English language question.

Stewie · Post by **Stewie** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:05 pm

frank wrote:
Alex wrote:A couple of years ago, my lil' brother wrote "Idag har vi bÃƒÂ¶gat", which translated would mean "Today we've had gay sex", when he infact meant "Idag har vi bÃƒÂ¶rjat", which means something along the lines of "Today we've begun to...". That one got worn out pretty good.

nicdots wrote:So he kept telling the waiter "Ich bin warm" and the waiter kept freaking out and walking away quickly whilst my dad would just sit and laugh and didn't tell my brother was he was actually saying. Apparently "I am warm"/"Ich bin warm" is slang for "I am gay."
those are hysterical.

Indeed

Sarab · Post by **Sarab** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:35 pm

I have a friend of mine when saying "I found it", she says "I fount it." Drives me nuts.
Can't stand the word "ain't", either.
Mike's mom pronounces "sink" "zinc". Weird.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:19 am

I've been wondering about that "would of/would have" thing as well.

accents are funny

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:34 am

I'm reminded of the episode of Friends when Chandler complains about people who say, "supposably" when they mean, "supposedly"... in true Friends fashion, Joey doesn't get it.

Here is a site about common errors in the English language.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:34 am

Paul Wolfe wrote: Here is a site about common errors in the English language.

interesting read

ken01fan · Post by **ken01fan** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:08 pm

All this here southern talk is calling for a celebration, i'm a fixin' to play me some banjo and shoot this here rifle,yon't to?

highpriestess · Post by **highpriestess** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:10 pm

back when i went out to the west coast and lived for a bit, people used to comment about my texas accent, and they NAILED it as Texas every time... never Mississippi, never Louisiana... always Texas. And they would say the same thing over and over "oh my, your accent is so charming..." BUT when my husband (at the time) would speak, they'd be all "what a redneck" - funny how it's redneck coming from a guy and "charming" coming from a girl, eh?

Some of the things that are pronounced strangely in Texas simply could not be spelled in a way that you could understand the pronounciation... like meee-ilk for milk, etc.

siro_angel · Post by **siro_angel** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:14 pm

all i can say is..

This..

Ere...

Is..

MY BOOMSTICK!!!

Simon

highpriestess · Post by **highpriestess** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:20 pm

LMAO... awww. that's just pillow talk, baby.

Post by **Trigger** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:03 pm

I have a bad use on English #1 hate from here in Britain.

In the West Midlands we have Birmingham, the birth place of Ozzy. On the South Western borders of Birmingham it is called 'The Black Country' and the 'Black Country' and the Birmingham people hate each other with a vengance. The people of Birmingham think the 'Black country' is inhabited by idiots and the 'Black Country' through the whole West side of England is considered Britain's "red neck" area. If you imagine that a village idiot married his sister and had kids, thats what the people of the 'Black Country' would be like.......only kidding they are OK

The slang they are famous for in the Black Country is the word "Yam" which is a word that means 'You & I am' combined, so they will say 'Yam gonna do...' for 'are you going to do....' or where you would put the word 'You' or 'I am' they will use 'Yam'...........even I struggle to understand what the hell it means and I have been there lots of times

It is truly horrible to hear 'Yam' used in a sentence.

The funniest thing about it is that people in Birmingham call the black country people "yam yam's" as a term of abuse.

On the other hand the band 'Slade' are from the 'Black Country' and Quiet Riot covered 2 of there songs 'Mama we're all crazy now' And 'Come on feel the noise'

great tunes.

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:37 pm

britain has a lot of accents for a small country, I've apparently got one of the newer ones seeing as im from near Milton Keynes. such a silly place

highpriestess · Post by **highpriestess** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:15 pm

well. In Texas, a YAM is .... well, it's a sweet potato... of sorts. lol. Only time I've ever heard that used in any other context than a vegatable is when Popeye says it.

So, Black Country and Birmingham sounds like the way things are here in the states... if you are from the south everyone assumes you're an idiot. Usually, if you ARE from the south, you just shift the blame over to like... Alabama or some other state..... *shrugs* hell, makes ME feel better at least. lol.

siro_angel · Post by **siro_angel** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:16 pm

Yam where i live means home! What a weird bunch of people we have here lol!

Simon

frank · Post by **frank** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:01 am

louisiana perhaps?

highpriestess · Post by **highpriestess** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:17 am

lol. Louisiana is like a whole different country... even i can't understand half of what they say and i was married to a cajun for 16 years!