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Post by Cyrus on May 11, 2004 1:42:45 GMT
We talked about making our own translation thread for a while now, but I've found a link to something online. english2american.com |
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Post by Ditto on May 12, 2004 8:40:04 GMT
Great link Cy.
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Post by PokerKitten on May 12, 2004 14:00:59 GMT
I'm not sure I'd call it upper-class....
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Post by Cyrus on May 12, 2004 19:49:15 GMT
I like this one... ;D
"Randy Giles?! Why not just call me Horny Giles or Desperate-for-a-Shag Giles?! I knew there was a reason I hated you!" LMFAO
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Post by Ditto on May 23, 2004 20:23:18 GMT
Another brilliant episode (they were all briliiant).  How do you spell hiney? Is that the right spelling, 'cos I've seen a number of variations? I thought that word came from our word for 'bottom' ie 'behind' but if not where does it come from. This kind of thought keeps me awake at night.....  You Americans have done some weird things to our language, it's a wonder we let you borrow it..... ;D |
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Post by Cyrus on May 23, 2004 23:18:37 GMT
You Americans have done some weird things to our language, it's a wonder we let you borrow it... Says someone who speaks the language that invented the word "bugger"   |
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Post by Ditto on May 27, 2004 13:37:37 GMT
Lol, what's wrong with the word bugger? Well, you spell everything wrong! ::flees:: I luv you really Cy.  PS: you never answered my question!!!! How remiss! |
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Post by Cyrus on May 27, 2004 15:26:35 GMT
Oh the hiney question? I think you spelled it right.  |
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Post by Ditto on May 28, 2004 23:01:55 GMT
My pc is stuck on American spellchecker! Agh, all those zeds!!!! Or should I say zees?
Zees spellings drive me crackers, doesn't matter what I do to it, it reverts back to Americanisms. I think Bill Gates is trying to take over....
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Post by BuffyGroupie on May 29, 2004 0:05:49 GMT
You mean Bill Gates hasn't taken over? And yes Ditto, it is zee not zed - that's Canadian English, eh? But I don't understand the problem, don't ya'll have Z in your alphabet |
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Post by Ditto on May 29, 2004 0:19:26 GMT
Of course we have a zed! Wotacheek! We just don't go mad with it like some.
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Post by Cyrus on May 29, 2004 0:39:16 GMT
I don't underztand zee problemz either.  |
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Post by Ditto on May 31, 2004 1:12:18 GMT
The problem is my pc changes all my spellings to American! Apologize instead of apologise etc. It's a pain in the arse or should I say a pain in the ass? ;D
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Post by nightnurse on May 31, 2004 1:37:42 GMT
Nah...that would be a pain in the fanny....or tush! I LMAO at I2's 'fanny pack'....I told her it was a bum bag, and if she went about saying it was fanny instead of bum, she'd get arrested!
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Post by Cyrus on May 31, 2004 5:42:34 GMT
I LMAO at I2's 'fanny pack'....I told her it was a bum bag, and if she went about saying it was fanny instead of bum, she'd get arrested! I had to consult the English to American Dictionary on that one... LMAO! |
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Post by witchwolf on May 31, 2004 18:23:33 GMT
I don't go around naming inanimate objects- but after that translation my ..er, um... 'bumbag' has been dubbed James ;D
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Post by Cyrus on Aug 30, 2005 7:03:35 GMT
When it was mentioned yesterday, I knew we had this thread lurking around here somewhere... and sure enough, it had fallen alllll the way to the bottom of the stack on the second page! Okay, so carboot sale... |
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Post by Spike Addict on Aug 30, 2005 11:28:30 GMT
oh dear this made me laugh!
bint n. Woman, in the loosest sense of the word. One step short of a prostitute, a bint is a bird with less class, less selectivity, more makeup and even more skin. Blokes don't talk to bints unless they've had at least eight pints of beer, which is why bints turn up in free-for-students nightclubs at 2:45am with their faked student ID and dance around their Moschino rucksacks. I am told by a few contributors that the word derives from the Arabic for "daughter of".
and yeh in Arabic it means either daughter, or girl.
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Post by Ditto on Aug 30, 2005 13:11:08 GMT
Y'know about car boot now don't you Cy? Group of peeps who can't get their unwanted wares outtov their car boots quick enough for the vultures (ie me and other peeps) waiting to buy cheap at half the price. Every Sunday morning when we should be at church. We're all going to hell in a handcart. Re Bint....I knew it was very derogatory and also very sixties.  To Spike that's comparatively modern. |
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