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Re: Japanese

?à?µ?à?µ (moshi moshi) should only be used on the telephone; it's not a general "hello," and the article should reflect this in some way. ?¡?ú?Í (konnichiwa) is probably better here.

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For some reason the top left cell of this table (A1 which should be blank or say "Language") isn't coming out right (it shifts the entire row to the left); or when it does someone edits back out.  Or maybe my browser is the only one that notices this? - Justfred
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: I agree that a proper phonetic transctiption would be more accurate.  The problem with some phonetic notations is that most people cannot read them, or at least not without continuous checking back-and-forth to some key.   As for emphasis how about we just capitalize an emphasized syllable: ''hola'' 
[[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/OH|/OH]]-la/, ''por favor'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/pour|/pour]] fav-OAR/, ''gracias'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/GRASS|/GRASS]]-ee-ass/, ''ése'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/AY|/AY]]-say/, ''cuánto'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/KWAN|/KWAN]]-toe/, ''Inglés'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/in|/in]]-GLAZE/, ''sí'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/see|/see]]/, ''no'' [[:Common_phrases_in_different_languages/no|/no]]/.

::grAHseeus or grAHs-yus would be closer to correct; and it's only barely three syllables; more like two.  Otherwise it sounds like "Grassy ass for the tay-koes and tuh-males."  Which may be correct in Texas.../OH-la/, ''por favor'' /pour fav-OAR/, ''gracias'' /GRASS-ee-ass/, ''ése'' /AY-say/, ''cuánto'' /KWAN-toe/, ''Inglés'' /in-GLAZE/, ''sí'' /see/, ''no'' /no/.

::grAHseeus or grAHs-yus would be closer to correct; and it's only barely three syllables; more like two.  Otherwise it sounds like "Grassy ass for the tay-koes and tuh-males."  Which may be correct in Texas...
:::Some students in high school Spanish classes make bad jokes such as "gracinalgas" (pronounced /GRAH-see-nahl-gahs/) that substitutes the Spanish word for "buttocks" where "ass" would appear. --[[user:Damian Yerrick|Damian Yerrick]]

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Two points:

1) this seems to be, as written, a very English-centric page. This web is world-wide, yes? Perhaps we should move the "English" column out of the "phrases" table and put a whole "words for languages in other languages" table. How do you say "japanese" in Dutch? kind of a thing.
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You're right; it's been a few years. I do remember, though, that it's "cuanto cómo quieras" :-)

:With all due respect, you remember wrong. <i>Como</i> is accented only when it means "how," not when it means "as." There are sentences in which you could use <i>cu&
amp;amp;amp;aacute;nto como quieras</i>, however. &amp;amp;amp;#8212;Eric

''cuánto como quieras'' doesn't make sense, whether you put an accent or not. If you want to say ''as much as you like'', that would be ''tanto como quieras''. By the way, ''cuánto'' is also spelled with an accent when it is an exclamation, as in ''¡Cuánto lo siento!'', which is literally "How sorry I am!''-- [[Calypso]]

PS. I'm using the accents on my Spanish keyboard, I wonder if everybody will see them correctly.

:They work because your Spanish keyboard uses ISO-8859-1 or -15 (ISO Latin) encoding. --[[user:Damian Yerrick|Damian Yerrick]]
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(Humor) Too ridiculous to add to the main page (and not necessarily correct) but:

Dutch-"De enige manier om Godzilla nu nog te doden is met een atoombom."<br> 
English-"The only way to kill [[:Godzilla|Godzilla]] now is with a nuclear weapon."<br>
French-"Maintenant, le seul method pour tuer Godzilla c'est utilizet une arme atomique."<br>
German-"Das einzige weg Godzilla jetst zu to:ten is mit einem atomwaffe."<br>
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--[[Calypso]]

I agree, alphabetical would make a lot more sense. Also, why is the table on a different page from the footnotes? Why two pages anyway? [[user:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]]


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What are the criteria for selection of languages to be included?
--[[user:Damian Yerrick|Damian Yerrick]]