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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 2:30:18 PM   
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I recently learned that "fuck" to the French specifically means anal sex.  :)



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In french, the word 'seal' as in the cute animal is

phoque

pronounced, 'fuck'.

 

Could that be because anal sex offer a better seal?


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I just about spit out my water on the screen!  This is hilarous!!  :)

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 2:42:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not exactly.  "Ass" comes from the South (of the U.S., not England), where the -rs- sequence is commonly simplified to -ss-.  Other examples: "bust" (from "burst"), "hoss" (from "horse"), "cuss" (from "curse").  So yeah, "ass" comes from "arse" (it's not "ass" as in "jackass," obviously), but it's our own word.  We invented it.

Oh, and, yanno, I know it's cute that the English take such pride in their own language, so I don't want to burst (or bust, I guess) your culture bubble you have going on there, but the fact is that over the last two centuries you've imported more of our innovations than we've taken from you.  For example, I bet you didn't know that we invented the word "lengthy."  You all mocked us at first ("'Lengthy'?  Good God, what's next--'strengthy'?"), but you lapped it right up before too long.

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Ass? apparently the Americans use ass instead of arse because they took it from Southern England where it sounds like they're saying ass when actually they're saying arse.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 8:19:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, and no offence, the Swedes are kind of different, but likable.The typical Swede as the rest of us see them is tall blondes, but there are just as many red heads too.The Swedes I have as family are red, and the person here who has their signature about backing up several hundred yards when seeing a red head is very true.In fact the nearest Swedish red head to me loves that signature!Kind of revels in it.


Even the skogkatt has red fur, and that is a strange animal!
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Being a swede myself i can tell you we are strange :) and its not because we are naturally blonde!!!  they even give us metal DOG tags when we are registered birth certificates.



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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 8:29:21 PM   
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What I don't understand is why Brits pronounce "schedule" as "shedule."  What the FUCK?  Do you say "My colleague is sheming against me"?  Or "I go to shool"?

What a crazy language you speak over there.  I recently discovered that "mall" in your world rhymes with "pal," not with "hall."  LOONEY.



We might be a weird race of people, but English comes from English, i.e. us, the English.It is you lot that have come up with variations on our language.I suppose that is why there is a difference between American English and English


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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 8:30:24 PM   
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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 8:36:59 PM   
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Yes, and no offence, the Swedes are kind of different, but likable.The typical Swede as the rest of us see them is tall blondes, but there are just as many red heads too.The Swedes I have as family are red, and the person here who has their signature about backing up several hundred yards when seeing a red head is very true.In fact the nearest Swedish red head to me loves that signature!Kind of revels in it.


Even the skogkatt has red fur, and that is a strange animal!
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Being a swede myself i can tell you we are strange :) and its not because we are naturally blonde!!!  they even give us metal DOG tags when we are registered birth certificates.




It gets worse...i have a father born in france...which makes me a citizen of france for life according to their laws...and i havent even been there!!! But my dad says all i have to do is sign some paper.  I was drafted at 18 by french army...how sick is that!!! Not healthy enough to go and was in canada.  So i am a mix of french and swedish.  With a german half sister and 2 swede bros. 


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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 12/31/2007 8:38:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		I suppose that originated from erasers originally being made out of rubber, it is still a rubber to me, and as to what you were reffering to, where I come from they are called nodders.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 4:35:50 AM   
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Oh, and, yanno, I know it's cute that the English take such pride in their own language, so I don't want to burst (or bust, I guess) your culture bubble you have going on there, but the fact is that over the last two centuries you've imported more of our innovations than we've taken from you. 



20th century? conceded. 300 million Americans versus 48 million Englishmen/women........in pound for pound terms?

Over the past 50 years, according to Japanese research, more than 40 per cent of discoveries taken up on a worldwide basis originated in the United Kingdom.

Here's a list of inventions originating in England:

Everything.......including fire, water, oxygen and god.

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For example, I bet you didn't know that we invented the word "lengthy."  You all mocked us at first ("'Lengthy'?  Good God, what's next--'strengthy'?"), but you lapped it right up before too long.



I take my hat off to the Americans for inventing a new word with the mimimal amount of effort - need a new word? put a y on the end - simple. It's said over here you're a practical lot, but maybe we've underestimated the extent. And, yeah, we love it...can you do us another one? like fucky or something for a marathon fuck? the Vietnamese types have a patent on that, perhaps.

Anyway, a smattering of inventions you can place at the British door:

TV, radio, telephone, railways, jet engine, computer, galvanised rubber, combustion engine, steam engine, gas turbine, solar energy, dna profiling, mdma, diesel, hotels, radar, radio, submarines, digital imaging, bicycle, pnematic tyre, English language, the English banking system, the export of English team sports around the world, the concept of limited monarchy and the rule of toleration, iron compound casting, imperial measurement, loom, petroleum distilation, nylon, anemometer (wind vain), disc brakes, tin can, cat eyes (on the road), cement, depth charges, electro-magnet and electric motor, fax machine, gas mask, lawnmower, lightbulbs, penicilin, periodic table, periscope, polyester, rubber bands, sewing machine, steel production, submarine, toilet paper, umbrella, vacuum cleaner......plus a whole host of weird and wonderful inventions including a parliament with the sole purpose of acting as a forum for our supposed cream of the crop to shout, take the piss out of one another and fall asleep, fire, water, oxygen and god..................25% of the current top 100 medicines in the world are British inventions.

It would be completely foolish of me to take any credit for a whole host of inventions I had absolutely nothing to do with, but, credit where it's due - a small island has made its mark on the world.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 6:52:34 AM   
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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 7:53:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Not really.  Anyway, are you talking about inventions of things or inventions of words?  You seem to be confusing the two.  No one invented oxygen.

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TV, radio, telephone, railways, jet engine, computer, galvanised rubber, combustion engine, steam engine, gas turbine, solar energy, dna profiling, mdma, diesel, hotels, radar, radio, submarines, digital imaging, bicycle, pnematic tyre, English language, the English banking system, the export of English team sports around the world, the concept of limited monarchy and the rule of toleration, iron compound casting, imperial measurement, loom, petroleum distilation, nylon, anemometer (wind vain), disc brakes, tin can, cat eyes (on the road), cement, depth charges, electro-magnet and electric motor, fax machine, gas mask, lawnmower, lightbulbs, penicilin, periodic table, periscope, polyester, rubber bands, sewing machine, steel production, submarine, toilet paper, umbrella, vacuum cleaner......plus a whole host of weird and wonderful inventions including a parliament with the sole purpose of acting as a forum for our supposed cream of the crop to shout, take the piss out of one another and fall asleep, fire, water, oxygen and god..................25% of the current top 100 medicines in the world are British inventions.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 8:10:41 AM   
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No one invented oxygen.



You could be right there, Lam, but I notice you haven't disputed my claim that we invented fire, water and god; words are fairly minor by comparison.



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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 8:25:52 AM   
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No one invented oxygen.



You could be right there, Lam, but I notice you haven't disputed my claim that we invented fire, water and god; words are fairly minor by comparison.


Okay,  but if you guys are so smart, why'd you invent the submarine twice? Didn't get it right the first time? Also, I'm pretty sure the Soviet Union invented water.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 8:36:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ummm...I assumed you were joking.  I mean, hell, we invented football (shush!---I mean our style of football), and some people would say that's worth more than fire, water, and god put together.

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You could be right there, Lam, but I notice you haven't disputed my claim that we invented fire, water and god; words are fairly minor by comparison.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/1/2008 10:22:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		The sad thing about most UK inventions, though they originated from some very fine minds, this country appears to lack the incentive to create on that invention and as a result wealth is created overseas by overseas countries. Our inventors being forced to sell to whoever will buy.

Take that HOTOL thing, Britain's alternative to the space shuttle, a drone craft that can take off by jet engines and when the time comes,the engines convert to rocket engines to get the craft into space.I believe the Japanese now possess that technology and are themselves developing it, The inventors here failing to find sufficient interest in Britain, very sad.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/2/2008 11:29:55 AM   
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Okay,  but if you guys are so smart, why'd you invent the submarine twice?



We built two, one that did work and one that didn't; the second one was a decoy for German spies.

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Also, I'm pretty sure the Soviet Union invented water.



The Soviet Union is claiming it, yeah, but they're claiming Winston Churchill, too, and he couldn't stand them. They know a thing or two about vodka, though.

Anyway:

English - straightaway; American - right now.

English - chips; American - fries.

English - the right honourable gentleman; American - Yo Blair!

English - liberals; American - commie faggots.

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/2/2008 1:03:57 PM   
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What I don't understand is why Brits pronounce "schedule" as "shedule."  What the FUCK?  Do you say "My colleague is sheming against me"?  Or "I go to shool"?

What a crazy language you speak over there.  I recently discovered that "mall" in your world rhymes with "pal," not with "hall."  LOONEY.


What I don't understand is why the US insist in pronouncing a silver white metal as 'uh - loo - muh - nuhm'
 Fuck phonetics huh.
 
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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/2/2008 2:13:32 PM   
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Perhaps an apocryphal story ... I've heard variations of it several different ways while I lived in Europe:

"Gross" Is a German Word, Too

There are worse things a girl could say to a guy.

A true story: Several years ago our family was traveling through Hamburg on vacation. As tourists, we naturally got lost and wandered into a less-savory part of town -- namely the red-light district surrounding the Reeperbahn. When we stopped to look at a map, our teenage daughter glanced down a narrow alley, where she spotted a man peeing on a wall.

She exclaimed -- as any teenage girl would -- "Ewwww, gross!" Now of course, to an English speaker, this is hardly a compliment. But to a German? "Gross," of course, means "big."

The man looked up and said with a smile, "Danke."

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RE: Foreign words , their meaing and meaning to us - 1/2/2008 4:42:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		How about the male ejaculate known in the UK as spunk.
The correct dictionary definition is "spirited" as used in the US.
eg a spunky wench lol.

I read somewhere that US usage in general  is closer to earlier English than is current English.

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