SMB FOR PRESIDENT - Page 5

Krylo · 01-13-2011, 08:26 PM

He's a dirty foreigner being forced to travel through, literal and rhetorical, sewage all at the behest of a blonde, blue-eyed, white member of the higher class to protect her from the violent leader of a repressed ethnic minority.

Sounds pretty American to me.

BitVyper · 01-13-2011, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminex

But will Smarty make the trains run on time?

Space trains don't run on time. Time runs on space trains.

akaSM · 01-13-2011, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Torque

Hold on a second.....
Isn't Mario an italian? Furthermore, isn't he an italian conceived by a japanese guy??? Where in all of that is there anything even remotely resembling something American?! WHERE??

Wasn't Smarty promoting Super Mario Bros in the title?

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SMB FOR PRESIDENT

krogothwolf · 01-13-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BitVyper

Space trains don't run on time. Time runs on space trains.

Space Trains use lame Russian styled jokes? Sounds SMBish enough to work.

Azisien · 01-14-2011, 02:00 AM

Opening this thread was like entering a black hole and then being like "hey look over there, an even blacker hole!"

Professor Smarmiarty · 01-14-2011, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Azisien

Opening this thread was like entering a black hole and then being like "hey look over there, an even blacker hole!"

A vote for SMB is a vote for kicking physics in the balls!

Ravashak · 01-14-2011, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Krylo

They're both latin based languages and have shared many words and sounds since diverging.

Fairly sure English is a germanic language.

Kim · 01-14-2011, 04:13 AM

English is a lot of languages. Like French.

Professor Smarmiarty · 01-14-2011, 04:18 AM

I still remember reading a debateabout whether English should be classifed as more Germanic or Latin. Latin man wrote this large, many page detailed argument, German man responded with "80% of the words in your article are Germanic, I counted."

Krylo · 01-14-2011, 04:34 AM

Ye Olde Englishe was Germanic with no real question, but modern English evolved through French and other Latin based/romance languages integrating themselves with it, giving it both words from them, and softening the pronunciations of other words to sound more like a romance language than a Germanic language.

So it's pretty fair to call it both Germanic and Latin. Especially as that most modern languages are mixing due to globalization and more open communication between English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, etc. etc. and the results are most pronounced in modern English dialects.

Which is to say English continues to move further and further from a pure Germanic root.

For instance, Latin dude could have said that, well, sure, there's 80% Germanic words, but all of those have had their pronunciations and spellings affected by heavy Latin influences, and the remaining 20% were Latin words, so... where does that leave us?

01-13-2011, 08:26 PM	#41
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	He's a dirty foreigner being forced to travel through, literal and rhetorical, sewage all at the behest of a blonde, blue-eyed, white member of the higher class to protect her from the violent leader of a repressed ethnic minority. Sounds pretty American to me. __________________ I am very tired.

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Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	English is a lot of languages. Like French. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

01-14-2011, 04:34 AM	#50
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Ye Olde Englishe was Germanic with no real question, but modern English evolved through French and other Latin based/romance languages integrating themselves with it, giving it both words from them, and softening the pronunciations of other words to sound more like a romance language than a Germanic language. So it's pretty fair to call it both Germanic and Latin. Especially as that most modern languages are mixing due to globalization and more open communication between English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, etc. etc. and the results are most pronounced in modern English dialects. Which is to say English continues to move further and further from a pure Germanic root. For instance, Latin dude could have said that, well, sure, there's 80% Germanic words, but all of those have had their pronunciations and spellings affected by heavy Latin influences, and the remaining 20% were Latin words, so... where does that leave us? __________________ I am very tired.

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Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	Opening this thread was like entering a black hole and then being like "hey look over there, an even blacker hole!"

01-14-2011, 04:18 AM	#49
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	I still remember reading a debateabout whether English should be classifed as more Germanic or Latin. Latin man wrote this large, many page detailed argument, German man responded with "80% of the words in your article are Germanic, I counted."