The weirdness of English slang

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Colin Davies wrote: I think habitual swearing gives some users a sense of power, that they are not restrained by the current conventions. Makes sense to me. But then again, you are the wise man of CP. :) Colin Davies wrote: A lot of non native-english speakers who try to pepper their conversations with swear words and expressions often make fools of themselves in my opinion. As good swearing should come naturally and not be forced. I agree with you. When I was younger and had less common sense than I have now, I was very influenced by american tv series and movies. I grew up watching Eddie Murphy. :) But I've come to the conclusion you point out - swearing without any real reason just makes you look like a fool. I became aware of it by how americans reacted and how I reacted when immigrants here in Sweden swore in Swedish. Some things are best learnt the hard way, but this wasn't it. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

Load of bollocks if you ask me. ;) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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Jorgen Sigvardsson

Haakon S. wrote: It's the same thing in our Scandinavian languages. Not as much I'd say. Sure, we have slang and swearing which literally makes no sense. But English is an abundant source of weirdness! -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

SimonS

:laugh: We South Africans have this wierd combination: ya nee = yes no We (well, the Afrikaaners) use it when we mean yes. Now, that's pretty wierd. On this topic, what the hell does booyukasha mean? Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

Jorgen Sigvardsson

We have a similar version - "nja" which is basically a combination of "nej"(no) and "ja"(yes). We use it to say "no", but still acknowledging what the other part has just said. SimonS wrote: On this topic, what the hell does booyukasha mean? I have not the slightest idea. Sounds like japanese. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

KaRl

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Me and a friend spent many hours on coming up with good mother insults Never ever do that in a latin country. You would have to face "the most serious consequences" :-D

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David Wulff

Bollocks (England) or Bugger (the Aussie variety) are the best swear words - they are exactly like those blank tiles in Scrabble - you can make them mean whatever you like in any given scenario. Note: There is one minor exception to that rule however... you can have the dog's bollocks but you can't bugger the dog. :rolleyes:

David Wulff

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David Wulff

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I have not the slightest idea. Sounds like japanese. Is yous saying that cause eye's is black? :mad:

David Wulff

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Jorgen Sigvardsson

Thanks for the heads up. I will keep it in mind. :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Jorgen Sigvardsson

You are very good at Engrish. :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Jorgen Sigvardsson

David Wulff wrote: Note: There is one minor exception to that rule however... you can have the dog's bollocks but you can't bugger the dog. Do I want to know what that actually means? :rolleyes: -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

David Wulff

Hmm... well I'm not sure if I could explain it, but I could probably show you... :~

David Wulff

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David Wulff

I was trying to copy Ali-G's style of "iz it becouze iz's black" talking. :-O

David Wulff

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Jorgen Sigvardsson

Hmm.. Ignorance is bliss. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Doh! I should have noticed. My only excuse is that I haven't seen any Ali G in a very long time now. Is he still on TV in the UK? -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

David Wulff

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Is he still on TV in the UK? No. Well he did do a Comic Relief special the other night if that counts.

David Wulff

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Nitron

yo why you be trippin on my speak bizzach :rolleyes: holla bak yo! ;P - Nitron

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Nitron

That's like 'FUCК[^]' in english. :-D - Nitron

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Anna Jayne Metcalfe

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