May 26, 200520 yr Watched the game last night Scamp from the comfort of my own home.Probably to the discomfort of my neighbours considering the way I was shouting at the telly during the second half Absolute quality... Ye mate. What a fukcing game, In Penang and got up to watch it at a local pub. Check out my response to scousers thread in the sports forum. Well done and congrats mate.
May 26, 200520 yr Author Watched the game last night Scamp from the comfort of my own home.Probably to the discomfort of my neighbours considering the way I was shouting at the telly during the second half Absolute quality... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ye mate. What a fukcing game, In Penang and got up to watch it at a local pub. Check out my response to scousers thread in the sports forum. Well done and congrats mate. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ta mate. Chuffed as today, I tell thee
May 26, 200520 yr Come on you reds!I do apologise, never been into football until now. Is Insight in Istanbul or just on the edge of his seat somewhere? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I do not believe it! What an incredible game football is. I switched the telly off after the first half when Milan were 3-0 up and had outplayed Liverpool so much, the Reds looked like a bunch of girls ( no sexism here just plain observation). I only suspected something glorious (the only function of soccer) had happened, when I saw Scampy's posting. Thank God I'm an Everton supporter. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I watched most of the game, but missed all six goals. I was late tuning in,I went to do something on the computor just before half time,back in the 45th minute. Thought they're gonna get hammered,so turned off,but switched back in the 65th minute to see by how many. What a shock. Anyway TM................had,steim,shalosh,arba,hamesh,shesh,shaver,schmony,tesher,esse etc. is no problem in Hebrew. But counting up to a hundred in Dansk. That's a job and a half. I'm sure it must be one of the hardest languages to count in. Farvel.................have i god dag. My Swedish is much better. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dansk is one of the hardest languages, they say it's Norwegen with a potato in your mouth. I was there for two years before I could distinguish a single word in a sentence, apart from Tak - they say that enough: tak for the day, tak for coming, tak for the food, a thousand taks, tak my ar*e - excuse me. Being a bit of a scouser/welshman - from me dad's side - I too found it easier with Hebrew. From your exanple above, I can tell you come from the South, 'cos unless you are as used too flemming and spitting as the Boys from Bootle are, you will always say "had" instead of the more native "echad", where the gutteral "ch" automatically gives the natives and us northerners, a spare greenie. Did you see my note in your other thread? Fe Faan Helvede Hveet (I can't spell in Swedish - but I can swear)
May 26, 200520 yr Come on you reds!I do apologise, never been into football until now. Is Insight in Istanbul or just on the edge of his seat somewhere? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I do not believe it! What an incredible game football is. I switched the telly off after the first half when Milan were 3-0 up and had outplayed Liverpool so much, the Reds looked like a bunch of girls ( no sexism here just plain observation). I only suspected something glorious (the only function of soccer) had happened, when I saw Scampy's posting. Thank God I'm an Everton supporter. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I watched most of the game, but missed all six goals. I was late tuning in,I went to do something on the computor just before half time,back in the 45th minute. Thought they're gonna get hammered,so turned off,but switched back in the 65th minute to see by how many. What a shock. Anyway TM................had,steim,shalosh,arba,hamesh,shesh,shaver,schmony,tesher,esse etc. is no problem in Hebrew. But counting up to a hundred in Dansk. That's a job and a half. I'm sure it must be one of the hardest languages to count in. Farvel.................have i god dag. My Swedish is much better. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dansk is one of the hardest languages, they say it's Norwegen with a potato in your mouth. I was there for two years before I could distinguish a single word in a sentence, apart from Tak - they say that enough: tak for the day, tak for coming, tak for the food, a thousand taks, tak my ar*e - excuse me. Being a bit of a scouser/welshman - from me dad's side - I too found it easier with Hebrew. From your exanple above, I can tell you come from the South, 'cos unless you are as used too flemming and spitting as the Boys from Bootle are, you will always say "had" instead of the more native "echad", where the gutteral "ch" automatically gives the natives and us northerners, a spare greenie. Did you see my note in your other thread? Fe Faan Helvede Hveet (I can't spell in Swedish - but I can swear) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> saw and duly noted bro
May 27, 200520 yr Come on you reds!I do apologise, never been into football until now. Is Insight in Istanbul or just on the edge of his seat somewhere? I do not believe it! What an incredible game football is. I switched the telly off after the first half when Milan were 3-0 up and had outplayed Liverpool so much, the Reds looked like a bunch of girls ( no sexism here just plain observation). I only suspected something glorious (the only function of soccer) had happened, when I saw Scampy's posting. Thank God I'm an Everton supporter. I watched most of the game, but missed all six goals. I was late tuning in,I went to do something on the computor just before half time,back in the 45th minute. Thought they're gonna get hammered,so turned off,but switched back in the 65th minute to see by how many. What a shock. Anyway TM................had,steim,shalosh,arba,hamesh,shesh,shaver,schmony,tesher,esse etc. is no problem in Hebrew. But counting up to a hundred in Dansk. That's a job and a half. I'm sure it must be one of the hardest languages to count in. Farvel.................have i god dag. My Swedish is much better. Dansk is one of the hardest languages, they say it's Norwegen with a potato in your mouth. I was there for two years before I could distinguish a single word in a sentence, apart from Tak - they say that enough: tak for the day, tak for coming, tak for the food, a thousand taks, tak my ar*e - excuse me. Being a bit of a scouser/welshman - from me dad's side - I too found it easier with Hebrew. From your exanple above, I can tell you come from the South, 'cos unless you are as used too flemming and spitting as the Boys from Bootle are, you will always say "had" instead of the more native "echad", where the gutteral "ch" automatically gives the natives and us northerners, a spare greenie. Did you see my note in your other thread? Fe Faan Helvede Hveet (I can't spell in Swedish - but I can swear) That comes off as the Danish caricature of Swedish swearing. It is actually ungrammatical. "Fy fan i helvete vettu" (Damned Satan in ######, you know!) is probably what the Danes are trying to say... but not many Swedes would say that in any situation I can think of. I agree that spoken Danish is extremely difficult. You would have had an easier time learning Norwegian or Swedish - no potatoes in our throats - the rest is more or less the same.
May 27, 200520 yr That comes off as the Danish caricature of Swedish swearing. It is actually ungrammatical."Fy fan i helvete vettu" (Damned Satan in ######, you know!) is probably what the Danes are trying to say... but not many Swedes would say that in any situation I can think of. I agree that spoken Danish is extremely difficult. You would have had an easier time learning Norwegian or Swedish - no potatoes in our throats - the rest is more or less the same. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't like to argue with you, Frikadelle, on the Swedish swearing and I agree on the point about Norwegian being easier to learn than Danish - at least the Norwegians spell their words how they pronounce them! But Swedish being more or less the same as Danish – hmmmm? As perhaps Glaswegian is to Cockney - but no more.
May 27, 200520 yr That comes off as the Danish caricature of Swedish swearing. It is actually ungrammatical. "Fy fan i helvete vettu" (Damned Satan in ######, you know!) is probably what the Danes are trying to say... but not many Swedes would say that in any situation I can think of. I agree that spoken Danish is extremely difficult. You would have had an easier time learning Norwegian or Swedish - no potatoes in our throats - the rest is more or less the same. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't like to argue with you, Frikadelle, on the Swedish swearing and I agree on the point about Norwegian being easier to learn than Danish - at least the Norwegians spell their words how they pronounce them! But Swedish being more or less the same as Danish – hmmmm? As perhaps Glaswegian is to Cockney - but no more. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sometimes I speak in Swedish to some of our Norwegen Customers and they understand me ok. I only know a splattering of Dansk so I can't really comment. I was on holiday in Iceland two years ago and that was different again. I could understand a little,but not as much as I thought I would. Mostly it was written Icelandic that I could fathom out. Not too good on the speech front though. I tean to disagree with Meatball on the 'Fy fan' though ,most of the Swedes I worked with at SAAB would come out with that at the slightest hint of things going wrong. That and ' Javla fitta'
May 27, 200520 yr That comes off as the Danish caricature of Swedish swearing. It is actually ungrammatical. "Fy fan i helvete vettu" (Damned Satan in ######, you know!) is probably what the Danes are trying to say... but not many Swedes would say that in any situation I can think of. I agree that spoken Danish is extremely difficult. You would have had an easier time learning Norwegian or Swedish - no potatoes in our throats - the rest is more or less the same. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't like to argue with you, Frikadelle, on the Swedish swearing and I agree on the point about Norwegian being easier to learn than Danish - at least the Norwegians spell their words how they pronounce them! But Swedish being more or less the same as Danish – hmmmm? As perhaps Glaswegian is to Cockney - but no more. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sometimes I speak in Swedish to some of our Norwegen Customers and they understand me ok. I only know a splattering of Dansk so I can't really comment. I was on holiday in Iceland two years ago and that was different again. I could understand a little,but not as much as I thought I would. Mostly it was written Icelandic that I could fathom out. Not too good on the speech front though. I tean to disagree with Meatball on the 'Fy fan' though ,most of the Swedes I worked with at SAAB would come out with that at the slightest hint of things going wrong. That and ' Javla fitta' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I also agree with you on the Swedish swearing - you hear it as often as your hear English speakers say <deleted>. Which brings me relatively neatly to a point I made on the Gay forum - Scandinavians swear using the devils name and consider it almost incomprehensible as to why the English speakers' swear words are all connected to sex and sexual organs. Curious isn't? Anybody know why? Perhaps, in more ways than one, we ought to take our heads out of our asses. And talking of asses, there is a photo of me with a couple of my mates, if you click on my profile.
May 30, 200520 yr That comes off as the Danish caricature of Swedish swearing. It is actually ungrammatical. "Fy fan i helvete vettu" (Damned Satan in ######, you know!) is probably what the Danes are trying to say... but not many Swedes would say that in any situation I can think of. I agree that spoken Danish is extremely difficult. You would have had an easier time learning Norwegian or Swedish - no potatoes in our throats - the rest is more or less the same. I wouldn't like to argue with you, Frikadelle, on the Swedish swearing and I agree on the point about Norwegian being easier to learn than Danish - at least the Norwegians spell their words how they pronounce them! But Swedish being more or less the same as Danish – hmmmm? As perhaps Glaswegian is to Cockney - but no more. Sometimes I speak in Swedish to some of our Norwegen Customers and they understand me ok. I only know a splattering of Dansk so I can't really comment. I was on holiday in Iceland two years ago and that was different again. I could understand a little,but not as much as I thought I would. Mostly it was written Icelandic that I could fathom out. Not too good on the speech front though. I tean to disagree with Meatball on the 'Fy fan' though ,most of the Swedes I worked with at SAAB would come out with that at the slightest hint of things going wrong. That and ' Javla fitta' I also agree with you on the Swedish swearing - you hear it as often as your hear English speakers say <deleted>. Which brings me relatively neatly to a point I made on the Gay forum - Scandinavians swear using the devils name and consider it almost incomprehensible as to why the English speakers' swear words are all connected to sex and sexual organs. Curious isn't? Anybody know why? Perhaps, in more ways than one, we ought to take our heads out of our asses. And talking of asses, there is a photo of me with a couple of my mates, if you click on my profile. You're both missing the point - the entire tirade of swearwords was the issue, not the individual ones. The swear words are used, but not like that. English speakers dont say '<deleted>'ck'ers bl'oo'dy p'iss da'mn' very often, do they? To set things straight - 'Fy fan' expresses disgust or disbelief, and is not what you say when things go wrong. Instead, you would say "Fan!", "Helvete!", "Fitta!", or more eloquently, 'Fan i helvete' or 'Helvetes jävla skit'. You can't just string these words together arbitrarily, there are structures you need to follow, för i helvete!
May 30, 200520 yr So we've moved on from 'Smart arsed Latin comments' to 'Disgusting Swedish comments'. I can see where we are getting to. We'll end up with 'How to say goodnight in Eskimo'
May 30, 200520 yr So we've moved on from 'Smart arsed Latin comments' to 'Disgusting Swedish comments'. I can see where we are getting to. We'll end up with 'How to say goodnight in Eskimo' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eskimo 1: f*cking cold isn't it Eskimo 2: yep Eskimo 1:goodnight Eskimo 2: goodnight
May 30, 200520 yr So we've moved on from 'Smart arsed Latin comments' to 'Disgusting Swedish comments'. I can see where we are getting to. We'll end up with 'How to say goodnight in Eskimo' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eskimo 1: f*cking cold isn't it Eskimo 2: yep Eskimo 1:goodnight Eskimo 2: goodnight <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And just what does a Kiwi know about Eskimos (or to give them the correct term, the Inuit)? Probably just about as much as you do on the mating habits of the Greenland penguins. Everyone in the Northern hemisphere knows, the correct way to say goodnight in the igloo is: Eskimo 1.: Nose is cold, Inuit? Eskimo 2.: Mine too.
May 30, 200520 yr oops <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh dear.........that is why of course Eskimo's seldem eat Penguins. ................................................................................ ..............................................................unless there the chocolate variety
May 30, 200520 yr A penguin to an Eskimo is like a sheep to a Kiwi, they love them <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe,but at least our sheep are placid.your Roos actually fight back.You have to be a special kind of person to build a relationship with a Roo that can box.
May 30, 200520 yr at least we still got our emu's, you blokes killed all yours <{POST_SNAPBACK}> nah...we just ate 'em rather than using them as recreational tools...so to speak.
May 30, 200520 yr same as you ate the Hori's, fancy a BBQ lets go to Stuart island <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Close Bronc..the maori (slang = Hori) ate the Moriori and a couple of Australian and Pommie missionarys to boot. Dinner anybody?
May 30, 200520 yr It's been a while, hori means George from memory, I forgot moriori, but you can eat amanda vandstone if you like, she;s a pig
May 30, 200520 yr same as you ate the Hori's, fancy a BBQ lets go to Stuart island <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Close Bronc..the maori (slang = Hori) ate the Moriori and a couple of Australian and Pommie missionarys to boot. Dinner anybody? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now we've got the Kiwi on board, how about the words of the Hakka (if I've spelt it right) and a little translation?
May 30, 200520 yr same as you ate the Hori's, fancy a BBQ lets go to Stuart island <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Close Bronc..the maori (slang = Hori) ate the Moriori and a couple of Australian and Pommie missionarys to boot. Dinner anybody? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now we've got the Kiwi on board, how about the words of the Hakka (if I've spelt it right) and a little translation? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yep Bronc, Hori is George in Maori...Who is Amanda? Ok TM, here are the words and translation.It was a haka by a famous Maori chief called Te Rauparaha.He was almost caught by an enemy tribe but managed to escape.He wrote this Haka. Each tribe have there own Haka,but this is the most well known.It was used by the Maori battalian in WW11 and aparently scared the be-jesus out of some Italians and Germans.It was used as a war dance to scare,but was probably more instumental in getting the adrenalin flowing in the troops....and of course the All Blacks adopted it. Don't try and pronounce the Haka below....different rules than English. Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! Tenei te tangata puhuru huru Nana nei i tiki mai, Whakawhiti te ra A upane! ka upane! A upane! ka upane! Whiti te ra! Hi!! I die! I die! I live! I live! I die! I die! I live! I live! This is the hairy man Who has caused the sun to shine again The Sun shines!! The Te Rauparaha haka is probably the best known of all hakas. Before each international match the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team, chant the Te Rauparaha haka.Māori history says that around 1820 some members of the enemy tribes Ngati Maniapoto and Waikato were pursuing Te Rauparaha. Te Rauparaha made his way to the Taupo area, (North Island) and requested help from the chief Tuwharetoa, who refused. While skirting around the lakeside of Taupo, Te Rauparaha was almost caught by his enemies, who were lying in wait for him. Fleeing for his life, Te Rauparaha arrived at Motuopuhi, and asked the local chief Te Whareangi for protection. After some hesitation, Te Whareangi permitted Te Rauparaha to hide in his kumara (sweet potato) pit. Te Whareangi's wife, Te Rangikoaea then sat over the kumara pit. As the pursuing enemies approached chanting incantations, Te Rauparaha, from the depths of the kumara pit, felt sure he was doomed, muttered Kamate Kamate (I die, I die). On not being discovered by his enemies he cried Ka Ora, Ka Ora (I live, I live). The hairy man who caused the sun to shine again! The sun shines! This hairy man possibly refers to Te Wharerangi, noted for being a hairy man, and who had protected Te Rauparaha. In the literal sense, Upane means terrace, and each Upane possibly refers to each step Te Rauparaha took as he climbed the "terrace steps" out of the kumara pit and into the freedom of sunlight. Te Rauparaha reportedly performed his Haka of joy before Te Wharerangi and Te Rangikoaea, once out of the kumara pit and into freedom. "Tangata puhuruhuru" literally means "the hairy man". Although some accounts give "tangata puhuruhuru" as referring to the hairiness of Te Wharerangi, others indicate that this refers to linking the association of hairiness with bravery. An old French proverb says "II n'a pas de poils sur le ventre" (He has no hair = he is a coward). In the Great War, the French had a popular word for a soldier, "poilu".
May 30, 200520 yr khumataye, khumataye <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not bad bronc, that's exactly how it's pronounced.
May 30, 200520 yr A penguin to an Eskimo is like a sheep to a Kiwi, they love them <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Most Eskimos have never seen a penguin.l
May 30, 200520 yr same as you ate the Hori's, fancy a BBQ lets go to Stuart island <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Close Bronc..the maori (slang = Hori) ate the Moriori and a couple of Australian and Pommie missionarys to boot. Dinner anybody? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now we've got the Kiwi on board, how about the words of the Hakka (if I've spelt it right) and a little translation? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yep Bronc, Hori is George in Maori...Who is Amanda? Ok TM, here are the words and translation.It was a haka by a famous Maori chief called Te Rauparaha.He was almost caught by an enemy tribe but managed to escape.He wrote this Haka. Each tribe have there own Haka,but this is the most well known.It was used by the Maori battalian in WW11 and aparently scared the be-jesus out of some Italians and Germans.It was used as a war dance to scare,but was probably more instumental in getting the adrenalin flowing in the troops....and of course the All Blacks adopted it. Don't try and pronounce the Haka below....different rules than English. Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! Tenei te tangata puhuru huru Nana nei i tiki mai, Whakawhiti te ra A upane! ka upane! A upane! ka upane! Whiti te ra! Hi!! I die! I die! I live! I live! I die! I die! I live! I live! This is the hairy man Who has caused the sun to shine again The Sun shines!! The Te Rauparaha haka is probably the best known of all hakas. Before each international match the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team, chant the Te Rauparaha haka.Māori history says that around 1820 some members of the enemy tribes Ngati Maniapoto and Waikato were pursuing Te Rauparaha. Te Rauparaha made his way to the Taupo area, (North Island) and requested help from the chief Tuwharetoa, who refused. While skirting around the lakeside of Taupo, Te Rauparaha was almost caught by his enemies, who were lying in wait for him. Fleeing for his life, Te Rauparaha arrived at Motuopuhi, and asked the local chief Te Whareangi for protection. After some hesitation, Te Whareangi permitted Te Rauparaha to hide in his kumara (sweet potato) pit. Te Whareangi's wife, Te Rangikoaea then sat over the kumara pit. As the pursuing enemies approached chanting incantations, Te Rauparaha, from the depths of the kumara pit, felt sure he was doomed, muttered Kamate Kamate (I die, I die). On not being discovered by his enemies he cried Ka Ora, Ka Ora (I live, I live). The hairy man who caused the sun to shine again! The sun shines! This hairy man possibly refers to Te Wharerangi, noted for being a hairy man, and who had protected Te Rauparaha. In the literal sense, Upane means terrace, and each Upane possibly refers to each step Te Rauparaha took as he climbed the "terrace steps" out of the kumara pit and into the freedom of sunlight. Te Rauparaha reportedly performed his Haka of joy before Te Wharerangi and Te Rangikoaea, once out of the kumara pit and into freedom. "Tangata puhuruhuru" literally means "the hairy man". Although some accounts give "tangata puhuruhuru" as referring to the hairiness of Te Wharerangi, others indicate that this refers to linking the association of hairiness with bravery. An old French proverb says "II n'a pas de poils sur le ventre" (He has no hair = he is a coward). In the Great War, the French had a popular word for a soldier, "poilu". <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the information. When I had the dubious honour of captaining the school's 1st XV (1965-66 Forest Fields Grammar, Nottingham if anybody is interested), I sacrilegiously introduced a version of the Haka to our start-up. It started with a lot of heavy staring, waving of arms and ugly faces and ended with the leap. We chanted something like this: Comati, comati, yeh, yeh Boloxi, crashiti, nackardy, nackardy Comati, comati, yeh, yeh Boloxi, crashiti, nackardy, nackardy Smashiti, bashiti, hey Don’t be offended, it was our unashamed tribute to the greatest rugby team in the world. Some say it started all sorts of rumours about an ex-All Black coach or a secret All Black schoolboy member of the team. Whatever, I like to think we gained a psychological advantage that was worth at least 10 points, even if it was only on the basis of the fact that our opponents thought we were a bunch of raving nutters.
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