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Post by igelkotten on Jul 9, 2005 16:15:27 GMT
Swedish mainline railway company SJ AB (the former state railways) have started an unusual advertising campaign. They have rented farmland in the approach paths to several of Sweden's largest airports and cut out advertisments for low-price train tickets in them. ;D The tickets advertised are of course for the towns located next to the airports. An article, in Swedish, but with pictures, can be found here: www.svd.se/dynamiskt/naringsliv/did_10075368.asp |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2005 23:13:39 GMT
This is actually an unusual and clever idea, because it's unusual people will look and take note. They have even got free publicity from the media.
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Post by Settleup on Jul 10, 2005 23:31:01 GMT
Ett vinnande koncept: jätteintressant!
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Post by igelkotten on Jul 11, 2005 0:49:51 GMT
 Ännu en som talar ärans och hjältarnas språk! Snart kan vi ta över forumet helt och tvinga de bleka öborna att äta sill och knäckebröd! And now Alan L will scratch his head and run off to find an on-line translator again... ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2005 2:05:40 GMT
And now Alan L will scratch his head and run off to find an on-line translator again... ;D How well you know me, Igelkotten!! ;D I sense a mutiny here... Something along the lines of "We can take over the forum entirely and force the pale born to eat herrings and bread" ;D ;D Anywhere near? I really should stop doing this! I'll be getting paranoid! ;D |
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Post by igelkotten on Jul 11, 2005 10:51:26 GMT
I really should stop doing this! I'll be getting paranoid! ;D There are times when paranoia is a derangement. And then, there are times when it might actually be fully justified... |
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Post by Tom on Jul 11, 2005 10:56:03 GMT
Ännu en som talar ärans och hjältarnas språk! Snart kan vi ta över forumet helt och tvinga de bleka öborna att äta sill och knäckebröd! lol - I think I know what's going on ;D |
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Post by piccadillypilot on Jul 11, 2005 11:00:58 GMT
I'll be getting paranoid! Just because you don't think the whole world is out to get you doesn't mean they aren't.  |
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Post by Settleup on Jul 11, 2005 18:19:56 GMT
Ännu en som talar ärans och hjältarnas språk! Snart kan vi ta över forumet helt och tvinga de bleka öborna att äta sill och knäckebröd! Ett flammande stridstal till SOS. Leve smögåsbordet! Nu räcker det! |
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Post by Dmitri on Jul 12, 2005 9:29:31 GMT
Ännu en som talar ärans och hjältarnas språk! Snart kan vi ta över forumet helt och tvinga de bleka öborna att äta sill och knäckebröd! Ett flammande stridstal till SOS. Leve smögåsbordet! Nu räcker det! Ничего не понимаю . |
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Post by chris on Jul 12, 2005 9:58:09 GMT
Can I propose a rule - all posts in ENGLISH!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2005 12:36:03 GMT
Can I propose a rule - all posts in ENGLISH!!!! Oui, a bon idée, methinks! ;D ;D Dmitri, you have me stumped, I can't find a russian translator! ;D |
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Post by chris on Jul 12, 2005 12:42:48 GMT
Dmitri, you have me stumped, I can't find a russian translator! ;D Then you better learn Russian for yourself! How hard can it be?  |
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Post by Dmitri on Jul 12, 2005 15:10:24 GMT
Dmitri, you have me stumped, I can't find a russian translator! ;D , choose "Russian to English". To make your life easier - my message simply reads 'Cannot get anything'  . I wonder where can I found Swedish to English or Russian translator ? |
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Post by igelkotten on Jul 13, 2005 22:43:35 GMT
Can I propose a rule - all posts in ENGLISH!!!! Aren't you supposed to be, like, in school, where you, like, you know, learn foreign languages n' stuff? Learn to find opportunity in adversity! See this as a great motivation for you to become a polyglot master of languages! Impress your teacher by being able to say "Mind the doors" in full seventy-nine languages! ;D |
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Post by chris on Jul 14, 2005 7:22:41 GMT
I've learnt Spanish and French (to an extent!!!) but not Russian, Swdish etc. Anyway, i'm practising my English.
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Post by Tom on Jul 14, 2005 11:04:41 GMT
I wonder where can I found Swedish to English or Russian translator ? InterTran - try www.foreignword.com |
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Post by Tom on Jul 14, 2005 11:07:33 GMT
Aren't you supposed to be, like, in school, where you, like, you know, learn foreign languages n' stuff? Learn to find opportunity in adversity! See this as a great motivation for you to become a polyglot master of languages! Impress your teacher by being able to say "Mind the doors" in full seventy-nine languages! ;D Nah, they dropped studying languages to GCSE level about seven or so years after they introduced it, after realising almost everyone didn't care and getting a grade D was an achievement. OK, so a lot of us regret it now, but still... 'Se upp för dörranar - dörranar stängs'. Only another 78 to go... |
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Post by chris on Jul 14, 2005 11:26:46 GMT
They haven't dropped languages entirly at GCSE. There is one or two schools in my local area where you have a choice on whether you want to learn them or not, but at my school German or French was compulsary and you had a choice whether you wanted to do Spanish on top of one of those. I ended up doing Spanish and French and am predicted A's in both, whether I get them we'll have to wait till the end of August, but I think languages are still widely taught. There was a rumour of children learining French at 7 or 8. I think the common view of languages is that students don't care about that, but i took a bit of care and am glad that i managed to achieve something. (Hopefully!)
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Post by Tom on Jul 14, 2005 11:39:34 GMT
They haven't dropped languages entirly at GCSE. If I may quote from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: "From September 2004 it will no longer be a statutory requirement that all students study a modern foreign language at key stage 4." (Taken from www.qca.org.uk/7563.html). |
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Post by chris on Jul 14, 2005 13:04:51 GMT
Not statutary, but the majority of schools still feel the need for languages so pursure teaching them.
If you ask me (though people rarely do!), there is little point the English learing French, and the French learning English. If everybody learnt one languge (English) life would be much simpler!
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Post by Tom on Jul 14, 2005 15:05:29 GMT
If you read the link, you would notice that it is still a requirement for schools to offer the teaching of languages, it is just no longer compulsory to study them.
Maybe if everyone learnt one language it would be simpler, but where's the fun in that?
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Post by piccadillypilot on Jul 14, 2005 15:27:10 GMT
Maybe if everyone learnt one language it would be simpler, GENERAL NOTICE No. 89/5432/AHETO/964554/ZXDAE Subject: Euro English The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short). In the first year, 's' will be used instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard 'c' will be replaced with 'k.' Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced by 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20 per sent shorter. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go. By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' by 'z' and 'W' by 'V'. During ze fifz year, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou', and similar changes vud of kors; be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil b no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2005 19:19:55 GMT
For all your foreign language requirments in 280 of the worlds most common languages, visit www.yourdictionary.comSelect your translation [from/to] and enter chosen words or phrase. Note: RUDE words not recognised - I've already tried... ;D |
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Post by Phil on Jul 15, 2005 9:06:33 GMT
Aren't you supposed to be, like, in school, where you, like, you know, learn foreign languages n' stuff? Igelkotten do you not understand we are ENGLISH. WE do not DO foreign languages. When abroad we just speak very slowly and SHOUT. ;D ;D ;D Seriously the standard of language teaching over here has steadily dropped over the years. These days instead of detailed understanding of the language it is more a case of ' how to get by on holiday' for all but the brightest. The other problem is that kids are not taught languages until 11 yrs old- far too old to start IMO. Our curriculum also means that a pupil who could become fluent in several languages just isn't given the chance- normally the maximum is two. |
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Post by chris on Jul 15, 2005 9:15:52 GMT
One of my friends has 4 language GCSE's. His dad is very keen on languages, and is currently teaching himself Norweign and Arabic. He can already speak more languages then anyone else I know!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2005 18:38:40 GMT
Well, in the last two years of my schooling, I had to put up with trying to get me tongue around French. I didn't succeed.
"Parelz Anglais Monseiur???"
"Nein, Ich Sprech Deutsche"
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