Nuances and Idiosyncrasies of the English Language
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@T4920 if my wife replies to one of my texts with a โโI know world war 3 is about to begin
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@DeeDee85 similar to the lone โkโ text reply. It means โfuck offโ.
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@WhiskeySandwich I think the lone โkโ is worse actually.. it definitely means fuck off
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In the southern US, blessing someoneโs heart can be a genuine expression of empathy, fondness, or respect, or a genuine expression of disdain, pity, or disrespect. Sometimes the delivery wonโt help you suss out exactly which we mean.
โBless her heart, that poor girl could get stuck on an escalator.โ
โOh bless his heart he means well but just has the worst luck.โ
Then of course, the ole F bombโฆ
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@Giles said in Nuances and Idiosyncrasies of the English Language:
Cunt, used with the right inflection is the highest compliment you can give/receive......
I once worked with an Irish guy that used to say cunt lapping bitch. Was that a compliment.
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@ROman said in Nuances and Idiosyncrasies of the English Language:
Was that a compliment.
I suspect not.......
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@Giles laughing to Derek and Clive is one of my great memories from the 6th form common room at school.
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Mine and @Giles favourite word.
The C Bomb. A masterclass in the idiosyncrasies of the English language distilled into a single pure, beautiful, expressive word.
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@IrishHeart said in Nuances and Idiosyncrasies of the English Language:
@Giles laughing to Derek and Clive is one of my great memories from the 6th form common room at school.
I find it utterly unbelievable that this was broadcast in 1976......
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@Giles agreed, but thatโs what made it so hilarious. None of us had heard anything like it before, and we couldnโt stop using the same terminology on our mates.
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A quote for every occasionโฆ! ๐ซฃ
For some reason, โHamburger stands, but no fucking hamburgersโ (from Joan Crawfordโs ****) sticks in my head to this day!
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Bender..
Been out partying for 24 hours more, or weekend none stop
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@T4920 This has reminded me of a question I have never had answered by a (proper) American:
Why is Arkansas pronounced "AR-kan-saw" and not "Ar-Kan-sas", if Kansas is pronounced just "Kan-sas"?
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@EdH same reason some pronounce my state Missour-ee and some pronounce it Missou-rahโฆbecause we Americans donโt always make a lot of linguistic sense.
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Not saying us brits are any better... "Lieutenant" caught me out when reading aloud in English class at school:
Me: "... lieutenant ..." ("lew-ten-ant")
Teacher: "it's [lef-tenant]"
Me: "oh, it doesn't have an 'f' in my copy"
Teacher (getting angry already): "It's [lef-tenant] in English, [lew-ten-ant] is American"
Me: "oh, I must have an American translation"
Teacher: "stop being sarcastic"
Me: "I'm being sarcastic?"
Teacher: "That's a demerit"
Me: scratches head in confusion