but maybe, someday, when they learn...

Shiat. Injun is easy to speak.

"Me got firewater. You got wampum? Trade firewater for wampum."

See? Piece of cake.

Next week: Speak Jive on Airplanes in One Easy Step ;)

I know how to say "hello" in Cherokee (o-si-YO). That's all I know though.

_{/ 1/256 Cherokee}

It's easy to translate articles into subby speak however:

"UK absolutely anything at all" = "nanny state".

How is government waste nanny state submidiot?

Laugh now, but when the Empire of Japan strikes again you'll know who to run to

now you've got me singing that stupid song..

/cheeerokee peopleeeeee

//cheeeerokee triiiiibe

Help! The British are coming!

SpinStopper: Shiat. Injun is easy to speak.

"Me got firewater. You got wampum? Trade firewater for wampum."

See? Piece of cake.

Next week: Speak Jive on Airplanes in One Easy Step ;)

step 1: read the subtitles

"Hey-how-are-ya..Hey-how-are-ya...Hey-how-are-ya..."

I thought there were call center companies that specialized in exactly this sort of thing. You implement your call center in your favorite three languages, and then outsource all other languages to these companies. They have the language experts and will handle your one laotian when he calls in, etc.

AntiNorm: I know how to say "hello" in Cherokee (o-si-YO). That's all I know though.

/ 1/256 Cherokee

Had to learn to read and write and speak it before English.

AntiNorm: I know how to say "hello" in Cherokee (o-si-YO). That's all I know though.

/ 1/256 Cherokee


Thats gross. I wouldnt admit that.

In before irony police...

The money was for many languages
"The £255,000 contract with translators Language Line is for callers to NHS Direct. Matt Tee, chief executive of NHS Direct said:"We only pay for languages we need."

Now the real question is, did you actually pay for Cherokee or was it part of a packaged deal?

Future alien linguists will thank us for this. With most of our telephone traffic going through satellites and microwave transmitters, the aliens will be able to compile a more complete catalog of human languages.

/hey reptilian/nordic/greys, you can thank me for the tip by making me viceroy of earth

who the hell says "Red Indian"? well, the Brits, i guess.

the proper term is Feathers Indian, or Woo Woo Indian...

/ 1/16th Choctaw
// look 1/32

"Red Indian?" Oh shiat, it's on now...

Nanny state has become a nebulous term.

The speakers in my Cherokee could use some help. Maybe I should call.



/DNRTFA
//obviously

As the Esperantinos would say, "Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston? Lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!" And I think we all know what that means.

They're just preparing for the Cherokee immigration.

, like subby, doesn't know what irony means.

Oy vey. They darker than us! Woof!

It's too bad there isn't a Cherokee website where you could translate "It's like rain on your wedding day."

Kublai Khan: How is government waste nanny state submidiot?

Uh... because they did in the cause of trying to make all the precious immigrant snowflakes avoid learning the local language? If they didn't bother to check how many such immigrants actually exist, it's a good bet that they were intentionally spending money on languages with just a handful of speakers.

/ Not subby.

The Cherokee part of me is mocking the English part of me.Wombatzu: who the hell says "Red Indian"? well, the Brits, i guess.

the proper term is Feathers Indian, or Woo Woo Indian...

/ 1/16th Choctaw
// look 1/32

Yeah, the Red Indian thing stuck out as odd to me as well. I don't know if I'm actually offended or if I'm just conditioned to think that I am.

/1/16th Cherokee
//does not look it at all

Nice truck.

The one thing I will disagree with this article on is having a translation for Esperanto. This is simply meeting the speaker half way. This is a great language as well as a noble endeavor and more people should take the time to learn it.

Ok now I RTFA. First of all, it's £250,000, not $300,000 (it's actually over $400,000). Secondly they paid £250,000 for the whole program, not just Cherokee. And finally, I wouldn't trust an article that refers to the Cherokee people as Red Indians (I don't think they like that very much).

/not ironic either

Wombatzu: The proper term is Feathers Indian, or Woo Woo Indian...

I've always just asked, dot or feather?

How'd they get over there? Was there a land-bridge that I was unaware of?

Farkers are slow today.

It's "Red Dot" or "Woo Woo" Indian.

Those are your only two choices.

Yes, indeed, the Brits do routinely say "Red Indian" without any attempt at all to be insulting, and are quite puzzled if it is pointed out that it sounds a bit shocking to non-British ears.

xuanzhiyouxuan: Future alien linguists will thank us for this. With most of our telephone traffic going through satellites and microwave transmitters, the aliens will be able to compile a more complete catalog of human languages.

/hey reptilian/nordic/greys, you can thank me for the tip by making me viceroy of earth

Na they will tap into 4chan, decide we are hopeless, and send a big rock to crush us like bugs.

Maybe since they were in India for so long, they refer to Indians as just Indians, so Red Indians is just a way to say Native Americans with less syllables.

Wombatzu: who the hell says "Red Indian"? well, the Brits, i guess.

the proper term is Feathers Indian, or Woo Woo Indian...

/ 1/16th Choctaw
// look 1/32

Casino Indian instead of Slurpee Indian

AntiNorm: I know how to say "hello" in Cherokee (o-si-YO). That's all I know though.

/ 1/256 Cherokee

Is it even worth keeping track of at that point?

I'm

So I'm getting a kick out of this terminology.

You call it corn. He calls it maize.

FTFA: Cherokee is spoken by a few Native Americans, mostly living in Oklahoma, who all also speak English.

I live in Oklahoma, so blah blah tired meme.. I live in the Cherokee Nation capital actually. Anybody know where that is?

/some fraction of a power of 2 of some tribe of indian
//no idea what or which
//not from around here

Wombatzu: who the hell says "Red Indian"? well, the Brits, i guess.

the proper term is Feathers Indian, or Woo Woo Indian...


I've always said "how Indian or dot Indian?"

Actually he calls it frumento.

xuanzhiyouxuan: Future alien linguists will thank us for this. With most of our telephone traffic going through satellites and microwave transmitters, the aliens will be able to compile a more complete catalog of human languages.

What if they just intercepted all our text messaging, and assumed textspeek was the dominant language on Earth?

/idk, my bff gorlack?

Wombatzu: who the hell says "Red Indian"? well, the Brits, i guess.


That would be to distinguish American Indians from Far Eastern Indians, I suppose.

/1/32 Cherokee
//In the summer, my dad turned this awesome mahogany red from the sun.

Paleface like eat crunchy frog?

/linguist
/Athabaskanist

TheDaymoose: The Cherokee part of me is mocking the English part of me.Wombatzu: who the hell says "Red Indian"? well, the Brits, i guess.

the proper term is Feathers Indian, or Woo Woo Indian...

/ 1/16th Choctaw
// look 1/32

Yeah, the Red Indian thing stuck out as odd to me as well. I don't know if I'm actually offended or if I'm just conditioned to think that I am.

/1/16th Cherokee
//does not look it at all

They use the term 'Red Indian' to specify that they are natives of the west indies, (Native Indians) and not East Indians, from India.

They can't use "Native American" in Great Britain, because, well, they're not American; they're British. So, otherwise, people from both nations would be called "Indian," and that would just be confusing.

Death of Rats: Casino Indian instead of Slurpee Indian

I always heard it as apples to oranges.

/Mmm... curry.

Sim Tree: They can't use "Native American" in Great Britain, because, well, they're not American; they're British.

Why not?

GypsyJoker: Paleface like eat crunchy frog?

We use only the finest baby frogs. Dew picked, and flown from Iraq, cleaned in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and sealed in a succulent quintuple-smooth, triple-cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.