ontolog-forum
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [ontolog-forum] (OT) German

To: "[ontolog-forum]" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Ivan Herman <ivan@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:21:33 +0100
Message-id: <478B8C0D.4090000@xxxxxx>
Well, if you want such horrendous word, take the Hungarian    (01)

legeslegmegvesztegethetetlenebbeknek    (02)

(yes, all are 'e'-s), which roughly translates into 'for those who are 
by far the most uncurroptibles'). It is not a compound word, but it 
comes from the fact that, in Hungarian, all the 'modifiers' are added to 
the root word as prefixes or postfixes.    (03)

:-)    (04)

Ivan    (05)

Duane Nickull wrote:
> Perhaps not illogical, however the Germans have pushed the limit with
> 
> Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
> 
> Which is the word for "Beef  labeling oversight transfer law" and
> 
> Oberammergaueralpenkräuterdelikatessenfrühstückskäse
> 
> Deli-style breakfast cheese with mountain herbs from the state of
> Oberammergau.
> 
> Both are legal words in German.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> 
> On 1/13/08 9:50 PM, "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> But it's hard to call such compounds "illogical".  The number
> of primitive
>> roots in any language is usually quite small,
> and it is necessary to stretch
>> their meaning by metaphorical
> means in order to build up a large vocabulary.
>     (06)

--     (07)

Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead
Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/
PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html
FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf    (08)

Attachment: smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature


_________________________________________________________________
Message Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/  
Subscribe/Config: http://ontolog.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/ontolog-forum/  
Unsubscribe: mailto:ontolog-forum-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Shared Files: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/
Community Wiki: http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/ 
To Post: mailto:ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    (01)

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>