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I think that I might understand British English better if I could drink this stuff, but I can't handle any beer. I remember my children saying (when they were of age) that I just needed to be REALLY thirsty and the beer needed to be REALLY cold...so I followed the instructions and yucko, now I was still VERY thirsty but with a bad taste in my mouth!!

Much as I love other human languages, wouldn't it be fun (or maybe a tad scary too) to know what the animals are thinking?....

Just in case one isn't difficult enough, let's put these two 'bad boys' together.....



For those who missed the delightful comments I received yesterday, helping me with terminology in Great Britain, I have copied these gems for you....

Eddie Bluelights said...

Regarding English English

I have some more information for you and your lovely followers:

A hen party is a gathering of wild rawcus ladies having a good time with no men allowed.You probably have heard of that.
(This is something we actually say here, but I wonder why there is no such thing as a rooster party...don't men like to party?)

A 'nit wit' is someone not blessed with much intelligence. Another phrase to describe it is "He is as thick as two short planks". Manwell in Fawlty Towers gets it wrong and calls it 'wit nit'.
(This is another one we use here, but I do like the two short planks thing...so, if someone IS blessed with intelligence, is he as thin as two thick planks?)

Jackie informs me that you have a phrase, "To Piddle", meaning wasting time. I dare not use that one here because our version means, "to relieve one's bladder" as in the famous book "Running Water" by I.P. Standing. In England we have a town called "Piddletrenyide" - named so because it is always raining so we have a saying for, it is raining hard, "It is raining cats and dogs" or "It is peeing down".
(This is too cute, but I really would rather say it is raining cats and dogs than it is peeing down and everyone BEWARE...do NOT piddle around anyone from Great Britain or I will hide my face in shame.)

In England a "thingamybob" or an "ugamyflip" (not certain of correct spellings) both mean "an item" or "a thing".

(Amazing as I have heard thingamabob, but ugamyflip sounds like something from Africa.)

But be careful because "an item" can mean something else, "a couple" as in a man-woman relationship.
(Isn't this one interesting...because saying a couple is an item here sounds sort of formal.)

I will not explain in full the priceless blunder when an English Professor addressed an American conference and started by asking them to correct some notes by taking out their "rubbers". Your word is much better, "erasers" and of course that is what he meant.

(Have heard of this and it is very funny, but just goes to show how cautious we must be.)

Recently I used the term "take a flyer" which caused quite a stir because the meaning was very ambiguous. It simply means "to take a wild guess".

(Another one I like very much and think I will start using this one as well...what a store of treasure I will have and Michael will be totally baffled...actually alot of times he is baffled when I just speak 'woman' to him.)

Oh and referring to our discussions about the use of 'u' in English English words and your hypothesis that if you did not use u the message would be typed more quickly. Well I do see your reasoning and you do have a nute point I grant you BUT why have a letter on a keyboard if it is never used - the poor thing will feel left out, so be nice and use it - anyway it looks better, it reads better, and it looks better. The same with colour, humour and armour etc.

(See my comment in answer to this as I tried, Heaven knows, I tried to make him happy, but it didn't work!)

We are blessed that the English Language does not ask us to learn very difficult grammar and syntax as in Latin. Remember, Amo, Amas, Amat etc.We just have to learn verb conjugations like

I witter

You witter

We witter

They witter . . . . etc.

I must close now otherwise I shall be accused of wittering or rabitting.

Well I think that is it for now ~ take care ~ Eddie

See what a good job I did here????.........

Blessings each day said...
Eddiue,

Arue Youu seurious aubout nout usuing eunough u's? Shoulud euveryone staurt usuing theum reugularly aund wiuth moure freuqency? Thiunk I shaull nautter aubout iut!

A VERY important adjunct to the values of sugar....(Lisa, Michael has had nose bleeds but he says there's NO way he is going to put a spoonful of sugar up his nose!)

Lisa said...
Laughing at all the fun back here in the combox, Marcy! &:o) And love the post -- you sure know how to get my attention! Did you know that a spoonful of sugar will stop most nosebleeds? Strange but true!

Here is Eddie's sad reply to my working so hard to give him enough 'u's.....

Eddie Bluelights said...
Hello Marcy and thank you for 'u' for your interesting if not highly unorthodox reply. I have had this diagnosed by our medics and we are rather concerned because we think you are suffering from a highly contagious disease called 'uphoria' - a derivative of the more widely known Euphoria.

It is quite common when Americans discover they have a 'u' on their keyboards and they usually go bananas putting 'u's everywhere when they realise the letter 'u' has been suppressed for so long.As a matter of extreme precaution I have set out in my Ambulance to attend to you and there is a convoy of us coming over as a matter of urgency.

I am driving a high dependancy vehicle with a padded cell complete with a mental nurse who has a straight jacket for you. We have a police escort and will be on blues all the way. We are sending also a fire engine since we shall be travelling so fast the tyres need hosing every 20 minutes. I have taken the liberty to bring an expert witterer or rabbitting on(er), or natterer so we can continue our lessons for anyone who may be interested.

Listen out for the sirens - we are going like the clappers ~ Eddie

(Now I need to know what clappers are? Does that mean people will be clapping their hands as I am being taken away? It's okay folks, I could use the rest and padded cells have the additional benefit of being able to fall asleep on your feet! I just hope their cough syrup has sugar in it!)

I did find this dock for Angie, but it is leafless. I really am going to research this, though and find these darn leaves!.....

Hopefully these people, who have obviously "mastered" the English language, will make you smile...

Compiled from lyrics of love songs translated into English by ESL (English as a Second Language) students.

From morning’s glaring sun to the smelly afternoon,

You are always inside my lonely brain.

I hope we meet in an accident very soon.

My heart will not stop hemorrhaging for you.

The night you squeezed me I visited heaven.

Your love flies me swiftly into a mountain.

You make my heart sour.

One day, you will startle yourself and say “oh no! Why did I walk the opposite direction of him?

Like the fishes need the ocean beach, I need you.

When you kiss me, you make my blood evaporate.

Your lovely, unwrinkly skin requests my attention

You will always be my lemon moon ray lover.

Politics and Government

The second Word War had much propaganda

*At that time, one of the most important weapons was the rocket lawn chair.
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The President got off the plane and gave a big kiss to the first ladder.
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The police were attacked by a large group of angry mops.

*The American President is very powerful. For one thing, he chooses the supreme coat judges.

Science

A bottom dweller is a fish that mostly dwells on bottoms.
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Do you know what “elevation” means?
Yes. It means we all came from Dinosaur eggs.
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Isaac Newton was the first discoverer of gravy.
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The ocean is usually located near the coast.
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The unihorn is an animal that has always been extinct
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We sent some robots to mars but they refused to come back
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There are many arguments how was the universe made. Some astrolomers belive in the big band theory.

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There are still plenty of fossil fools.
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The article said there are only maybe five thousand beers left in B.C. This is a very serious problem… I think maybe we should only let very small people go beer hunting every year.

~~~Thank You Lord for the blessings of these people and the languages we share that are still so different and interesting (even in parts of our own countries).