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My last name is two names combined into one. The sign which pull them together is important to communicate when I buy stuff over the phone. It's like Joe Jones-Smith instead of Joe Jones Smith. In my country Joe Jones Smith would be considered Mr Smith, with first name Joe Jones. Joe Jones-Smith would be Mr Jones-Smith, with first name Joe.
So, when I spell my name, what will be the word for that sign - ?
Thanks [thumbsup]
A hyphen, I believe.
As in "My last name is hyphenated."
"Hyphen" is the proper word.
Many people will also understand if you use "dash".
Quote from: somegirl on September 23, 2009, 07:29:40 PM
"Hyphen" is the proper word.
Many people will also understand if you use "dash".
Wouldn't "dash" be typed / ?
In military terms, it's "tack"...
Quote from: stopintime on September 23, 2009, 07:37:19 PM
Wouldn't "dash" be typed / ?
No, that's a slash
So,
"dash" is understandable, but "hyphen" is correct? I'll try to remember both [thumbsup]
Quote from: stopintime on September 23, 2009, 07:50:28 PM
So,
"dash" is understandable, but "hyphen" is correct? I'll try to remember both [thumbsup]
Ja! (Jeg er forfatter samt en geolog. Jeg snakker litt norsk ;) ).
Brushing up on the Scandanavian as I might be back over your way somewhat permanently. Most likely DK though, but hey, at least it's written roughly the same even the pronunciation is a bit crappy.
Quote from: ellingly on September 24, 2009, 04:08:04 AM
Ja! (Jeg er forfatter samt en geolog. Jeg snakker litt norsk ;) ).
Brushing up on the Scandanavian as I might be back over your way somewhat permanently. Most likely DK though, but hey, at least it's written roughly the same even the pronunciation is a bit crappy.
Norwegian is a bit more articulate, but written is similar.
Jeg er forfatter og geolog. Jeg snakker litt norsk. VERY GOOD!
We'll catch/meet up somehow when you get there......
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 05:35:24 AM
Norwegian is a bit more articulate, but written is similar.
Jeg er forfatter og geolog. Jeg snakker litt norsk. VERY GOOD!
We'll catch/meet up somehow when you get there......
Hvordan har du det? Hvordan er været?
Whenever I'm next over your way, I will make sure I visit Oslo and catch up with you. Whenever work lets me go I will hopefully get to Copenagen (sorry, should really say København to keep the Danes happy), Ã...rhus in DK as well, Helsinki, Stockholm (and LuleÃ¥, as I have friends at the University there) and Oslo :). If it all goes to plan, that should be in November this year (otherwise it will be January. Yes, I realise the weather isn't so great then. That's the point. If I'm to move there I need to know that I can cope with the shit weather too).
Quote from: ellingly on September 24, 2009, 05:54:44 AM
Hvordan har du det? Hvordan er været?
.............
Takk, jeg har det bra.
Været er pent, men litt kaldt. Solen skinner og jeg kjører Ducati.
i want to learn to speak in code too.
Quote from: KnightofNi on September 24, 2009, 01:08:55 PM
i want to learn to speak in code too.
Go to school and learn Norwegian ;D
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 01:12:06 PM
Go to school and learn Norwegian ;D
Do they have cliff notes?
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 01:53:36 PM
Cliff who?
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/ (http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/)
Yeah Nate, it's CLIFF'S NOTES....
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 01:12:06 PM
Go to school and learn Norwegian ;D
if you quit acknowledging it as a real language they will have to stop speaking their code.
;D
Quote from: Mr. Exact on September 24, 2009, 02:00:16 PM
Yeah Nate, it's CLIFF'S NOTES....
whatever
google cliff notes
Hey, you're one of the people that christened me with this name, I'm just trying to live up to it!
Quote from: Mr. Exact on September 24, 2009, 02:09:00 PM
Hey, you're one of the people that christened me with this name, I'm just trying to live up to it!
We were all hoping you'd lighten up. :P
Det er jo hyggelig at dere lurer på dette her, da - norsk er et kjekt lite språk, men ikke så utviklet og ordrikt som f eks engelsk. Vi trives med det så lenge vi kan, dog er det jo fler og fler som bruker engelsk i dagligtale - ikke umulig at det ender opp med et massivt press for like gjerne å bytte hovedspråk.
Vel vel, nå slutter jeg å prate med meg selv [roll]
I would like to take this opportunity to the distinguish the hyphen (-) from the en dash (â€") and em dash (â€").
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyphen (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyphen)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/en+dash (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/en+dash) (alt+0150)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/em+dash (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/em+dash) (alt+0151)
;)
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 02:12:58 PM
Det er jo hyggelig at dere lurer på dette her, da - norsk er et kjekt lite språk, men ikke så utviklet og ordrikt som f eks engelsk. Vi trives med det så lenge vi kan, dog er det jo fler og fler som bruker engelsk i dagligtale - ikke umulig at det ender opp med et massivt press for like gjerne å bytte hovedspråk.
Vel vel, nå slutter jeg å prate med meg selv [roll]
That's not fair.
firefox says you misspelled all the words. ;D
I'll say this - what's nice about Norwegian, Swedish and Danish is that they are Germanic languages, like English, and their grammar is near on identical to English. Learning is more a case of learning some vocab, and not having to learn all the bloody nasty verb conjugation (without rules) that dominates English [bang]
Plus jentene elsker det. [thumbsup]
Anyway, back on topic.
- is a hyphen, colloquially a dash
/ is a 'solidus' or colloquially a forward slash
Technically you have have different length dashes e.g. an en-dash is the length of an n, whereas an em-dash is the length of an m. Hyphen is the short dash :D.
Off to work for me, now, kiddies. Play nice!
Holden, you made it absolutely certain that hyphen is what I was looking for. Thanks [thumbsup]
Now, let's hope US vendors understand [roll]
Quote from: ducpainter on September 24, 2009, 02:17:18 PM
That's not fair.
firefox says you misspelled all the words. ;D
Nei, det gjorde jeg ikke [bang] Nå begynner jeg å bli lei av han Ducatilakkereren Nate som på sitt idiotiske vis ikke skjønner litt enkel norsk engang. Som Ellingly skriver, Elling er forresten et kjent norsk navn, : det er jo faktisk ganske enkelt å lære.
Til tross for bindestreker --- og bokstavene Æ Ø og Ã...
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 02:27:45 PM
Nei, det gjorde jeg ikke [bang] Nå begynner jeg å bli lei av han Ducatilakkereren Nate som på sitt idiotiske vis ikke skjønner litt enkel norsk engang. Som Ellingly skriver, Elling er forresten et kjent norsk navn, : det er jo faktisk ganske enkelt å lære.
Til tross for bindestreker --- og bokstavene Æ Ø og Ã...
QuoteNo, I did not bang head Now I start to get tired of his Ducati Varnishes holder Nate as on his idiotic show not understand some basic Norwegian time. As Ellingly writes, Elling is the way a well-known Norwegian name: it's actually quite easy to learn.
Despite dashes --- and the letters Æ Ø and Ã...
I'm starting to get tired of you too. [thumbsup]
Quote from: ducpainter on September 24, 2009, 02:33:09 PM
I'm starting to get tired of you too. [thumbsup]
How the make the beast with two backs did you find a translator to do that [evil]
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 02:39:53 PM
How the make the beast with two backs did you find a translator to do that [evil]
Not sure...
must be the idiotic part of me. ;)
Quote from: ducpainter on September 24, 2009, 02:40:43 PM
Not sure...
must be the idiotic part of me. ;)
You mean there are more parts than that one?
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 02:56:02 PM
You mean there are more parts than that one?
Ønsker vi virkelig å gå dit?
Now I picture Nate as the Swedish Chef from the muppets.
Quote from: lethe on September 24, 2009, 03:02:36 PM
Now I picture Nate as the Swedish Chef from the muppets.
FÃ¥ den rette.
Jeg snakker norsk.
Quote from: ducpainter on September 24, 2009, 03:04:01 PM
FÃ¥ den rette.
Jeg snakker norsk.
Vi brannsår en forbannet skipet!
Quote from: ducpainter on September 24, 2009, 03:00:17 PM
Ønsker vi virkelig å gå dit?
Jeg elsker deg likevel [thumbsup]
Quote from: lethe on September 24, 2009, 03:06:54 PM
Vi brannsår en forbannet skipet!
Even I couldn't re-(hyphen!)translate that, but I can see it was dirty [clap] Original quote, please....
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 03:13:01 PM
Even I couldn't re-(hyphen!)translate that, but I can see it was dirty [clap] Original quote, please....
I ran "We burned a damned boat" thru the Norwegian to English translator. ;D
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 03:13:01 PM
Jeg elsker deg likevel [thumbsup]
Du er ikke så ille heller. ;D
Quote from: lethe on September 24, 2009, 03:14:39 PM
I ran "We burned a damned boat" thru the Norwegian to English translator. ;D
That's not dirty ???
Quote from: ducpainter on September 24, 2009, 03:22:28 PM
Du er ikke så ille heller. ;D
That's actually quite well done by the machine [thumbsup] (besides heart warming)
Quote from: stopintime on September 24, 2009, 03:23:08 PM
That's not dirty ???
Actually it was. I was a very dirty boat with idiotic people burning it.
Quote from: lethe on September 24, 2009, 03:27:01 PM
Actually it was. I was a very dirty boat with idiotic people burning it.
Hey, you were there too!
Quote from: Mr. Exact on September 24, 2009, 03:31:29 PM
Hey, you were there too!
I are among the idiots.
Also, we had a genuine imitation viking on hand.
"Genuine Imitation"!! [laugh]
You did, however, have two Authentic Navy Sailors there!
Quote from: Mr. Exact on September 24, 2009, 03:45:41 PM
"Genuine Imitation"!! [laugh]
You did, however, have two Authentic Navy Sailors there!
i think one is only a sailor for the hat.
Hey, don't talk about Dave that way!
Quote from: lethe on September 24, 2009, 03:02:36 PM
Now I picture Nate as the Swedish Chef from the muppets.
[laugh] [laugh]
nurny, nurny, nurny, nurny
Ante Valente - Snøscooter Sandwich (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuuicuyQPOQ#normal)
Team Antonsen - Vaffel oppskrift (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQ1aXof8lg#normal)
Real thread derail: stopintime, you Scandanavians are to blame for my hangover.
Got pissed on cloudberry liquer last night. I love that stuff - can't get it in Australia but I had some friends bring out as much as they could last month.
It's all gone [drink]
and quite frankly I haven't pulled up well this morning.
Quote from: KnightofNi on September 24, 2009, 01:08:55 PM
i want to learn to speak in code too.
Just watch the original version of "The Thing" w/ Kurt Russell. The first few minutes have a crazy guy running around talking in "code".
So what excuse are you going to use to move to Scandinavia dude?
I used college, too bad that one won't fly no more... I didn't bother with the javlaskit weather though...
Quote from: factorPlayer on September 27, 2009, 11:52:45 PM
So what excuse are you going to use to move to Scandinavia dude?
I used college, too bad that one won't fly no more... I didn't bother with the javlaskit weather though...
The geology is pretty awesome :D. I can get a job there... good enough I suspect.
Plus, most of Scandanavia is more like my homeland (Tasmania) than the rest of Australia is.
Finally, is saying 'zee wimmin' shallow enough of a reason?