tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post6007567849084256187..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: InternaSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39794286195829023162010-02-03T15:52:07.831-05:002010-02-03T15:52:07.831-05:00Hej Bee,
Jeg haaber det gaar mycket bra med svens...Hej Bee,<br /><br />Jeg haaber det gaar mycket bra med svenska. At least you don't have to learn its even less-well-behaved cousin, Danish.<br /><br />med venlig hilsen,<br />PeterPeter Orlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100119077953378847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85589250191138773202010-02-03T04:44:59.612-05:002010-02-03T04:44:59.612-05:00Hi Snowboarder,
Howzitgoen eh? Now I'm somewh...Hi Snowboarder,<br /><br />Howzitgoen eh? Now I'm somewhat confused about the oats in the boots, but for all I can tell the guy is pretty on spot with his accent summary. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-85495224572905504062010-02-02T02:09:16.133-05:002010-02-02T02:09:16.133-05:00Jérôme,
Je voulais apprendre le français comme la...Jérôme,<br /><br />Je voulais apprendre le français comme langue seconde mais ce n'était pas possible dans mon école. Alors, j'ai dû apprendre l'anglais! I had French at school for 5 years as third language, but since I hardly ever use it it's not in a good shape. I can still read it fairly well (with some help of Google translate :-p), but since I've never been in France for Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-50282868079241827232010-02-01T20:34:21.843-05:002010-02-01T20:34:21.843-05:00Bee - Regarding that Canadian accent of yours, eh?...Bee - Regarding that Canadian accent of yours, eh?<br /><br />1:00 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHt0TL9ft8Y&feature=related<br /><br />But I have a feeling you may have had a run in with this guy:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-idxRl-6TIo&feature=relatedAnonymous Snowboarderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705929076819672791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3095503771142540882010-02-01T15:28:50.191-05:002010-02-01T15:28:50.191-05:00Bee: C'est une bonne chose que tu parles le fr...Bee: C'est une bonne chose que tu parles le français... Si jamais un jour tu as un poste de physicienne en France (CNRS? CEA? qui sait!), tu verras comme la plupart des français sont incompréhensibles quand ils parlent une langue étrangère. Ta survie ne tient alors qu'à la pratique du français :)<br /><br />Salut,Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81164295906334550372010-02-01T12:57:41.913-05:002010-02-01T12:57:41.913-05:00Hi Jérôme,
Pas mal! Il me semble ton allemand est...Hi Jérôme,<br /><br />Pas mal! Il me semble ton allemand est bien meilleur que mon français :-) Ich hab Verwandte in Leipzig! Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-60207913016731061112010-02-01T12:47:04.727-05:002010-02-01T12:47:04.727-05:00Hallo Bee,
Ich kann auch auf Deutsch ein bissel s...Hallo Bee,<br /><br />Ich kann auch auf Deutsch ein bissel schreiben. Nicht perfekt, aber nicht schlecht (meine Meinung nach ist es so). Meine Frau kommt aus Leipzig, darum bin ich da mehrere Mals gewesen (Sächs'sch ist sö wunderbor!)...<br /><br />Ich weiss, es ist schon schwierig für die Deutschen alle diese Deutsche Dialekten zu verstehen. Wenn Schwedisch dazwischen kommt, wird das sicher Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81460925524558505772010-02-01T12:07:44.052-05:002010-02-01T12:07:44.052-05:00un petit peu?un petit peu?Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-48439516045309870542010-02-01T12:05:52.214-05:002010-02-01T12:05:52.214-05:00Cher Jérôme:
Merci beaucoup! Je parle un petite p...Cher Jérôme:<br /><br />Merci beaucoup! Je parle un petite peu français :-) Et si je ne sais pas, je consulte Stefan qui le parle très bien. Google translate works quite badly for Swedish though, I've tried it a couple of times. The problem seems to be (I already remarked that earlier) that Swedish (as German) contains compound nouns, so you'll have to creatively try to break up words to Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-83792302049073240862010-02-01T11:42:06.283-05:002010-02-01T11:42:06.283-05:00Dear Bee,
For your translation issues, there is t...Dear Bee,<br /><br />For your translation issues, there is the link you need : Google's <a href="http://translate.google.fr/?hl=fr&tab=wT#" rel="nofollow">translator</a>.<br /><br />German people are generally good at learning languages, and Swedish has its root in old German, so what a surprise it is learning you can't this. But true that Sweden has English for a second language.<br Jérôme Chauvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545307794681614263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-41808640377172681442010-01-31T10:50:49.120-05:002010-01-31T10:50:49.120-05:00They take them to the supermarket
God forbid!
Th...<i>They take them to the supermarket</i><br /><br />God forbid!<br /><br />That must be why tourists from cold regions go wild with samba at 40 degrees C in Rio. Now I get it.Christine Cordula Dantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271747374185459530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-26454572322832389132010-01-31T10:35:34.594-05:002010-01-31T10:35:34.594-05:00They take them to the supermarket, which is, pooh,...They take them to the supermarket, which is, pooh, where I have to go now. <br /><br />Kay: It's somewhat depressing though because I can easily imagine that in a century or so languages like Swedish or Dutch are about to be forgotten. Already today almost everybody in these countries speaks English fluently. I frequently notice parents with their children speaking both Swedish and English. ISabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68607991251281883852010-01-31T10:29:57.889-05:002010-01-31T10:29:57.889-05:00What do Swedes and other Norse do with their toddl...What do Swedes and other Norse do with their toddler children in winter (and how long are Norse winters, 8 months?) if outdoor activities (other than snowboarding/skiing) are out of the question?<br /><br />Eh, feh, meh, pfft!, whatEVer.Steven Colyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435759210177642257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-48425357029280956452010-01-31T10:10:55.829-05:002010-01-31T10:10:55.829-05:00Hi Bee,
I can imagine how difficult it is to lear...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I can imagine how difficult it is to learn a language different from english if nearly everybody speaks english. You need to bravo yourself for every word swedish you learn, I guess :-)<br /><br />Best KayKay zum Feldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233793196547147876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72490318430782207642010-01-31T08:08:45.504-05:002010-01-31T08:08:45.504-05:00Hi Phil,
I managed to circumvent the eh's. It...Hi Phil,<br /><br />I managed to circumvent the eh's. It seems to be dominantly used by people >50 or so, so maybe the eh's are about to go extinct.<br /><br />Oh, yes, and it is, like, amazing how many like's one can, like, cram into a single, like, sentence, like, you know? Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-78671550484390342322010-01-31T08:04:52.489-05:002010-01-31T08:04:52.489-05:00Hi Bee,
Well that fellow at the barbeque was tota...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Well that fellow at the barbeque was totally unintelligible for me. Let’s hope not too much rubs off for between the Swedish abOUts and Canadian ehs your public lectures could become quite confusing. One thing I do hope is that your time in California didn’t leave some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwO08g4vebg" rel="nofollow">residual effect</a> which could be morePhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22482543654046231352010-01-31T07:26:39.312-05:002010-01-31T07:26:39.312-05:00Hi Phil,
Neither of them has a particularly obvio...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Neither of them has a particularly obvious accent. (But did you notice the "abOUt" in the Gustavsson interview at 0:30?) Google brought up <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjohOMD5n0c" rel="nofollow">this piece of self-irony</a> that might give you an impression :-) Other than that youtube only seems to feature Americans or Brits trying to fake a Swedish Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-12910925611305305832010-01-31T06:31:31.828-05:002010-01-31T06:31:31.828-05:00Hi Bee,
So the Swedish Chef is not authentic enou...Hi Bee,<br /><br />So the Swedish Chef is not authentic enough, so how about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EujQ7stc1kE" rel="nofollow">Jonas Gustavsson</a>, nicknamed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Gustavsson" rel="nofollow">the monster</a>, a Swede who plays as goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs. I would have asked about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57159624327649266752010-01-31T04:23:10.067-05:002010-01-31T04:23:10.067-05:00Christine: Yeah, I had the same thought. If I jump...Christine: Yeah, I had the same thought. If I jump far enough, I'll come out in South America. Well you can see snow on my blog :-) Looking at snow is nice actually, it's pretty. I just prefer to avoid physical contact. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-68435767878661635372010-01-31T03:53:18.004-05:002010-01-31T03:53:18.004-05:00Anonymous: No, they also pronounce the "ou&qu...Anonymous: No, they also pronounce the "ou" this way in Ontario. I wasn't there 2 months when I had picked it up. (I pick up on accents very easily, not sure why. When I spend a day talking English with an Italian, imagine what the result is.) Is not that I didn't notice, it just crossed my mind recently because when I was in England last week somebody pointed it out to me. It Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66239478450495934882010-01-31T03:44:48.204-05:002010-01-31T03:44:48.204-05:00Arun: And wouldn't that be great. I'd only...Arun: And wouldn't that be great. I'd only have to work one day every year. And the rest I'd spend in vacation in Florida, letting my beard grow. Wait... Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-59815921762897872232010-01-31T03:44:39.972-05:002010-01-31T03:44:39.972-05:00As I plot the trajectory corrected for frame dragg...As I plot the trajectory corrected for frame dragging, it points to you getting tenure at the Moscow Institute for Supersymmetry. <br /><br />If the idea of speaking English with a combined German, Swedish and Russian accent sounds somewhat depressing, there is still time to counter this force of destiny.Tkknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-37111569862749848932010-01-31T03:43:47.041-05:002010-01-31T03:43:47.041-05:00Hi Phil,
Ha. The Swedish Chef doesn't sound v...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Ha. The Swedish Chef doesn't sound very authentic to me though. I find the rap video rather awful, both the song as well as the kids. Especially the girl, sorry to say, but if she really speaks like this I can basically see her spit around or why is her tongue constantly on her nose. Anyway, it's amusing. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7988723209929495072010-01-31T03:38:04.763-05:002010-01-31T03:38:04.763-05:00OMG: If the thread was closed, you couldn't po...OMG: If the thread was closed, you couldn't post there.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42281931129068156782010-01-31T02:08:44.058-05:002010-01-31T02:08:44.058-05:00Hi Bee,
I truly do hope that plot is not as predi...Hi Bee,<br /><br />I truly do hope that plot is not as predictive as you make it out to be. Actually so far you’ve missed out on a fairly mild winter this way, as all the cold air was dispatched to Florida. No kidding a few weeks back we had a daytime temperature higher than theirs. I’m also looking forward to seeing your next lecture they video tape, so i can hear for myself this <a href="httpPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com