Yes, I'm sure they eventually will. The Singularity and all that. I wonder
if we'll achieve the same level of communication growth.

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 7:24 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Quatsch is rather tame and an interesting example in your terms Chris.  I
> heard Schmarrn more often (Austria).  Inflexion, tone and the rest would be
> key - just as rubbish could be a nice response to a fairy tale story or
> rather nasty as from a finger-wagging harridan teacher.  Machines can
> interpret these these things over time.
>
>
> On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 7:08:56 PM UTC, Chris Jenkins wrote:
>>
>> Brilliant! I'll be using that from now on.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 2:05 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know, but I would translate it as "Quatsch". Equally wobbly
>>> sound. :)
>>>
>>> 2015-03-01 20:01 GMT+01:00 Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>>> Ah, but I never belittled your language competence, Gabby! What I said
>>>> in American English was that I wondered sometimes if I missed an intended
>>>> meaning in the translation. And, inputting my American English into Google
>>>> Translated German English was a perfect example of that; little of my
>>>> intended meaning was originally clear to German speakers I reckon, and
>>>> translating back to American English renders it not much more than
>>>> gibberish.
>>>>
>>>> What does gibberish translate to in German?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Gabby <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Heyo Chrissy, my eternal savior! I appreciate very much your attempt
>>>>> at saving whatever was never there. The ring is just a parable, but I will
>>>>> soon have gone full circle again.
>>>>>
>>>>> And hey, I'd rather you accused me of foul language than belittling my
>>>>> language competence! Your German English sounds just like your American
>>>>> English by the way.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find it noticeable how you come to think that the long gone Francis
>>>>> might be of help while I perceive others, who are presently active in this
>>>>> interpretations club, who are doing a much better job. Anyways.
>>>>>
>>>>> I joined this group because of the topic keywords and the writing
>>>>> "Minds Eye", which in my eyes allowed for singular as well as plural
>>>>> interpretations due to the "oral markers". The vast majority of active
>>>>> posters was Americans, which I got to know as loud, dominant, aggressive.
>>>>> And their strategically silent, submissive, passive-aggressive 
>>>>> counterparts
>>>>> of course. My aim was to not get worked up anymore by what I perceive 
>>>>> here,
>>>>> which I haven't fully managed to reach yet. But I have learned so much
>>>>> already about the power of manipulation and distraction and emotional
>>>>> dependencies in what you'd think was banal online chatting ... amazing! I
>>>>> will still write up a little lessons learned micro article on the
>>>>> difference between the American and the German understanding of God and
>>>>> post it here.
>>>>>
>>>>> In my opinion this place is not dead because Neil has adopted it as
>>>>> his personal writing playground, which no one objects to. That's fine with
>>>>> me and tells me I'm late with my project.
>>>>>
>>>>> Greetings once more across the Atlantic!
>>>>>
>>>>> Am Sonntag, 1. März 2015 01:56:27 UTC+1 schrieb Chris Jenkins:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was passiert, wenn der einzige Weg, wie wir kommunizieren konnte, war
>>>>>> durch Fremdsoftware nicht in der Lage zu verstehen, unsere Emotionen? Die
>>>>>> digitale Kommunikation nicht Ton jetzt vermitteln, sich vorstellen, wenn
>>>>>> sie verloren auch Nuancen in der Übersetzung?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ich denke an das, weil ich die Gespräche in dieser Gruppe häufig
>>>>>> brechen in zwei Menschen aneinander vorbei sprechen. Ich frage mich, wenn
>>>>>> sie die anderen Lautsprecher verstehen überhaupt. Wenn unsere Worte
>>>>>> verloren nicht nur ihr Ton, sondern auch ihre heimatlichen Dialekt; wenn
>>>>>> sie etwas wurde noch der Sprecher nicht verstehen, bevor sie von einer
>>>>>> anderen Person erhalten, würden wir in der Lage, überhaupt zu 
>>>>>> kommunizieren?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ich wünschte, Fran waren hier, um zu wiegen; er würde haben Einblick
>>>>>> Ich würde wertvoll wie ein englischer Muttersprachler, die so viel Zeit 
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> einem Land mit einer anderen als seiner Muttersprache verbracht hat, zu
>>>>>> finden. Gabby hat ähnliche Einsicht gegeben, wie viel Zeit sie in
>>>>>> englischer Sprache bei uns verbringt, (und wie oft habe ich gefragt, ob 
>>>>>> ich
>>>>>> einen Sinn in der Übersetzung verpasst), aber ich nehme an, sie werden
>>>>>> meist nur Spaß meines schlecht übersetzt machen Deutsch. : D
>>>>>>
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