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Turtleneck Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:32 PM |
Here is a partial list of things I have learned while being on this message board.
1. A word that is perfectly harmless in your language is slang for male genitalia in another. Eggs, eggs, eggs.
2. I can now laugh in English (ha ha) or in Spanish (ja ja), but not in Polish (see #1).
3. Christmas traditions around the world.
4. What "Hogmanay" is.
5. Lots of computery stuff like how to make my profile in pretty colors, how to make links, how to post pictures, how to download music, how to convert videos to MP3's.
6. Argentinians are friendly and some are very uninhibited.
7. Not all alpacas spit, but all are capable.
8. Pancake Day.
9. What Jaffa Cakes are.
10. What Haarschnitt means (haircut!)
What have you learned?
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Lemon Grinner Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:34 PM |
| I've learned what the word 'concur' means. |
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Hanne Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:38 PM |
Apart from the things you mention, I've also learned that not all national stereotypes are true :o)
Example: French people don't speak English. We've got the proof right here that some of them do speak English extremely well... |
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megg_inc Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:40 PM |
All the things you mentioned plus what the word 'cougar' REALLY means.
And lol about your #1 and #2, Kayte! |
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goosey_84 Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:43 PM |
megg_inc wrote: All the things you mentioned plus what the word 'cougar' REALLY means.
ahahahahahaah YEYA!! |
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Moray Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:45 PM |
| What does the word cougar mean? |
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moominbadger Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:50 PM |
MoraySwan wrote: What does the word cougar mean?
er, yeah, what does it really mean?! |
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moominbadger Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:51 PM |
Ooh yes, I've learned how to recognise a Bernese mountain dog!
Edit: I've also just learned about Runebergs and laskiaispulla. Yay!! |
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megg_inc Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:53 PM |
| Cougars |
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Moray Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:53 PM |
| Oh, I just wikipedia'd cougar haha! |
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weirdmom Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 9:55 PM |
| I've learned that cilantro and coriander are the same thing. |
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ricv64 Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 10:08 PM |
| Red stripe comes in a can and that none of the Detroiters cared enough about Strohs to keep the brewery in Detroit |
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Turtleneck Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 10:12 PM |
ricv64 wrote: Red stripe comes in a can and that none of the Detroiters cared enough about Strohs to keep the brewery in Detroit
More importantly, we lost the Stroh's ice cream plant a year ago. We still have Better Made Potato Chips. |
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ricv64 Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 10:15 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: ricv64 wrote: Red stripe comes in a can and that none of the Detroiters cared enough about Strohs to keep the brewery in Detroit
More importantly, we lost the Stroh's ice cream plant a year ago. We still have Better Made Potato Chips.
never heard of em |
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SamuraiSandy Posted Mon 04 Feb, 2008 10:20 PM |
weirdmominaustin wrote: I've learned that cilantro and coriander are the same thing.
was that from your rice word game thing? that one stuck out for some reason to me! |
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