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I know we're supposed to speak English here, but it's "faux pas". Sorry, that was driving me crazy.

...back to your non self promoting auction.

good luck, tad. i hope it goes big.

that really is a nice car. there's just something about orange electronics in a gold tub.

templeofspeed wrote:I know we're supposed to speak English here, but it's "faux pas". Sorry, that was driving me crazy.

...back to your non self promoting auction.

Ok, I have to admit that was bugging me too. For some reason it's like the visual equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard. Here's another one: I can't tell y'all how many times I've seen "wallah" for "voila". This is nuts, I don't even speak Korean.

RichieRich wrote: Here's another one: I can't tell y'all how many times I've seen "wallah" for "voila". This is nuts, I don't even speak Korean.

or Now for Know or new for knew

Isn't foxx paws the French equivalent to our lucky rabbits foot?

Halgar wrote:Isn't foxx paws the French equivalent to our lucky rabbits foot?

we! ugh.....wait.........or is it wi? pfft, i don't know. i can barely speak english.

this is PhoneticsTalk.com , anyone needs some French lessons? Really amazing how many French words English people use everyday, can you name them all (maybe in a dedicated thread)? Actually, after the Normans invaded England, they left the English people with a ton of Latin vocabulary, and nowadays (even if you don't realise it) English is made of about 60% of Latin/French based words, believe it or not

Asso_man! wrote:English is made of about 60% of Latin/French based words, believe it or not

I don't believe it!

I've heard that English is the hardest language to learn because it is derived from so many different languages. I wouldn't know, I grew up mangling, er .. uh ... speaking it.

It's even worse when you are a malapropophile (can I say that here, or is this a don't ask, don't tell website?).

Halgar wrote:It's even worse when you are a malapropophile (can I say that here, or is this a don't ask, don't tell website?).

Malakopropo ... Err, what?

Minicooper 35 wrote:

Halgar wrote:It's even worse when you are a malapropophile (can I say that here, or is this a don't ask, don't tell website?).

Malakopropo ... Err, what?

The word malapropos (or maloprop ), meaning "inappropriate" or "inappropriately", derived from the French phrase mal à propos (literally "ill suited to the purpose"). It's where you replace the correct word in a phrase with another that sounds similar but has a totally different meaning.

A good example is: richierich is effluent in French, but not Korean.

Seems like I need to brush up my knowledge in the englsh language ...

I'm sure that malaprops are common there in Germany, you're just not familiar with them. No biggie.

Just ask erich or tad to translate, they're both confluence in several languages.

Halgar wrote:Just ask erich or tad to translate, they're both confluence in several languages.

I am sure they are ...

Minicooper 35 wrote:

Halgar wrote:Just ask erich or tad to translate, they're both confluence in several languages.

I am sure they are ...

They could probably teach classes on Mangleese.

I'm confluent in the language of LOOOOOOVVVVEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Did it just get weird in here?