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It's a joke, Fred. You needed to look at the other comments in the exchange. If you read what Majklo_Blic wrote, you should understand my comment.
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I did, and did again. I see the joke, but you need to be aware that some folks have a miserable sense of humor. They will hear forkulero as "away (remove, wipe out) spoon." which is very obviously not your intention. Btw, this whole page is replete with utensiler humor.
I've never seen a fully acceptable translation for spork.
Perhaps "Kulorko?"
I've never seen a fully acceptable translation for spork.
Very interesting, because I've never seen a fully acceptable spork.
(Duolingo won't let me reply to your later comment, so I'll reply here.
Good point, Fred - the "for-" prefix would indeed give "forkulero" misleading implications. I thought of "kulorko" too, but simply liked the sound of "forkulero" better. On balance, then, "kulorko" must win out, since it doesn't have any stray implications (as far as I can see).
I think forks are more beautiful. You eat delicious meat with forks. Whereas spoons....what do you eat? Cereal. Soup. Ice cream.
I'm sorry, do you have a problem with cereal? Soup? ICE CREAM??? Steaks balance perfectly with a bowl of creamy tomato bisque. A burger is topped off excellently with the chocolatiest of double chocolate chocolate chips. A bowl of chilly cereal is a great way to begin the day. Q. E. FREAKIN' D.
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You can eat beautiful soups with spoons, not with forks. You can still manage to eat meat with spoons.
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Hmm, I don't remember growing on Gerber food, but now it makes me feel a bit younger.
The drawing was done by an artist on Galaxy Note 2 with stylus, as promotion in the Sydney Samsung store. (my next/last phone is Note 4).
Bonŝancon kaj mi esperas ke vi amuziĝas Esperanton
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Dankon, neniu lasis min fari komedian agon sur scenejo ĝis nun, kaj mia edzino dankas al dio pro tio.
And now the spellchecked version of the above:
Daikon, ennui lasts mine fare comedian age sour scene ĝis nun, raj Mia Edwin dances al duo pro too.
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Interesa.
Gerber is a brand of baby foods in the US. Those of us who have had to dole it out to our offspring probably appreciate what the French did to the name.
There is a food called Gerber? How is it like? Gerber is a familiar slang for "vomit" in french, so that doesn't sound like too appetising to me.
If only one thing is to be noted about Esperanto, it should be its inclination for unfortunate homophones.
I can imagine teaching "Kiel vi fartas" to a class of young boys.
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I tried that, a few years back, the obvious results occurred. At least the girls in the class were a bit more sanguine about it.
I think we owe an explanation to those who don't speak spanish...
Kulero sounds exactly like "culero", and this word have many, many meanings and implications...
Culero= ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ (an unpleasant person); homosexual; bunch of women you are dating (in a pretty sexist and nasty way)... In some places means "a bunch of" whatever, actually.
So, you see, english speakers, you are not alone with your unfortunate homophones (kiel vi fartas?)
I thought because of other words that end in "-ero" or "-era" in spanish, that "culero" would mean something like "ass-doer" (i.e something like ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ or dodgy butcher)
Cwaospi, para los venezolanos suena cómico. "Un culo", aparte del significado usual, es la forma bastante coloquial de llamar a una mujer con la que sales o tienes una relación especialmente una de tipo informal, quizá de una sola noche. Un culero, significa entonces, una cantidad grande de mujeres disponibles para ser conquistadas. Ejemplo: Vamos pa' esa fiesta, que debe haber un culero allá! Ahora, ¿qué significa culero en México?
Culo también es una forma algo vulgar en México de referirte a una mujer o a tu pareja. Sin embargo, culero se refiere a una persona desagradable, ruin o cruel ('Ese wey es bien culero' es algo así como 'Ese tipo es muy ruin'), o a algo feo ('Su casa está bien culera' significa 'Su casa está muy fea). Claro que es el tipo de cosas que no diría enfrente de mi novia o de mi mamá jaja.
Same here. Now, a friend and I tell other people we know that they are spoons and the do not know what we are talking about.
My Mexican friend seems reluctant to spell out that culero in Mexican Spanish means... uh..."sodomite."
For me (mexican) "culero" don't mean sodomite at all. As a centroamerican friend pointed out in a comment above, over there culero do means something related with sodomy.
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So was I! Nevermind, those spoons can be prettier, we will remain both more useful and more tasty.
And the spork is the most beautiful of all... La sporko, I presume? Or perhaps, la kulerko?
'Kulero' comes from the French 'cuiller'.
Also- I felt this is a good time to point out that 'pli'(more) comes from the French 'plus' meaning more.
And 'ol' (than, to, from) comes from the german 'als'.
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Penso: Mia edzino, kaj mia patrino antaŭ ŝi, kolektis kelkajn ornamaĵajn kulerojn. Ni havas kelkajn el Norvegio, Germanio, Pensilvanio, Isrealo, kaj aliaj lokoj.
Sed mi neniam vidis kolekteblaj forkoj.
Agree. I translated nice for bela in another excercise and got it right. I'll report it just in case...
I translated this as "Spoons are nicer than forks " and it was marked wrong. This is just downright silly. Besides, my dictionary gives bela as the translation of nice.
