Ed speaking European languages

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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    I'd forgotten about it but listening to the boot in Verona:
    you invented a lot..you also invented, I believe, the word Encore
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    wrong country mate, it's French :rolleyes:
  • Riot_Rain
    Riot_Rain Posts: 348
    Pegasus wrote:
    I'd forgotten about it but listening to the boot in Verona:

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    wrong country mate, it's French :rolleyes:

    Then again:
    "Someone asked for the etymology is of the French word encore (Italian ancora, Rumantsch aunc).

    The bizarre but apparently uncontested etymology is Latin hinc ad horam '[from] this [hour] to [that] hour'."

    Looks like the ancient Romans invented it! Hehehehe ;)
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  • porcher
    porcher Posts: 62
    i loved hearing him speak croatian, it was funny and a really sweet gesture. plus, is it just me or was he always /with euro crowds/ hesitant in talking to crowd in english - respectful of the fact that he actually is abroad? i always liked that. except that we understand him perfectly either way :D

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  • Stereotype
    Stereotype Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 885
    It's not just you. It seems like he is not so sure if we'll understand, but Eddie !!honestly we really (and I can say that for I think more than 75% of Europe) understand you!!!
    I'm from Slovenia and in such a small country you can not afford to speak just your language. I understand English, Croatian, German or Austrian, Serbian, Italian and Slovene. And I can't even brag, because that's normal here.

    But!!! I also think that Eddie speaks native languages of the country they play in > intentionally - to create a special bound with the audience.That is very sweet and nice and as I said before..he is very good at it.I think that all musicians have a good ear for languages.
    Croatian was almost perfect. He did strugle with the word prijatelj (a friend) but L-J must be hard if you're not from around here...
    Would like to hear him speak Slovenian some day:)
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    Stereotype wrote:
    I understand English, Croatian, German or Austrian, Serbian, Italian and Slovene. And I can't even brag, because that's normal here.
    Ohmygawd! I'm so jealous. I used to be able to read the Spanish subway signs, but I can't even do that anymore.
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  • ZimzuM
    ZimzuM Posts: 214
    some of his efforts were hard to understand but at lesast he gave it a go
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  • Scarletstarlet
    Scarletstarlet Posts: 70
    Pegasus wrote:
    I'd forgotten about it but listening to the boot in Verona:
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    wrong country mate, it's French :rolleyes:

    it cames from the latin word "ad hanc horam" (till this hour)

    Two thousand years of history in the rubbish....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
  • lgt
    lgt Posts: 720
    So funny! I was going to point it out as well.

    You beat me to it :)

    Ed: Ops forgot to quote ScarletStarlet's post...
  • given to grunge
    given to grunge Posts: 244
    meme wrote:
    I have to say... from the words he told us in Italian in Verona and Milan...to listening to bootlegs where he speaks in languages I don't understand...

    does anyone else think he eerily sounded like Pope John Paul II :o?
    Being Italian I am familiar with those Easter morning wishes in all languages and the similarities are striking :p

    It cracks me up all the time :D

    Anyway... can anyone tell me what he is saying in the Prague bootleg before Small Town?

    OOO yeah, he sounded GreaT!
    A lot like pope the II.
    I love it when I hear Edie speaking Croatian, because it's an honor too for me as Croat!
    Proud to be Croat!!!!
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Scarletstarlet wrote:
    it cames from the latin word "ad hanc horam" (till this hour)

    Two thousand years of history in the rubbish....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
    it might come from Latin (which is not Italian anyway, there's a much Latin in French, Spanish or Romanian as in Italian..an awful lot in English too) ..but the word Encore still is French :p...I'll forgive him, I was quite drunk too in Verona ;)

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