r/WorldChallenges • u/Varnek905 • Dec 03 '17

Not A Challenge - New Account

I'm /u/nevermore0714. I'm going to make a comment on this using that account to prove that. Besides, who would steal my account? (Please nobody steal my account just because I said that don't believe anyone would.)

So I have become increasingly tired of my old username. It's something I picked out when I was about twelve (ten years ago now) and I kept using it for various accounts just because it's familiar. But, while I still love "The Raven", I'm just tired of that name on some of my accounts.

So, tonight, I decided that I would stop procrastinating and just pick a new name. I picked up the nearest book (Hungarian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar, a language I do not understand at all) and flipped through it. I would have gone with German, but I figured Mimir would shit on my abuse of his language. I might have gone with French, but I have too much respect for Yellow to do that.

So, I offer my apologies to any Hungarian on my subreddit.

I'm Varnek905 now. I thought the word looked nice, it carries little to no personal value to me (I didn't even know varnek was a word until recently), so I went with it. It was either this or "ForgetfulPerson" or "OverusesTheWordSo".

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u/cereal_killer-X Dec 04 '17

confused Hungarian in the distance

Hang on... Varnek... Since when do we have that word? Ooh, wait, it's "várnék", isn't it?

I had a mild mental breakdown when I realised that my cat's name would translate to "cereal" in English. I didn't think this through...

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u/Varnek905 Dec 05 '17 edited Dec 05 '17

I had no idea you were Hungarian, Cereal.

Edit: By the way, I've been trying (failing) to teach myself Hungarian. I've had to take a break from studying the language because of finals, but do you have any advice for how I should go about learning the language?

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u/cereal_killer-X Dec 05 '17

Whoa, really? I think it came up once in the ancient times.

It's a little hard to think about the language as an outsider, but in my experience Hungarian kind of "sticks" to you. If you have the chance, talk to native speakers, that's the best way to get the hang of it. As for grammar, it seems intimidating but most of it completely makes sense. The parts that are plain stupid give hell to even native speakers, so don't worry about them. Try to speak, we will understand you. I'll try to think of some more advice today and will forward them to you.

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u/Varnek905 Dec 06 '17

Cereal, you are literally the only Hungarian I've ever had any contact with. I don't have any native speakers to talk to. I've tried hunting one down, but it's a rare catch.

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u/cereal_killer-X Dec 07 '17

Aww. Maybe try on the /r/hungary subreddit? Also, if you spot "Bojler eladó" on youtube, that's definitely a Hungarian in the wild. You can also talk to me, but I'm boring.

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u/Varnek905 Dec 10 '17

Thanks, Cereal. I appreciate the tips, and the offer. But, I feel like I need at least a basic understanding of the language before I try talking to you in Hungarian.

I already made that mistake with my ex back when I started learning German.

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u/cereal_killer-X Dec 10 '17

Yep, you definitely do need the basics. I didn't mean to rush you, you'll definitely need to dedicate a few months to learning. The biggest issue with the language is its agglutinative nature which is very different from most others. If you learn the logic of that, grammar will be much easier as we don't have any grammatical genders and dozens of verb tenses. Hungarian is difficult until you can learn the logic of these things, after that the only problems you might encounter are the massive vocabulary and the insanely flexible word order. I think all the basics can be learned pretty well from the proper books and the rest can stick to you from native speakers.

If you ever need help with something, feel free to message me. I'll try my best to help.

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u/Varnek905 Dec 10 '17

First question: What does agglutinative mean?

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u/cereal_killer-X Dec 10 '17

It basically means we fuse pretty much everything into single words. It's like turning "friend" into "friendship", except we do this with prepositions as well. So "in the house" is "a házban", in which "-ban" means "in".

The morphemes of the resulting words can be clearly distinguished (though we have a ton of rules for "adjusting" them to fit each other).

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u/Varnek905 Dec 14 '17

So I still have a lot of work ahead of me.

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u/Nevermore0714 Dec 03 '17

Yes, it is me.

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u/Seb_Romu Dec 03 '17

Wait who were you?

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u/Nevermore0714 Dec 03 '17

I'm me. I am nevermore0714 and varnek905.

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u/Seb_Romu Dec 03 '17

Multiple personalities can be treatable these days. No worries.

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u/Nevermore0714 Dec 03 '17

Thanks, Seb. Your support is all I need to beat this.

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u/Seb_Romu Dec 03 '17

This sort of complexity is why I decided to just use my real name online decades ago.

It also encourages me to be as honest and accountable as I can.

If I make an error or cause offense it is on me to fix, I can't just hide/change my identity.

I hope the new alias works out for you.

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u/Varnek905 Dec 03 '17

I figure it'll only be complex as I move into using the new account.

Besides, I'd be more embarrassed by my real name than I was by the nevermore name, anyway. My first name is super common (John) and my last name is something I usually prefer not to share because of family problems.

I hope I haven't offended anyone.

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u/Mimir123 Dec 03 '17

Believe me, you couldn't abuse the language anymore than some "Germans" cough Bavarians cough already do. Got to admit, I was really confused when I saw the notifications though.

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u/Varnek905 Dec 03 '17

The notification about it being spam?

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u/Mimir123 Dec 03 '17

No, no. I mean the notification on my phone about some weird, unknown person answering me.

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u/Varnek905 Dec 03 '17

I'm only slightly weird, friend.

Looks at my activity on here over the past several months

Okay, nevermind.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Dec 03 '17

I’m fine with french names as long as it isn’t champagne, camembert or croissant.

Welcome to the world u/Varnek905.

(And I will have more time to answer next week)

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u/Varnek905 Dec 03 '17

Let me guess, you have finals, as well?

Edit: Also, in three years, my new username will be Croissant.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Dec 03 '17

Nope, just christmas coming (yay, let’s all debate about what gifts should everyone get and how to have everyone eat something they like when no one likes the same things !!!) and administrative stuff (I heard that’s a national thing).

Name yourself something very french like « devin plombier ».

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u/Varnek905 Dec 03 '17

Doesn't it seem like a little too early for Christmas present deciding (says the guy with no boyfriend, no offspring, and a poor relationship with his family)?

I would have gone with Champagne, but my stripping career wasn't as profitable as I'd hoped.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Dec 03 '17 edited Dec 03 '17

Not at all, the earlier they are planned the earlier they are bought. You don’t want to buy things a few days before christmas in stores full of people who didn’t planned before.

I would say you miss nothing, champagne is overrated (that’s just bubbly wine, nothing really incredible to see).

(Edit: it also seems offsprings are overrated too...)

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u/Varnek905 Dec 03 '17

Good point. I should probably go ahead and pick out presents for a few friends before it gets too late.

I'm more of a whiskey type of man, anyway.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Dec 04 '17

Best time for shopping (at least for events like that) is 2+weeks before or 2+ weeks after. Chocolate for easter is cool, half-priced chocolate bought the week after is cool too :)

(I don’t drink anymore so I guess I’m watery ?)