'There is no language that is superior to another' - Ramaphosa

[Knyro]

Slap....
Just because some zany very specific meaning is made for a word does not mean its special.
I can do that too , heres a new word zanuglabunda - its the new english word for when a plane is ascending and you need to poop but the seatbelt sign is still on and the captain is an irishman.

*hears screeching goal posts*

So it doesn't exist in English? Thanks.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Really? And that would be?

Bitchslap

 

[Knyro]

Bitchslap

Not necessaritly on the lips or in the middle of a sentence. Ta.

 

[Jabulani22]

*hears screeching goal posts*

So it doesn't exist in English? Thanks.

See below , also i didnt move any goalposts , also see above .
Some languages are more advanced , get over it .

 

[Jabulani22]

The name "yam" appears to derive from Portuguese inhame or Canarian (Spain) ñame .
The main derivations borrow from verbs meaning "to eat".
True yams have various common names across multiple world regions.

I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad...compared to the hundreds of English words with "i" or "e" glued to the front.

Its a tuber , more specifically the sweet potato is one i think.
So 3/3

 

[Knyro]

See below , also i didnt move any goalposts , also see above .
Some languages are more advanced , get over it .

And no matter how advanced they are they'll still 10 to 1 still not completely eclipse another language entirely. "Bhibiza" has no English equivalent. Get over it.

 

[TheChamp]

See below , also i didnt move any goalposts , also see above .
Some languages are more advanced , get over it .

You have just moved them for the second time.

 

[Jabulani22]

And no matter how advanced they are they'll still 10 to 1 still not completely eclipse another language entirely. "Bhibiza" has no English equivalent. Get over it.

Inever said they would , i just said some languages are more equal than others .

 

[Jabulani22]

You have just moved them for the second time.

Oh you are back ? name the 1st and second time then .
I feel i have been consistent.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Its a tuber , more specifically the sweet potato is one i think.
So 3/3

WTF are you talking about.

This is about the origin of the word, not the genus of the plant.

 

[Jabulani22]

Anyone got words for microbiology , neuroscience , table ?

 

[Knyro]

Inever said they would , i just said some languages are more equal than others .

Bullschit.

English also doesn't have words for some things in the African languages, isn't that just wonderful?

Im pretty sure you are just making that up .
Throw some at me then .

I then proceeded to give you one. Then the moving of the goalposts started.

 

[Jabulani22]

WTF are you talking about.

This is about the origin of the word, not the genus of the plant.

It may be that the genus is from wherever , the word spud comes to mind as an alternative to tuber.(which is what it is)

 

[ForceFate]

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The name "yam" appears to derive from Portuguese inhame or Canarian (Spain) ñame .
The main derivations borrow from verbs meaning "to eat".
True yams have various common names across multiple world regions.

I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad...compared to the hundreds of English words with "i" or "e" glued to the front.

From your source...

The name "yam" appears to derive from Portuguese inhame or Canarian (Spain) ñame, which derived from West African languages during trade.[2]

This is how languages develop. English, a Germanic language, has had influences from language as far afield as Australia. There's nothing wrong with that. It's natural evolution of languages.

 

[Jabulani22]

Bullschit.





I then proceeded to give you one. Then the moving of the goalposts started.

LOL so you took an overly specific slang term , then proceeded to disqualify slap and B/slap ........cognative dissonance much .

 

[Knyro]

LOL so you took an overly specific slang term , then proceeded to disqualify slap and B/slap ........cognative dissonance much .

Since when are slang words not words? And since when does slap and biatch slap imply slapping on the the lips in the middle of a sentence?

I like debating you. It's like holding a kid back by their forehead while they uselessly try to hit you even though they can't reach your body.

 

[Jabulani22]

Since when are slang words not words? And since when does slap and biatch slap imply slapping on the the lips in the middle of a sentence?

I like debating you. It's like holding a kid back by their forehead while they uselessly try to hit you even though they can't reach your body.

You fight kids ? shameful display Knyro-son.
If it aint in the dictionary it aint a word .............is that one you gave in the zulu dictionary ?
Also a b/slap implies you are disrespecting someone and by extension it can be done on the lips while talking.

 

[ForceFate]

You fight kids ? shameful display Knyro-son.
If it aint in the dictionary it aint a word .............is that one you gave in the zulu dictionary ?
Also a b/slap implies you are disrespecting someone and by extension it can be done on the lips while talking.

Thought a slap has to be on the cheek and loud for it to be called b_tch slap

 

[Knyro]

You fight kids ? shameful display Knyro-son.
If it aint in the dictionary it aint a word .............is that one you gave in the zulu dictionary ?
Also a b/slap implies you are disrespecting someone and by extension it can be done on the lips while talking.

Yawn. Too easy. It's a beautiful evening and would be a shame to waste it going around in circles with intellectual midgets.

Good day to you sir. I said good day!

 

[Jabulani22]

Thought a slap has to be on the cheek and loud for it to be called b_tch slap

Slap and tickle , slap on the back means cheek ? colour me shocked.