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here is an example of the difference between English and Geordie, pure class
English
Please mother don't embarass me. Do you know what I mean? OK, I have had enough, I am going to the bar. Who's in the lavatory? Be carefull or we will crash into something.
Geordie
How man mutha man. Ye knaa what ah mean leik. Eeeh man, ahm gannin te the booza. Whees i' the netty? Gan canny or we'll dunsh summick.
here is an example of the difference between English and Geordie, pure class
English
Please mother don't embarass me. Do you know what I mean? OK, I have had enough, I am going to the bar. Who's in the lavatory? Be carefull or we will crash into something.
Geordie
How man mutha man. Ye knaa what ah mean leik. Eeeh man, ahm gannin te the booza. Whees i' the netty? Gan canny or we'll dunsh summick.
Hoy the hamma ower here man! (Please pass me the hammer).
Divint hockle on the flair. (No spitting on the floor)
Thatsa canny ballgoon your lass is gorron (The dress your young lady is wearing is delightful).
I have a question about this. How do you (I mean, you, personally) use it? A lot of people say "from whence". But isn't that redundant? "From" is built in to "whence".
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Precisely so. Glad you pointed that out, I should have included it in my 'gripes' post.... It's - "Begone, whence you came!" NOT - "Begone from whence you came!"
@Tosh haha, it just goes to show that it takes years and years of practice to be able to speak with the best accent in the world :thumbsup:
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
edited March 2012
I have this theory that every author loves the word "clandestine" (or clandestinely) You will see it one time in almost every book, I swear. But just once... because more than that and it sounds like you're just trying to sound smart.
I really really like the word "dichotomy" Sometimes I feel like I'm still that AP Lit nerd deep down because I get excited when I can work the perfect vocab word into conversation.
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
Okay, I will probably regret posting this as well, but I really like the word "cunt" In fact, I read an entire book on the topic of cunt and what a great word it is (Cunt: The Declaration of Independence by Inga Musico). Eve Ensler has an entire skit devoted to the word cunt in The Vagina Monologues.
It's a great word and it doesn't mean quite what you think. Like other things in history, it is a word claimed and made negative in order to give a demeaning meaning to what the word originally stood for.
"Cuneiform", the most ancient form of writing, derives from "kunta" meaning "female genitalia" in Sumerian of ancient Iraq. "Kunta" is "woman" in several Near Eastern and African languages and a Mother Tongue that is being compiled by linguists today. It was also spelled "quna," which is the root of "queen." Since priestesses were known to be accountants/administrators of Temple of Inanna in Sumeria c.3100 B.C. when Cuneiform was first used, it is highly likely that cuneiform was "the sign of the kunta" who kept the books (clay tablets) for the temple economy/redistribution of wealth that evolved from communal economics of ancient mother-cultures.
So when an abuser calls a woman a "cunt" he is actually calling her a "queen who invented writing and numerals."
I like "thee " and a bit less I like , "thou"; but I like both and wish there was a place outside a Menonite community I might work them into the conversation.
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Trust a woman to lower the tone....... :rolleyes:
Eponymous
Ubiquitous
(why can't the letter 'Q' ever be used on its own, without the 'U'...?? The only time I've ever seen it on its own, is in the name of the city - Qatar!)
Schizophrenia ... Such a fun word that starts off sharp and edgy, but finishes smooth and sexy. I don't like when people just say "schizo" , it's like flying a kite with no tail.
“Warempel!” When I looked out the window of the apartment where I lived years ago; first thing I would see was a big sign saying “Warempel”. Google translates it as “sure enough”. As a single word it’s an exclamation of surprise. But I’d say the expression is “oubollig”. I looked for the translation of that adjective; jocular, waggish, corny?
I just know a few hundred English words. This thread makes me painfully aware.
Okay, I will probably regret posting this as well, but I really like the word "cunt" In fact, I read an entire book on the topic of cunt and what a great word it is (Cunt: The Declaration of Independence by Inga Musico). Eve Ensler has an entire skit devoted to the word cunt in The Vagina Monologues.
It's a great word and it doesn't mean quite what you think. Like other things in history, it is a word claimed and made negative in order to give a demeaning meaning to what the word originally stood for.
"Cuneiform", the most ancient form of writing, derives from "kunta" meaning "female genitalia" in Sumerian of ancient Iraq. "Kunta" is "woman" in several Near Eastern and African languages and a Mother Tongue that is being compiled by linguists today. It was also spelled "quna," which is the root of "queen." Since priestesses were known to be accountants/administrators of Temple of Inanna in Sumeria c.3100 B.C. when Cuneiform was first used, it is highly likely that cuneiform was "the sign of the kunta" who kept the books (clay tablets) for the temple economy/redistribution of wealth that evolved from communal economics of ancient mother-cultures.
So when an abuser calls a woman a "cunt" he is actually calling her a "queen who invented writing and numerals."
That word isn't just used for females. A sergeant once explained to me in training, after he mistakenly called me the 'C word', that I was in fact not one of those. He said 'Cs' were useful and performed a function, whereas I was useless and a waste of rations.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, and about a seventh verbs; the rest is made up of exclamations, conjunctions, prepositions, suffixes, etc. And these figures don't take account of entries with senses for different word classes (such as noun and adjective).
This suggests that there are, at the very least, a quarter of a million distinct English words, excluding inflections, and words from technical and regional vocabulary not covered by the OED, or words not yet added to the published dictionary, of which perhaps 20 per cent are no longer in current use. If distinct senses were counted, the total would probably approach three quarters of a million.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Okay, I will probably regret posting this as well, but I really like the word "cunt" In fact, I read an entire book on the topic of cunt and what a great word it is (Cunt: The Declaration of Independence by Inga Musico). Eve Ensler has an entire skit devoted to the word cunt in The Vagina Monologues.
It's a great word and it doesn't mean quite what you think. Like other things in history, it is a word claimed and made negative in order to give a demeaning meaning to what the word originally stood for.
"Cuneiform", the most ancient form of writing, derives from "kunta" meaning "female genitalia" in Sumerian of ancient Iraq. "Kunta" is "woman" in several Near Eastern and African languages and a Mother Tongue that is being compiled by linguists today. It was also spelled "quna," which is the root of "queen." Since priestesses were known to be accountants/administrators of Temple of Inanna in Sumeria c.3100 B.C. when Cuneiform was first used, it is highly likely that cuneiform was "the sign of the kunta" who kept the books (clay tablets) for the temple economy/redistribution of wealth that evolved from communal economics of ancient mother-cultures.
So when an abuser calls a woman a "cunt" he is actually calling her a "queen who invented writing and numerals."
could you give us a source, @zombiegirl, because i have a different source/origin....
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2012
I HATE:
burglarized -
FYI: The already long-term existing word 'burgled', has been perfectly adequate up to now - why suddenly create a new word for something that's already taken care of?
Expiration date:
FYI: The word is 'expiry' .... "expiry date" - is on everything with an expiry date, in the UK...what the hell does 'expiration' have to do with it?
We don't say - the ticket expirationed on the 10th.... We say it expired on the 10th.... !
Jeesh, USA - if it ain't broke - don't fix it!!
:screwy:
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Lugubrious. Does exactly what it says on the tin.
Eponymous.
doesn't.
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
edited March 2012
could you give us a source, @zombiegirl, because i have a different source/origin....
It's actually from a book called "Stone Age Divas" by Gloria Bertonis. I wish I still had my copy of Cunt: A Declaration of Independence because they talk about it in there as well.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2012
Well, it's possible they're wrong. I have found that the word Kunta is an acient norse word, meaning.... what you said. this also came up in a search:
The Kounta people are a Berber-Arab ethnic group of Sahrawi (of Sahara) Bedouins....
Oh I remember another one... in Mandarin, the word for "immediately" is "mǎshàng" (Trad: 馬上 / Simp: 马上). Mǎ means "horse," and shàng means "on top of." "Getting on top of a horse" is the equivalent of "immediately!" I think that's really cool/funny!
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
there are dozens of sayings in the UK associated with equestrianism and the Navy - both activities we are hugely proud of....
but i think English is the language with the most idioms... i have not come across another language that is as lyrical or poetic... even though 'classic Italian is beautiful, it's got more to do with the way literature is phrased.
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Of course... providing you have a dog, and it did indeed eat your homework. otherwise it's wrong speech. so there. :orange:
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
"Aluminium" is the correct spelling and pronunciation. it came from a simple advertising blunder, where the second 'i' was omitted, in error, by an American sign writer....
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personDon't believe everything you thinkThe liminal spaceVeteran
There was an English teacher in my highschool that really like the word goodly. Those of us in the know would try to work it into papers we had to do for him. He usually commented on the use of the word. We figured he gave us a better grade for it too, who knows if he actually did or not.
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
There was an English teacher in my highschool that really like the word goodly. Those of us in the know would try to work it into papers we had to do for him. He usually commented on the use of the word. We figured he gave us a better grade for it too, who knows if he actually did or not.
Conversely, our teacher hated the over-use of the word 'nice'....
she said it was namby-pamby and neutrally descriptive. She wanted more 'meat on the bone'.....
There was an English teacher in my highschool that really like the word goodly. Those of us in the know would try to work it into papers we had to do for him. He usually commented on the use of the word. We figured he gave us a better grade for it too, who knows if he actually did or not.
Conversely, our teacher hated the over-use of the word 'nice'....
she said it was namby-pamby and neutrally descriptive. She wanted more 'meat on the bone'.....
My first Russian teacher admitted he majored in the language after hearing word карандаш (ka-ran-DASH), "pencil."
The word is actually Turkish in origin...go figure!!
Personally, I always adored "plethora," which throughout youth I thought was pronounced ple-THOR-a. I have begrudgingly learnt to relove it despite the disappointing reality of PLETH-or-a.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2012
My first Russian teacher admitted he majored in the language after hearing word карандаш (ka-ran-DASH), "pencil."
The word is actually Turkish in origin...go figure!!
Personally, I always adored "plethora," which throughout youth I thought was pronounced ple-THOR-a. I have begrudgingly learnt to relove it despite the disappointing reality of PLETH-or-a.
Why 'disappointing'?
When you discover the origin of words, it's fascinating, and only right to pronounce them as originally introduced.... isn't it?
I wondered where the Swiss got their 'Caran d'Ache' from!
What is that word in Spanish that refers to a boy or small boy beginning with 'P'? It is aso a name I think, I remember liking the sound of that word. Also said in a strong Italian accent pazzo!
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Calumny
Ignominy
mugwamp
festoon
blandishment
azimuth
flabbergasted
unctuous
what in sam hill ?!
semaphore
*sigh*
which means "Hello" or "are you alright" in my mother tongue Geordie
There is a funny translator if any one is interested. I think they are missing a lot of words though !
http://www.geordie.org.uk/cgi-bin/dialect_convert.pl
here is an example of the difference between English and Geordie, pure class
English
Please mother don't embarass me.
Do you know what I mean?
OK, I have had enough, I am going to the bar.
Who's in the lavatory?
Be carefull or we will crash into something.
Geordie
How man mutha man.
Ye knaa what ah mean leik.
Eeeh man, ahm gannin te the booza.
Whees i' the netty?
Gan canny or we'll dunsh summick.
verklempt
meshugganah
chutzpa
Divint hockle on the flair. (No spitting on the floor)
Thatsa canny ballgoon your lass is gorron (The dress your young lady is wearing is delightful).
From a fellow Geordie!
American guy tries to speak Geordie:
Glad you pointed that out, I should have included it in my 'gripes' post....
It's -
"Begone, whence you came!"
NOT -
"Begone from whence you came!"
You will see it one time in almost every book, I swear. But just once... because more than that and it sounds like you're just trying to sound smart.
I really really like the word "dichotomy"
Sometimes I feel like I'm still that AP Lit nerd deep down because I get excited when I can work the perfect vocab word into conversation.
In fact, I read an entire book on the topic of cunt and what a great word it is (Cunt: The Declaration of Independence by Inga Musico).
Eve Ensler has an entire skit devoted to the word cunt in The Vagina Monologues.
It's a great word and it doesn't mean quite what you think. Like other things in history, it is a word claimed and made negative in order to give a demeaning meaning to what the word originally stood for.
Ergo
"My kunta, your kunta,her kunta, our kunta "
By an over sexed monk
Nebuchadnezzar ...I think I'm going to name my first child that.
and "longing."
Eponymous
Ubiquitous
(why can't the letter 'Q' ever be used on its own, without the 'U'...?? The only time I've ever seen it on its own, is in the name of the city - Qatar!)
When I looked out the window of the apartment where I lived years ago; first thing I would see was a big sign saying “Warempel”.
Google translates it as “sure enough”.
As a single word it’s an exclamation of surprise.
But I’d say the expression is “oubollig”.
I looked for the translation of that adjective; jocular, waggish, corny?
I just know a few hundred English words. This thread makes me painfully aware.
burglarized -
FYI:
The already long-term existing word 'burgled', has been perfectly adequate up to now - why suddenly create a new word for something that's already taken care of?
Expiration date:
FYI:
The word is 'expiry' .... "expiry date" - is on everything with an expiry date, in the UK...what the hell does 'expiration' have to do with it?
We don't say - the ticket expirationed on the 10th....
We say it expired on the 10th.... !
Jeesh, USA - if it ain't broke - don't fix it!!
:screwy:
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
Eponymous.
doesn't.
I have found that the word Kunta is an acient norse word, meaning.... what you said.
this also came up in a search: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=kunta&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=6H5cT86pGubE0QXD7KDECQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=eca6a646aa0fe0a2&biw=1092&bih=541
but nowhere can i find reference to the peoples mentioned in the extract.
the origin of the word 'cuneiform' originates from the shape of the reed first used to make literal shapes....
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=cuneiform&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=fIBcT9-OBoGo8QOsnPTaDg&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=eca6a646aa0fe0a2&biw=1092&bih=541
it's like the word 'misadrist'. it sounds archaic, scholarly and learned, but is actually as recent as this century.....
but i think English is the language with the most idioms... i have not come across another language that is as lyrical or poetic...
even though 'classic Italian is beautiful, it's got more to do with the way literature is phrased.
I just love those words!
over younder.
Howdy!
Gig 'em
so many people get it wrong, and it makes me smile.....
(No, look it up. Consider it English Language homework.....)
Can you still say "my dog ate my homework? "
otherwise it's wrong speech.
so there. :orange:
she said it was namby-pamby and neutrally descriptive. She wanted more 'meat on the bone'.....
she was wonderful.....
The word is actually Turkish in origin...go figure!!
Personally, I always adored "plethora," which throughout youth I thought was pronounced ple-THOR-a. I have begrudgingly learnt to relove it despite the disappointing reality of PLETH-or-a.
When you discover the origin of words, it's fascinating, and only right to pronounce them as originally introduced.... isn't it?
I wondered where the Swiss got their 'Caran d'Ache' from!
http://www.carandache.ch/m/index.lbl