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I think he means all the other sports that Australia are good at, like, er...Rugby, no wait that would be South Africa, try Football, er no, shit at that too, er...darts? No Give up... You know why there are so many Australians in London? They say the Criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I think he means all the other sports that Australia are good at, like, er...Rugby, no wait that would be South Africa, try Football, er no, sh*t at that too, er...darts?
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Give up...Well you lot invented League, Union and Soccer. You can't touch us at League, how many Union World Cups have we won? And you? As for Soccer, I grew up through the 70's and 80's playing sports, Soccer was universally known as Wog Ball and a sport only played by poofters. No wonder we haven't been any good at it, and even though we have had t being pushed big time for the last 20 -25 years, it will never be something we are good at at the international level and there is also Aussie Rules as a 4th football code that takes a huge proportion of players that could play any of the sports mentioned in the opening paragraph.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I am with you. I prefer the old money system, it confused the fuck out of foreigners. As for the weights, we have won battles over that to keep the imperial system. I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but fuck knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
Michael Martin wrote:
I mean the aformentioned bases actually stand for (in reverse order) age to start having sex, age to have kids and age to get money off the government aren't they?
That only applies in the outback, and mainly for the children of abbos and Queenslanders.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
That only applies in the outback, and mainly for the children of abbos and Queenslanders.
Sorry Dave, but where were the chavs that made the world news by becoming grandparents at the ages of 29 and 30 this week?
Dalek Dave wrote:
I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but f*** knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
That's cause you're an accountant and don't actually understand measurements and maths. 30.48cm to the foot, 2.54cm to the inch, 454gm to the pound.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I am with you. I prefer the old money system, it confused the fuck out of foreigners. As for the weights, we have won battles over that to keep the imperial system. I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but fuck knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
Michael Martin wrote:
I mean the aformentioned bases actually stand for (in reverse order) age to start having sex, age to have kids and age to get money off the government aren't they?
That only applies in the outback, and mainly for the children of abbos and Queenslanders.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I think he means all the other sports that Australia are good at, like, er...Rugby, no wait that would be South Africa, try Football, er no, sh*t at that too, er...darts?
No
Give up...Well you lot invented League, Union and Soccer. You can't touch us at League, how many Union World Cups have we won? And you? As for Soccer, I grew up through the 70's and 80's playing sports, Soccer was universally known as Wog Ball and a sport only played by poofters. No wonder we haven't been any good at it, and even though we have had t being pushed big time for the last 20 -25 years, it will never be something we are good at at the international level and there is also Aussie Rules as a 4th football code that takes a huge proportion of players that could play any of the sports mentioned in the opening paragraph.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
To be fair I admire Aussies. You have Great Whites Sharks, Box Jellyfish, Black Widows, Salt Water Crocodiles, Blue Ring Octopus, The Brown Snake, Merv Hughes, etc... The Most Dangerous thing we have in this country are Socialists and the Irish. No wonder you lot have a different attitude.
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I think he means all the other sports that Australia are good at, like, er...Rugby, no wait that would be South Africa, try Football, er no, shit at that too, er...darts? No Give up... You know why there are so many Australians in London? They say the Criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.
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To be fair, I like synchronised swimming. The sight of a bunch of wet pudenda rising slowly from the depths in unison is quite exhilarating!
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I am with you. I prefer the old money system, it confused the fuck out of foreigners. As for the weights, we have won battles over that to keep the imperial system. I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but fuck knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
Michael Martin wrote:
I mean the aformentioned bases actually stand for (in reverse order) age to start having sex, age to have kids and age to get money off the government aren't they?
That only applies in the outback, and mainly for the children of abbos and Queenslanders.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but f*** knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
Agreed. I have no instincts when it comes to metric measurements, especially (kilo)grams.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Dalek Dave wrote:
That only applies in the outback, and mainly for the children of abbos and Queenslanders.
Sorry Dave, but where were the chavs that made the world news by becoming grandparents at the ages of 29 and 30 this week?
Dalek Dave wrote:
I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but f*** knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
That's cause you're an accountant and don't actually understand measurements and maths. 30.48cm to the foot, 2.54cm to the inch, 454gm to the pound.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
No, that's not English. It's a mess of TxtSpeak and something that LOOKS like English.
One of GIT's aims is to try and reduce the TxtSpeak popular among younger Indian CPians. As for the "looks like English", that's because Indian-English is derived from pre-1940s English (and by English I mean the language spoken in England at that time) and is quite different from American dialects.
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Actually, some of those derivations can be traced back to the 16th century, like "do the needful".
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Dalek Dave wrote:
That only applies in the outback, and mainly for the children of abbos and Queenslanders.
Sorry Dave, but where were the chavs that made the world news by becoming grandparents at the ages of 29 and 30 this week?
Dalek Dave wrote:
I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but f*** knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
That's cause you're an accountant and don't actually understand measurements and maths. 30.48cm to the foot, 2.54cm to the inch, 454gm to the pound.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
30.48cm to the foot, 2.54cm to the inch, 454gm to the pound.
All of that may be true, but we don't want to have to think about the conversions when we could just stick to what we know. Plus the stupid people would be screwed trying to do that in their heads.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I didn't think the cow was Holy, am I right? People don't eat them because they are valuable, not because of the spiritual side?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I didn't think the cow was Holy, am I right?
I don't know for sure but one of the gods (Siva) has a cow (Nandi) that he uses as his ride. Nandi is considered as some sort of semi-god too, so that kinda makes all cows holy.
Dalek Dave wrote:
People don't eat them because they are valuable, not because of the spiritual side?
No, it's for religious reasons mostly. Except in Kerala, Goa and maybe West Bengal.
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Actually, some of those derivations can be traced back to the 16th century, like "do the needful".
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Dave KreskowiakYeah, I guess so :-)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but f*** knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
Agreed. I have no instincts when it comes to metric measurements, especially (kilo)grams.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
That speaks to the quality of your education/your ability to remember what you learned. Just from US HS science classes I learned that ability. :rolleyes:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
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Actually, some of those derivations can be traced back to the 16th century, like "do the needful".
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Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
like "do the needful".
In some official mails (in the US), I still see people use, "please do the required" but this is mostly from HR/Admin staff. So maybe it comes from legal usage.
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I have been guilty of that. It took ages to learn how badly you treat your verbs. I would say "I am going to work", but in German it would be "I am to work going". You lot don't deserve to have any Verbs if that is how you are going to treat them! :)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I would say "I am going to work", but in German it would be "I am to work going".
Assuming you mean to say that you are on your way to work (instead of saying you soon intend to start working) it would be "Ich gehe zur Arbeit", translating litterally to "I go (= walk) to work". Driving would be a little different: "Ich fahre zur Arbeit". Both are the present tense. The future tense is what you mean: "Ich werde zur Arbeit gehen" -> "I will to work go". Here the verb winds up at the end of the sentence. Sounds almost like Yoda :)
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That speaks to the quality of your education/your ability to remember what you learned. Just from US HS science classes I learned that ability. :rolleyes:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
I remember most of the conversions, so if I wanted to I could approximate things fairly well after calculating it in my head, but as far as instincts go, the imperial system comes much more naturally to me.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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The vast majority was in English, that probably counts for something?
You sure managed to get an active thread going. Good job there! :thumbsup:
Regards, Nish
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Most people in the US will be Spanish Speakers within a few years. You have even changed your National Anthem... "Jose, Can you see..."
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Most people in the US will be Spanish Speakers within a few years.
Not by choice, and also not because any US citizens are changing languages.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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To be fair, I like synchronised swimming. The sight of a bunch of wet pudenda rising slowly from the depths in unison is quite exhilarating!
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