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[Lianbang Diaocha Ju]

i thought this was cool.

i like how the words chinese and japanese end with the sound "ese". so i'll say the following:

Iraqese

Iranese

Pakistanese

Uzbekese or Uzbekistanese

Kazazhese or Uzbekistanese

Germanese

Norwayjese

Turkmenese or Turkmenistanese

Turkese

Yemenese

Tajikese or Tajikistanese

Afghanese or Afghanistanese

Nigerese

Malese

Cubanese

Israelese

Angolese

Italese

Swedenese

lemme know if u think its cool. if u come up with more, post them up here.

[Kulong]

I don't get it...

[Abelius]

Well, I think there are a few mistakes in here...
It's not Germanese, it's simply German...

If this was an atempt to write something funny, or if you tried to simply invent or add words, that's great; and I like to join funny threads with funny ideas. In one word: I understand the humor part of it. But gramatically (or linguistically) speaking it's wrong...

here are some other corrections, although I will NOT do them all:

Nigerese ===> Nigerian
Turkese ===> Tuirkish
Iraqese ===> Iraqui
Cubanese ===> Cuban

[Kulong]

Turkese ===> Tuirkish ===> Turkish
Iraqese ===> Iraqui ===> Iraqi

[Abelius]

Yup... Sorry, spelled them wrong...

[Lianbang Diaocha Ju]

I KNOW THEY ARE WRONG OK? I JUST THINK ITS FUN TO SAY IT THAT WAY! ALRIGHT?

[Lianbang Diaocha Ju]

congese

[Kulong]

On a more serious note...

Does anyone actually know why in the English language each nationality has a different ending like -ese, -an, -ish... etc.

I have read a couple of articles before regarding this topic and the authors claimed that there is a hierachy system for naming nationalities with -ish and -an being on top (English, American... etc.) and -ese being on bottom (Chinese, Japanese... etc.) One author had a different approach and claimed that -ese ending is for Asians, but then why is Korean not "Koreanese" or Laotian not "Laoese"... etc. and why is Portugese not somethign elese?

[Lianbang Diaocha Ju]

well kunlomg, i dunno, but english is a weird language if u think about it though i'm not insulting it. there are MANY exeptions in spelling grammar etc. so non-english speaking people can (and probably will) have a hard time learning it.

[Kulong]

well kunlomg, i dunno, but english is a weird language if u think about it though i'm not insulting it. there are MANY exeptions in spelling grammar etc. so non-english speaking people can (and probably will) have a hard time learning it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

English isn't weird, just very "mixed".

I never said anything about anyone being insulted

[Bryan]

On a more serious note...

Does anyone actually know why in the English language each nationality has a different ending like -ese, -an, -ish... etc.

I have read a couple of articles before regarding this topic and the authors claimed that there is a hierachy system for naming nationalities with -ish and -an being on top (English, American... etc.) and -ese being on bottom (Chinese, Japanese... etc.)  One author had a different approach and claimed that -ese ending is for Asians, but then why is Korean not "Koreanese" or Laotian not "Laoese"... etc. and why is Portugese not somethign elese?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well, I used to be curious as to why that was, and finally gave up on it. I think my conclusion was that it just sounded better (in English) for countries like Korea to end in -an while countries such as China and Japan end in -ese (Chinan and Japanan do not sound right in English). But I was only 12 at that time, and haven't really tried to understand it since.

[Abelius]

Yes, English is a "mixed" language...

Partly because of all the influence England had during its history: Roman Empire, Cletic heritage, Norman invasions, British expansion, and so on...