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Another Polish-speaker who read this article said she was delighted by my use of “ogoneks” instead of “ogoneki”.
by mjd 9y ago
Another Polish-speaker who read this article said she was delighted by my use of “ogoneks” instead of “ogoneki”.
- waqf 9y ago*"ogonki"
- mjd 9y agoRight, thanks!
- schoen 9y agoOuch, that asterisk does some seriously confusing double-duty in a thread like this... In Internet forum speak, the asterisk means "I meant to say" or "You meant to say". In linguistics, the asterisk means "This form is not attested (we don't have examples of people using it)" or "This form would be considered mistaken by speakers". That means that the forum usage of asterisks is something like "I should have said X" while the linguistics use of asterisks is something like "I shouldn't have said X". :-( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Linguistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Linguistics "In linguistics, an asterisk is placed before a word or phrase to indicate that it is not used, or there are no records of it being in use." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Typography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Typography "Asterisks may denote corrections to misspelling or misstatements in previous electronic messages"
- idlewords 9y agoFor Polish speakers, your post is like watching someone dive from a high platform onto a cactus. You have our attention!
- mjd 9y agoThank you sir! I thought of you while I was writing it, and hoped that I would not make you feel embarrassed on my behalf.
- idlewords 9y agoIt was an awesome post!
- mjd 9y agoBy the way, I was on the big island of Hawai‘i last month and I drove past Pszyk Road. As well as I can discover, this was named for a Polish immigrant whose descendants now have names like Harmony Wai‘olohe Pszyk.
- idlewords 9y agoThis makes me extremely happy. I also think there should be exit visas based on last name. Let's not repeat the tragedy of this guy: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Joe-Gwozdz http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Joe-Gwo...
- mootothemax 9y agoMy eldest daughter, a native Ponglish speaker, came out with Thankuję a few years back. I've been dining off it since.
- magic_beans 9y ago> Like watching someone dive from a high platform onto a cactus This is a hilariously colorful analogy. Is it a translation of a Polish analogy, or are you just a very descriptive English speaker?
- morsch 9y agoMaybe the former, definitely the latter; see http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm http://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_t... or any of the articles on his blog.
- idlewords 9y agoI am just a descriptive English speaker. Thank you for the kind words!