Charlie Spencer Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, PaulK said: I studied French for twelve years as part of an otherwise very good public education in Canada and can barely speak it. I'm in awe of people who can do these things! People have different skill sets. Some can master verbal languages; some work with programming languages. ? Being interested plays a huge part in being successful. I was never interested in learning another language. I hate memorizing; that's what I have books and computers for, to remember stuff. I dislike inconsistencies, and languages evolved with through human usage with little concern for consistency. Edited February 24, 2021 by Charlie Spencer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Charlie Spencer said: People have different skill sets. Some can master verbal languages; some work with programming languages. Oh yeah? Well, I can eat vegetables! What’s your superpower? (That’s better than some people do, though I’m not naming any names here. For one, that would be considered rude, for another, I don’t know anybody’s dietary habits here anyway.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marge Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Somewhere in this chain of Spanish conversation was a question about a seagull?!?! Am I correct in saying that the final ID is a Herring Gull? Someone help a girl out here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, Miss Marge said: Somewhere in this chain of Spanish conversation was a question about a seagull?!?! Am I correct in saying that the final ID is a Herring Gull? Someone help a girl out here. I'm gonna assume that Tony's right- it's a Herring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feedtalefour Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I'm no expert so I don't want to jump the gun but that bicolored bill, diminutive size, and dark plumage seemingly leaves only one species, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 15 hours ago, Miss Marge said: Somewhere in this chain of Spanish conversation was a question about a seagull?!?! Am I correct in saying that the final ID is a Herring Gull? Someone help a girl out here. Several threads have gone pretty goofy here, but at least they were in english! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 5 hours ago, feedtalefour said: I'm no expert so I don't want to jump the gun but that bicolored bill, diminutive size, and dark plumage seemingly leaves only one species, no? Welcome to Whatbird! And what bird would you say that leaves it to be? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Welcome to Whatbird! And what bird would you say that leaves it to be? Thanks! That's literally my earlier post copied. I thought it had a chance of being California, but I suppose the legs are quite bright pink... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feedtalefour Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Would be nice to have more of a profile shot of the bird on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 11:06 AM, Seanbirds said: How’d you know? Because it's one of the few that's actually correct Spanish? ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 11:07 AM, Connor Cochrane said: I know enough Spanish to know that isn't correct Actually it was correct; "tener que ver con" is the expression used to mean "to have something to do with". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 11:19 AM, Birding Boy said: Google translate does stuff like this: So you type in meaningless nonsense in Spanish and expect Google translate to make sense of it? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 11:19 AM, PaulK said: Well if you're intending to order a very large quantity of venison at the restaurant then you don't need Google Translate... Unfortunately no cerveza (beer) nor cierva (female deer) has been ordered yet. No tengo la menor idea de que sería "cerva". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 11:20 AM, Connor Cochrane said: It should be conjugated to haco ¿¿¿¿????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) OK I couldn't resist bombing this thread with all of the Spanish abuse going on here! -Beer is "cerveza"; in Spain, Argentina, and a few other Latin American countries pronounce the "z" like the "th" in words like "this". In most of Latin America it's an s-sound. Ciervo is deer, and generally you don't specify the gender if you're ordering it in a meal. "Cerva" doesn't mean anything in Spanish. -"Por qué", "porque", and "por que" do all have different meanings, but this isn't and advanced Spanish class so we won't be teaching that here. -Google translate can be useful at times, but if you feed it garbled nonsense you can't blame it for not translating it to whatever you may have thought you were trying to say! Seriously, if you need to use a translator program use the simplest English you can and avoid idiomatic expressions, and you'll be more likely to get something that can be understood in the target language. On the other hand, if you're just playing, have fun. -Please read the rules. Correcting people's grammar and offensive jokes about people's gender, body size, etc. are not acceptable in any language. -Her Highness, your moderator, is also a human translator and interpreter (English - Spanish - Guatemalan Sign Language). -Please keep discussing and finalize this ID for @Miss Marge. Edited February 27, 2021 by Aveschapines Typo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Aveschapines said: Unfortunately no cerveza (beer) nor cierva (female deer) has been ordered yet. No tengo la menor idea de que sería "cerva". Typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 On 2/23/2021 at 11:02 AM, Connor Cochrane said: Sí. Ustedes madres es muy gorda I really did LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, floraphile said: I really did LOL! Pero, mi pienso que debería ser, "Ustedes madres son my gordas.", ¿no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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