[b:5504c8c407]The Rules[/b:5504c8c407] These are the original rules: [quote:5504c8c407="Chimaera"]Here’s how it works: I have chosen five English words, and for each of those five words, three languages. I have then chosen five words from each language, one of which is the correct translation of the original English word. The other four words are arbitrary; however, for each set of three languages, I have the same five words in their respective languages. As an example, in the first one, the word to look for is ‘beautiful’ but the word ‘metal’ appears in all three languages as well (metal, metaal, metallo). Thus, the word beautiful appears in each language (for this set of three languages), as does the word metal, and three others. This could either help or hinder you, depending on whether or not you are fluent in one of the languages. Basically, all you need to do is find the correct translation of the English word stated in each language. You have to attempt all the questions, and not only the ones in which you speak a language, meaning you will have 15 answers, and get a mark out of 15. Please PM me with your answers set out as follows. First the number of the English word (1 through 5). Then the letter of the language (a, b, c), and then the roman numeral (i, ii, iii, iv, v) which represents your choice. For example, if you think that the answer for the Portuguese translation of beautiful is ‘metal’ then you would write: 1 a v. Please write them underneath each other to avoid confusion. In this way, you won’t have to actually copy out any of the words. Good Luck! I’m giving this competition 24 hours, and I ask you all not to use any translators, even though it’s been pointed out that’s what’ll happen. Hopefully you’re all honest. No one is fluent in all these languages. [/quote:5504c8c407] This version will largely follow these rules, although I give four options instead of five and six questions instead of five. It is also not as difficult as the last one I personally think. You have 48 hours instead of 24, btw.
[b:89ce484fae]The Game[/b:89ce484fae] 1. Breathe a) Italian: respirare, vomitare, soplare, ridere b) German: lachen, erbrechen, atmen, blasen c) French: souffler, rire, respirer, vomir 2. Old a) Spanish: viejo, nuevo, sucio, podrido b) Swedish: ny, rutten, gammal, smutsig c) Esperanto: putra, nova, malpura, maljuna 3. Forest a) Swedish: löv, skog, rot, frö b) German: Samen, Blatt, Wurzel, Wald c) Italian: foglia, foresta, radice, seme 4. Bone a) French: sang, viande, os, peau b) Spanish: hueso, piel, sangre, carne c) Dutch: vlees, bloed, been, huid 5. Black a) Esperanto: cindro, varma, monto, nigra b) Dutch: berg, as, zwart, warm c) Latin: cineres, mons, calidus, ater 6. Sleep a) Hindi: ghutna, haathi, neend, maloom nahin b) Swedish: sova, knä, jag vet inte, elefant c) Dutch: olifant, slaap, weet niet, knie [b:89ce484fae]I look forward to your PMs the coming 48 hours. Good luck![/b:89ce484fae]
Corrected, thanks. Stupid umlauts... I have prepared a tiebreaker. It will be posted after the deadline if necessary. Btw, Kapten, where are your answers?
PM sent, I am right in thinking we aren't allowed to google this am I ? otherwise I'm dead stupid 'cos I just guessed the ones I didn't know, and I don't see it written anywhere...
The last paragraph of the rules does mention this, but in case it's not clear: [b:61b651a103]I ask participants not to use translators or anything other than their individual knowledge (no asking friends, relatives etc..).[/b:61b651a103]
I've also pm'ed my guesses (though not all of them were guesses, I had some basic lessons in four of those languages, German wasn't a problem either, and remembered a key word from a fifth. Then again, I have a brain like a sieve).
PMd my answers. I did French for years, so that was ok. Italian is very similar to french in my opinion & I've been to Spain a lot. As for the rest, apart from German which I did for 3 years in school, I hadn't a clue; educated guesses all round.
Pm'ed you. Lets see how useful that comparative linguistics course was. Dutch was not a problem, neither was german. About the rest I'm not so sure.
[quote:029e1523c9="Katcal"]Oh, yeah, got it... Bunnies can't read, everyone knows that...[/quote:029e1523c9] Well, it wasn't really clear and I should have repeated it anyway.
[quote:e1b9558684="Cynical_Youth"]Btw, Kapten, where are your answers? [/quote:e1b9558684] I've sent you the answers now.
They are. The results are coming up, I'll post the tiebreaker first. Tiebreaker: 1. Flower a) Finnish: ruoho, kaarna, kukka, puu b) Estonian: koor, lill, rohi, puu c) Irish: crann, bláth, coirt, féar 2. Tail a) Polish: pióro, ogon, róg, jajko b) Catalan: cua, ploma, ou, banya c) Manx: arbyl, eairk, ooh, clooie [b:ed3d4b61c0]I am going to have to ask Hsing, Tephlon, Electric_Man and aegron to take it, although everyone is free to take a shot at it if they want.[/b:ed3d4b61c0]
[b:20bef67a20]And KaptenKaries as well. Sorry.[/b:20bef67a20] Edit to add: Although the same rules still apply, there will be no deadline on the tiebreaker entries for now.
[b:fa6aebb640]Scoreboard:[/b:fa6aebb640] [color=orange:fa6aebb640]Lipi 18[/color:fa6aebb640] Hsing 16 Tephlon 16 KaptenKaries 15 Aegron 15 Electric_Man 15 Katcal 14 TheJackal 10 Victimov8 10 Spiky 8 somethingclever 5
Shouldn't you only get a wooden spoon if you come last? You'll have to really unimprove if you want them spoons!
Well, the tiebreaker was designed to be evil. First scores in: Electric_Man 15 - 1 aegron 15 - 2 KaptenKaries 15 - 2 Yep, we need another tiebreaker for aegron and KaptenKaries.
Okay, aegron and KaptenKaries. The ULTIMATE tie breaker. The Manx word for "eye" is: a) sooill b) stroin First to post with a choice gets to answer.
[quote:0e1b1560ba="Electric_Man"]Shouldn't you only get a wooden spoon if you come last? You'll have to really unimprove if you want them spoons![/quote:0e1b1560ba] nah, everyone who doesn't get a medal gets a spoon, I'm a generous bunny...
:lol: I came in dead last! I cant say I'm shocked. The only ones where I was not just hazarding a guess were the spanish ones and it occured to me that your spanish might be different from the spanish here. (Spanish vs. Mexican) Sigh...I still get a spoon though?
I've sent you my guesses... this time, they really were guesses, mostly. Well, I will at least get bronze if I failed this time.
[quote:1d3c806b52="somethingclever"]:lol: I came in dead last! I cant say I'm shocked. The only ones where I was not just hazarding a guess were the spanish ones and it occured to me that your spanish might be different from the spanish here. (Spanish vs. Mexican) Sigh...I still get a spoon though?[/quote:1d3c806b52] sure ! have a spoon, eat your heart out ! Well... not literally of course, that would be messy.
That is correct! That means: KaptenKaries - 15 - 2 - 1 aegron - 15 - 2 - 0 Manx is the Gaelic language that is spoken on the Isle of Man. Not a lot of people speak it, it was even without native speakers for some time.
Well I think I should get a silver spoon for coming second-last, somethingclever can have the golden spoon and Dave and Jackal get to share the bronze spoon. Katkal stop hogging the spoons... or you can have the straight wooden spoon.
[quote:f2c02bd92b="Katcal"][quote:f2c02bd92b="somethingclever"]Sigh...I still get a spoon though?[/quote:f2c02bd92b] sure ! have a spoon, eat your heart out ! Well... not literally of course, that would be messy.[/quote:f2c02bd92b] and painfull :shock: Whats this about a golden spoon? For coming in last?! rayer: :lol: (thanks spiky)
There was no deadline, Tephlon. And your entry was still in pretty quickly. Tiebreaker results: Hsing - 16 - 4 Tephlon - 16 - 0 [b:2b7ef51642]Final Scoreboard:[/b:2b7ef51642] [color=orange:2b7ef51642]Lipi 18[/color:2b7ef51642] Hsing 16 Tephlon 16 KaptenKaries 15 Aegron 15 Electric_Man 15 Katcal 14 TheJackal 10 Victimov8 10 Spiky 8 somethingclever 5
Hey, I'm not hogging the spoons ! Anyone can have one, and gold, silver and bronze spoons sound great... I'll stick with the wooden ones myself...
[quote:1b3ba48195="KaptenKaries"]So I finish fourth then, do I? Just outside of a medal. Damn.[/quote:1b3ba48195] Hands KK a cheap tin medal in compensation for being gipped.
[b:d6b71af3bc]Answers:[/b:d6b71af3bc] 1 [b:d6b71af3bc]Breathe: respirare, atmen, respirer[/b:d6b71af3bc] Laugh: ridere, lachen, rire Blow: soplar, blasen, souffler Vomit: vomitare, erbrechen, vomit 2 Rotten: podrido, rutten, putra Dirty: sucio, smutsig, malpura New: nuevo, ny, nova [b:d6b71af3bc]Old: viejo, gammal, maljuna[/b:d6b71af3bc] 3 [b:d6b71af3bc]Forest: skog, Wald, foresta[/b:d6b71af3bc] Root: rot, Wurzel, radice Leaf: löv, Blatt, foglia Seed: frö, Samen, seme 4 [b:d6b71af3bc]Bone: os, hueso, been[/b:d6b71af3bc] Blood: sang, sangre, bloed Meat: viande, carne, vlees Skin: peau, piel, huid 5 Mountain: monto, berg, mons [b:d6b71af3bc]Black: nigra, zwart, ater[/b:d6b71af3bc] Ashes: cindro, as, cineres Warm: varma, warm, calidus 6 Dunno: maloom nahin, jag vet inte, weet niet [b:d6b71af3bc]Slaap: neend, sova, slaap[/b:d6b71af3bc] Knee: ghutna, knä, knee Elephant: haathi, elefant, olifant Tiebreaker: 1 [b:d6b71af3bc]Flower: kukka, lill, bláth[/b:d6b71af3bc] Bark: kaarna, koor, coirt Grass: ruoho, rohi, féar Tree: puu, puu, crann 2 [b:d6b71af3bc]Tail: ogon, cua, arbyl[/b:d6b71af3bc] Horn: róg, banya, eairk Egg: jajko, ou, ooh Feather: pióro, ploma, clooie
Damn skog, I KNEW that one !!! My cat's a Norse Skogskat (or something like that) or a Norwegian forest cat, how stupid AM I ??? **thumps herself with her 2 wooden spoons**
[quote:40192a2c0a="Katcal"]Damn skog, I KNEW that one !!! My cat's a Norse Skogskat (or something like that) or a Norwegian forest cat, how stupid AM I ??? **thumps herself with her 2 wooden spoons**[/quote:40192a2c0a] Norwegian (and Swedish) spelling is Norsk Skogskatt. Edit: Norska skogskatter are damn cool.
Humm, well, yeah, cool maybe, but not when they decide to jump on your sleeping figure at 3am and pee on you through your duvet, or squeaking all night because they get bored... He has taken an early retirement to my parent's place in the country, a 5th floor flat was too cruel on him, and on us.
[quote:5844f5b1b4="Katcal"]Humm, well, yeah, cool maybe, but not when they decide to jump on your sleeping figure at 3am and pee on you through your duvet, or squeaking all night because they get bored... He has taken an early retirement to my parent's place in the country, a 5th floor flat was too cruel on him, and on us.[/quote:5844f5b1b4] Yes, my cat also nowadays lives at my parents', ever since she took to sharpening her claws on the wallpapers of my apartment.
[quote:e6d66b7a21="Tephlon"]Woooo, Bronze! Check out the bling![/quote:e6d66b7a21] I'd get out a magnifying glass to look at it, but I'm at work and it would look a bit suspicious...
[quote:05d3194094="Electric_Man"][quote:05d3194094="Tephlon"]Woooo, Bronze! Check out the bling![/quote:05d3194094] I'd get out a magnifying glass to look at it, but I'm at work and it would look a bit suspicious...[/quote:05d3194094] Jealous, jealous I say! Can I help it you're giving out tiny, tiny medals?
Sorry it has taken so long, but it is now time to hand out medals. Lipi told me she thought she was allowed to use a dictionary, so sadly she had to be disqualified. This means: [size=18:b179c0b604]Hsing[/size:b179c0b604] wins the Gold. [b:b179c0b604]Tephlon[/b:b179c0b604] wins the Silver. [b:b179c0b604]KaptenKaries[/b:b179c0b604] wins the Bronze. Congratulations!
[b:1ee89d693d]A change in the results![/b:1ee89d693d] I am disqualified due to not reading the rule about absolutely NO help. Stupid me, not thinking and all. I can only apologuise with the fact that I have moved this week and have not been following up on the posts, bow my head in shame and pass on the medal to the one who really deserves it. I have already notified CY. So: [b:1ee89d693d]Final Scoreboard:[/b:1ee89d693d] [color=orange:1ee89d693d]Hsing[/color:1ee89d693d] 16 Tephlon 16 KaptenKaries 15 Aegron 15 Electric_Man 15 Katcal 14 TheJackal 10 Victimov8 10 Spiky 8 somethingclever 5 Congratulations everyone! I'll be in the corner trying to make up for it... karma and stuff like that..
[quote:1d1807c816]Aaahhhhhhh! Very Happy Lookatit! Goldformegoldformegoldforme![/quote:1d1807c816] And I really polished and buffed it up for you
