Cartoon Violence posted:Hey, how about something from the region I grew up in? my sincere opinion is that annoying gay people on the internet should start saying yinz instead of yall, it would solve a lot of problems. i truly believe this
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watho posted:my sincere opinion is that annoying gay people on the internet should start saying yinz instead of yall, it would solve a lot of problems. i truly believe this Finally, someone gets it! "Once upon a time, |
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Jun 28, 2023 23:53
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Yinz crazy!
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Jun 29, 2023 00:00
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 I've always spelled it you'ns
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Jun 29, 2023 00:12
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it's a contraction of "you ones" |
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Jun 29, 2023 00:13
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I'm a native English speaker and I plumb forgot about yunz |
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Jun 29, 2023 00:17
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I don't really see how it is supposed to be superior to y'all tho?? 
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Jun 29, 2023 00:18
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rear end-penny posted:I don't really see how it is supposed to be superior to y'all tho?? i mean, look at it, listen to it, say it
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Jun 29, 2023 00:40
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watho posted:i mean, look at it, listen to it, say it kinda feels like the word people reach for when they think y'all is too fuckin  which is like 
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Jun 29, 2023 01:26
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Yes, too bourgya'llsie for the proletariat
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Jun 29, 2023 03:14
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It's the word I constantly use to refer to any group of two or more people and forget is uncommon until someone says it reminds them of their 95 year old great grandpappy who lived in a cabin on a mountain in Pennsylvania.
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Jun 29, 2023 06:30
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Cartoon Violence posted:It's the word I constantly use to refer to any group of two or more people and forget is uncommon until someone says it reminds them of their 95 year old great grandpappy who lived in a cabin on a mountain in Pennsylvania. I though cabins were exclusive to Wyoming. |
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Jun 29, 2023 10:30
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Billa posted:I though cabins were exclusive to Wyoming. this is wildly incorrect. Americans love cabins, especially in the northern parts of this country. |
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Jun 29, 2023 13:40
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the great american pastime is going to a cabin and reading passages out of weird books they find there
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Jun 29, 2023 13:45
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watho posted:the great american pastime is going to a cabin and reading passages out of weird books they find there holy crap you nailed the national culture. you should write a weird book! |
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Jun 29, 2023 14:32
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watho posted:the great american pastime is going to a cabin and reading passages out of weird books they find there  Americans can't read |
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Jun 29, 2023 17:00
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rear end-penny posted:
Americans can (mostly) read, but they are too busy with book burning these days. What an awful state of things. Anyway, today's new slang/lingo word for everyone to learn is: Phubbing Which means ignoring someone in favor of your phone, a rather rude thing to do!
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Jun 29, 2023 17:09
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Don't phub around, my friends, don't phub around... |
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Jun 29, 2023 17:10
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I wonder if there's a line on a map for cabin/cottage like there is soda/pop |
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Jun 29, 2023 17:22
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rear end-penny posted:
okay true sometimes they play tape recorders where a professor read the passage out loud
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Jun 29, 2023 17:33
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Saoshyant posted:
hey, who's the American here, you or me? |
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Jun 29, 2023 18:44
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This situation is an absolute goat gently caress. What a goat show. -these are more or less synonymous with "cluster gently caress" and "poo poo show" -the word "goat" is powerful here because of the way Canadians pronounce the "oa" sound. |
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Jun 29, 2023 19:22
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Guys, what is a Tomboy? |
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Jun 30, 2023 14:10
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 americans do not read, because they don't know how
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Jun 30, 2023 15:50
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Billa posted:Guys, what is a Tomboy? tomboy is not a proper noun, but a descriptive noun (often self assigned) for girls and women who express traditionally "boyish" or masculine tendencies. less frequently used as the language around gender has evolved and our views and expectations of gender especially as it regards children have shifted a tiny bit. it's also a bit of genderpolicing in it's very structure. "you're not acting girlish, i'm going to call you a lesser boy." pretty messed up imo
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Jun 30, 2023 15:58
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Papa Was A Video Toaster posted:tomboy is not a proper noun, but a descriptive noun (often self assigned) for girls and women who express traditionally "boyish" or masculine tendencies. less frequently used as the language around gender has evolved and our views and expectations of gender especially as it regards children have shifted a tiny bit. We're getting into social and political topics here, but just to throw in another perspective, my grandmother was fiercely proud of being a "tomboy". I don't think she saw it as a diminutive or aberrant gender expression, but she pretty clearly thought people using it to belittle her were helpfully self-identifying as fools whose opinions she could disregard. |
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Jun 30, 2023 16:01
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Thanks guys! Ps: all the books I read are in English, but they don't have the slang or the vocabulary you usually use here. |
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Jun 30, 2023 17:15
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Billa posted:Thanks guys! Some of the slang and vocabulary we use here is specific to somethingawful forums, and some is even specific to BYOB. Like, "orb" is a BYOB word that means... amigo, basically. Is "amigo" used the same way in Spain that it's used in Mexico? For that matter, I'm not even sure that New Mexico uses it the same way as Mexico. But we use it sort of the same way "buddy" or "pal" were used in the 20th century. A sort of friendly informal way to refer to someone that you might know well or might only be acquainted with. |
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Jun 30, 2023 18:58
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cruft posted:Some of the slang and vocabulary we use here is specific to somethingawful forums, and some is even specific to BYOB. Like, "orb" is a BYOB word that means... amigo, basically. Amigo would be like calling someone friend. If he is your buddy or your pal here in Spain we use the word "colega" which is more than a friend. |
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Jun 30, 2023 19:09
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Billa posted:Amigo would be like calling someone friend. If he is your buddy or your pal here in Spain we use the word "colega" which is more than a friend. Heh. So like, let's say somebody is trying to get on the bus but they still need 5 cents, and you have 5 cents in your hand. You put it in the bus fare thing, and the person thanks you. Here, you might say "no problem, amigo" or "no problem, pal". This isn't someone I know, or feel like I'm going to learn more about. And we haven't entered into some sort of meaningful relationship over 5 cents. I'm just being friendly. Is that how "amigo" is used in Spain, too? |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:03
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cruft posted:Heh. Nah. Amigo would be too formal, I'd say "no hay problema colega". Unless it's a woman or senior guy in which case I'd say "no pasa nada señor / señora". |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:12
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cruft posted:Heh. Romance languages don’t usually need that, it would be “here you go” without extras. You add a sir or buddy only when you either mean it or you’re being sarcastic.
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Jun 30, 2023 20:14
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Billa posted:more than a friend. 👀 https://i.imgur.com/9jTkSUL.mp4 |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:14
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Kacie and I bumped into a Spanish-speaking (I think they said Peruvian) couple with kid while we were out walking. They didn't speak any English so I did my best with the limited Spanish I know and we ended up having a really good talk about parrots from South America versus parrots from Africa. Only towards the end of the conversation did I have to break out the translator, but I tried to only use it for individual words so I could continue to challenge myself. I did have to use it in full to tell a story about a lady my mom ran into in Florida that lets her parrot ride on her bicycle.
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Jun 30, 2023 20:19
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Saoshyant posted:Romance languages don’t usually need that, it would be “here you go” without extras. You add a sir or buddy only when you either mean it or you’re being sarcastic. Due to my education I always add senor o señora whenever I do stuff like that, which isn't often though. |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:20
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Viginti Septem posted:Kacie and I bumped into a Spanish-speaking (I think they said Peruvian) couple with kid while we were out walking. They didn't speak any English so I did my best with the limited Spanish I know and we ended up having a really good talk about parrots from South America versus parrots from Africa. Only towards the end of the conversation did I have to break out the translator, but I tried to only use it for individual words so I could continue to challenge myself. I did have to use it in full to tell a story about a lady my mom ran into in Florida that lets her parrot ride on her bicycle. What sucks about Spain though is that almost nobody speaks English here, or the people that do have the level of a 5 yo kid. That's why in all the jobs I've done they used me as a translator from English to Spanish and viceversa. What I mean is that if I'm here that often asking English questions you can guess the average level of a guy who doesn't speak it or tries to. A shame really. |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:25
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That's interesting. It appears from my outsider perspective that in many countries in Europe, people speak English.
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Jun 30, 2023 20:27
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Viginti Septem posted:That's interesting. It appears from my outsider perspective that in many countries in Europe, people speak English. Here they try to teach it, but people are stupid and don't pay attention to classes in school because English "ain't cool". |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:30
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YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND YEAH YOU SAY HE'S - OH BABY YOOOU |
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Jun 30, 2023 20:43
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Billa posted:English "ain't cool". that's a fair hit, that tracks |
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