Not posted off topic for a while, so thought it was about time I did
Just a quick lesson that may stop an embarrassing faux pas from appearing as much as it does.
You don't do something and then go "Wala"!!! That's daft. Stop it.
It's a french word, and it's voila, meaning "there you go", "job done" (or words to that effect). I don't think there is a literal translation, so it's more of a concept. Either way, IT'S NOT WALA!!!
So hopefully some of you learnt something new today. Wala.
'En route' is not 'On route'. If you must use the English translation it would be 'In route'.
johncmolyneux said:
Not posted off topic for a while, so thought it was about time I did
Just a quick lesson that may stop an embarrassing faux pas from appearing as much as it does.
You don't do something and then go "Wala"!!! That's daft. Stop it.
It's a french word, and it's voila, meaning "there you go", "job done" (or words to that effect). I don't think there is a literal translation, so it's more of a concept. Either way, IT'S NOT WALA!!!
So hopefully some of you learnt something new today. Wala.
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This makes me wish the XDA app let you press the thanks button.
Sent from my fingers to your face...
People actually say WALA? I always knew it's voila. lol
jaszek said:
People actually say WALA? I always knew it's voila. lol
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http://www.google.com/cse?q=wala&sa=Search&cx=partner-pub-2900107662879704:fs7umqefhnf&ie=ISO-8859-1
Just lost some more hope for humanity.
johncmolyneux said:
Not posted off topic for a while, so thought it was about time I did
Just a quick lesson that may stop an embarrassing faux pas from appearing as much as it does.
You don't do something and then go "Wala"!!! That's daft. Stop it.
It's a french word, and it's voila, meaning "there you go", "job done" (or words to that effect). I don't think there is a literal translation, so it's more of a concept. Either way, IT'S NOT WALA!!!
So hopefully some of you learnt something new today. Wala.
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LMAO !!!!! This is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves with English speaking people Especially Americans (which I am one)
You think this is funny just remember when President Bush referred to the Japanese as the Japanians (Asians from Albania I guess ) ... An American New reporter once coined the term "Americans will be the Death of English"
Here in California it is even worse Even the Hispanics have taken up the cause of converting wrong English into Wrong Spanish........ quite surreal. So, if you learn Spanish here, it is only good here
OR, to quote the Former President Bush again, "did you know that the French do not have a word for Entrepreneur"
Thanks, for the post !
People say wala? The gene pool really could do with a little chlorine.
I speak French, so I'll not make this mistake in a hurry.
johncmolyneux said:
Not posted off topic for a while, so thought it was about time I did
Just a quick lesson that may stop an embarrassing faux pas from appearing as much as it does.
You don't do something and then go "Wala"!!! That's daft. Stop it.
It's a french word, and it's voila, meaning "there you go", "job done" (or words to that effect). I don't think there is a literal translation, so it's more of a concept. Either way, IT'S NOT WALA!!!
So hopefully some of you learnt something new today. Wala.
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^^One of the things I learned in my French classes in grammar school.
oka1 said:
OR, to quote the Former President Bush again, "did you know that the French do not have a word for Entrepreneur"
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Rofl !!!
It's "for all intents and purposes". Not "for all intensive purposes".
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It's "for all intents and purposes". Not "for all intensive purposes".
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Did you want to "pacifically" point that out?
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Did you want to "pacifically" point that out?
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LOL !!
Did you know my English teacher told me a double negative makes a positive. But there are no examples of a double positive making a negative.......
To which I replied "yeah, right"
In my work I see
Dun or dune = Done
There as in "it is theres" instead theirs
Or you could lead if you got the lead out of your pace........... i culd go on but I betzh stop der, ya know wha I mean........... mistah green jeans ?
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Did you want to "pacifically" point that out?
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I could care less.
(see what I did, there?)
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I could care less.
(see what I did, there?)
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I can't stand this one.
English is not my first language but the way people mangle the language so pi55es me off! Mind you, I will never be perfect at it but I do make an effort! But somethings make me laugh!
"Don't let your worries kill you, let the church help." --Yea!
"Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children." --Yummy!
"No children aloud." --shush!
"Thanks before...."
While reading your threads I've found this one, and just FYI, in french it's not voila it's voilà
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OR, to quote the Former President Bush again, "did you know that the French do not have a word for Entrepreneur"
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LOL too!
@OP: No, it's spelled "voilà". If you're going to bother to have a thread *****ing about how the word is pronounced, how about you at least spell it correctly?
Actually, I've always thought the word was pronounced "Raymond Luxury Yat-cht" but then again, that's just me. What would I know?
However, simply writing "It's pronounced 'voilà'" isn't very useful itself, since how does one *actually* pronounce voilà?
It's actually pronounced something along the lines of vwah - lah. Simply writing "voilà" would send the message to unsuspecting, non-French-speaking folk, that the word is pronounced more like how it is spelled, as in voy - lah which is as bad as "wala" and equally as far away from the correct pronunciation.
So there!
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I could care less / I couldn't care less -- definitely these two phrases logically mean two different things.
Double negatives -- Once upon a time, English made use of double and triple negatives. They were intended to emphasize the negation, much like how profanity is used to emphasize something.
The rest of you folks are correct: the sheer level of belligerent ignorance out there is appalling.
Pronunciation is the next level... PACIFICALLY French. Alt codes for accents...too much to ask.
If we stick to the simple ones(they're,there,their,you're your) there is a chance....
I think the French word for entrepreneur is BADABING........
Then ask a native Spanish-speaking person how they feel if you just typed "anos" for year because you were too lazy to type "años". Go on, ask 'em, and see what they say. It's just an "n" after all, right?
We English-speaking folk have no idea how easy we have it in terms of writing and spelling. We do not have genderfied nouns, verbs, or anything of the sort; we have no accents over (or under) any of our letters, and especially here in North America we often have more streamlined spellings of words than the U.K. does.
With ease often comes laziness, I'm sad to say.
BTW... Anyone here ever been to Voilà Voilà, Washington?
Related
Every time I hear an American pronounce "mobile" I always wonder if I'm wrong in my pronunciation.
Click the links to hear different pronunciations:
1. mō-bī-əl (how I pronounce it)
2. mō-bəl (how most Americans pronounce it)
3. mō-bēl (how the French pronounce it)
How do you pronounce mobile and which do you think is correct in the context of wireless phones?
mo-bill ftw!
yes i'm american
I'm British and, at the risk of getting my arse kicked by my "American cousins", it is definitely pronounced "mo-bi-al".....Americans are often lazy in their use of the English language, so they will silence letters to reduce the number of syllables in a word....
Just to prove my point, if it's pronounced "mo-bill", is an old person "se-nill" or is war "few-till" or will it be ready in a little "will"
That's my opinion - and I know I (can) speak English properly
Mark.
WOW
Mark, that was really funny, but really true at the same time! I like it! Nice job clearing things up!
Somehow I think one should defer to the British when asked what is the right way to speak English
Surur
Mark Crouch said:
I'm British and, at the risk of getting my arse kicked by my "American cousins", it is definitely pronounced "mo-bi-al".....Americans are often lazy in their use of the English language, so they will silence letters to reduce the number of syllables in a word....
Just to prove my point, if it's pronounced "mo-bill", is an old person "se-nill" or is war "few-till" or will it be ready in a little "will"
That's my opinion - and I know I (can) speak English properly
Mark.
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Yea, your examples do make sense. However, at the risk of throwing a wrench in your theory, American, British and Canadian all pronounce "automobile" as in example #3
we don't even call it a Mobile but fartelefon
gullum said:
we don't even call it a Mobile but fartelefon
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Thanks for sharing gulum, that is way too close to Fart Telethon for comfort
uh, dude, it's a CELL phone.
i say moe-bile
in my nativ language it's mo-bil
I use the second one. Though in my language it is "Mo Bill" ("o" in "mo" like in "Colt")
borealcool said:
Yea, your examples do make sense. However, at the risk of throwing a wrench in your theory, American, British and Canadian all pronounce "automobile" as in example #3
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Err british (myslef at the least) prononce automobile as au-to-mo-beale not au-to-mo-bill
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Err british (myslef at the least) prononce automobile as au-to-mo-beale not au-to-mo-bill
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That's right, as in example #3 of my original post.
As for Americans, they don't pronounce mobile as in mo-bill, mo-bial or mo-beale. They completely silence the "i" as in marble or noble.
Yeah, typically an American would say moe-bull.
Yes, this phonetic feature is called "ellision" and can be found often in AE.
BTW: correct spelling in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for the received pronounciation would be "ai" rather than "ia" concerning the vowel in the last syllable -"
Nope, I'm not even a native speaker of the English language So I'm pretty objective when it comes to things like these.
E_Shinobi said:
Yes, this phonetic feature is called "ellision" and can be found often in AE.
BTW: correct spelling in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for the received pronounciation would be "ai" rather than "ia" concerning the vowel in the last syllable -"
Nope, I'm not even a native speaker of the English language So I'm pretty objective when it comes to things like these.
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Élision is a French grammatical rule which consists in silencing the final vowel of a word if it precedes another word beginning with a vowel or silent h. For instance you would say l'article and not la article. Germans have another grammatical rule for ae, oe and ue.
why Americans silence the i in mobile is probably a question of dialect influenced by pop culture. For example an icon of American industry is Exxon-Mobil pronounced mo-ble.
One spanner.....back at ya!!!
borealcool said:
Yea, your examples do make sense. However, at the risk of throwing a wrench in your theory, American, British and Canadian all pronounce "automobile" as in example #3
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Ah yes, that is true.....however (throws spanner back across the pond), the example you gave has a preceding syllable (or two ) - pronounced "or-toe", not "or-doe" as the Americans would have it
The same soft-pronunciation is true for words like "snowmobile" and "Oldsmobile" - both of which are American-originated words...guess us Limeys just copied the mis-pronunciation (having given up any hope of getting Americans to speak the language properly) and it's stuck....
This debate will undoubtedly run for many centuries to come - I for one will shortly be donning my disguise and emigrating to Outer Mongolia, lest an irate American should come looking for me
Mark.
PS. One final question.....I sometimes hear (in films....uhh..movies) the phrase "he's/she's/it's been 86'ed"....can anyone offer a) a translation into English, b) an explanation of the origin of that phrase.....please....
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Ah yes, that is true.....however (throws spanner back across the pond), the example you gave has a preceding syllable (or two ) - pronounced "or-toe", not "or-doe" as the Americans would have it
The same soft-pronunciation is true for words like "snowmobile" and "Oldsmobile" - both of which are American-originated words...guess us Limeys just copied the mis-pronunciation (having given up any hope of getting Americans to speak the language properly) and it's stuck....
This debate will undoubtedly run for many centuries to come - I for one will shortly be donning my disguise and emigrating to Outer Mongolia, lest an irate American should come looking for me
Mark.
PS. One final question.....I sometimes hear (in films....uhh..movies) the phrase "he's/she's/it's been 86'ed"....can anyone offer a) a translation into English, b) an explanation of the origin of that phrase.....please....
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I'm glad this thread is taking a humour u-turn, I sort of had second thoughts after posting it
86ed is straight out of American pop culture and look no further than the Urban Dictionary for an answer
borealcool said:
I'm glad this thread is taking a humour u-turn, I sort of had second thoughts after posting it
86ed is straight out of American pop culture and look no further than the Urban Dictionary for an answer
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Thanks for that - it made for some interesting reading I've bookmarked that site in case I ever need anything else explained to me....
Oh, and don't worry about posting threads like this - it's good to have some off-topic light humour once in a while. It makes a nice change from all the ranting and stupid questions that the main forums are littered with
OK, it's 1am UK time.....I'm beat....."time for bed", said Zebedee (explained here)
Mark.
Mark Crouch said:
Thanks for that - it made for some interesting reading I've bookmarked that site in case I ever need anything else explained to me....
Oh, and don't worry about posting threads like this - it's good to have some off-topic light humour once in a while. It makes a nice change from all the ranting and stupid questions that the main forums are littered with
OK, it's 1am UK time.....I'm beat....."time for bed", said Zebedee (explained here)
Mark.
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Ok good night Zebedee, but you're not getting off that easily. When you're back, I want to know why the British pronounce words containing "aw", "au" and many words ending with an "a" as "AR". Don't send your "laryer" after me
i don't know why i have spurts of funny hatred when i see a use of the word 'lol'.
i am still comfortable with LMAO, OMG, WTF but its the 'lol' people use when it is least expected......rather it least fits.
LOL as i know is abbreviation of
"laugh out loud" (most common)
"lots of luck" or "lots of love" (less common--infact non-existant)
Now, if somebody cracks an awesome joke...and people use this word to express their hearty laugh,its still ok.
But these days its being plain overdone, i'll give you some good examples;
it was my first rollercoaster ride, it was awesome lol..
lol..my cousin kicked the sh*t outta me
it was my uncle's funeral ..lol..
eeew .. i forgot...its your birthday lol
SORRY..LOL!!
lol..you are funny!
omg , i gtg srry....catch'ya later lol..
if somebody is so amused by such crap that he/she feels like laughing so bad...i feel that person's got to be the biggest loser around.
and if 'lol' in itself was not enough for some people they invented similar words - 'lolz' or lolzz or lolzzz (add more z's to make it stronger)
wtf is lolzzzzz? -'lots of laughs and then suddenly dozing off?" Thank heavens keyboards don't have feelings!
just wanted to share this thing with you guys. how do you all feel?
sorry if i offended some 'lollers'!
PEACE
yeah the
"lol it's jesus"
jokes really show how language can be turned into the enemy of all living things
but then guess older people have always felt that the younger crowd abuses the language
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and lastly i am sharing my views and i seriously don't mean to offend 'lollers'!
all views are welcome. correct me if i am wrong somewhere!
PEACE
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LOL!
Coming to the point, yeah, its annoying these days. People use the word 'LOL' just for no reason. I cannot figure out, if it makes them feel that they're cool.
Also, people also seem to use 'LMAO' for no reason! Do they really 'laugh their ass off'? *no*
and i am so proud that i've never used this damn word in my general english except for when i talk about it being a symbol of "wannabes"
and i won't use it until somebody points a gun at my head and tells me to type 'lol'
.......and i'll feel like such a loser afterwards!
and yes- i am don't contribute to younger crowd spoiling the language as i am myself 20 years of age!
lol to me has always meant and always will mean "lots of love."
so when i see it all over the place, i just think "what a lovely world it is that we live in, all this love around in the air"
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lol to me has always meant and always will mean "lots of love."
so when i see it all over the place, i just think "what a lovely world it is that we live in, all this love around in the air"
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Aye, I thought the same and thus used it at the end of some SMSs, etc. when it simply wasn't appropriate according to what the recipient understood it to mean.
A lass I was very much into some years back thought I was slightly making fun of her as I ended most of my SMS with lol and she eventually asked why I always thought that fairly innoccuous remarks warranted laughing out loud at the end.
Naturally, I felt a right Herbert. Since then I've only used it in the way everyone else does. Not that I use a lot of abbeviations anyway: I tend to punctuaute SMSs or any other messages in the normal way, not least because I used to be a grammar teacher.
wikipedia gives the bast answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lol
Penny for your thoughts
I think that there is so much shorthand that people place into what they write, that even this generation has forgotten to even spell the very words! "lol" is so misused, as well as things like "4, lmao, (and what ever else is out there!!)", (show how behind the times i am!!!) If there was not the bulk of the SMS (Short messaging Services) out there, maybe people might be able to write correct!!! Well, that is just my thought...
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I think that there is so much shorthand that people place into what they write, that even this generation has forgotten to even spell the very words! "lol" is so misused, as well as things like "4, lmao, (and what ever else is out there!!)", (show how behind the times i am!!!) If there was not the bulk of the SMS (Short messaging Services) out there, maybe people might be able to write correct!!! Well, that is just my thought...
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is that "write correct" or "write correctly"
"lol is lol", is lol. (LOL!)
To freely use an acronym, a Dutch word and a Welsh word, in an English sentence.
Seriously though: I mind these words in certain situations. If you are chatting with someone over the computer, using IRC or instant messaging or whatever, words like LOL and such can be used. Now and then in a forum post is ok. Using it in spoken language is a definite no! What bothers me a lot more is the more random abbreviations of other words user by everybody all over the place. If it's not worth to spell out, it's quite likely not worth saying in the first place.
Yeah. People nowadays.
lol...............lol
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lol...............lol
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ya! i see how satisfied you are now!
i guess you had a bad day when made this topic,
LOL
Saaduk said:
i guess you had a bad day when made this topic,
LOL
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exactly!
i was pissed off at one of my friends for excessive lolling.
perfect definition (to me!)
from urbandictionary.com
It's original definition was "Laughing out loud" (also written occasionally as "Lots of Laughs"), used as a brief acronym to denote great amusement in chat conversations.
Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don't even give a **** about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym "lol" should be redefined as "Lack of laughter."
Depending on the chatter, its definition may vary. The list of its meanings includes, but is not limited to:
1) "I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this conversation."
2) "I'm too lazy to read what you just wrote so I'm typing something useless in hopes that you'll think I'm still paying attention."
3) "Your statement lacks even the vaguest trace of humor but I'll pretend I'm amused."
4) "This is a pointless acronym I'm sticking in my sentence just because it's become so engraved into my mind that when chatting, I MUST use the meaningless sentence-filler 'lol.'"
See: lmao, lmfao, rofl, lawl, heh, haha, lolol, and 120 for similarities.
Statement: Sorry if I'm not too cheery, my best friend just died yesterday.
Worthless Reply: lol
Statement: The golden ratio is truely an intersting aspect of not only mathematics, but art as well.
Worthless Reply: lol
Statement: ... And then he says, "Your mom goes to college!"
Worthless Reply: lol
Statement: Hey, are you doing anything tonight? You could come over to my house and play some Unreal Tournie...
Worthless Reply: lol, ok
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ha ha ha ha (thats my version of lol)
great find. thanks buddy
how true!
Well this thread really made me smile, if not lol!!!
hmm... i got nothing against "lol" if it's used in chatrooms (IRC and stuff like that) but i think it really doesn't belong in a Forum... a place where you CAN take your time writing a reply, not unlike in IRC where you have to react instantaneously and are more inclined to just type "lol" than elaborate that you are laughing.
It's equally annoying when i see kids tranferring "lol" from the virtual to real word, using it instead of REALLY laughing... that is were proper usage line of "lol" drops instantly.
Now i've said "kids" use this frequently... having noticed that, i reminded myself that i'm just 26 years old... and yet, i feel like an oldtimer when i hear kids speak these days.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Lol
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Quote from gizmodo:
Whenever you give users—especially kids—a photo sharing application where they can upload their own photos, you're gonna get some nudity. That's fine, except for the part where I said kids. Now it's bad news for Apple.
We can see how they approved the app, since it's innocent by itself (a photo sharing and uploading app). But when 15 year old girls start uploading topless photos of themselves, like the previously approved and then denied Hottest Girls app, that's when someone needs to take the app off the market.
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thats bad.
But its just a part of larger malaise. We are determined to eradicate it.
mate has got the program on his iPhone, tis a good program, very funny.
he has had it for a week and hasnt been lucky enough to get any 'Adult' pictures yet.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so.... What a lucky guy!!!!
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so.... What a lucky guy!!!!
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i think uv misunderstood the topic
the application for the iphone has child pornography not monly is this stuff sicks it highly illegal
No I didn't!!!!
hehehehehehe
im confused
this means there is picture of children naked on a n iphone app
how is this lucky?
forget it
Forget it dude! forget it...
remenber one more thing please...
The one who searchs... find.
I know a monster that is on every house of this fu*_*n world called--- Internet--- and something even worst!!!! bad dad's!! unresponsible fathers... thats about we must to be aware... not if we let our divece to our children... cellphones never will be on hands of a child!
See winmo too it has a great app with this enhacement!
We sucks Srs not phone platforms! be smart.
Skyfire great with flash videos! as you can see below... MODS Im going to delete this but i need to hold this till this guys keep it on their minds! Thanks.
Oh BTW censored her face please kraize...
Removed the offensive pics!!!!
Wow... that's just disgusting.
You should delete that picture + Que PPC, it is really gross... (and your "joke" wasn't funny either)
Applications like this need to be monitored, and that girl needs to get legal action. To punish her? No, but to show her parents what she is doing, and maybe get her some help. Girls who that do it have problems with their self-image... it is very sad.
I've seen many stories like this, but when I see people doing stuff like this (especially kids/teens drinking, nude, doing drugs) on the news, I still get this sick feeling in my stomach... these kids need help.
Thats the reason i did it derek!
Cause its not funny to get hiden into an app and a fu*_*d thing like the app is the reason for all!
Do whatever you want dudes if a mod bann me for a few days is alright with me. cause my point is solid...
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So... mikey1022... the first post pic isnt offensive? come on dude even thought... her face is shown!
blaming apple for this is like blaming google for letting me do a search for "nude jailbait" or something else equally silly.
crazy talk said:
blaming apple for this is like blaming google for letting me do a search for "nude jailbait" or something else equally silly.
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Actually. I was just making fun of apple.. I know it's not their fault, but it's their loss either way.
technology comes with its costs. We should ready to pay for all those pleasures.
This is disgusting and degrading! how can you people call this lucky?! Where is your respect and modesty? Adults are the root of this evil, act your age and promote positive attitudes and influences!!! While sure you could say it is the media blah blah blah, but then again who is the media made up of? adults. This is repulsive.
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This is disgusting and degrading! how can you people call this lucky?! Where is your respect and modesty? Adults are the root of this evil, act your age and promote positive attitudes and influences!!! While sure you could say it is the media blah blah blah, but then again who is the media made up of? adults. This is repulsive.
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Two things... first, nobody "forced" her to take the picture. She knew what she was doing. Everyone has their own choices, and they must take responsablity.
And all adults aren't evil... just adults who act like horny teenagers...
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Two things... first, nobody "forced" her to take the picture. She knew what she was doing. Everyone has their own choices, and they must take responsablity.
And all adults aren't evil... just adults who act like horny teenagers...
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i didnt say all where i said they adults were, in general. And maybe if the girl was raised better she would make smarter/better choices? :O
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i didnt say all where i said they adults were, in general. And maybe if the girl was raised better she would make smarter/better choices? :O
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But just how bad your parents are doesn't mean you should, say, go kill someone. I know plenty of people that have had terrible parents/child hoods and have become great people. I think people are just looking for an excuse for their behavior.
no derek i think shes right
if a person is taught proper morals and have a better upbringing then they dont do this
and it falls to the adults everytime
yes she took the picture
but surely here parnts know about what shes up to?
if they dont then they must be neglectful
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But just how bad your parents are doesn't mean you should, say, go kill someone. I know plenty of people that have had terrible parents/child hoods and have become great people. I think people are just looking for an excuse for their behavior.
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Well that just puts us back at the: either learn the easy way or the hard way. And you're saying that parents/upbring plays little role in how people turn out? sure some have ****ty parents but what about other adults? or other friends that have been raised properly in which the troubled child looks to them for guidance and love.
Hello, I have a few questions for the numerous people that live over in the UK.
1. What are common phrases you say every day?
2. What are some uncommon phrases you don't say every day?
3. Why do you drive on the left side of the road?
4. Do you all visit these..... places for phones?? This is a quote from Demon_Man, a british person
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Just had a right laugh nice weather so walked to town, went in Carphone Whorehouse and said i need the Internet settings for android on virgin and he took my phone to check the settings and just looked at it didnt no what to do, the same in Virgin media lol, only use i have actually found for Android on my leo so far to confuse the shops LMFAO
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That's it. Thanks!
1. What are common phrases you say every day?
Bloody, ****e, Pint, One more Pint, Wanker, Give me one more pint B***, Hell
2. What are some uncommon phrases you don't say every day?
Elevator, Garbage
Lol, I'm not British.
EDIT: Sorry if my stereotypes offended any of you brits
Haha, I'm sincerely hope that our British forum users are not offended by this thread! As much as we poke fun at British English, I'm sure you guys find our American English just as funny!
One more question to be added for the brits!
Why do you guys add extra useless letters to your places names?
Eg. Leicester Square is pronounced "lester square" rather than like it's spelled (ie "le-sester square"). And Gloucester Road is pronounced "gloss-ter road" rather than "gl-ow-sester road".
Lol. For some reason this thread brought this quote to mind: "Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!" Gotta love Dumb and Dumber.
No offense intended, just interested in the British peeps over here. Especially demon_man's phrase. What is that translated to american???
I find your questions offending. You have insulted Detroit. tsk. tsk. tsk. OMG! My Detroit home-bois! told me where I can go to get my line-up. Gonna look sexy again tomorrow!
1. What are common phrases you say every day?
I don't tend to say any phrases as such, I guess I am boring like that.
2. What are some uncommon phrases you don't say every day?
Garbage, Trash. (Its Rubbish....) I don't know. If I don't say them everyday, how am I going to remember them.
3. Why do you drive on the left side of the road?
Because this is the correct side to drive on, given a vast percentage of people are righties, it makes sense to always be able to have your strongest arm on the wheel? (My left arm dislocates at the shoulder quite often, so thats my excuse)
4. Do you all visit these..... places for phones?? This is a quote from Demon_Man, a british person
I find myself reguarly visiting Carphone Whorehouse to see what the latest stock is and avaliability. Sometimes you may have to pay a little more then other places, but I find it is often worth it.... I believe another term would be brothel?
Anymore questions?
Basically converted to US...
Went inta da carphone Pimphouse [email protected] yer, yo [email protected], shot up a few homers and da crew...bro...ho da look in at...
PurpleSmurfLlama said:
Hello, I have a few questions for the numerous people that live over in the UK.
3. Why do you drive on the left side of the road?
That's it. Thanks!
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I know this much: they (we) drive on the "wrong" side because of the Romans. They used to carry their weapons right hand while on horses and as they've gone past each other they could fight! The same principle applies today while going up and down stairs or on pavements.
PurpleSmurfLlama said:
Hello, I have a few questions for the numerous people that live over in the UK.
1. What are common phrases you say every day?
That's it. Thanks!
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People on radio interviews say "To be honest..." a lot, as if they never are the other times! They also say "I don't mean to be disrespectful but..." meaning exactly the opposite. Footballers also say "I have a calf..." or "I have an Achilles..." meaning they have something wrong with them. I then say "Really? when did you discover that? Mine were always there anyway." They also say "I mean..." a lot. The oldies say "Please!" and "Thank you" a lot. Footballers and other athletes always talk on the third person while talking about themselves. And they talk about the weather a lot.
wovens said:
I know this much: they (we) drive on the "wrong" side because of the Romans. They used to carry their weapons right hand while on horses and as they've gone past each other they could fight! The same principle applies today while going up and down stairs or on pavements.
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So if the same princple applies today.... then your saying when you drive up and down roads in your cars, you carry a weapon in your right hand so you can fight other cars that pass you? Very interesting indeed!
captainstu72 said:
1. What are common phrases you say every day?
I don't tend to say any phrases as such, I guess I am boring like that.
2. What are some uncommon phrases you don't say every day?
Garbage, Trash. (Its Rubbish....) I don't know. If I don't say them everyday, how am I going to remember them.
3. Why do you drive on the left side of the road?
Because this is the correct side to drive on, given a vast percentage of people are righties, it makes sense to always be able to have your strongest arm on the wheel? (My left arm dislocates at the shoulder quite often, so thats my excuse)
4. Do you all visit these..... places for phones?? This is a quote from Demon_Man, a british person
I find myself reguarly visiting Carphone Whorehouse to see what the latest stock is and avaliability. Sometimes you may have to pay a little more then other places, but I find it is often worth it.... I believe another term would be brothel?
Anymore questions?
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So, you guys dont talk in sentences? More like words with long pauses?
Another question for you
What are some common animals you see everyday?
They murmer. Have you seen those movies. You can't even tell what they're saying! Subtitles pwease?
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They murmer. Have you seen those movies. You can't even tell what they're saying! Subtitles pwease?
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I've never watched a british movie!
I think i'm going to move to the UK to pick up their awesome accent
No man. Even in American movies they'll be like
"Bloody day chap. Look at the weather!"
And it'll be strait murmors.
PurpleSmurfLlama said:
I've never watched a british movie!
I think i'm going to move to the UK to pick up their awesome accent
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i probably think they would ban you from UK
Diamond_dawg said:
i probably think they would ban you from UK
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Really?!?!?!?!
Why is that?
PurpleSmurfLlama said:
Really?!?!?!?!
Why is that?
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Because they have more securities I think. You cannot take any of there things.
CRACING said:
Because they have more securities I think. You cannot take any of there things.
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Are you saying that I am a.... "theifer"????
im from old blighty lol.
answers are (with tranlations)
Aye = Yes
Nah = No
wanker = Chronic masturbater
its carphone wharehouse, (wear - house)
we not add letters to words we just find easier ways to pronounce them.
glasgow is pronounced glas - go
and best till last we get phones free on contract
wooo hoooo proof ? just got a x10 from free and i pay 20 gbp a month
i think i will learn more english than phone knowledge.
my mobile is meizu m9 and i cant find much of it.
reading books and novels taught me good English
The best thing I know to do is to start asking questions and never stop.
Sadly, too many of us here in the U.S. don't care and don't take pride in being able to write properly.
I know I'm new here (in fact I'm *brand new* as of today) but if you have questions, I'm certain there's others on here like me who can help.
Remember: we learn by doing.
I learned English at a strip joint.
Assuming you're in China, get a girlfriend who can't speak Chinese.
Join more activities with people from different countries.
I'm not a proponent of the "immersive" approach to language education, tbh. I don't believe it really works all that well, and I do believe it is an extremely resource-intensive, inefficient approach.
But then again, that's just me talking.
I just got rosetta stone for arabic. The pronunciation is killing me. Can't vouch for it though, just started it.
Cable television helped a lot with my english, back when I was in school (20 years ago)
boborone said:
I just got rosetta stone for arabic. The pronunciation is killing me. Can't vouch for it though, just started it.
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need help?, I am a native
@clown, yup movies, movies and more movies without reading subtitles
husam666 said:
need help?, I am a native
@clown, yup movies, movies and more movies without reading subtitles
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I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I'm saving up for a backpacking trip to the Middle East. That is is some beautiful land and culture yall have out there. Just so much untouched land. I've backpacked around America, but never been outside the US.
EDIT There is one thing that you can help me with. Besides Al Jazerra, what other news sites would be good to watch/read to learn more. Also, do you know of a good way to learn the alphabet and writing? Thanks.
boborone said:
I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I'm saving up for a backpacking trip to the Middle East. That is is some beautiful land and culture yall have out there. Just so much untouched land. I've backpacked around America, but never been outside the US.
EDIT There is one thing that you can help me with. Besides Al Jazerra, what other news sites would be good to watch/read to learn more. Also, do you know of a good way to learn the alphabet and writing? Thanks.
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here's one http://www.alarabiya.net/
with the alphabets, sry idk.
husam666 said:
here's one http://www.alarabiya.net/
with the alphabets, sry idk.
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Thanks man
best advice is to hang out with people who speak the language you want to learn, Then ,read out load every day that language (gets your mouth used to saying the words). That was the biggest help for me
SciFiSurfer said:
I'm not a proponent of the "immersive" approach to language education, tbh. I don't believe it really works all that well, and I do believe it is an extremely resource-intensive, inefficient approach.
But then again, that's just me talking.
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Immersion is pretty well proven to be the fastest way to learn a language actually. I studied Spanish for 5 years in high school and college and learned more Japanese in the first six months I lived in Japan without studying for one minute than I learned in 5 years of Spanish classes.
Btros said:
Immersion is pretty well proven to be the fastest way to learn a language actually. I studied Spanish for 5 years in high school and college and learned more Japanese in the first six months I lived in Japan without studying for one minute than I learned in 5 years of Spanish classes.
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Here's my question on that point: Do you attribute immersion itself, or that by living in Japan you had a credible "need to know" as opposed to a merely arbitrary academic requirement and/or interest when you were still in school?
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Here's my question on that point: Do you attribute immersion itself, or that by living in Japan you had a credible "need to know" as opposed to a merely arbitrary academic requirement and/or interest when you were still in school?
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What's the difference? Not sure what point you're trying to make. Please explain.
Btros said:
Immersion is pretty well proven to be the fastest way to learn a language actually. I studied Spanish for 5 years in high school and college and learned more Japanese in the first six months I lived in Japan without studying for one minute than I learned in 5 years of Spanish classes.
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Can't agree more, they taught us hebrew in my school and I can barely understand that language
sent from a parallel universe
SciFiSurfer said:
Here's my question on that point: Do you attribute immersion itself, or that by living in Japan you had a credible "need to know" as opposed to a merely arbitrary academic requirement and/or interest when you were still in school?
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*the bold
What's the difference? Not sure what point you're trying to make. Please explain.
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I agree, I think that is the point of immersion - that you are forced to find ways to communicate in the native language. The best advice I ever got about learning Japanese in Japan was from a fellow American - he saw me keep looking in my English to Japanese dictionary and told me to throw that thing away and get a Japanese to English one. Instead of looking up words in English and then trying to say the Japanese word I saw there, I would listen to the Japanese speaker telling me something, look up the word IN JAPANESE and then find the meaning on my own in English.
Using the words I learned in an authentic context day after day was the only way I learned to use them naturally.
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What's the difference? Not sure what point you're trying to make. Please explain.
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Well, just like Btros said, he took Hebrew in school and can't function at all in it. The difference is that when you take a language in school, unless you actually have a personal passion for learning another language, or that language in particular, you don't really have a need-to-know and so you don't really learn it.
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I agree, I think that is the point of immersion - that you are forced to find ways to communicate in the native language.
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I suppose one could stumble through this sort of process, but it just seems like a very painful one. For one, how can you look up words in a language you don't know? I mean, if I were listening to a Japanese speaker, I'd have enough of a time trying to hear the individual words, let alone ever attempting to reconstruct their spelling and, from there, look up the meaning of the word.
Without at least some formal instruction, how can someone actually know what they're listening to? It's not like any of us native speakers speak. like. this. when. talking. to. other. people. in. the. real. world. and yet, without conversations being had in that manner. we native speakers speaklikethiswhentalkingtootherpeopleintherealworld and that is basically impossible, aurally, to pick apart when you don't have vocabulary.
SciFiSurfer said:
Well, just like Btros said, he took Hebrew in school and can't function at all in it. The difference is that when you take a language in school, unless you actually have a personal passion for learning another language, or that language in particular, you don't really have a need-to-know and so you don't really learn it.
I suppose one could stumble through this sort of process, but it just seems like a very painful one. For one, how can you look up words in a language you don't know? I mean, if I were listening to a Japanese speaker, I'd have enough of a time trying to hear the individual words, let alone ever attempting to reconstruct their spelling and, from there, look up the meaning of the word.
Without at least some formal instruction, how can someone actually know what they're listening to? It's not like any of us native speakers speak. like. this. when. talking. to. other. people. in. the. real. world. and yet, without conversations being had in that manner. we native speakers speaklikethiswhentalkingtootherpeopleintherealworld and that is basically impossible, aurally, to pick apart when you don't have vocabulary.
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you should work in politics or better yet, samsung pr
"ah yes, that's a nice question, hey look over there"