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Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« on: Mar 4th, 2006, 1:37pm » |
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Ok Jas, since you had to post some odd things that are said in your neck of the woods, I thought I would pass on some back country sayings for you
*laughs*
Lance
A Bone to Pick (someone who wants to discuss a disagreement)
An Axe to Grind (Someone who has a hidden motive.This phrase is said to have originated from Benjamin Franklin who told a story about a devious man who asked how a grinding wheel worked. He ended up walking away with his axe sharpened free of charge)
A bad apple spoils the whole barrel (one corrupt person can cause all the others to go bad if you don’t remove the bad one)
At sea (lost or not understanding something)
Bad Egg (Someone who was not a good person)
Barking at a knot (meaning that your efforts were as useless as a dog barking at a knot.)
Bee in your bonnet (To have an idea that won’t let loose)
Been through the mill (had a rough time of it)
Between hay and grass (Not a child or an adult)
Blinky (Between sweet and sour…as in milk)
Calaboose (a jail)
Cattywampus (Something that sits crooked such as a piece of furniture sitting at an angle)
Dicker (To barter or trade)
Feather In Your Cap (to accomplish a goal…this came from years ago in wartime when warriors might receive a! feather they would put in their cap for defeating an enemy)
Hold your horses (Be patient!)
I reckon (I suppose)
Jawing (Talking or arguing)
Kit and caboodle (The whole thing)
Madder than an old wet hen (really angry)
Needs taken down a notch or two (like notches in a belt…usually a young person who thinks too highly of himself and needs a lesson)
No Spring Chicken (Not young anymore)
Persnickety (overly particular or snobbish)
Pert-near (short for pretty near)
Pretty is as pretty does (your actions are more important than your looks)
Scalawag (a rascal or unprincipled person)
Scarce as hen’s teeth (something difficult to obtain)
Skedaddle (Get out of here quickly)
Sparking (courting)
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth (privileged information from the one concerned)
Stringing around, gallivanting around, or piddling (Not doing anything of value)
Sunday go to meetin’ dress (The best dress you had)
We wash up real fine (is another goodie....)
Tie the Knot (to get married)
Too many irons in the fire (to be involved in too many things)
Tuckered out (tired and all worn out)
Under the weather (not feeling well…this term came from going below de! ck on ships due to sea sickness thus you go below or under the weather)
Wearing your “best bib and tucker” (Being all dressed up)
You ain’t the only duck in the pond (It’s not all about you)
Well, if you hold your horses, I reckon I’ll get this whole kit and caboodle done and sent off to you. Please don’t be too persnickety and get a bee in your bonnet because I’ve been pretty tuckered out and at sea lately because I’m no spring chicken. I haven’t been just stringin’ around and I know I’m not the only duck in the pond, but I do have too many irons in the fire. I might just be barking at a knot, but I have tried to give this article more than just a lick and a promise.y
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #1 on: Mar 4th, 2006, 7:43pm » |
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Hey Dragn,
Does anyone in your neck of the woods use the term "all stove up"? Meaning you worked or excerized to much and you muscles were tight or cramped.
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #2 on: Mar 4th, 2006, 8:00pm » |
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Hey Bob
Actually, I have a couple of customers who are old times, who use that expression.
Lance
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #3 on: Mar 4th, 2006, 8:08pm » |
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on Mar 4th, 2006, 8:00pm, Dragnlance wrote:Hey Bob
Actually, I have a couple of customers who are old times, who use that expression.
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Allright!
I've used that saying and my wife says I made it up. Now I have written proof. YeeHaw!
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BobG - 2 (I was also right about something back in '89)
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #5 on: Mar 4th, 2006, 9:16pm » |
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Fair dinkum youse lot talk funny. Us Aussies are miles ahead of the game 'cos we don't havan accent, only peoples from over the water has 'em.
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #6 on: Mar 4th, 2006, 11:55pm » |
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Right, Aussie B.........
So before ya get all cattywampus, wouldja kindly splain to the good people when one might "split the sheets"????
I reckon the whole kit n cabboolde should be fair game for everyone to to try to ken......dontchknow........?
I like this game.......
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #7 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 1:51am » |
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on Mar 4th, 2006, 11:55pm, Cathi04 wrote:
hey cathi, I know what that means. It even happened to me a long, long time ago. I was 21 years old at the time.
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #8 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 3:36am » |
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on Mar 4th, 2006, 1:37pm, Dragnlance wrote:
Ok Jas, since you had to post some odd things that are said in your neck of the woods, I thought I would pass on some back country sayings for you
*laughs*
Lance
We picked up a lot of these from you except:
Barking at a knot (meaning that your efforts were as useless as a dog barking at a knot.) Barking up a tree
Between hay and grass (Not a child or an adult)
Blinky (Between sweet and sour…as in milk)
Calaboose (a jail) Chookie
Cattywampus (Something that sits crooked such as a piece of furniture sitting at an angle)
Dicker (To barter or trade)
Jawing (Talking or arguing)
Kit and caboodle (The whole thing) The whole caboodle
Persnickety (overly particular or snobbish) Larny
Pert-near (short for pretty near)
Pretty is as pretty does (your actions are more important than your looks) Pretty as pretty goes
Scalawag (a rascal or unprincipled person) Scalliwag
Sparking (courting)
We wash up real fine (is another goodie....) We clean up real good
Tuckered out (tired and all worn out) Washed up
Wearing your “best bib and tucker” (Being all dressed up)
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Biscuit
(Cookie, twit) Yes, would you believe. Where else but in South Africa, where a word can mean a small crunchy cake leavened with baking powder or an insult aimed at a twit or a fool. In America, a biscuit is a scone with no sugar. In South Africa, a biscuit is actually a cookie. Some favourites are Marie, Romany Creams, Nuttikrust and Eet Sum Mor. "John, you biscuit!"
Just now
(In a little bit)
Robot
(Traffic light) Peculiar way of describing a traffic light. But then, we only got TV in the mid 1970s.
Schlep
(Hassle, hard work)
Skebenga
(Zulu - Gangster, crook, ruffian) "Skay Ray, that skebenga is checking out your skedonk." (Watch out Ray, that crook is sizing up your car.)
Strue's Bob
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #9 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 3:50am » |
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Okay, since we're educationing each other, shall I teach you guys Finnish one of these days?
Sanna
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmin
« Reply #10 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 4:24am » |
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on Mar 5th, 2006, 3:50am, sandie99 wrote:Okay, since we're educationing each other, shall I teach you guys Finnish one of these days?
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That would be nice. I like to know where some of the Afrikaans words originate from and sayings in general come from. Our language is very new compared with the rest as it is a combination of many languages.
Each culture is different and a lot of what we understand about each other are because of the way we speak.
I have learned much on various subjects, here on this site, over the years. I love the way people use their language, or like many of us here, have a different home language and express ourselves in English.
Education this way is always fun.
Someone famous (I don't know who) once said that the illiterate of this age is not those who cannot read and write, it will be those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
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« Reply #11 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 12:15pm » |
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This turned out to be a great thread!
I too enjoy learning some of the sayings, and ways people express themselves from all over.
Aussie Brian hasn't taught me anything, as I have family in Moolooba, Queensland. They always like to throw their strange way of speaking at me. 
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« Reply #13 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 12:27pm » |
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Alright guys. Time to learn Finnish. I'll be nice... before I'll teach you sayings, I'll teach you some basics.
Good Morning = Hyvää huomenta
Good Night = Hyvää yötä
Hi = Hei/Moi
Nice to meet you = Mukava tutustua/tavata
Goodbye = Näkemiin
Thank You = Kiitos
Best wishes,
Sanna
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Quote: Good Morning = Hyvää huomenta
Good Night = Hyvää yötä
Hi = Hei/Moi
Nice to meet you = Mukava tutustua
Goodbye = Näkemiin
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« Reply #15 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 12:37pm » |
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on Mar 5th, 2006, 12:31pm, Dragnlance wrote:
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Did I mention that learning Finnish can be bit challenging...?
Sanna
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« Reply #16 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 12:40pm » |
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I'm saving this Sanna, then when I meet you one day at least I can say Hi!
How do you pronounce the double i?
Chewy have you perhaps read "Men are from Mars and Women from Venus"?
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on Mar 5th, 2006, 12:40pm, Jasmyn wrote:I'm saving this Sanna, then when I meet you one day at least I can say Hi!
How do you pronounce the double i?
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double i...?
But it's so nice of you to learn few words of Finnish. Can't wait to meet you! 
Sanna
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« Reply #18 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 1:15pm » |
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BobG, soo, if you "split the sheets" once, you've "jumped the broom twice".....right???
I love this!!!!
Sanna...we need to hear the pronunciations.....maybe we should have some Finnish classes on Skype!!
Hasta la vista, babeeeees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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on Mar 5th, 2006, 1:15pm, Cathi04 wrote:Sanna...we need to hear the pronunciations.....maybe we should have some Finnish classes on Skype!!
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Cathi,
I'm sure that can be arranged as soon as me & my boyfriend can figure out how to get my skype to work again... 
In the meantime, watch Conan. I'm sure that he airs soon the episodes he filmed here in Finland. Hopefully you'll hear word of two of Finnish at his show in some point!
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That should be Conan OBrian.
He is the Finnish President's (??) twin brother.. (not really,, but looks like her, or vise versa)
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
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on Mar 5th, 2006, 2:10pm, Dragnlance wrote:
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Conan O'Brien, yes. He declared that he looks like our president Tarja Halonen. They actually met while Conan was here.
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« Reply #22 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 5:18pm » |
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Lor struth I'll crack a wobbly if no-one tells me what's "splittin' the sheets". It must be something disgusting or Cath wouldn't have mentioned it.
PS Excuse my internet connection 'cos it's up and down like a bride's nightie.
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« Reply #23 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 6:37pm » |
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Hey Brian,
Learn to fish yet?
Splittin the sheets = Divorce
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Re: Language Lesson for Jasmyn
« Reply #24 on: Mar 5th, 2006, 6:55pm » |
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Thanks for beginning the thread Jaz.
Somewhere in the Pennsylavania outback, they used to say "red the house" meaning cleaning. I haven't run into that in 40 years.
I have a fondness for words that sound like what they describe. I'm sure you'll come up with others:
Fizz
Hiss
Pop
Bubble
Boing
Clang
I'm too tuckered to think of more. Go to it.
Oh.... if you wanna sound like Brian, Australian isn't hard. Change most of your T's to D's and A's to I's....It works. 
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