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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:59 pm

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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:03 pm

FBM wrote:우리 마누라: our wife.
그림의 떡: eye candy
You're talking in squares. :dono:
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by leo-rcc » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:28 am

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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by normal » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:36 am

Gawdzilla wrote:Hunderte und Tausende
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Pappa » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:01 am

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Post by Mung Bean » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:54 am

Ironclad wrote:Allah-Akbar :hehe:
It's actually Allahu akbar.

Or you could try "la illaha il al raghiaf": there is no god but the pancake. :mrgreen:
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Mung Bean » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:56 am

colubridae wrote:Everyone knows 'deja vu'

But there are two more that I know of

'Jamais vu' = never seen.
Something you know you know, but you get the eerie feeling that you are sure you have never seen it before.


'Presque vu' = almost seen
Something you think you see, maybe out of the corner of your eye. But when you look again there is nothing there.
You forgot deja moo: the feeling that you've heard this bullshit before.
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:46 pm

Mercredi vu - the feeling that, whether you've heard it or not, it's all a bit day before yesterday. :tea:
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Mysturji » Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:14 pm

Ausfahrt :hehe:
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by FBM » Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:40 pm

Horwood Beer-Master wrote:
FBM wrote:우리 마누라: our wife.
그림의 떡: eye candy
You're talking in squares. :dono:
Sorry. I guess your browser doesn't support 한글. :biggrin:
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Svartalf » Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:54 pm

Mysturji wrote:Ausfahrt :hehe:
"flatulence getting out"?
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Svartalf » Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:55 pm

FBM wrote:
Horwood Beer-Master wrote:
FBM wrote:우리 마누라: our wife.
그림의 떡: eye candy
You're talking in squares. :dono:
Sorry. I guess your browser doesn't support 한글. :biggrin:
mine does, I still haven't the slightest idea what you wrote.
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square lingo

Post by enkidu » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:25 pm

Let's all go to the
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Damn puter - of course that's canting, 餐厅, or dining hall, like a restaurant.
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Re: square lingo

Post by normal » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:36 pm

enkidu wrote:Let's all go to the
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Damn puter - of course that's canting, 餐厅, or dining hall, like a restaurant.
:pop:
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Sorry, that was supposed to go in the Non-English Phrases thread
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by klr » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:30 am

Mokusatsu :hmph:

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