How do you say that in Swedish?

[Poboy kartman]

A recent post in a different thread had a small typo that could have caused some confusion (why we should be ever diligent on a global site).
Well-probably nobody was really confused but the word WAS misused and my friends from other countries missed it.
So it got me thinking-HEY! !!-Don't roll your eyes at me -BOY-(sorry about the interruption, -but they've starting to get to know me around here)....
Ummmmm-what kind of "lost in translation" things are out there?

After "Crocodile Dundee" , Steve Irvin and the Outback steakhouse, America has been doused in everything Australian. Sooooooo-almost everybody knows what "throw another shrimp on the barbie" means or at least we agree on that.
If you were to do direct translation-(and remember-we're talking meaning here-not converting the words themselves (a whole 'nother thing)....
In America, that's the same animal but only when they are small. That also applies to people-a little guy is sometimes rudely addressed as "shrimp".
Once shrimp get to the size I've been led to believe you guys are referring to, they are called prawns.
Here we either use a "smoker" (low and slow) or "grill"(hot and fast)- but a Barbie is a child's female doll that was an adult entertainment doll when originally imported from Germany in the early fifties (I think-date may be off).
Anyway-with nothing but direct translation to go on-you could see how this means a doll orgy.....
And " pissing the night away"- still means a prostrate problem to most Yanks.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Is it just me? When I logged on, it showed that there were 1, 403 replies and 25, 692 views to this thread. I thought that might be a record-LOL- But I"ll take the 0 and 10 and hope the Cowboys do better.

 

[machinist@large]

Is it just me? When I logged on, it showed that there were 1, 403 replies and 25, 692 views to this thread. I thought that might be a record-LOL- But I"ll take the 0 and 10 and hope the Cowboys do better.

I just logged on, so I'm not exactly what you're referring to....

 

[DS13]

Is it just me? When I logged on, it showed that there were 1, 403 replies and 25, 692 views to this thread. I thought that might be a record-LOL- But I"ll take the 0 and 10 and hope the Cowboys do better.

you were looking at the amount of threads and posts in the off topic fun category

 

[Poboy kartman]

you were looking at the amount of threads and posts in the off topic fun category

No-this happened twice and the actual figures were 0 and 10 - besides I don't think this category has gotten those kind of numbers (yet) gimme time. ...
On a different note-
Should anyone find themselves in Atlanta Georgia, make it a point to visit the Dicken's Fruit Stand. Their fruits and vegetables are top notch, but their real claim to fame is their world famous apple cider.
For some reason, it's really popular with the ladies.
See-some say that they can't go more than one day without some Dicken's Cider, others longer. But even my mom said she's had some Dicken's Cider and enjoyed it very much.

 

[OzFab]

See-some say that they can't go more than one day without some Dicken's Cider, others longer. But even my mom said she's had some Dicken's Cider and enjoyed it very much.

That's borderline Douggy but, nice play on words; just remember, there's kids around...



I don't understand why you guys drop the letter U from everything; flavour becomes flavor, colour becomes color, neighbour becomes neighbor & so on, yet the name of your country begins with the letter U?

On a related note: A few years ago i was working for a company when they bought a new sheetmetal guillotine. Being of chinese origin, the obligatory warning stickers had been translated so, one safety instruction read "The safety guard should not dismount the machine"... We had to keep telling it "staaaay... staaaay..."

If you translate the saying "out of sight, out of mind" into Russian then back to English, it comes back as "invisible idiot"

 

[itsid]

"invisible idiot"

Why do I have William Shatner in mind now?

I don't know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_K_pUKEJY

'sid

 

[Doc Sprocket]

http://engrish.com/
All the horrible translations you can handle.

 

[Poboy kartman]

That's borderline Douggy but, nice play on words; just remember, there's kids around...



I don't understand why you guys drop the letter U from everything; flavour becomes flavor, colour becomes color, neighbour becomes neighbor & so on, yet the name of your country begins with the letter U?

On a related note: A few years ago i was working for a company when they bought a new sheetmetal guillotine. Being of chinese origin, the obligatory warning stickers had been translated so, one safety instruction read "The safety guard should not dismount the machine"... We had to keep telling it "staaaay... staaaay..."

If you translate the saying "out of sight, out of mind" into Russian then back to English, it comes back as "invisible idiot"

Did your ever think maybe that was a really nice way to say we don't need "u" around? BTW- "in sight, out of mind" should translate nicely to my description. .....

 

[fowler]

Lol at Americans using a smoker
That is anougther derogatory term for someone's who's arrogant
Ie wanker, pole smoker


And to clear it up hopefully once and all
No one calls it a shrimp
They are prawns
And they very rarely appear at a barbecue

Also I am certain the American here nothing of Australia compared to what we get of U lot
Your news is flooded in
I knew more about the US election than our own

Your culture is slowly eating away at ours
And of course what we take from your culture is what we get though the media
So basically there's young people trying to match the personalitys of celebrity's
It's also changing our language
When people start calling their 4x4 a truck and that sort of crap

As for what u get of us
It's about as bad as me saying this is everything American

 

[fowler]

 

[Poboy kartman]

Thanks Fowler-That's what this thread is all about. I know that was a bunch of crap to start with, but that is what the average American thinks (when they do).....

"Alright prawn-put up your dukes....."-ummmm sorry-gotta stick with shrimp here!

 

[itsid]

Allow me to lean back and wonder ...


'sid

 

[OzFab]

I'm sure it was fowler who added an "Australianism" paragraph to a thread some time ago & asked for the Americans to try to translate it (with many humourous results); what was it again?

We Aussies, like the British, tend to use rhyming slang so, over here, Americans are not only known as yanks, you're also known as "seppo's"; top marks to the first Seppo who can work that one out...

 

[fowler]

Bazza took his missus shazza in the kingswood to maccas listening to aca daca
While drinking some bush chooks

Something like that
Do u know how hard it is to type that on a phone with auto correct
Lol

 

[Poboy kartman]

Seppo's you tell me....'bout the kids-I'm sure they're way too busy texting, playing with their Nintendos, Wii Wii's and PlayStations to notice.

 

[landuse]

I thought these were quite funny

You know you are proudly South African when…Prisoners go on strike.
You call a trunk a “boot”
You call an elevator a “lift”
You call a hood a “bonnet”
You call a Barbeque a “Braai”
You call a traffic light a “robot”
You call a pickup truck a “bakkie”
We sing “Ole’ Ole’” before we’ve won!
You travel 100′s of kilometres to see snow.
You paint your car’s registration on the roof.
You call a bathing suit a “swimming costume”.
You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee.
You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
You have to prove that you don’t need a loan to get one.
A bullet train is being introduced, but we can’t fix potholes.
You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you’ve never had any.
To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750.
More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election.
“Now now” or “just now” can mean anything from a minute to a month.
You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.
You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.

 

[fowler]

Ha that's good

an aussie version
You know the meaning of the word "girt".
You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.
You believe it is appropriate to put a rubber in your son's pencil case when he first attends school.
When you hear that an American "roots for his team" you wonder how often and with whom.
You understand that the phrase "a group of women wearing black thongs" refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds.
You believe the "l" in the word "Australia" is optional.
You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
You call your best friend "c***" but someone you really, truly despise is just " a bastard".
You think "Woolloomooloo" is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.
You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.
You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin.
You understand that "Wagga Wagga" can be abbreviated to "Wagga" but "Woy Woy" can't be called "Woy".
You believe that cooked-down axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread.
You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.

You still don't get why the "Labor" in "Australian Labor Party" is not spelt with a "u".
You wear ugh boots outside the house.
You believe, as an article of faith, that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.
You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them.
Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language.
You understand that "excuse me" can sound rude, while "scuse me" is always polite.
You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
You understand that "you" has a plural and that it's "youse".
You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle.
Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket.
You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call "Anzac cookies".
When returning home from overseas, you expect to be brutally strip-searched by Customs - just in case you're trying to sneak in fruit.
You believe the phrase "smart casual" refers to a pair of black tracky-daks, suitably laundered.
You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction.
When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
You get choked up with emotion by the first verse of the national anthem and then have trouble remembering the second.
You find yourself ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants.
You know, whatever the tourist books say, that no one says "cobber".
You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer, because it tastes so bad. But we let the world think we do anyway because the joke’s on them.
You know that Sydney or Melbourne should be the capital, because Canberra is a hole.
You have the ability to compress several words into one - i.e. “g’day” and “d’reckn?” This allows more space for profanities.
You see people walking bare-foot on the sidewalk and don’t scorn…. because you’re doing it too.
You have a story that somehow involves an excessive consumption of booze… but you can’t remember.
You know that the value of a public holiday is measured in terms of alcohol. God bless the queen and her 4-day birthday.
Christmas is right on the summer solstice and is quite often the hottest day of the year. Your decorations still feature sleighs and snowflakes. You send people cards with pictures of White Christmases. There is nothing unusual in having Christmas dinner outdoors.

http://www.zompist.com/aussie.html

 

[Poboy kartman]

Seppo's you tell me....'bout the kids-I'm sure they're way too busy texting, playing with their Nintendos, Wii Wii's and PlayStations to notice.

What-no comments? As Chuck Berry said-you must have been too busy "playing with your own ding-a-ling" to notice.

 

[OzFab]

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout

Thanks fowler

What-no comments? As Chuck Berry said-you must have been too busy "playing with your own ding-a-ling" to notice.

Didn't really get what you're saying; maybe there's something lost in translation