View Poll Results: Which is your most dominant language other than English?

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  • Chinese

    21 27.27%
  • Greek

    3 3.90%
  • Hungarian

    0 0%
  • Italian

    5 6.49%
  • Japanese

    5 6.49%
  • Maltese

    1 1.30%
  • Spanish

    4 5.19%
  • Tagalog

    7 9.09%
  • Other

    19 24.68%
  • I like machine language (none)

    12 15.58%
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bartrim
    I can understand Italian but can't speak it properly as my thick australian accent (yes I have been told by many an international friend that I have a very thick Australian accent) usuallys causes me to stuff up the words.
    That reminds me of those Leggos ads with Jimmy Barnes and Kate Fisher.

    Quote Originally Posted by liegeprime
    What?!? NO Benbenese
    Nah, you need a Burmese tech specs decoder to understand that monoration.

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    I don't speak anything else. Just Australian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    Nah, you need a Burmese tech specs decoder to understand that monoration.
    A tech specs decoder for language would be awesome!

    Quote Originally Posted by Golden Phoenix View Post
    I don't speak anything else. Just Australian.
    SHoudln't that be "Austrayan" ?

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    its german for me, although im out of practice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
    Sometimes I wonder if you are fluent in english
    <大笑> (^0^)
    That's Japanese for "lol" d:

    Quote Originally Posted by Optimus1
    I can understand a conversation in Tagalog (Filipino)but not able to speak it, except for a few words.
    Yeah, that's called receiving bilingualism. It can refer to either someone who can understand a language when it is spoken to them but they are unable to speak it and/or when a person is able to read a language but they are unable to write it.

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    I can understand Italian but can't speak it properly as my thick australian accent (yes I have been told by many an international friend that I have a very thick Australian accent) usuallys causes me to stuff up the words.
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    I speak Chinese Cantonese!

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    Italian, mainly, though I've been trying to learn Scots Gaelic recently due to a fascination with my cultural background.

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    Okay, I've been dabbling in Latin this week and I'd like to check to see if my translations are right...

    "Optimus in terra mutatit." <-- I'm trying to say 'Optimus is transforming on Earth.'
    "Mile in Pandora pugnit." <-- 'The soldier is fighting on Pandora.'

    What is the plural for "mile"?

    Also, what would be a better sounding translation for "Cybertron"? The fanboy in me wants to call it "Cybertronia" (after "Pax Cybertronia"), but I think "Cybertronium" might be more correct considering that the Romans called London "Londonium." But Cybertronium sounds too similar to "Cybertonium" -- and yeah, I dunno... "Cybertronia" just sounds cooler to me. Would "Cybertronia" be an plausible translation? (or would it be better to just call it "Cybertron"?)

    Also... um... how do you say "transform to" something? Like maybe, "Waspinator transforms into a wasp"? -- 'Waspinator ??? vespa ??? mutatit ???'

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    Okay, I've been dabbling in Latin this week and I'd like to check to see if my translations are right...

    "Optimus in terra mutatit." <-- I'm trying to say 'Optimus is transforming on Earth.'
    "Mile in Pandora pugnit." <-- 'The soldier is fighting on Pandora.'

    What is the plural for "mile"?
    Looks good to me. If it were more than one soldier it would be "Milites in Pandora pugnant."

    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    Also, what would be a better sounding translation for "Cybertron"? The fanboy in me wants to call it "Cybertronia" (after "Pax Cybertronia"), but I think "Cybertronium" might be more correct considering that the Romans called London "Londonium." But Cybertronium sounds too similar to "Cybertonium" -- and yeah, I dunno... "Cybertronia" just sounds cooler to me. Would "Cybertronia" be an plausible translation? (or would it be better to just call it "Cybertron"?)
    "Cybertronium" would make sense - it could be a second declension neuter noun. "Cybertronia" would also be fine if it's a first declension feminine planet, kind of like "Gaia".

    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    Also... um... how do you say "transform to" something? Like maybe, "Waspinator transforms into a wasp"? -- 'Waspinator ??? vespa ??? mutatit ???'
    Off the top of my head, probably "Waspinator in vespam mutat."

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