Comments on: Some Pointers For Summer Vacation (pt. 2) http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/ sex and politics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: pengovsky http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7389 pengovsky Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:16:39 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7389 Why? It's not that they are non-linear or anything :) Why? It’s not that they are non-linear or anything :)

]]> By: Sunshine http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7388 Sunshine Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:59:38 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7388 @ Pengovsky: I wasn't at all implying that your translation is bad. Just that the relations are a bit complicated. :) @ Pengovsky: I wasn’t at all implying that your translation is bad. Just that the relations are a bit complicated. :)

]]> By: pengovsky http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7385 pengovsky Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:52:28 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7385 Thanks! :oops: Mummy's sweethearts, you say... Dunno. I certainly would consider myself one... But I guess you could argue that there is a statisticially disproportionate number of residents of "Hotel Mamma" among Slovene males. Much like Italians :D Thanks! :oops:

Mummy’s sweethearts, you say… Dunno. I certainly would consider myself one… But I guess you could argue that there is a statisticially disproportionate number of residents of “Hotel Mamma” among Slovene males. Much like Italians :D

]]> By: alcessa http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7382 alcessa Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:36:52 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7382 Actually, I am going to issue a verbal translation certificate for you, Pengovsky: your translation captures the wit of it all really beautifully! But I have been wondering about the Slovenians part: a friend of mine (she is Slovenian and really old, like me) once said she didn't fancy the idea of having a Slovenian partner: "They are all just Mummy's Sweethearts." She did get one, in the end, though, but I haven't talked to her for ages so I wouldn't know whether she was talking wisdom or bias at that time. Actually, I am going to issue a verbal translation certificate for you, Pengovsky: your translation captures the wit of it all really beautifully!

But I have been wondering about the Slovenians part: a friend of mine (she is Slovenian and really old, like me) once said she didn’t fancy the idea of having a Slovenian partner: “They are all just Mummy’s Sweethearts.” She did get one, in the end, though, but I haven’t talked to her for ages so I wouldn’t know whether she was talking wisdom or bias at that time.

]]> By: pengovsky http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7380 pengovsky Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:21:21 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7380 HEY! It's not <I>that</I> bad a translation! :D HEY! It’s not that bad a translation! :D

]]> By: Sunshine http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7379 Sunshine Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:18:34 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7379 @ Dietmar: Yes, translated by a Slovenian into English to make things even more complicated. :) @ Dietmar: Yes, translated by a Slovenian into English to make things even more complicated. :)

]]> By: pengovsky http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7378 pengovsky Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:13:24 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7378 Think rather the love-hate relationship between English and Scots, or between Ljubljana and Maribor :D Think rather the love-hate relationship between English and Scots, or between Ljubljana and Maribor :D

]]> By: Dietmar http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7376 Dietmar Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:10:03 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7376 @Sunshine: Hmm, at least it was translated by a Slovenian... :-) @Pengovsky: sounds like there are - erm - antipathies between Croatians and Dalmatians? Is there such a difference? Hasn't Dalmatia been Croatian for ages now? @Sunshine:
Hmm, at least it was translated by a Slovenian… :-)

@Pengovsky:
sounds like there are - erm - antipathies between Croatians and Dalmatians? Is there such a difference? Hasn’t Dalmatia been Croatian for ages now?

]]> By: pengovsky http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7369 pengovsky Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:14:00 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7369 Dunno :) The original seems highly Croatian :) But then again, it favours Bosnians and Dalmatians as well :) Dunno :) The original seems highly Croatian :) But then again, it favours Bosnians and Dalmatians as well :)

]]> By: Sunshine http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7365 Sunshine Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:25:58 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2007/06/06/some-pointers-for-summer-vacation-pt-2/#comment-7365 Was that written by a Slovenian? It's suspiciously kind to us. :mrgreen: Was that written by a Slovenian? It’s suspiciously kind to us. :mrgreen:

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