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#Post#: 17735--------------------------------------------------
SHL's Guess the Language MOVED FROM Writing Challenge
By: SHL Date: July 10, 2019, 6:47 am
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Guess the language:
Vuxna och ungdom från 15 år:
1 kapsel efter varje huvudmåltid
Ta inte fler än 3 kapsel om dagen.
Svälj kapseln med ett stort glas vatten.
Ta inte Imogaze mer än 10 dagen i följd.
Ge inte Imogaze till personer under 15 år.
För oral användning. Läs bipacksedeln före använding.
#Post#: 17775--------------------------------------------------
Re: SHL's Guess the Language MOVED FROM Writing Challenge
By: SHL Date: July 11, 2019, 3:52 am
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[quote author=SHL link=topic=1212.msg17735#msg17735
date=1562759264]
Guess the language:
Vuxna och ungdom från 15 år:
1 kapsel efter varje huvudmåltid
Ta inte fler än 3 kapsel om dagen.
Svälj kapseln med ett stort glas vatten.
Ta inte Imogaze mer än 10 dagen i följd.
Ge inte Imogaze till personer under 15 år.
För oral användning. Läs bipacksedeln före använding.
[/quote]
No one guessed my Icelandic. I got that off something I bought
in Iceland. Interestingly, it had no English on it, like most
Icelandic products, but you can see the Germanic nature of the
language. Some of it bears a slight look of German (albeit only
a little).
#Post#: 17776--------------------------------------------------
Re: SHL's Guess the Language MOVED FROM Writing Challenge
By: Nikola Date: July 11, 2019, 4:04 am
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[quote author=SHL link=topic=1212.msg17775#msg17775
date=1562835179]
[quote author=SHL link=topic=1212.msg17735#msg17735
date=1562759264]
Guess the language:
Vuxna och ungdom från 15 år:
1 kapsel efter varje huvudmåltid
Ta inte fler än 3 kapsel om dagen.
Svälj kapseln med ett stort glas vatten.
Ta inte Imogaze mer än 10 dagen i följd.
Ge inte Imogaze till personer under 15 år.
För oral användning. Läs bipacksedeln före använding.
[/quote]
No one guessed my Icelandic. I got that off something I bought
in Iceland. Interestingly, it had no English on it, like most
Icelandic products, but you can see the Germanic nature of the
language. Some of it bears a slight look of German (albeit only
a little).
[/quote]
Sorry to disappoint you, Steven, but this is Swedish.
#Post#: 17778--------------------------------------------------
Re: SHL's Guess the Language MOVED FROM Writing Challenge
By: Alharacas Date: July 11, 2019, 4:26 am
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I couldn't decide whether it was Danish, Norwegian or Swedish,
although checking the diacritical marks would probably have
cleared that up - or wouldn't it, Nikola?
Actually, it was the German-looking words which made me
hesitate: "bipacksedeln" (must be the equivalent of
"Beipackzettel") and "använding" ("Anwendung", I'm sure),
because in my experience, Swedish usually doesn't contain a lot
of words whose meaning I can make out quite easily, while
Norwegian and Danish often do.
#Post#: 17780--------------------------------------------------
Re: SHL's Guess the Language MOVED FROM Writing Challenge
By: Nikola Date: July 11, 2019, 5:16 am
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[quote author=Alharacas link=topic=1212.msg17778#msg17778
date=1562837189]
I couldn't decide whether it was Danish, Norwegian or Swedish,
although checking the diacritical marks would probably have
cleared that up - or wouldn't it, Nikola?
Actually, it was the German-looking words which made me
hesitate: "bipacksedeln" (must be the equivalent of
"Beipackzettel") and "använding" ("Anwendung", I'm sure),
because in my experience, Swedish usually doesn't contain a lot
of words whose meaning I can make out quite easily, while
Norwegian and Danish often do.
[/quote]
Shame Allie's not here, she could help us. I am no expert, I
just saw several words I knew so I checked with Google and it
confirmed what I thought. I don't know much about Norwegian or
Danish, although I know Norwegian has these ø and there wasn't
one in the text ;D Could have been a coincidence, of course.
This is a translation by Google so probably not 100% accurate
but it shows what it would look like in other languages:
Icelandic
Fullorðnir og unglingar frá 15 ára aldri:
Eitt hylki eftir hverja aðal máltíð
Ekki taka meira en 3 hylki á dag.
Gleyptu hylkið með miklu glasi af vatni.
Ekki taka Imogaze meira en 10 samfellda daga.
Ekki gefa Imogaze fólki undir 15 ára aldri.
Til inntöku. Lesið fylgiseðilinn fyrir notkun.
Norwegian
Voksne og ungdom fra 15 år:
En kapsel etter hvert hovedmåltid
Ikke ta mer enn 3 kapsler om dagen.
Svelg kapselen med et stort glass vann.
Ikke ta Imogaze mer enn 10 påfølgende dager.
Ikke gi Imogaze til personer under 15 år.
Til oral bruk. Les pakningsvedlegget før bruk.
Danish
Voksne og unge fra 15 år:
En kapsel efter hvert hovedmåltid
Tag ikke mere end 3 kapsler om dagen.
Sluk kapslen med et stort glas vand.
Tag ikke Imogaze mere end 10 på hinanden følgende dage.
Giv ikke Imogaze til personer under 15 år.
Til oral brug. Læs indlægssedlen inden brug.
#Post#: 17795--------------------------------------------------
Re: SHL's Guess the Language MOVED FROM Writing Challenge
By: SHL Date: July 11, 2019, 6:41 am
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[quote author=Nikola link=topic=1212.msg17776#msg17776
date=1562835879]
[quote author=SHL link=topic=1212.msg17775#msg17775
date=1562835179]
[quote author=SHL link=topic=1212.msg17735#msg17735
date=1562759264]
Guess the language:
Vuxna och ungdom från 15 år:
1 kapsel efter varje huvudmåltid
Ta inte fler än 3 kapsel om dagen.
Svälj kapseln med ett stort glas vatten.
Ta inte Imogaze mer än 10 dagen i följd.
Ge inte Imogaze till personer under 15 år.
För oral användning. Läs bipacksedeln före använding.
[/quote]
No one guessed my Icelandic. I got that off something I bought
in Iceland. Interestingly, it had no English on it, like most
Icelandic products, but you can see the Germanic nature of the
language. Some of it bears a slight look of German (albeit only
a little).
[/quote]
Sorry to disappoint you, Steven, but this is Swedish.
[/quote]
See, I bought this after the security check point at Keflavik at
their duty free store, and the box had no English on it. Now
that I look at it more carefully, I see it was a Swedish
manufacturer and the instructions were both in Swedish on the
left and in Icelandic on the right. It’s just that I can‘t do
the Icelandic characters on my keyboard so I suppose I used the
Swedish instead. The Icelandic is much harder.
(Edited for formatting. N.)
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