A belated hello

[Fredericus]

Belated "Hello" - having been posting merrily for days, I better say hello.

Another Brit - hardly ever rational, but often sceptical. Never been accused of a sense of humour. What else? Keen on music - as long as it's "classical" - modern languages, yet like living in a linguistic no man's land.

[Spearthrower]

Aloha!

[newolder]

[hackenslash]

Had you will have been welcome.

[Greg the Grouper]

Hello!? You think this is some social club? This forum is serious business!

Sup.

[Bestiola]

Hello

[Fredericus]

Hello everybody. Intrigued by your signature, Bestiola. Is Heghlu a typo for Heddlu by any chance?

[Bestiola]

[quote="Fredericus";p="2783837"]Hello everybody. Intrigued by your signature, Bestiola. Is Heghlu a typo for Heddlu by any chance? [/quote]

Do you mean as in welsh for "police"? No, it's a Klingon expression for "today is a good day to die".

[Fredericus]

[quote="Bestiola";p="2783841"][quote="Fredericus";p="2783837"]Hello everybody. Intrigued by your signature, Bestiola. Is Heghlu a typo for Heddlu by any chance? [/quote]

Do you mean as in welsh for "police"? No, it's a Klingon expression for "today is a good day to die".[/quote]

Unfamiliar as I am with Klingon I was clutching at straws and could only come up with the Welsh for police.
Klingon seems even weirder than Latin and Welsh.

[The_Piper]

Greetingsus! Enjoyus yourus stayus!

[Fredericus]

Gratias tibi, fistulator (a player on the shepherd's pipe, a piper) or tibicen (flute player)

[Bestiola]

[quote="Fredericus";p="2783854"][quote="Bestiola";p="2783841"][quote="Fredericus";p="2783837"]Hello everybody. Intrigued by your signature, Bestiola. Is Heghlu a typo for Heddlu by any chance? [/quote]

Do you mean as in welsh for "police"? No, it's a Klingon expression for "today is a good day to die".[/quote]

Unfamiliar as I am with Klingon I was clutching at straws and could only come up with the Welsh for police.
Klingon seems even weirder than Latin and Welsh. [/quote]

Klingon is awesome

[Fredericus]

I'll take your word for it - not going to find out for myself, though!

[The_Piper]

[quote="Fredericus";p="2783859"]Gratias tibi, fistulator (a player on the shepherd's pipe, a piper) or tibicen (flute player)[/quote]Prego (Italian equivalent of you're welcome). A co-worker and I used to entertain each other by adding us to the end of words to make it Latin. My go to was thisus sucksus. Interesting that fistulator is a piper. A neighbor had surgery for a fistula which involved the gastro-intestinal tract.

[hackenslash]

[quote="The_Piper";p="2783872"]A co-worker and I used to entertain each other by adding us to the end of words to make it Latin.[/quote]

At least it was entertainment. The British famously think they can speak Spanish simply by adding 'o' to the end of a word and shouting.

[Spearthrower]

A PINTO of BEERO, por favor!

[The_Piper]

[quote="The_Piper";p="2783872"]A co-worker and I used to entertain each other by adding us to the end of words to make it Latin.

At least it was entertainment. The British famously think they can speak Spanish simply by adding 'o' to the end of a word and shouting.[/quote]I'm pretty sure I've heard Americans try that too, and not only in jest. For Italian as well.

[hackenslash]

[quote="Spearthrower";p="2783875"]A PINTO of BEERO, por favor![/quote]

To be fair, at least the English generally grasp 'uno cerveza'. Of course, that's not because of any inherent linguistic sensibility, it's just that they learn in about twelve seconds how to get hold of the most important of comestibles.

[Marcus Hadrianus]

[quote="Fredericus";p="2783830"]Belated Keen on music - as long as it's "classical"[/quote]
Hello amice, a classical music enthusiast you say. I'll drink to that

[Bestiola]

[quote="Fredericus";p="2783869"]I'll take your word for it - not going to find out for myself, though! [/quote]

The best tutorial for Klingon is Star Trek, of course, but if you want something a bit quicker, this should do, too