Michael Emrys Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 "....old-fashioned social morays..." These are the ones that like to gather in their favorite bar, hang out with their buddies sipping old fashions, and talk about old times, right? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 no - they're the slimey ones that lurk around in dark holes looking to catch any unwary swimmers that pass by 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costard Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 ..and the sheer Muslims would be those wearing spandex? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 ..and the sheer Muslims would be those wearing spandex? No, no, no. Spandex is opaque. Sheer Muslims would be those wearing a filmy negligé of, say, silk. Something perhaps along these lines. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 these! : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Well I have a new winner: "...depicted as a land of baron desserts..." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costard Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 ... a landscape covered in novelty red Fokker Triplane cakes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 How about this one: In demonstrating the latest voice-recognition software (VRS) at a conference, the sales representative said into the microphone: This new display can recognize speech. Smiling, she turned to face the audience, but her smile suddenly faded when the audience burst out laughing. Puzzled, she turned back to look at the projection on the wall behind her. The VRS's output read: This nudist play can wreck a nice beach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nice one, Diet. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Good one Det 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 And the latest essay line: "The believe that America is the Great Satin". The same student also referred to American foreign policy as "gun hoe". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 The same student also referred to American foreign policy as "gun hoe". That's a good one. Freud would have had a holiday with some of these. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 "The believe that America is the Great Satin". The same student also referred to American foreign policy as "gun hoe". Both of these are mistakes borne of foreign words -- Hebrew ("Satan") and Chinese ("gung ho") -- incorporated into English. In the above-quoted (mis)use of "Satin", because of the context it isn't hard to deduce what was actually meant. Conversely, seeing/reading "satin" without such context would lead the typical English-speaking person to pronounce it "SÄ-tihn". Yet "Satan", the word actually meant in the above sentence is pronounced "SAY-ten". Go figure. The student had probably never heard "gung ho" pronounced carefully enough to notice the "ng" ending of the first word. In light of the US of A's gun-mongering image (in the eyes of much of the rest of the world), it's no surprise that the student rendered "gung ho" as "gun hoe". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak_43 Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 One of my favourites from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/review/R1LPA5YOND6TGD/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm Including such classics as: "Spiers's eyes popped extraneously from their sockets, as his face turned from a deep red to a sickly purple." "The lamp's glow was very weak compared to the blue glow emancipating from the basement." "It infiltrated his lungs, filling them with a kind of innovativeness he had never felt before." And many more... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costard Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Both of these are mistakes borne of foreign words -- Hebrew ("Satan") and Chinese ("gung ho") -- incorporated into English. ... The student had probably never heard "gung ho" pronounced carefully enough to notice the "ng" ending of the first word. In light of the US of A's gun-mongering image (in the eyes of much of the rest of the world), it's no surprise that the student rendered "gung ho" as "gun hoe". Given that "gun" in Australian slang means "good" - e.g. "He's a gun welder." - I find the meaning difficult to decipher from the context. Does the writer truly believe that the US has an international reputation for farm implement use? What references does s/he cite?:confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Maybe our Australian author believes the US uses very good prostitutes as a central element of their foreign policy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 And yesterday's winner was "...depicting an Arab city with doomed roofs." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 As for the gun hoe comment, I'd submit that it's quite possible for an urban 19 year old these days to have no idea what a hoe is. Most of them have never had to do any grdening chores. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 And yesterday's winner was "...depicting an Arab city with doomed roofs." If the city in question was Fallujah then he/she may be entirely correct! Regards KR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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