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thelmadatter
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Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin!
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 Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject: back on track |
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| OK ... back on topic. I live in Mexico too so I cant contribute any other Spanish ones... but when I was a kid I remember people using "XYZ" (examine your zipper) as a way of drawing attention to one's fly. |
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Guy Courchesne
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| This is definitely teaching related... Laughing |
Maybe I should have put this in the newbie thread.
Imagine your first class. Teacher speaks no L1. Giggles from the students. Pointing.
Teacher thinks, wow, must be doing a great job my first time out!
Students ask "Teacher...how you say 'este escapando el pollito?'
Burst of laughter from students.
Teacher thinks about it. Pollo. That's chicken right? The teacher's seriousness results in more bouts of laughter.
Think about it now. This is a VERY VALUABLE thread. I propose it be incorpoarted into every TEFL/TESOL/CELTA course out there.
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Revenant
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Now that was foul/fowl |
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RyanS
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Revenant wrote: |
| Now that was foul/fowl |
Bad pun. haha |
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Chasgul
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Location: BG
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulgarians are direct: Razcopchan ste = you're undone/unbuttoned. |
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Stephen Jones
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We had a female colleague Guy, who went to a restaurant in Madrid and decided to order chicken and salad.
"Una polla salida, por favor". |
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Guy Courchesne
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Stephen Jones wrote: |
We had a female colleague Guy, who went to a restaurant in Madrid and decided to order chicken and salad.
"Una polla salida, por favor". |
did she get the chef's special? |
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spidey
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Location: Web-slinging over Japan...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| "HEY! YOUR SOCIAL WINDOW IS OPEN!!" |
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yaramaz
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Location: Not where I was before
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| On the topic of fowl, a slightly related concept: in Turkish, the phrase indicating impotence is kuşu kalkmaz which basically means your bird cant fly. |
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carnac
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Location: in my village in Oman ;-)
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carnac
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Location: in my village in Oman ;-)
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You guys are REALLY funny! Thanks so much for the laughter!
Incidentally, the word "zipper" to Arabic speakers comes close to the Arabic word "zib" since p and b are the same. They kind of wince if you use the word, since it refers to male genitalia.
And don't go near the word "zucchini".  |
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Cdaniels
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Dunwich, Massachusetts
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: back on track |
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| thelmadatter wrote: |
| ... but when I was a kid I remember people using "XYZ" (examine your zipper) as a way of drawing attention to one's fly. |
I remember kids saying "what does an airplane do?" While this sounds like a discreet way to refer to someone's "fly," I think euphemisms like this were usually intended to further embarrass the absent-minded while he tried to figure out what the reference was. 
I thought many zippers were actually labelled "XYZ," but upon examination I find the letters "YKK" on mine. What is that all about?  |
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Fatcat
Joined: 17 Mar 2005
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Perpetual Traveller
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Location: In the Kak, Japan
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They're not just American though, YKK does zippers world wide. Apparently, according to a manager I had at an outdoor store I worked at, they have a reputation as being the best and you can tell the quality of a sleeping bag or pack by checking to see that it's zippers are YKK, who knew?
On a slightly related side note I can remember having a pretty hilarious conversation with my boss in Switzerland. While she was talking about a 'sipper' (like what you put in a pet's cage) I understood 'zipper' and couldn't understand why her kids' guinea pig would need one! 
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guangho
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it is vital to keep your social window open at all times- how else will you stay in contact with the outside world? |
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