a question for all native-speakers

[PsychicVeteran]

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

How about antitangle? contratangle? retrotangle?

Got to get the angle right

 

[Lucretia]

Originally posted by Warthog

How about antitangle? contratangle? retrotangle?

yeah, sounds cool I´m wondering anyway if someone will understand my sign What about de-felting? That maybe would be the direct translation to "entfilzen"

 

[Warthog]

Originally posted by Lucretia
LOL
seems to be really difficult. I guess I´ll keep my sign in German then

Oh damn Now all of us English speakers will go home with hair tangled up like bird nests...

 

[mugabe]

Originally posted by Warthog
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.

"Googol" is misspelled, however.

 

[Warthog]

Originally posted by Lucretia
yeah, sounds cool I´m wondering anyway if someone will understand my sign What about de-felting? That maybe would be the direct translation to "entfilzen"

Nah, I'd say stick with a "tangle" word. Untangle, disentangle, detangle...all of those give you the right idea. "Felt" is that fabric you put under the legs of furniture to keep them from scratching the floor.

 

[mugabe]

Originally posted by Lucretia
yeah, sounds cool I´m wondering anyway if someone will understand my sign What about de-felting? That maybe would be the direct translation to "entfilzen"

Post-Wacken de-felching. A rather disturbing image.

 

[Lucretia]

yep, I know what felt is. But in German (slang maybe) you also use it for tangled hair I think it fits and I like to invent words
But you know it better, so I´ll say something with "tangle", OK
Thanks

 

[Warthog]

Originally posted by mugabe
"Googol" is misspelled, however.

Is it? I could've sworn I've only ever seen "google". Sure you're not thinking of Nikolai Gogol?

 

[Warthog]

Originally posted by Lucretia
yep, I know what felt is. But in German (slang maybe) you also use it for tangled hair I think it fits and I like to invent words
But you know it better, so I´ll say something with "tangle", OK
Thanks

Well, that's half the fun of inventing words, I think...is seeing what kind of twisted interpretations people come up with.

 

[mugabe]

Originally posted by Warthog
Is it? I could've sworn I've only ever seen "google". Sure you're not thinking of Nikolai Gogol?

Yep. Googol. Googolplex. Both invented words, btw.

 

[gnoff]

Originally posted by Lucretia
yep, I know what felt is. But in German (slang maybe) you also use it for tangled hair I think it fits and I like to invent words
But you know it better, so I´ll say something with "tangle", OK
Thanks

If you want a swedish one you could say:

Vi reder ut ditt knullrufs!



Which, basically, mean: We will dis-entagle your hair

 

[PsychicVeteran]

Knullrufs - how sweet

 

[Lucretia]

Originally posted by gnoff
If you want a swedish one you could say:

Vi reder ut ditt knullrufs!

LOL
ah, great - may I use this? Sound so cute

 

[gnoff]

Originally posted by Lucretia
LOL
ah, great - may I use this? Sound so cute

sure

Just as long as you keep in mind that knull is part of knulla, which means fuck/ficken

What it sais is that your hair get all tangled up while having sex, that's why it is knullrufs

 

[PsychicVeteran]

Originally posted by gnoff
sure

Just as long as you keep in mind that knull is part of knulla, which means fuck/ficken

What it sais is that your hair get all tangled up while having sex, that's why it is knullrufs

I don't think Luci meant those hairs