Noticed that "Prius Goes Plural" was a promoted trend on Twitter. It turns out that Toyota is asking people to vote on a plural morpheme for Prius. People may vote here.

As of now, the tally is:

prii: 40%
priuses: 29%
prius: 15%
prium: 11%
prien: 8% (really?)

Oh, and here's the video for this.

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I found an interestingly ambiguous sentence in a segment of You Have Been Watching, a British television show, on YouTube. Part of the clip I saw involved the host giving a description of footage from another show. At one point, he comments:

"Matthew Kelly there, asking us to place bets. If I had to put money on it, I'd say he probably is."

( This video is embedded under a cut, and it'll start playing at 2:15, which gives you a bit more context. If you want to skip ahead to the remark I quoted, it's at 3:28. )

I'm not sure if you guys have watched this, but I personally found it awesome and entertaining (except that chinese people don't really talk like that). So yeah, sharing. What do you think? :-)

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Hey guys, I have always wondered how my native language sounds to foreign ears :) What do you think? Does it resemble any language you know?


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Dear Linguaphiles,

NISI MASA - the European Network of Young Cinema is happy to announce POLYGLOT - on the way to Turku, an audiovisual project exploring the subject of multilingualism. The initiative is supported by the Turku 2011 European Capital of Culture (Finland).

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Hello there linguaphiles,

I am translating a movie but the transcript has notthing to do with the actual story taking place on screen. Could you please transcribe me in English what the couple says? 
Thanks.

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Update: Problem solved, thanks! :)

So first off this is a serious subject with a very amusing protest. As well i'm curious to know more of what is generally being said by everyone spectators and performers alike.

This is a protest against female students being sexually harrassed by their professors. It involves short skirts and some slightly risque actions. Nothing is exposed other ( Read more... )

I've been made aware that this was posted a few days ago. ( But in case you missed it... )

Hi all~

A while back, someone posted this video, which is MOVITS! - Fel Del Av Gården (Officiell). Someone here posted a link to the lyrics and translation. I did not book them and lost them due to a browser crash. Does someone have them again? I checked tags and went back a bit, no luck. Thank you! I love this song~.