Be a weird language.

[penis-plant]

What if there was a language that many words meant something competely different depending on the time of day.

Like say in the morning "Gavh" it meant "red", but in the evening it meant "sound"

That would be different.

I know manderin, the language in china, the meaning of the word changes based on the tone it is used. So someone who is using one of them voice box things cant say many words in chinese.

[cardboredknight]

Or you could just not think about it.

[LobsterJohnson]

At 8/17/08 10:30 PM, penis-plant wrote: the meaning of the word changes based on the tone it is used.

Interesting.Any examples?

[GenericName54]

At 8/17/08 10:30 PM, penis-plant wrote: I know manderin, the language in china, the meaning of the word changes based on the tone it is used. So someone who is using one of them voice box things cant say many words in chinese.

Not the tone, the length. Same with Japanese, ie means house while iie means no.

ie = ee-eh
iie = eeee-eh

Actually, I think it might be the same in Chinese.

[Seriana]

I like Asian languages. They're actually fun to speak.

Intonations and stresses and lengths and all.

[qman1]

Why would I do that!? I can barely speak english!

[Thimbles]

At 8/17/08 10:39 PM, DragonsGrief wrote: I like Asian languages. They're actually fun to speak.

Intonations and stresses and lengths and all.

And for some, it's even fun to pretend to speak Asian languages.

[reviewer-general]

Apparently you haven't learned some of the grammatical nuances of the English language, 'cause English is fuckin' weird as well.