Jul.11.2008
8:52 pm
by gary fouse
Let’s play “name that language”
In the wake of Barack Obama’s complaint, er, maybe I shouldn’t use that word- statement that Americans don’t know other languages, coupled with Jesse Jackson’s recent complaint, er, comment about Obama, I have put together a little quiz for those who are multi-lingual. Wouldn’t it be great if all Americans were language-proficient enough to score 100% on this quiz?(and if anybody needs to pick up a new language, it’s Jesse Jackson.)
Match the sentence with its language.
1 Je veux couper ses testicules
2 Yo quiero cortar sus huevos
3 Ich will seine Hoden abschneiden
4 Phom jak tat luuk khong khaw ook (phonetic alphabet)
5 Eu quero cortar os testiculos dele
6 Io voglio cortare i suoi coglioni
7 Mi ke corta su testiculonan
8 Jag vill skara av hans ballar
9 As /ash/ noriu nupjauti jo seklide
* The author reserves the right to make minor mistakes. Corrections are welcome.
a Lithuanian
b Papiamentu
c Swedish
d Thai
e Spanish
f Italian
g Portuguese
h French
i German
Answers:
1 h
2 e
3 i
4 d
5 g
6 f
7 b
8 a
Now total up your score. If you got 0 right, you are an American.
If you got 1-3 right, you just guessed right (law of averages).
If you got 4-6 right, you work for the State Department.
If you got 7 right, you are a European.
If you got all 8 right-you are Barack Obama.
Oh, the translation?
“I want to cut off his nuts” (English)
gary fouse
fousesquawk
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