# What does this mean?\[language other than English\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419 "2010-02-18T01:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liben)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/1 "2010-02-18T01:30:36Z")
Hello, Does anyone know what this means?? Veláss có tek ná puó tek i merú ga Fái ná tá piá sen cá nié du ga é du gá nié crut cá tác samráss có tétch cú iéchetérass záchepiévai có tetchcú ---
**Author:** ![sharding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@sharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharding)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/2 "2010-02-18T02:12:46Z")
Are you sure that’s real? It seems to have an implausible proportion of accented characters (more than I’ve seen in any other language), and when I searched for several of those worse, this post is the only place they exist on the Internet… How about some more context? Where did this come from? ---
**Author:** ![liben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liben)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/3 "2010-02-18T02:18:24Z")
I think it’s polish… just not spelled right :s it’s spelled in a way that can be read as seen… like, for pronunciation. it’s some sort of poem/love note unless I got lied too 😊 lol ---
**Author:** ![liben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liben)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/4 "2010-02-18T02:19:33Z")
I also got these with “translations” I was told that “có tetchcú” is “kitten” and “có ham tché” is “I love you” “có tetchcú” is part of that note ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/5 "2010-02-18T02:22:00Z")
yeah, that could work - IIRC, kocham tie (sp.?) is Polish for I love you; ‘Kotietie’ (again, sp.) could well be kitten in Polish. ---
**Author:** ![sharding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@sharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sharding)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/6 "2010-02-18T02:25:53Z")
> [@sharding](#): > > and when I searched for several of those worse, this post is the only place they exist on the Internet… I meant “words,” not “worse” fwiw 🙂 Here’s some Polish I just made in Google Translate, which looks a lot more like the Polish I’ve seen in the past: > [@](#): > > Jest kilka rzeczy w języku polskim. Wystarczy kilka losowych tekst do przetestowania tłumaczenia. Zobacz, jak to wygląda? But, I don’t know any Polish at all, so it could be completely valid. I just think it looks odd. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/7 "2010-02-18T02:33:53Z")
Looks like this is it: > [@](#): > > Wlazł kotek na płotek i mruga, > i mruga, > ładna to piosenka niedługa, > niedługa. > > Nie długa, nie krótka, lecz w sam raz, > lecz w sam raz. > Zaspiewaj koteczku jeszcze raz, > jeszcze raz. translation: > [@](#): > > This cat climbed onto a wooden fence and blinked. > ‘Thats a nice song, not very long, > not too short, not too long, just right > Play this song one more time for us cat!’ from [here](http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/looking-for-a-polish-song-about-a-kitten-in-a-wood-pile/) ---
**Author:** ![liben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liben)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/8 "2010-02-18T02:37:58Z")
Got it! 😃 From another forum, this is what I was told; > [@](#): > > Wlazł kotek na płotek i mruga > Ładna to piosenka, nie długa. > Nie długa, nie krótka, lecz w sam raz > Zaśpiewaj, koteczku, jeszcze raz. > > A kitten climbed onto a fence. It’s a nice song, not very long. Not long and not short, just right, sing it again, kitten. > > A very popular children song. The spelling is totally off from what I had… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/9 "2010-02-18T02:39:03Z")
It looks like someone tried to spell Vietnamese in Polish. ---
**Author:** ![liben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liben)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/10 "2010-02-18T02:55:27Z")
Thanks for the help everyone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-language-other-than-english/529419/11 "2010-02-19T14:17:55Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It looks like someone tried to spell Vietnamese in Polish. fun factoid\*: the Vietnamese word for cat is “meow” . - and almost relevant to the thread, too, since we’re talkin’ 'bout kitties 🙂