Coloquialisms and other sayings.

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Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 580389 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 20:09:30 UTC - in response to Message 580385. Last modified: 2 Jun 2007, 20:11:41 UTC How about: Oh man! Oh brother! Why not: Oh woman! Oh sister! And then there's the Simpsonian "DOH!" meaning "I'm stupid!" :) Similarly, in Arabic, the camel drivers shout "Yalla Yalla!" to their camels to get them moving, (along with a flick of the cane). But it's become a general phrase meaning "Let's go!". ID: 580389 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580402 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 20:29:12 UTC - in response to Message 580385. Last modified: 2 Jun 2007, 20:32:17 UTC How about: Oh man! Oh brother! Why not: Oh woman! Oh sister! No one in the movie world ever had a real sister or knew a real woman. Quote: "your sister deals crck and your momma was a drnk and your father was a wh*re".. Erm.. hold on.. That's my family profile.. Stop outing my family 'finkle man!! Oh sister this guy is a mad woman oh... Sorry it was the 70s movies... they made me do it... :o)) ID: 580402 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 580413 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 20:43:47 UTC Another Hungarian one: "Paprikash shegg". Translation: "He has cayanne pepper up his butt." It means he's in a touchy, angry mood, where anything can set him off. ID: 580413 ·

Dune_Finkleberry Send message Joined: 25 Feb 06 Posts: 6454 Credit: 198,656 RAC: 0	Message 580420 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 20:55:21 UTC - in response to Message 580413. Another Hungarian one: "Paprikash shegg". Translation: "He has cayanne pepper up his butt." It means he's in a touchy, angry mood, where anything can set him off. Yeah boy (I mean girl), that always sets me off too. Account frozen... ID: 580420 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 580422 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 20:58:55 UTC A funny saying Winner Winner Chicken Dinner LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 580422 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 580423 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 21:00:05 UTC Last modified: 2 Jun 2007, 21:00:36 UTC A old saying when you get startled by someone or something. Yee Gods and Little Fishes!! LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 580423 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580424 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 21:01:41 UTC - in response to Message 580413. Last modified: 2 Jun 2007, 21:13:05 UTC Another Hungarian one: "Paprikash shegg". Translation: "He has cayanne pepper up his butt." It means he's in a touchy, angry mood, where anything can set him off. I am sure anyone with lots of pepper in their pants is easy to explode! A broad English naughty play on words thingy: Once a King Always a King But once a Knight Is Enough ... ID: 580424 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580431 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 21:11:27 UTC - in response to Message 580422. A funny saying Winner Winner Chicken Dinner A rhyme but makes me think of 1950's TV shows and TV dinners all mixed together.. Unless of course you were on a submarine and there were but two types of package dinners to eat. One was 'tripe' (cows guts) and the other was 'chicken'... You would really be the winner if you got chicken... (So glad I am a vegetabletarian..) ID: 580431 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580458 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 22:36:44 UTC - in response to Message 580445. Last modified: 2 Jun 2007, 22:44:14 UTC I clocked a few except this one: ... Bet tha cud eat an apple thro a beard wire fence. ... I am rather vexed now being unable to speak like a Lancashire lass :o)~ No don't tell me though... (Oo.. Loved our Boodica.. She kicked everything.. Then went home... Erm.. She was actually rather rubbish.. :o/) ID: 580458 ·

Darth Dogbytes™ Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0	Message 580517 - Posted: 2 Jun 2007, 23:51:58 UTC - in response to Message 580515. Do you like me muriels? I like the way they hang. Only on a warm day :-O Sun soaked jingle-boobs...? Account frozen... ID: 580517 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 580518 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 0:00:49 UTC - in response to Message 580445. A few Lancashire phrases to puzzle over... My belly thinks me throats bin cut. Pigs wain't follow an empty bucket. Put Th'wood in'th'ole. (Put the wood in the hole) Bet tha cud eat an apple thro a beard wire fence. Tha's got a face like a bulldog chewin' a wasp. Those have character, alright. I like "Pigs waint't follow an empty bucket." Permission to use? (The saying, not the pig. LOL) ID: 580518 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 580526 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 0:13:15 UTC - in response to Message 580520. Pigs wain't follow an empty bucket. (People won't work for nothing) Yep..we've been using 'em for years up here in this neck of the woods. :o) Another is... Standin theer like cheese at fourpence. ID: 580526 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 580535 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 0:21:59 UTC - in response to Message 580532. Last modified: 3 Jun 2007, 0:26:26 UTC Pigs wain't follow an empty bucket. (People won't work for nothing) Yep..we've been using 'em for years up here in this neck of the woods. :o) Another is... Standin theer like cheese at fourpence. Standin theer like cheese at fourpence. (Have you nothing else better to do?) There's more.. I've seen more meat on a sparra's kneecap (God, you're thin!) Oh! I thought the standin like cheese at fourpence meant looking stupid. But the real meaning is better. And Hahah! on "More meat on a sparra's kneecap." ID: 580535 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580567 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 1:23:43 UTC - in response to Message 580458. Last modified: 3 Jun 2007, 1:24:51 UTC ... Bet tha cud eat an apple thro a beard wire fence. ... Hey... "You could eat an apple through a barbed wire fence...." Bloomin took me for ever to work out that 'beard' meant 'barbed'... oOh if I had a whacking stick... I would whack the whole of Lancashire for talking such potty stuff. As for it's meaning... Well it's all too gay so I don't even care :o) hehe... Modulate that then :) ID: 580567 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 580572 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 1:40:03 UTC - in response to Message 580567. ... Bet tha cud eat an apple thro a beard wire fence. ... Hey... "You could eat an apple through a barbed wire fence...." Bloomin took me for ever to work out that 'beard' meant 'barbed'... oOh if I had a whacking stick... I would whack the whole of Lancashire for talking such potty stuff. As for it's meaning... Well it's all too gay so I don't even care :o) hehe... Modulate that then :) Are you certain that beard wire fence isn't field fence (the kind with a 6" grid)? In any case, might it mean you have a face like a goat? or is it you have the table manners of a goat? BOINC WIKI ID: 580572 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 580574 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 1:43:54 UTC - in response to Message 580572. Are you certain that beard wire fence isn't field fence (the kind with a 6" grid)? In any case, might it mean you have a face like a goat? or is it you have the table manners of a goat? I'll guess that it means you're snout-faced. Heheheh ID: 580574 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580579 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 1:54:11 UTC - in response to Message 580572. .. you have a face like a goat? ... No my face is not like a goat's... thankyou. Darn cheeky thread this.. ID: 580579 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 580591 - Posted: 3 Jun 2007, 2:26:06 UTC - in response to Message 580575. Last modified: 3 Jun 2007, 2:28:50 UTC .... OK... It means... Bloody hell! You've got big teeth. .... "You could eat an apple through a barbed wire fence" = "You have big teeth" Oh yea I see it.. not.. Lancashire people are just crazy funsters! Now where did I put that big stick..... ID: 580591 ·

thorin belvrog Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0	Message 581179 - Posted: 4 Jun 2007, 12:20:14 UTC There is a saying here in Germany, "Jede Verallgemeinerung ist falsch. Auch diese." which is translated to: "Each generalization is wrong. This one too." Account frozen... ID: 581179 ·

cRunchy Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3	Message 581644 - Posted: 5 Jun 2007, 5:02:26 UTC Last modified: 5 Jun 2007, 5:13:17 UTC More sayings: "Trying to teach your grandmother to suck eggs." "A bit outside my belly whack son." (Probably Northen UK.) Sayings From The Sea (Nautical): "Between the devil and the deep blue sea." "Three sheets to the wind." Of Sad Origin: "Sweet Fanny Adams." (UK) ID: 581644 ·

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