
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- there all something/ he hunts here, he hunts in the talk/ nice/ that Finns are something something me.
He hunts everything here with me and the nice talking blankety blank Finns.

So the Translation is:
I’ll kill you if you come near my cereal, and I'll have that nice speaking thing in your way hunt you and those nice talking blankety blank Finns.

That was loads of fun!
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Old 03-19-2009, 11:39 AM   #3299
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skip - from this I can conclude that the sig isn't written in a mix of tortured German and tortured English.

But I still think my translation has a certain air of mystery. Or psychosis. Or something.
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Old 03-19-2009, 11:45 AM   #3300
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I saw the word "finn" in there, so I'm guessing something patriotic.
Our word for Finland is not even close to yours. We live in Suomi, which might be derived from a word meaning a swamp or fish scale. There's also a verb suomia which means to whip, though, but it's a different matter.

Anyway I like Lommy's sig too. I've been humming it in my head for a few days although I don't even listen to Nordman.
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Old 03-19-2009, 03:02 PM   #3301
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Yeah, skippy lets me translate so that he can laugh at my bad Swedish and correct my mistakes. (And as for my stance towards the language - it's incredibly silly but I'm quite fond of it after all. )

Nice translations, Rikae and Groin - I wonder, though, if the mentioned cereals have something to do with Kelloggs Multi Groin.

Alright, whatever, this is my approximate translation:

"You cried when the horses went wild*, scared of the sky that burned/ Crackling the night came close, in the middle of your way** - then everything disappeared/ I am here, I'm not afraid in the night/ There's something that scares me more"

*1) it took me a long time to find out what that part exactly means 2) I could translate it into Finnish but not into English, anyway, you get the idea...
** not sure about this part...
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Old 03-19-2009, 03:19 PM   #3302
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Why did I not get "burned"? (lol) I should have known that one. As for heaven/sky, same thing. And I did get some words right: "You", "here", "in the", "something" and "me". So there.

That is an intriguing quote.


EDIT: And "all". And "your". And "way".

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Oh great, so I'm actually not the only one who immediately thought about translating it when seeing it

I wonder if I can find my "assumption for translation" I made a few days ago, yea, here it be (based just on the way I saw the text, you can check word-by-word, more or less. It's just the first half of it, though):

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Big you fire hurrying, falling and scanning, scratching to heaven his raven/Speaking cascades born upon, inside and in car - that all for swine.
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:10 PM   #3304
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I tried to translate it as:

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Thank you for the fell creature, scrambling of mountains [with] some bran/ Sparkling cascades [of] night near, ? in the way- Yes all forsworn...
... then I gave up and used Google Tanslate.


edit: x-ed with Legate (I forgot to click post and moved on to something else)
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:14 PM   #3305
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Awwww cute everybody wanted to translate my sig.

*makes a mental note of using Swedish next time in Quotes in Other Languages*
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Old 03-19-2009, 05:01 PM   #3306
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Nice translations, Rikae and Groin - I wonder, though, if the mentioned cereals have something to do with Kelloggs Multi Groin.
Not unless it has bran in it!

So that's what your signature says! Funny, there's no mention of cereal in it. The signature does, however, remind me of the Balrog in Moria: all that talk about darkness and the crackling sky. Very nice sig!
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Old 03-20-2009, 12:19 PM   #3307
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Yeah, skippy lets me translate so that he can laugh at my bad Swedish and correct my mistakes.
That I will.
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"You cried when the horses went wild*, scared of the sky that burned/ Crackling the night came close, in the middle of your way** - then everything disappeared/ I am here, I'm not afraid in the night/ There's something that scares me more"

*1) it took me a long time to find out what that part exactly means 2) I could translate it into Finnish but not into English, anyway, you get the idea...
** not sure about this part...
I tried to translate the quote too, having the inside track here:

Did you cry when the horses ran amok, startled by the sky aflame / crackling the night was hurled down, barring you way – when all was lost / I am here, I’m not afraid tonight/ there are things that scare me more

There were only a few minor details you got wrong. Making the opening sentence a statement and not a question was a beginners mistake though. Shame on you!

The verb "skena" is widely used by the way, literally when horses run amok like in the example eg "skena iväg", "falla i sken" but it's also often used metaphorically as in "skenade bostadspriser".

What surprises me is the origin of the quote, Nordman. I certainly didn't recognise it myself, as I'd almost forgotten that band ever existed, and I only remember one song of them which came out some 15 years ago. I'm amazed young Finnish girls know of them.
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I'm amazed young Finnish girls know of them.
We also listen to BWO.

Anyway I wouldn't know of Nordman if not for Lommy.

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Making the opening sentence a statement and not a question was a beginners mistake though. Shame on you!
The lack of a questionmark led me to erraneously conclude that it was just some poetic trick, not a question... And as a further excuse I haven't used Swedish to anything for almost half a year...

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I'm amazed young Finnish girls know of them.
I stumbled upon them randomly in a library a long time ago and that one song got kind of stuck somewhere deep in my mind so a few days ago I went to YouTube to find it for fun and decided I quite like it.
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Old 03-24-2009, 01:24 PM   #3310
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Old 03-24-2009, 04:09 PM   #3311
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:41 PM   #3313
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Old 04-27-2009, 03:03 PM   #3314
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Eonwe's signature ["Well, I'm Back."] is very fitting, since he's been gone for a while.
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Old 05-04-2009, 03:53 AM   #3315
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Old 05-07-2009, 01:38 AM   #3316
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Personally I like TheGreatElvenWarrior's "The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead." She made it up herself and didn't think it was any thing special until I pointed it out to her and said I wanted to make it my signature on the Barrow-Downs. Well of course then she had to rush over to the computer and make it her signature before I got a chance to take it. Unfair I call that. It's still a good sig though.
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:18 PM   #3317
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:25 PM   #3318
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Personally I like TheGreatElvenWarrior's "The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead." She made it up herself and didn't think it was any thing special until I pointed it out to her and said I wanted to make it my signature on the Barrow-Downs. Well of course then she had to rush over to the computer and make it her signature before I got a chance to take it. Unfair I call that. It's still a good sig though.
Well, there was a computer right there for you to use, so I don't see what your problem is.
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Old 05-12-2009, 08:57 AM   #3319
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Thanks Mnemo. Given the current rapaciousness of big business and their plutocratic executives, I thought Roosevelt's dictum is as appropriate now as it was a century ago. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

I appreciate Groin's William Tecumseh Sherman quote. Groin, have you read Lloyd Lewis's biography 'Sherman, Fighting Prophet'? An excellent, well-researched book, and not at all glorifying or patronizing.
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