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Offline Dries

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Thank you very phonetic
« on: June 02, 2015, 02:36:00 PM »
I just had an amusing thought: rendering various languages' versions of the term "thank you very much" phonetically in English. To start, here are my attempts – please feel free to add:

  • Afrikaans: Buy a donkey (baie dankie)
  • German: Feelin' dunk (vielen Dank) or Dunk a shin (danke schön)
  • Spanish: Moo chows grass yes (muchas gracias)
  • Dutch: Dunk yer Val (dank je wel)
Any takers?
« Last Edit: June 02, 2015, 02:40:29 PM by Dries »

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Re: Thank you very phonetic
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2015, 12:49:09 AM »
That is REALLY clever! Looks like good practice material!  :D
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Re: Thank you very phonetic
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2015, 03:02:44 PM »
Aha – a compliment, so...


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Re: Thank you very phonetic
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2015, 12:48:13 PM »
 I have one!

French: mare see bow coo: merçi beaucoup

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Re: Thank you very phonetic
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2015, 03:18:54 AM »
Mandarin: See ya, see ya. (Xie xie)
Korean: Come, sa harm knee da (Kamsahamnida)
Japanese: Ah, Ree got toe goat zai mass. (Arigatou-gozaimasu)

That was tough?! XD There were certain syllables that couldn't lend itself to proper English words because they were too short.
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Re: Thank you very phonetic
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2015, 04:21:01 PM »
Fan queue.

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Re: Thank you very phonetic
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2015, 11:20:26 AM »
Fan queue.

 ;D Why didn't I think of that?

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