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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: Most Useful Phrase Ever |
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Take a look at this page of useful Indonesian phrases:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/indonesian.php
It has a bunch of common stuff like:
Have a nice day
Bon appetit
Bon voyage
I don't understand
Please speak more slowly
Please write it down
Do you speak Indonesian?
But then take a look at the very last one:
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| My hovercraft is full of eels - Hovercraft saya penuh dengan belut |
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean, but I am memorizing it for the next time I go to an Indonesian restaurant in Ansan. |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Wait a second, it seems all the languages on that site have it - this is great!
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My hovercraft is full of eels 내 호버크라프트는 장어로 가득 차 있어요
(Nae hoebuhkeurapeuteuneun changuhro kadeuk cha itseyo) |
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| My hovercraft is full of eels Meu hovercraft est� cheio de enguias |
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| My hovercraft is full of eels My skeertuig is vol palings |
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My hovercraft is full of eels 私のホバークラフト は鰻が一杯です。
(Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi ga ippai desu.) |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Wo, That is some site.
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| This gentleman/lady will pay for everything. Den h�r herren betalar f�r allting |
This is perfect, point to a random person and then run off!
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| One language is never enough един език никога не е достатъчен |
Another good one to slip into a conversation with some bulgarians in a harbour, not waiting for the reply, and running off.
Gonna bookmark this site. Excellent. |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Some of the phrases, translated into their equivalent languages are ace:
He's a sandwich short of picnic:
Examples:
Croatian
Vrane su mu popile mozak
Crows have drunk his brain
German
Hast du noch alle Tassen im Schrank?
Do you still have all cups in the cupboard?
Indonesian
otak udang
shrimp brained
Polish
Ma nier�wno pod sufitem
he's got a jerky surface under the ceiling
Russian
У него крыша поехала (U nego kry�a poexala)
His roof has gone
Serbian
Луд ко струя (Lud ko struja)
Crazy as electricity
Ударен мокром чарапом (Udaren mokrom čarapom)
Hit with a wet sock
Фали му даска у глави (Fali mu daska u glavi)
He's missing a plank in his head
Turkish
Ke�ileri ka�ırmıs,
His goats fled
Dynamite! |
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Riddzy
Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: London
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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The hovercraft bit is from Monty Python's Hungarian sketch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ve37gVwxw
I once had a Korean phrase book with such choice gems as:
Are those communists?
This is your pilot speaking.
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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I had a Serbo-Croat phrase book with:
Is this a bomb?
For some reason it wasn't followed by:
Run!
Seems natural to me that. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I saw a wartime English-German dictionary with translations of different kinds of tanks and planes, the phrase "I have lost my nationality" and if you're a jerry going undercover, "I'd like a hairnet and some French rouge." |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: Re: Most Useful Phrase Ever |
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| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
| Take a look at this page of useful Indonesian phrases:. |
I'v always been partial to learning "You have a lovely bellybutton". I got strange looks from my friend's Ukrainian aunt who was curious when I said I spoke some Ukie. Probably not appropriate at my friend's wedding reception. |
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Riddzy
Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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and then there's the "I can eat glass" project:
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| The Project is based on the idea that people in a foreign country have an irresistable urge to try to say something in the indigenous tongue. In most cases, however, the best a person can do is "Where is the bathroom?" a phrase that marks them as a tourist. But, if one says "I can eat glass, it doesn't hurt me," you will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect. |
http://tinyurl.com/3xzva3 |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Riddzy wrote: |
and then there's the "I can eat glass" project:
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| The Project is based on the idea that people in a foreign country have an irresistable urge to try to say something in the indigenous tongue. In most cases, however, the best a person can do is "Where is the bathroom?" a phrase that marks them as a tourist. But, if one says "I can eat glass, it doesn't hurt me," you will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect. |
http://tinyurl.com/3xzva3 |
Interesting site, but check out the "Korean":
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Korean
Spoken in: Korea
Transliteration: Yurilul mogulsu eetnoonday ah poo gee dough ahn a'yo. |
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Riddzy
Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| Yurilul mogulsu eetnoonday ah poo gee dough ahn a'yo. |
That looks like the sound someone makes while they're being strangled.
By the way, I rarely post on Dave's. Today has been a rare day indeed as I've posted twice. I think this may be why I've just received the following PM:
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Hello!
My name is Rocky Rimjob. When I'm not licking homcandy's balls, you can find me at www.eslcafe.com/bbs
I sincerely hope you make the switch!
Dave sucks ass! |
Well, you've sold me, Rocky. See you later, Dave! |
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