Clueless Camping by Timothy M

[Timothy M.]

32 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Tim, I think you'll enjoy this.

 

 

Uhmm, I have no idea what the point is...   Care to explain?

[Drew Espinosa]

5 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Uhmm, I have no idea what the point is...   Care to explain?

You know how countries form voting blocs in Eurovision? Well, Belarus almost always gives its 12 points to Russia. And since Russia isn't in this year's contest, that tweet is poking fun at Belarus- represented by that woman with the blank and uncertain look.

[Timothy M.]

10 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

You know how countries form voting blocs in Eurovision? 

 

Oh yes, we know all about that in Scandinavia.  https://satwcomic.com/eurovision-song-contest

[Drew Espinosa]

2 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Oh yes, we know all about that in Scandinavia.  https://satwcomic.com/eurovision-song-contest

I love Denmark's reaction to seeing Sweden!  

[glitteryantlers]

And Finland is supposed to vote for Hungary. And Poland too. Maybe Austria too. No wonder we never win it. I can remember a bronze winning song from 20 years ago, but nothing lately.

[Drew Espinosa]

Hey Tim, I just saw this video about numbers in different languages, and it touches on Danish numbers!

 

The video gets to Danish at minute 1:58.

 

I'll be honest, when I read the SATW comic about Danish numbers, I was still left a bit clueless.  But the video did a great job explaining why 58 in danish is eight half thirds!  

[glitteryantlers]

https://satwcomic.com/just-a-number

 

I just wonder how on earth you can learn to count like that? I can't even in German, I have to translate back and forth.

[Timothy M.]

2 hours ago, glitteryantlers said:

https://satwcomic.com/just-a-number

 

I just wonder how on earth you can learn to count like that? I can't even in German, I have to translate back and forth.

 

LOL, I know. But we simply learn the words for 40 (fyrre), 50 (halvtres), 60 (tres), 70 (halvfjers), 80 (firs), 90 (halvfems) as kids and never think of how they came to be like that. Very few Danes could give you the explanation in the video.

[Former Member]

French has quatre-vignt which appears to be four-twenty, but means eighty. What is it with twenty?

 

And why don’t the French use a variant of eight/oct like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, all the other major Romance Languages derived from Latin?

[hohochan657]

I AM so confused now ...

[Lux Apollo]

10 hours ago, droughtquake said:

French has quatre-vignt which appears to be four-twenty, but means eighty. What is it with twenty?

 

And why don’t the French use a variant of eight/oct like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, all the other major Romance Languages derived from Latin?

 

They use Septante, Octante and Nonante in Swiss French, though.

[Timothy M.]

Speaking of numbers, I can't believe people have already added 1111+1 likes to the 11111 I had already. 

[Lux Apollo]

17 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

Speaking of numbers, I can't believe people have already added 1111+1 likes to the 11111 I had already. 

 

The new system is much more 'likeable', lol.

[Timothy M.]

Just now, Lux Apollo said:

The new system is much more 'likeable', lol.

 

Yep, and the best thing is we can like chapter comments, status updates and replies.

[Lux Apollo]

4 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Yep, and the best thing is we can like chapter comments, status updates and replies.

 

Indeed. It's nice to get that additional feedback. Also, emoticons in status updates!

[Drew Espinosa]

@droughtquake Basically, the French language never got around to inventing distinct words for 70, 80, and 90.

This video goes into it a bit more:

 

PS: @Timothy M. In the first video, how was the man's attempt at Danish?  Lol.

[Timothy M.]

8 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

In the first video, how was the man's attempt at Danish?  Lol.

 

It was actually quite good. I was impressed.

[Former Member]

3 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

Speaking of numbers, I can't believe people have already added 1111+1 likes to the 11111 I had already. 

Do you want me to take mine back?  ;-)

[Timothy M.]

1 minute ago, droughtquake said:

Do you want me to take mine back?  ;-)

 

LOL, no. It's just crazy to see the points piling up, when I recall how long it took me to get the first 111 likes.

[Drew Espinosa]

@Timothy M. Denmark has qualified to the Eurovision Final.  

[Timothy M.]

37 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

@Timothy M. Denmark has qualified to the Eurovision Final.  

 

That should ensure us another fun SATW comic.  

[Timothy M.]

Yep, Humon has already posted a Eurovision Song Contest 2017 SATW comic. 

[Brayon]

On 4/15/2017 at 4:43 PM, Timothy M. said:

 

Oh yes, we know all about that in Scandinavia.  https://satwcomic.com/eurovision-song-contest

 

 

2 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

Yep, Humon has already posted a Eurovision Song Contest 2017 SATW comic. 

I have to agree with America in the Top one. "Hu" - America.   Though the comics are funny. I read a few others.

[Drew Espinosa]

13 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

Yep, Humon has already posted a Eurovision Song Contest 2017 SATW comic. 

Perfect!  

 

PS: Good luck to Anja!  

[LitLover]

I see you posted a new chapter. I promise to read it tomorrow.  My brain is too hazy today to follow anything more that a paragraph or two tonight, unfortunately. 

 

I can't wait to see what Patrick and Peter are up to and how Michael is doing.