In college, another girl's boyfriend was Italian and his way with American idioms was, well, idiosyncratic. He once asked a friend what to do if he got his girlfriend "knocked out."
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Toddson - Apr 11, 2011 11:32:47 am PDT #19560 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Ginger - Apr 11, 2011 11:42:30 am PDT #19561 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
He once asked a friend what to do if he got his girlfriend "knocked out."
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Shir - Apr 11, 2011 11:50:16 am PDT #19562 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Nice thought, Typo - but I think I only heard this word once or twice before. My Yiddish goes as far as "Ich weiß nicht" (which is actually German, I know), so I think your Yiddish is better than mine.
In college, another girl's boyfriend was Italian and his way with American idioms was, well, idiosyncratic. He once asked a friend what to do if he got his girlfriend "knocked out."
You have no idea how confusing phrasal verbs are to non-English speakers. No. Idea.
Toddson - Apr 11, 2011 11:55:42 am PDT #19563 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
English is highly idiomatic and, I imagine, a pain to learn. But you're doing great! (And I believe that Yiddish is based on German ... but I may be wrong.)
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2011 12:04:27 pm PDT #19564 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Shir I need to explain the "whether you know it or not". Short version, there is a lot of back-door Yiddish in Israeli English. So you may have heard more Yiddish than you think.
Trudy Booth - Apr 11, 2011 12:10:48 pm PDT #19565 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I had an Italian friend who would say "I'm broken" when she was out of money. I almost didn't tell her because it was so darn cute.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2011 12:14:52 pm PDT #19566 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aw, that's an adorable one, indeed. I would also be tempted to let her keep saying it.
There was a pretty funny gag on last week's Outsourced where Todd tried to make "boneathon" sound like the most romantic thing ever and Rajiv proceeded to use the word in that way for the rest of the episode.
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 12:26:56 pm PDT #19567 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
English is my first (and really only) language and it still gives me trouble. I'm often sad that Esperanto didn't catch on.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2011 12:28:12 pm PDT #19568 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to take correspondence Esperanto.
t /iz dork
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 12:34:45 pm PDT #19569 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Dorks rule! I know chisenbop.