[Milsurplus] Language Experts?

Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:50:00 -0400

Let's not forget that old one-tube broadcaster standard....

Einfuhlungsvermogen !!

Bill WA3RA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tino Zottola" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Language Experts?

> German is indeed a very unique language. 
> 
> In all Latin based languages, technical words are all
> derived from Latin and Greek roots.
> 
> For example: The English, French, Spanish, Italian,
> Portageuse word for "television" is essentially the
> same in all 5 languages, gave or take a letter. In
> German, it is totally different: "fernseherapparat" or
> Far Seeing Apparatus.
> 
> As a side note, English was actually a Germanic
> language 1000 years ago, but in 1066 when the Normans
> invaded England, The English language took a major
> deviation and became a hybrid of German for old
> existing words and French for new formed words (like
> technical ones for example).
> 
> Regards Tino VE2GCE
> 
> --- "Kenneth G. Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Can anyone tell me what language these words are,
> > > and how they translate to english:
> > > 
> > >   telefoon
> > >   zendwyze
> > 
> > Dutch
> > 
> > telefoon = telephone
> > zendwyse = send way (or to put it into literal
> > English, method of sending, 
> > it would correspond to our word MODE as applied to a
> > switch)
> > 
> > Most Germanic based languages don't have neat words
> > that combine 
> > meanings like English does. They have to put two or
> > more words together 
> > to get a meaning which English often expresses with
> > one word. Kinda 
> > clumsy in my opinion, but works for them. A good
> > example is 
> > Panzerkampfwagen, shortened to Panzer for tank. In
> > LITERAL English, 
> > it means Armored-war-wagon. Another is unterseeboot
> > for under the sea 
> > boat, or U boat. Some Germanic words get really long
> > and clumsy when 
> > describing mechanical or scientific devices with
> > specific uses.
> > 
> > Ken W7EKB, who is NOT a language expert by any
> > means.
> > 
> > Ken W7EKB
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