different nationalities..................ISH

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 07:00

http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/nationalities.htm







why,the ......ish?





is it because people from those countries are not ..........................ish?

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 07:08

Cyprus-Cypriot



Italy-Italian



England-Engl......................ish?

Denmark-Danish

Turkey-Turk.......................ish?



what is it?Are those with 'ish' not ready to join human population,not ready yet?







like...........are you finnished?......................no............ ish

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 07:41

sounds like...............those ending with 'ish' are not complete.......ish yet.

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 11:48

Interesting table.



I wonder if the entry for Northern Ireland will lead to any howls of protest???



I note that we in "Southern Ireland" speak only English while the Scots speak Gaelic and the Welsh speak Welsh!

90+ years of compulsory Irish lessons in schools hasn't been too successful then.





DD

dippersgirl



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 11:52

It's the same in German!



Französisch

Englisch

Dänisch

Türkisch





Maybe it means they work??? ....iş??

Barking


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 12:35

Cypriot ( north or south ) Racist

setpot


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 13:39

yougozlu



All you are doing is demonstrating your ignorance of the Engish language in a most childish way. Either learn the language or shut up. For your information:



The suffix -ish means like, almost like, similar to. It is most common with color adjectives: yellowish, whitish, blackish, reddish, grayish, ...

It is added to some nouns: womanish, mannish, girlish, boyish,shrewish, oafish, boorish, elfish, impish, foolish, clownish, snobbish,prudish, hellish, devilish, mulish, freakish



It is used to form nationality or ethnic group names in a very few cases: Flemish, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Jewish, Yiddish

It is also a verb suffix related to the Romance language "ir" verbs: furnish, banish, punish, diminish, replenish, brandish, vanish, embellish, ... (Here it does not mean like or similar.)



In many cases it is not a suffix, but part of the root of the word. radish, rubbish, dish, fish, fetish, parish, wish

brother



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 13:41

As I understand it, as to "why the 'ish'?" at end of ethnic group names, it is all about defining a relationship with an ethnic group - but not all. This is due to historical "accident" of whatever linguistic origin that was absorbed into English. So, we have Indi(an) instead of Indish because "ian" has a Latin origin whereas "ish" is Germanic.



Just to confuse things we then have an even greater "grouping" by the use of "Germanic" and "Turkic".

One of the linguistic fantasies I have is to try out the theory that I could travel from Bulgaria to China and still have some of my Turkish utterings understood

yenibob


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 13:41

The OP seems to have mastered Gibber-ish.

brother



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 13:42

I support Yorg's enquiry in that it is a perfectly valid and interesting question.

setpot


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 13:50

brother



It is a question born out of ignorance of the language couched in his usual sneering tone.



You obviously understand that English is made more complicated by the various origins, Latin, French, German, Indian, American English coming back on us and many others.



One of the things that has happened is that the grammatical constructs have been muddled up over time. French grammar on Old German words and vice versa.

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 13:58

setpot



you'll find that mine was a genuine enquary in order to understand the question I had in my head for many years,nothing child-ish or ignorant-ish.



As for my english........................well,I guess my english is 100% better then your turk-ish or even greek.





thank you for the explianation,none-the-less.

brother



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 14:00

OK setpot but I wonder if one can justify being so harsh on the matter. I am sure Yorg is perfectly capable of asking this himself but I take it you can speak Turkish as well as he can speak English?



The good thing about the discussion is that a useful explanation was recorded for lots of others who may have wondered about the same thing.

setpot


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 14:06

yorgozlu



Who cares?

brother



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 14:25

Sadly, the astonishing arrogance seen here only serves to perpetuate some of the myths about the "Ingiliz".

setpot


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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 14:32

brother



Why ever would you assume that I am English, which I am not.

brother



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 14:43

setpot; Msg. 16. My message is in perfect English. It was clearly not directed at any specific person. You might need to concentrate on improving your English

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
02/03/2012 23:56

setpot



you need to make your mind up who you are.............ish



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/86689.asp





perhaps an engl-------ish as you comfortably present yourself in above link.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
03/03/2012 00:02

Nice one Yorg, it dosent take much to spot them xxxxx

pollymarples


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Message Posted:
03/03/2012 14:05

yorg, I know which ish I am - foolish. setpot is school marmish.



Do not break the law ever.

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
03/03/2012 16:25

pollymarples



bit off topic..................whatever makes you think that ............I would............:0

dippersgirl



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Message Posted:
03/03/2012 17:25

Albert and the lion comes to mind