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Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:10 am
by Pumpkin56
I think it would be fun, if we have any members who are multilingual, if they wouldn't mind listing what some of the more popular monsters are in their native tongue. Any takers?
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:31 am
by Murfreesboro
I'm a native English speaker, but I know that loup-garou means "werewolf" in French.
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:28 pm
by MacPhantom
Chupacabra is Spanish for "coyote with mange".
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:32 pm
by Midnite Shadow
Good to have you back Mac...did you slip on a kilt somewhere? Or was it all the Guiness you've been drinking lad?
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:03 pm
by MacPhantom
It were pirates, Fella. But I made the best of it, drank lots of piña coladas, and lived to post another day.
How go things in the cave?
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:06 pm
by Midnite Shadow
Same ol' same ol...but Halloween is close so they are about to get more interesting...
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:00 am
by EternalDarkness
I am a native English speaker, but since relocating to the deep south have learned a few new words in Southern:
Whar-woof= Werewolf
Fam'pahr= Vampire
Wheech= Witch
Haint= Ghost
Boogerman= Devil
M'aw= Mother-in-law
I hope this helps with your research.
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:05 am
by Murfreesboro
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:58 am
by Pumpkin56
EternalDarkness wrote:I am a native English speaker, but since relocating to the deep south have learned a few new words in Southern:
Whar-woof= Werewolf
Fam'pahr= Vampire
Wheech= Witch
Haint= Ghost
Boogerman= Devil
M'aw= Mother-in-law
I hope this helps with your research.
Where in the deep south are you? I'm almost afraid you might be in some kind of Deliverance country
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:29 am
by EternalDarkness
We are in the South Carolina midlands and absolutely love it. Always someone to laugh with, always someone to laugh at. If, as Bill Shakepeare told me, "All the word's a stage", we have great seats.
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:35 am
by ramaries69
Pumpkin56 wrote:EternalDarkness wrote:I am a native English speaker, but since relocating to the deep south have learned a few new words in Southern:
Whar-woof= Werewolf
Fam'pahr= Vampire
Wheech= Witch
Haint= Ghost
Boogerman= Devil
M'aw= Mother-in-law
I hope this helps with your research.
Where in the deep south are you? I'm almost afraid you might be in some kind of Deliverance country
Pumpkin56, you are hilarious!
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:17 am
by Pumpkin56
Thank ya ramaries! Hey we haven't fenced and discussed in a few days. What gives?
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:45 am
by ramaries69
Pumpkin56 wrote:Thank ya ramaries! Hey we haven't fenced and discussed in a few days. What gives?
Awwww....I still wuv ya!
Re: Monsters--in other languages
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:00 pm
by jadewik
Lobizón is the S. American version of the werewolf.
As far as other ones, I'm not entirely sure... most countries generally have their own monsters/lore and there isn't a lot of cross-over. You might try looking at this list of cryptids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids
