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bezvezanjković - u smislu nepouzdan čovjek i neozbiljan čovjek, koji živi samo od danas do sutra po instiktima, ne možeš se na njega ništa osloniti, neambiciozan plus što nema nikakvih moralnih vrijednosti

snowflake · **Pridružen/a:** 02 sij 2011, 11:38 **Postovi:** 2611

lider30 je napisao/la:

How would be the best translation for:

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bezvezanjković - u smislu nepouzdan čovjek i neozbiljan čovjek, koji živi samo od danas do sutra po instiktima, ne možeš se na njega ništa osloniti, neambiciozan plus što nema nikakvih moralnih vrijednosti

loser, lame, slob, sluggish, zero...
Even Oblomov and oblomovism

shodan · **Pridružen/a:** 08 ruj 2010, 01:28 **Postovi:** 415

lider30 je napisao/la:

How would be the best translation for:

Citat:

bezvezanjković - u smislu nepouzdan čovjek i neozbiljan čovjek, koji živi samo od danas do sutra po instiktima, ne možeš se na njega ništa osloniti, neambiciozan plus što nema nikakvih moralnih vrijednosti

Nemoj rec HOW nego WHAT.

What would be the best translation for...

bezvezanjkovic = lazy, indifferent, slack, no hoper

Robbie MO

Jedan zanimljiv spell je kad imate gh :

cough (kašalj) - čita se kof , ili kaf ako ste Irac

rough - "r"af

Caught , bought , thought, - gh je nečujno.

Night, Light - najt , lajt

Ghetto, spaghetti - geto, spageti

Rory Gallivan · **Pridružen/a:** 19 srp 2011, 16:55 **Postovi:** 150

Also "gh" is silent at the end of some words: for example, "though" rhymes with "go".

Place names can be a bit tricky too: Edinburgh is pronounced Edinbru or Edinburu - the last u rhymes with u in up - so its an "ugh" sound not an "oo" sound. If you are American it's pronounced Edinboro though.

snowflake · **Pridružen/a:** 02 sij 2011, 11:38 **Postovi:** 2611

Robbie MO je napisao/la:

Jedan zanimljiv spell je kad imate gh :

cough (kašalj) - čita se kof , ili kaf ako ste Irac

rough - "r"af

Caught , bought , thought, - gh je nečujno.

Night, Light - najt , lajt

Ghetto, spaghetti - geto, spageti

Ghetto, spaghetti - geto, spageti
Both words are loanwords from Italian, so they follow Italian spelling rules in this case.
This is very common in English, just to borrow the spelling along with the word.
This is one of the reasons also, why one can't read English as it is written.
Because the English language doesn't change the spelling to go along with the changing articulation, at least not in most cases.

snowflake · **Pridružen/a:** 02 sij 2011, 11:38 **Postovi:** 2611

Some interesting spelling differences.
neighbour (Britain + Commonwealth) neighbor (US)
favour (Britain + Commonwealth) favor (US)
flavour (Britain + Commonwealth) flavor (US)
colour (Britain + Commonwealth) color (US)

and so on....

Notice the pattern with the suffixes.

Most of these word are loaned from French and the are then, of course, Latin by origin.

Robbie MO

Some more subtle grammar:

http://www.woodwardenglish.com/million-or-millions/

Robbie MO

Izgovori tocno: :zubati

Arkansas
Colonel
Choir

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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Izgovori tocno: :zubati

Arkansas
Colonel
Choir

Arkanso
K'rn'l
Kuaj'r

shodan · **Pridružen/a:** 08 ruj 2010, 01:28 **Postovi:** 415

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Izgovori tocno: :zubati

Arkansas
Colonel
Choir

Ark-an-sor
kr-nol
kwaj-r

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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Robbie MO je napisao/la:

Izgovori tocno: :zubati

Arkansas
Colonel
Choir

Ark-an-sor
kr-nol
kwaj-r

You can't use ''w", because symbol for that sound doesn't exist in our language, just like the symbol for the sound that I used an apstrophy for, and you used a "-'' doesn't exist in both languages, yet the sound definitely exists (it would be spelled "uh" in English).

ArkansoR!? Do you live in Estuary England and speak cockney?

"O" in the k'rn'l is debatable. I hear ', or -, as you like to write it, but it might be perceived as an "o" as well, granted.

Robbie MO

Colonel should be pronounced as kernel, I think.

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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Colonel should be pronounced as kernel, I think.

No. There is no "E" sound in that word, both in our nor in English pronunciation of that symbol (E).

shodan · **Pridružen/a:** 08 ruj 2010, 01:28 **Postovi:** 415

Carmello Šešelj je napisao/la:

shodan je napisao/la:

Ark-an-sor
kr-nol
kwaj-r

You can't use ''w", because symbol for that sound doesn't exist in our language, just like the symbol for the sound that I used an apstrophy for, and you used a "-'' doesn't exist in both languages, yet the sound definitely exists (it would be spelled "uh" in English).

ArkansoR!? Do you live in Estuary England and speak cockney?

"O" in the k'rn'l is debatable. I hear ', or -, as you like to write it, but it might be perceived as an "o" as well, granted.

I placed - between words so that the reader sounds them out as syllables. Typo, I should have typed Ar-kan-so(r)

R or no r it’s a matter of semantics.

W isn’t in the Croatian alphabet. However, it’s use is widespread as in WC. The reader in my opinion would recognise the W and say it as if they were saying W in WC. Cheers.

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

shodan je napisao/la:

Carmello Šešelj je napisao/la:

You can't use ''w", because symbol for that sound doesn't exist in our language, just like the symbol for the sound that I used an apstrophy for, and you used a "-'' doesn't exist in both languages, yet the sound definitely exists (it would be spelled "uh" in English).

ArkansoR!? Do you live in Estuary England and speak cockney?

"O" in the k'rn'l is debatable. I hear ', or -, as you like to write it, but it might be perceived as an "o" as well, granted.

I placed - between words so that the reader sounds them out as syllables. Typo, I should have typed Ar-kan-so(r)

R or no r it’s a matter of semantics.

W isn’t in the Croatian alphabet. However, it’s use is widespread as in WC. The reader in my opinion would recognise the W and say it as if they were saying W in WC. Cheers.

WC is pronounced VC (VE-CE, to be more exact) over here, actually. W is pronounced as something between U and V, but much more U than V. In any case, we don't have that sound in any word, literally not one word contains that sound. Slovenians have that sound, and they write it as V. Cheers.

Robbie MO

Citat:

In 1881, the pronunciation of Arkansas with the final "s" being silent was made official by an act of the state legislature after a dispute arose between Arkansas's two U.S. senators as one favored the pronunciation as /ˈɑːrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw while the other favored /ɑːrˈkænzəs/ ar-KAN-zəs.[c]

In 2007, the state legislature passed a non-binding resolution declaring that the possessive form of the state's name is Arkansas's, which has been followed increasingly by the state government.[15]

Wiki

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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Citat:

In 1881, the pronunciation of Arkansas with the final "s" being silent was made official by an act of the state legislature after a dispute arose between Arkansas's two U.S. senators as one favored the pronunciation as /ˈɑːrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw while the other favored /ɑːrˈkænzəs/ ar-KAN-zəs.[c]

In 2007, the state legislature passed a non-binding resolution declaring that the possessive form of the state's name is Arkansas's, which has been followed increasingly by the state government.[15]

Wiki

So the possessive form is pronounced "Arkensoz". Though at first I thought "Why the fuck did he post that, he said nothing new about the subject", you actually corrected me about the pronunciation of Arkansas, it's not "Arkanso", it's "Arkenso". Though it's really between those two, it is slightly more E than A, very slitghtly, but nevertheless, if I were on a quiz, I would go with E, but I wouldn't be that much wrong to go with A either.

Robbie MO

Pronounce:

Elvis Presley ( teskoca samo za Jugoslavene :zubati

)
Tomb Raider
Technology
Brewery
Draught (toceno [pivo])
Focus
Throughout
Quinoa (zdrava zitarica, popularna medju vegetarijancima)
Amateur
Column
Caucasus (Kavkaz)
Archimedes (Arhimed)
Athens (Atena)
Lloyd (ime)
Hegemony
Knell (zvonjava zvona)
Timbre (navodno dva izgovora, jedan je ko Justin Timberlake)
ultra
anti
nonetheless
tier , pier
ginger
foliage

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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Pronounce:

Elvis Presley ( teskoca samo za Jugoslavene :zubati

) Elvis Prezli
Tomb Raider Tum Rejd'r
Brewery Brueri
Draught (toceno [pivo]) Draut
Focus Fouk's
Throughout Truaut
Quinoa WTF is that!?
Amateur Am'ć'r (US English) Amat'r (British English)
Column Kol'm
Caucasus (Kavkaz) kok's's
Archimedes (Arhimed) Ark'midiz
Athens (Atena) Ath'nz (no other way to write mehko T)
Lloyd (ime) Lojd
Hegemony Hedžem'ni
Knell Nil
Timbre Timb'r

Though this is kind of fun, but do you really don't know these pronunciations, or are you just fucking with us?

Robbie MO

I just created an educational and fun quiz, why are you triggered? :zubati

Robbie MO

Draught goes more like draft.

Quinoa is a new "superfood", a nutritional scam for rich people in the West.

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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I just created an educational and fun quiz, why are you triggered? :zubati

Why do you think i'm triggered? I said it was fun, just wanted to know if you didn't know or this is a quiz. Since it is, I'l let others answer it, your questions are way too easy. Oh, and by the way, what in Titos' name is Quinoa?

Carmello Šešelj · **Pridružen/a:** 08 stu 2012, 00:05 **Postovi:** 22976

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Draught goes more like draft.

Quinoa is a new "superfood", a nutritional scam for rich people in the West.

No, drought is draut (suša), and draft is, well, draft (po Vuku), and it means promaja. I think I should be the one giving the questions at this point, your English is not up to par. But I won't, because that wouldn't be fun, and i'm way to lazy for that.

Robbie MO

Carmello Šešelj je napisao/la:

Robbie MO je napisao/la:

Draught goes more like draft.

Quinoa is a new "superfood", a nutritional scam for rich people in the West.

No, draught is draut (suša), and draft is, well, draft (po Vuku), and it means promaja. I think I should be the one giving the questions at this point, yor English is not up to par. But I won't, because that wouldn't be fun, and i'm way to lazy for that.

Draught is British spelling of draft [beer].
Drought is suša.

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