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[thrifty]

I think the monarchy should die with her.

[ikky]

take it u don't want old jug ears to be king?

[thrifty]

Don't want anyone to be King.

Back to the topic:

Those funeral vehicles are really dignified.

[ikky]

can I have some bacon?

[Golightly]

your dolmus looks like a tasteless tart's travelling bordello.

[thrifty]

IN YOUR BEGİNNERS CLASS

What is your job, Elif?
I yani eh public relations

YOU DONT SAY:

You're a receptionist then.


IN YOUR BEGİNNERS CLASS

What is your job, Tuğba?
I yani eh businesswoman

YOU DONT SAY:

You're a secretary then.

[Henry_Cowell]

IN YOUR BEGINNERS CLASS:

What's your job, 31?
I hate my job.

YOU DON'T SAY:

Why didn't you ever use your skills and qualifications to bother to move ahead?

[mbd26]

"I think mustaches make men look gay."

[tararu]

never, never, never say "You son of a bıtch"

[thrifty]

Never say bad girl.

[whynotme]

In your beginner class

Student- Teacher,teacher Why you did come Turkey?
Teacher-Because i love it here, especially the idea of teaching abroad and getting to know other cultures.

Your beginner student never says:

'another loser '

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

Good for you ... stick one in the eye of the unending ribbing of Turkey .. as a Sheikh I was also getting rather uncomfortable about the chit-chat regarding the dissolution of the monarchy ...

Going back to the student dialogue though ...

S - Teacher, why did you come to Turkey
T - Because I love it here ...
S - Duh .. how did you know you loved it here before you came here .. are you one of those witless saps who teach English because they can't do anything else
T - No ... I merely said it because I didn't want to upset you by saying I came to Turkey because I couldn't get a job in the countries I had wanted to
S - Now you're insulting my country
T - You started it
S - No .. I didn't say anything about your country. I called you a witless sap
T - What are you doing in here anyway. This is a beginners class
S - I'm the DoS you dim-wit .. this is you observed lesson ...
S's - Ne mis ... ne diyorlar .. ben bir sey anlayamamki .. ne tur bir kurs bu ... boktan ... Selcuk! Kaynatma dersimizi biz para odiyoruz ... bu ilk okul degil ki ....
T - OK (composing himself) ... class ... What is this?
S's - This is a pen ..
T - And where am I going to stick it?
S - Why you f&^** !

(fight starts between teacher and DoS)

S's - Bu bayagi eglenceli .. hadi Selcuk atsana kalin kalafasina bir tokat ... hocamiz bir kadin gibi yumruk atiyor ... yumsaktir ... hadi bir cay icelim sikildim artik ... evet iyi olur ... kafam yorulmus bu kadar ders calismaktan ..

[thrifty]

Mid morning on a Saturday or Sunday in June and you are at the in-laws.

You don't say:

It is a lovely day, why don't we all go out and get some fresh air and do something, rather than sitting in the house and wasting the whole day?

At the in-laws:

You have just come back from the shop (where you went as an excuse to get out of the house for half an hour) and out of desperation for something to buy, you arrive with a lovely, fresh loaf of brown bread.

MIL: How much did you pay for that bread?
Me: 1 YTL
MIL Niye bu kadar �ok pahalı, Allah hAllah

You don't say: I am a foreigner, how am I supposed to bargain a loaf of bread down? Besides I cannot bear to eat another loaf of spongey, white bread which has little nutritional value.

[Henry_Cowell]

And you don't add:

On my trifling TEFLer salary, I can barely afford any bread at all -- let alone a lovely brown loaf. Kiss my feet, old woman!

[guangho]