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and it is not a kvasar, which is unusual

by Krokku 8y ago

cdelsolar 8y ago
what is a kvasar
- jbf1001 8y ago
  I had to look it up too, it's the German word for Quasar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar.
  - bhaak 8y ago
    That's wrong, Quasar is also the German word for Quasar. But it looks like that the Scandinavian and the Slavic languages use the form "kvasar".
    - oska 8y ago
      Wiktionary is good for finding what languages a particular sequence of characters appears in. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvasar https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvasar According to that entry, it appears in both Swedish and Czech (as an alternate spelling). Given the commenter's username is krokku and the fact that "krok ku" means "(a) step forward/towards" in Czech, I think we can assume that the commenter is Czech.
      - bhaak 8y ago
        Two entries are not that much. On Wikipedia you can look at the list of articles in other languages. Or go directly to Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83373 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83373
        oska 8y ago
        Ah, interesting. So I see it also appears in Danish, Estonian and Norwegian. But with the additional clue from the username I'm still betting on Czech.
  - coinerone 8y ago
    "Kvasar" is Czech i think.
  - ableal 8y ago
    Sometimes I go to google translate to hear words pronounced, e.g. https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&tl=en&text=quelle%0A%0Aquasar%0A%0Aquantum https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&t... (I hear "kvasar" and "cantoom" for quasar and quantum)
- dan_hawkins 8y ago
  It's quasar - OP is probably not a native speaker.
  - UI_at_80x24 8y ago
    I can guarantee that OP is infact a native speaker. English however might not be OP's native language. =)
    - jamesrcole 8y ago
      But given that the rest of the OP's comment was in English, it is natural to interpret the GPs comment as meaning "not a native speaker of the language they wrote the comment in (English)".
- twic 8y ago
  It's a type of supermassive object formed in the early universe from the fermentation of rye bread.
  - msla 8y ago
    > It's a type of supermassive object formed in the early universe from the fermentation of rye bread. Stop being kvazy!
_verandaguy 8y ago
Assuming you mean quasar here. It's unusual, but only because there's such a small set of Einstein Crosses -- it's not particularly significant that the lensed object is another galaxy.

and it is not a kvasar, which is unusual

by Krokku 8y ago

and it is not a kvasar, which is unusual

cdelsolar 8y ago

what is a kvasar

jbf1001 8y ago
I had to look it up too, it's the German word for Quasar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar.
- bhaak 8y ago
  That's wrong, Quasar is also the German word for Quasar. But it looks like that the Scandinavian and the Slavic languages use the form "kvasar".
  - oska 8y ago
    Wiktionary is good for finding what languages a particular sequence of characters appears in. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvasar https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvasar According to that entry, it appears in both Swedish and Czech (as an alternate spelling). Given the commenter's username is krokku and the fact that "krok ku" means "(a) step forward/towards" in Czech, I think we can assume that the commenter is Czech.
    - bhaak 8y ago
      Two entries are not that much. On Wikipedia you can look at the list of articles in other languages. Or go directly to Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83373 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83373
      - oska 8y ago
        Ah, interesting. So I see it also appears in Danish, Estonian and Norwegian. But with the additional clue from the username I'm still betting on Czech.
- coinerone 8y ago
  "Kvasar" is Czech i think.
- ableal 8y ago
  Sometimes I go to google translate to hear words pronounced, e.g. https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&tl=en&text=quelle%0A%0Aquasar%0A%0Aquantum https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=de&t... (I hear "kvasar" and "cantoom" for quasar and quantum)
dan_hawkins 8y ago
It's quasar - OP is probably not a native speaker.
- UI_at_80x24 8y ago
  I can guarantee that OP is infact a native speaker. English however might not be OP's native language. =)
  - jamesrcole 8y ago
    But given that the rest of the OP's comment was in English, it is natural to interpret the GPs comment as meaning "not a native speaker of the language they wrote the comment in (English)".
twic 8y ago
It's a type of supermassive object formed in the early universe from the fermentation of rye bread.
- msla 8y ago
  > It's a type of supermassive object formed in the early universe from the fermentation of rye bread. Stop being kvazy!

_verandaguy 8y ago

Assuming you mean quasar here. It's unusual, but only because there's such a small set of Einstein Crosses -- it's not particularly significant that the lensed object is another galaxy.