Favorite "non-English" phrases?

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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by maiforpeace » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:12 pm

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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Ulven » Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:40 pm

Ulven wrote:I always got a kick out of the German "Donnerwetter". Directly translated it means thunder weather, but it is used as an exclamation comparable to "damn" or "shit".


Not quite: It basically means surprise, which can also be appreciative.
That goes for the words "damn" and "shit" as well. Like in "Damn, your German is good".

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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Dries van Tonder » Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:45 pm

Fokof: Afrikaans for fuck off
Ex Afrika semper aliquod novi!

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