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Sarah Karoline My apologies! I'd found the words on Hungarian sites... But something didn't seem right... I'll keep quiet! haha
Arief Wibowo According to the wiki page for Volapük language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volap%C3%BCk), I found the following:
[Vüretod] are world [kömöl]
[Vüretod] are world [kömöl]
Arief Wibowo According to Handbook of Volapük (http://personal.southern.edu/~caviness/volapuk/hbov/hbv.htm), "Kömöl is another participle, from kömön, to come", so:
[Vüretod] are world [to come?]
Sarah Karoline, do you happen to know/have a guess about what is Vüretod?
[Vüretod] are world [to come?]
Sarah Karoline, do you happen to know/have a guess about what is Vüretod?
Sarah Karoline Arief: I looked up the words yesterday and got a sentence that was about the internet and languages. I was embarassingly wrong! Oops 
Christian James Meredith The internet is a united world?
or perhaps more poetically:
The internet is a world united?
or perhaps more poetically:
The internet is a world united?
Christian James Meredith Hang on, if kömön = to come, and Vüretod = internet, then the bit about uniting is irrelevant it seems.
A literal translation (which actually makes sense in English but isn't using colloquial speech patterns) would be:
The internet is the world come.
The best way I think of colloquialising it is "the internet brings the world to your doorstep" but.
So somewhere between those two.
A literal translation (which actually makes sense in English but isn't using colloquial speech patterns) would be:
The internet is the world come.
The best way I think of colloquialising it is "the internet brings the world to your doorstep" but.
So somewhere between those two.
Lionel Bader Christian....I think it's ok to give you the point, the right translation is: The internet is the coming world.
Arief Wibowo Lionel Bader, please select a winner among us (closest translation, or something like that) for the next round
Christian James Meredith Aaaaah, that damn native language interference! So close! haha. Thanks for the explanation Lionel.
Man, I hate winning this, now I gotta come up with something.
Man, I hate winning this, now I gotta come up with something.
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