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[little chickadee]

I've just been reading the replies in the Egg Clack thread, which seem to have gone slightly off the subject Christian has been translating in German etc.

 

Got me thinking about The only German phrases I ever learnt (courtesy of a friend who was learning a vocab sheet for her A level) I've no idea how to write them in German (maybe Christian could help!)

but, I learnt

 

"Where is the cess pit?" and "Are you a battered wife?"

 

Anyone else learnt any pointless phrases in another language? (be careful, or you may have to be moderated if you include things you learnt as a teenager!)

[The Dogmother]

I was once taught 'I want to kiss you all over' in Spanish - needless to say he got a slapped face!

 

It was something like (bear with me, this was 20 odd years ago ) 'Quiero tu besuqear'

[bronze]

Mine are mainly rude and in spanish. I can say them but no idea how to write them. The mildest would be 'roll me another joint please' (I have never used it in earnest)

[The Dogmother]

Mine are mainly rude and in spanish. I can say them but no idea how to write them. The mildest would be 'roll me another joint please' (I have never used it in earnest)

 

But did you inhale?

[Egluntyne]

My postillion has been struck by lightning.

[Aunty e]

My cat is the devil incarnate

 

Mio gatto e il diablo incarnato (I think, it was a long time ago).

[Guest]

Scuse the iffy spelling

 

"Das Ashenbecker ist dort druben auf dem tisch"

 

The ashtray is over there on the table.

[ali-s]

My Polish friend has taught me a few phrases, but I wouldn't be allowed to put them on here . They are moslty aimed at a certain person at work I wouldn't even be able to start to spell them as they involve a lot of xyjvczw's (which probably spells a word actually)

[Ziggy]

A friend once told me all the french he could remember from his school days... it translated as 'the ape is in the tree' and 'I have found my swimsuit'... very useful when visiting Paris I'm sure...

[Eyren]

One of the few sentences I remember from Latin lessons at school is:

 

Da mihi osculum per rimam

 

Translation: Give me a kiss through the hole (in the wall)

 

We were doing "Pyramus and Thisbe", as in the playlet performed by Bottom and friends in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

[Guest]

I had to do Latin for the first year or so of secondary school. What a waste of time that was!

 

The only thing I can remember is

 

"Caecilius est in Culina"

 

Caecilius is in the kitchen!

[Guest]

One of the few sentences I remember from Latin lessons at school is:

 

Da mihi osculum per rimam

 

Translation: Give me a kiss through the hole (in the wall)

 

 

brilliant!

[Lesley]

One of the few sentences I remember from Latin lessons at school is:

 

Da mihi osculum per rimam

 

Translation: Give me a kiss through the hole (in the wall)

 

We were doing "Pyramus and Thisbe", as in the playlet performed by Bottom and friends in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

 

That could get you into a lot of trouble!

[Ziggy]

I was recently told that 'osculation' still can mean kiss...

Imagine the romance... 'please dear, will you osculate me???' ... or how to freak one's boyfriend/girlfriend out for good...

[Egluntyne]

I was recently told that 'osculation' still can mean kiss...

It is always cropping up in crossword puzzles.

[craftyhunnypie]

I like...

 

Haben Sie ein Voegel im kopf?

 

Have you a bird in the head???

 

Or...dumbkopf = dumbo!!!

 

french - I like...six cent saucisson = six hundred sausages!

 

Arabic = fallah mushish con(don't know how it's spelt) = so blinkin' what!

 

I'm pumpy poo = I'm full up ...in Thailand.

 

Emma.x

[Couperwife]

I like...

 

I'm pumpy poo = I'm full up ...in Thailand.

 

 

I love this

 

cathy

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[Yorkshire Pudding]

'Je vers le ver vert vers la verre verte':eh:

 

I push the green worm towards the green glass.

 

Pointless but great fun to say.

 

Also my favourite French verb - Ronronner -say it with a rolling French RRRRR - it means to purr like a cat.

 

All together: Je ronronne, tu ronronnes, il ronronne....

[Tessa the Duchess]

'Strong like bull, smart like streetcar'

 

Phrase taught to me by Czech friend, sorry I can say it but not write it..

all those xxzzjw's:roll:

 

Tessa

[Ain't Nobody Here]

OH's (apologies for the spelling ):

 

• die sonne schein aus ein vockenlossen himmel - "the sun shines out of a cloudless sky"
   
  Ich bin speigelei mit burstenfrizzeur - "I am a fried egg with a crewcut" (don't ask )

 

Mine:

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  During Higher Latin, we had to translate the following line (can't remember the Latin obviously);
   
  "Aeneus rose up and brandished his huge tree-like weapon" (still makes me giggle like a teenager ).
   
  Hoda hafis - "I love you" in some kind of Arabic language . Still hasn't come in handy .

[Clur]

A friend taught me how to say "My brother is a boy" in Russian - obviously a very handy phrase to have.....

[Guest]

Also my favourite French verb - Ronronner -say it with a rolling French RRRRR - it means to purr like a cat.

 

All together: Je ronronne, tu ronronnes, il ronronne....

Now I'm finishing it off for you:

 

"a doo ron ron ron, a doo ron ron"

 

Sorry! and I can't roll two rs in a row

[Yorkshire Pudding]

!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

'Strong like bull, smart like streetcar'

 

I just have an image of you somewhere in Czechoslavakia pointing at yourself and saying in a deep voice "strong like bull, smart like streetcar". Great chatup line .

[The Dogmother]

I lived in north Africa for a while and know a few choice phrases in Arabic.. none of them bear repeating on a decent family forum like this