Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

They will rip you of


Ralf1e

Recommended Posts

48 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

ickea is the proper Swedish way of saying it.

 

Funny how for some words we use local attempts and for others the original.

 

We don't say "Pari" for Paris. But we do say "Ypres" properly - rather than the American way of saying it as "wipers"

I used to have a German colleague, the first time I told him I was going shopping at Lidl (which I pronounced 'Liddle') he said "what's that?". I explained and he said "ah, you mean Leedle".

 

IIRC 'wipers' was what the Tommies called Ypres in WW1.

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Rich said:

I used to have a German colleague, the first time I told him I was going shopping at Lidl (which I pronounced 'Liddle') he said "what's that?". I explained and he said "ah, you mean Leedle".

 

IIRC 'wipers' was what the Tommies called Ypres in WW1.

 

 

 

Yeah - but we improved ourselves. The Colonials kept with it.

 

And don't get me started on crossaaaiiiiiinte either.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, SpondonBassed said:

Who's ripping who a new one?

 

We are having a nice restrained conversation about the Terminator franchise, self-repairing American trucks, enigmatic band names, the early works of Kraftwerk, American avant-garde collective The Residents, cheesecake, Wantage, your first pint, the Istanbul / Constantinople dichotomy, pronunciation, bacon cookery and WW1.

  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

 

We are having a nice restrained conversation about the Terminator franchise, self-repairing American trucks, enigmatic band names, the early works of Kraftwerk, American avant-garde collective The Residents, cheesecake, Wantage, your first pint, the Istanbul / Constantinople dichotomy, pronunciation, bacon cookery and WW1.

 

As long as we don't stray off topic it'll all be fine. 

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Osiris said:

Let's not forget aluminium too. The chaps out in the colonies can't pronounce that without sounding like they've had a stroke. 

 

Rip that off, Daddy O. 

 

The one that really gets me is how Americans pronounce Herbs as Erbs, when it clearly has an H. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Osiris said:

Let's not forget aluminium too. The chaps out in the colonies can't pronounce that without sounding like they've had a stroke. 

 

Rip that off, Daddy O. 

I forgive that one - they spell it differently and the say it how they write it.

 

I did see someone on the telly say "Wives Sainttttt Laurentttttt" and didn't get it for a moment.

 

Death is too good for them!

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

As long as we don't stray off topic it'll all be fine. 

Don't worry. If it strays off topic I will lock the thread quicker than you can say "the Terminator franchise, self-repairing American trucks, enigmatic band names, the early works of Kraftwerk, American avant-garde collective The Residents, cheesecake, Wantage, your first pint, the Istanbul / Constantinople dichotomy, pronunciation, bacon cookery, WW1, alooominum and Swedish flatpack furniture".

  • Haha 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Rich said:

Don't worry. If it strays off topic I will lock the thread quicker than you can say "the Terminator franchise, self-repairing American trucks, enigmatic band names, the early works of Kraftwerk, American avant-garde collective The Residents, cheesecake, Wantage, your first pint, the Istanbul / Constantinople dichotomy, pronunciation, bacon cookery, WW1, alooominum and Swedish flatpack furniture".

 

That's easy for you to say. 

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

21 minutes ago, Rich said:

Wasn't that Follow The Ostrich's second album?

 

An easy mistake to make. The second album from Follow The Ostrich, An Unexpected Surfeit of Homosexuals is often mistaken for A Glut of Woofs, the ninth album from Swedish Death Metal Trio, Alooominum.

  • Haha 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

The one that really gets me is how Americans pronounce Herbs as Erbs, when it clearly has an H. 

 

I find soldering annoying. Not the deed, but the Merkin way of pronouncing it as "soddering", which sounds more like a practice <stops before saying anything that might be construed as homophobic>

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

The one that really gets me is how Americans pronounce Herbs as Erbs, when it clearly has an H. 

 

9 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

I find soldering annoying. Not the deed, but the Merkin way of pronouncing it as "soddering", which sounds more like a practice <stops before saying anything that might be construed as homophobic>

Why are they so inconsistent with the H & L phobia? If they're going to have erbs and soddering, they should have Nasvie, A$s Vegas and Phiadepia too.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...