WordNerding

[JoB]

Weren't the chasseurs, like, cavalry?

It literally means "hunters", which is, of course, a term that likely many military groups liked to appropriate. Like the German Jäger led to Feldjäger, Gebirgsjäger ... Jagdflugzeug ... not to forget the Jägers of Foglio fame ...

In terms of tongue-twisters, try un chasseur sachant chasser sans son chien ("a hunter who knows how to hunt without his dog").

[Mélusine]

In terms of tongue-twisters, try un chasseur sachant chasser sans son chien ("a hunter who knows how to hunt without his dog").

Ah, yes, this one too...

[Montiv]

A word thread huh?
Well I don't know about my favorite words but this site just might interest people.
http://phrontistery.info/index.html

I changed my mind the word is nonsense.

[DB (f.k.a. DaveBro)]

You might be a WordNerd if you see a misspelled word, and take wholly disproportionate delight in realizing it unintentionally makes perfect sense in a radically different context.

For example:

*DaveBro has ludicrous WordNerd moment, goes to plaid, and shares....
Our neighborhood doesn't have fully fenced yards, so there are opportunities to take short cuts.  Thus wrote one of my neighbors:  Since most of the people transpassing our properties are students going and coming from school we should tell the school to announce to their students that they should use regular streets and not people's gardens....

I don't doubt that this could actually be a word in the right context, but here it is, out of place as the proverbial fish.   


Do you have a WordNerd moment to share?

[Sunflower]

You might be a WordNerd if you see a misspelled word, and take wholly disproportionate delight in realizing it unintentionally makes perfect sense in a radically different context.

For example:

*DaveBro has ludicrous WordNerd moment, goes to plaid, and shares....
Our neighborhood doesn't have fully fenced yards, so there are opportunities to take short cuts.  Thus wrote one of my neighbors:  Since most of the people transpassing our properties are students going and coming from school we should tell the school to announce to their students that they should use regular streets and not people's gardens....

I don't doubt that this could actually be a word in the right context, but here it is, out of place as the proverbial fish.   


Do you have a WordNerd moment to share?

Do autocorrects count?  I was texting with someone last night regarding the Finnish Kalevala character Kullervo.  I meant to say, "He met an Awful Fate"... but iPhone corrected it to "Awful Date."   

(Considering that Kullervo accidentally hooked up with his sister, maybe iPhone knew better than I did...)

[Ana Nymus]

transpassing

I don't doubt that this could actually be a word in the right context, but here it is, out of place as the proverbial fish.   

According to an online dictionary, transpass means "to pass over".
*imagines teenagers floating over houses*

I can't seem to find any WordNerding of my own at the moment, but when I do I'll be back!

[Solovei]

Oh oh I have one! The phonic ambiguity of J has always made me a little miffed, especially when you see clearly Scandinavian last names pronounced with a g sound instead.

[ryagami]

This thread effected an affect of mine!

[Sunflower]

This thread effected an affect of mine!

Yes, and it's affected my af fect! 

[ryagami]

Effectively, those are the same, i.e., an affection.

[JoB]

*imagines teenagers floating over houses*

Now that's how to receive flak for their transgression.

I had a moment with DiscoMonster's typo today. "Complimenting" his better and teacher-to-be sounds exactly how Reynir should approach his magifaction, isn't it?

FWIW, I could swear we've had an earlier discussion of crash blossoms on the forum ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=0
http://www.crashblossoms.com/

[kjeks]

Some of my pupils always misses the dots for the "ü" sound. Which means that the word "Kuche" could either be a misswritten singular of "Kuchen" (cake) or means actually "Küche" (kitchen).

If you would take a text saying:
Die Küchen [ˈkʏçn̩] in der Herberge sind von 6.00-23.00 Uhr geöffnet.
(The kitchens at the hostel are open for use from 6.00am-11pm)
it would change to:
Die Kuchen ['kuːχn] in der Herberge sind von 6.00-23.00 Uhr geöffnet.
(The cakes at the hostel are open for use from 6.00am-11pm)

With the refugees I trained the difference between [ç] and [χ]. If you miss the dots and write u instead of ü the "ch" sounds changes from [ç] to [χ].
So, never leave the dots!
(apprently same in turkish with i and ı, though missing the dot there makes less signifikant changes to the word sounds)

[Athena]

[snip]
missing the dot there makes less signifikant changes to the word sounds)

*significant

All the time I have word nerding moments... Whenever I see anything that has a grammar or spelling error, I correct it. My friends sometimes find that annoying though. 

I feel like this strip from xkcd fits here:

[ParanormalAndroid]

Effectively, those are the same, i.e., an affection.

I may have to effect a rescue for this trend.

[ryagami]

I may have to effect a rescue for this trend.

Affectionately, I hope.

(apprently same in turkish with i and ı, though missing the dot there makes less signifikant changes to the word sounds)

Ah, but it does! Front vowels palatalize the previous consonant if it is "k" or "g"!

The only actual minimal pair I could find so far for i/ı, though, are "diş" and "dış". xP