The Linguists' Club!
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- LordRetard
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Fuck man I am studying Spanish and German. I don't know any puns in THOSE languages either.
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How am I going to get any of these? I can barely read any Spanish.
"En Buenos Aires hay un hipódromo. Cuando vaya allí, quiero participar en un concurso de hipos."
HILARIOUS. I knew some people who could burp on command and some of them were damn loud at it, but it's not the same thing.
And I understood this one:
"El odio es un hijo de disputa."
But I don't GET it. It says "hate is a son of dispute". What the hell does that mean?
"En Buenos Aires hay un hipódromo. Cuando vaya allí, quiero participar en un concurso de hipos."
HILARIOUS. I knew some people who could burp on command and some of them were damn loud at it, but it's not the same thing.
And I understood this one:
"El odio es un hijo de disputa."
But I don't GET it. It says "hate is a son of dispute". What the hell does that mean?
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LR, this is probably more of a grammar thing than linguistics, but you may still be interested. I thought it was awesome.
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." -Oscar Wilde
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Hahah I've already seen it. The Spanish have a similar saying:ChooChooTrain wrote:LR, this is probably more of a grammar thing than linguistics, but you may still be interested. I thought it was awesome.
"¿Cómo como? Como como como."
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Oh Choochoo, I've heard of that before. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present: The Inevitable Remix.
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Funny you should mention that.ChooChooTrain wrote:LR, this is probably more of a grammar thing than linguistics, but you may still be interested. I thought it was awesome.
(This remark will make sense in a few days.)
Police said they spent some time working out if they could charge the man with being armed with a weapon, as technically he was armed with part of a fish.
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I'll believe it when I see it.
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Mage, you have brought nearly unending joy to me with that music.mountainmage wrote:Oh Choochoo, I've heard of that before. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present: The Inevitable Remix.
I take it that it has to do with your article on General General?Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:Funny you should mention that.
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Very perceptive!Edminster wrote:I take it that it has to do with your article on General General?Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:Funny you should mention that.
(This remark will make sense in a few days.)
Police said they spent some time working out if they could charge the man with being armed with a weapon, as technically he was armed with part of a fish.
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Wow, that was some obscure connection there, Oldrac. Kudos to Ed for figuring that out.
I aim to please. Or get a bullseye. Depends on whether I'm talking to someone, or throwing darts.Edminster wrote:Mage, you have brought nearly unending joy to me with that music.mountainmage wrote:Oh Choochoo, I've heard of that before. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present: The Inevitable Remix.
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I didn't think it obscure. Then again I've been looking forward to the Lexicon contributions, and 'General General' has the same Wordplay as 'Buffalo Buffalo...'mountainmage wrote:Wow, that was some obscure connection there, Oldrac. Kudos to Ed for figuring that out.
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Well, as the creator of General General, I can say I wasn't being as creative as you thought I was. Y'see there was this show on cartoon network a while ago, called Sheep in the Big City. Now, I don't remember much about it, but there was a character named General Specific and he had an underling, Private Public. I thought the names were clever, and they just stuck with me. And that's how I came up with General General.
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I must admit that as soon as I saw your first mention of General General I thought of that show. However, I wasn't certain that it wasn't simply a figment of my imagination, but I couldn't be arsed to verify otherwise.
Also I was recently attempting to read Catch-22 which has a character named Major Major who holds a rank of Major (creating Major Major Major for those of you playing at home). So, that helped connect everything together.
Also I was recently attempting to read Catch-22 which has a character named Major Major who holds a rank of Major (creating Major Major Major for those of you playing at home). So, that helped connect everything together.
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Bah, you saw right through me.*
*That's right. I said bah after mentioning a show called Sheep in the Big City. Deal with it.
*That's right. I said bah after mentioning a show called Sheep in the Big City. Deal with it.
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