a question for all native-speakers

[dittohead]

Originally posted by starlight
oh, with pleasure! i love to sign contracts for people i do not know

what do i get out of it??

 

[starlight]

your domain

... but just kiddin' ...

 

[Lucretia]

oh, as I see this thread... I also need to know something, because I want to earn money at WOA
I wanted to open a hair de-knotting service, ya know what I mean? So whats the best english word for it? Hair disentangling? Hair unsnarling? (This is what my dictionary says ) LOL I have no clue.
Maybe we´ll also offer nail varnishing (only black of course) and neck massage (fine for after headbanging) or so You think we could get rich with that?

 

[starlight]

i'm your first customer

but don't you think this is disgusting after two or three days of sweating and stinking

 

[Lucretia]

maybe it is, but after a few days Wacken my nose isn´t working anymore anyway, so I guess I don´t care

 

[Lucretia]

*push*
still need an answer...

 

[mugabe]

Hair untangling.

 

[Warthog]

maybe this is one of those subleties of language no one can really agree on. So refer to Google!

"+untangle +hair" gives 15,200 results
"+disentangle +hair" gives 9,510 results
"+detangle +hair" gives 4,510 results
"+unsnarl +hair" gives 240 results

looks like "untangle" is the winner for most common usage? strange, I would have said "detangle".

oh, i'd say "nail polishing" too. "Varnish" is what my mom keeps bugging me to do to the wood on the front door...and that shit is like hell to wash off your hands!

sounds like you've got a good business plan, though...maybe soon you'll have a whole day spa at Wacken.

 

[mugabe]

Google also gives you 270.000 hits for "millenium".

 

[Warthog]

As well ass 20,100,000 for "Google". That's a far cry from 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000!

 

[PsychicVeteran]

Originally posted by Warthog
maybe this is one of those subleties of language no one can really agree on. So refer to Google!

"+untangle +hair" gives 15,200 results
"+disentangle +hair" gives 9,510 results
"+detangle +hair" gives 4,510 results
"+unsnarl +hair" gives 240 results

looks like "untangle" is the winner for most common usage? strange, I would have said "detangle".

oh, i'd say "nail polishing" too. "Varnish" is what my mom keeps bugging me to do to the wood on the front door...and that shit is like hell to wash off your hands!

sounds like you've got a good business plan, though...maybe soon you'll have a whole day spa at Wacken.

I'd have said disentangle - detangle doesn't sound right to me

 

[mugabe]

Originally posted by Warthog
As well ass 20,100,000 for "Google". That's a far cry from 10,000,000,000...!

...and your point being? "Google" isn't misspelled.

 

[Lucretia]

LOL
seems to be really difficult. I guess I´ll keep my sign in German then
Thanks anyway, now I´m really curious what the other native speakers might prefer

 

[Warthog]

Originally posted by PsychicVeteran
I'd have said disentangle - detangle doesn't sound right to me

I don't know...I'm always wary of words with more than one prefix.

How about antitangle? contratangle? retrotangle?

 

[Warthog]

Originally posted by mugabe
...and your point being? "Google" isn't misspelled.

Well, I knew THAT. But for a word as common as google, I'd expect at least a googleplex of hits. You know, 10 ^ google.