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"Weird and Wonderful Foreign Phrases" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-23 12:21:44

English is a rich and wonderful language - but sometimes it’s just not good enough. For example have you ever searched around in vain for a word to describe someone who gets excited by eating garlic? Or wondered why there isn’t a nice pithy term for a person who is only attractive if they’re standing quite far away? Other languages do have such words. The extraordinary variety of international speech is captured in Toujours Tingo a new book which draws on more than 300 languages exploring the areas where English fails us. Kaelling - Danish: a woman who stands on her doorstep yelling obscenities at her kids. Pesamenteiro - Portuguese: one who joins groups of mourners at the home of a dead person apparently to offer condolences but in reality is just there for the refreshments. Okuri-OKAMI - Japanese: literally a “see-you-home-wolf”. A man who feigns thoughtfulness by offering to see a girl home only to try to molest her once he gets in the door. Jayus - Indonesian: someone who tells a joke so unfunny you can’t help laughing. Spesenritter - German: a person who shows off by paying the bill on the firm’s money literally “an expense knight”. Kamaki - Greek: the young local guys strolling up and down beaches hunting for female tourists literally “harpoons”. Kanjus Makkhicus - Hindi: a person so miserly that if a fly falls into his cup of tea he’ll fish it out and suck it dry before throwing it away. Giri-GIRI - Hawaiian pidgin: the place where two or three hairs stick up no matter what. Pelinti - Buli. Ghana: to move very hot food around inside one’s mouth. Dii-KOYNA - Ndebele. South Africa: to destroy one’s property in anger. Hanyauku - Rukwangali. Namibia: walking on tiptoes across warm sand. Tartle - Scottish: to hesitate when you are introducing someone whose name you can’t quite remember. Vovohe Tahtsenaotse - Cheyenne. US: to prepare the mouth before speaking by moving or licking one’s lips. Prozvonit - Czech and Slovak: to call someone’s mobile from your own to leave your number in their memory without them picking it up. Hira Hira - Japanese: the feeling you get when you walk into a dark and decrepit old house in the middle of the night. Koi No Yokan - Japanese: a sense on first meeting someone that it is going to evolve into love. Cafune - Brazilian Portuguese: the tender running of one’s fingers through the hair of one’s mate. Shnourkovat Sya - Russian: when drivers change lanes frequently and unreasonably. Gadrii Nombor Shulen Jongu - Tibetan: giving an answer that is unrelated to the question literally “to give a green answer to a blue question”. Biritululo - Kiriwani. Papua New Guinea: comparing yams to settle a dispute. Poronkusema - Finnish: the distance equal to how far a reindeer can travel without a comfort break. Gamadj - Obibway. North America: dancing with a scalp in one’s hands in order to receive presents. Baling - Manobo. Philippines: the action of a woman who when she wants to marry a man goes to his house and refuses to leave until marriage is agreed upon. Dona - Yamana. Chile: to take lice from a person’s head and squash between one’s teeth. Oka/SHETE - Ndonga. Nigeria: urination difficulties caused by eating frogs before the rain has duly fallen. Layogenic - Tagalog. Philippines: a person who is only goodlooking from a distance. Rhwe - South Africa: to sleep on the floor without a mat while drunk and naked. Shvitzer - Yiddish: someone who sweats a lot especially a nervous seducer. Gattara - Italian: a woman often old and lonely who devotes herself to stray cats. Creerse La Ultima Coca-COLA EN EL DESIERTO - Central American Spanish: to have a very high opinion of oneself literally to “think one is the last Coca-Cola in the desert”. Vrane Su Mu Popile Mozak - Croatian: crazy literally “cows have drunk his brain”. Du Kannst Mir Gern Den Buckel Runterrutschen Und Mit Der Zunge Bremsen - Austrian German: abusive insult literally “you can slide down my hunchback using your tongue as a brake”. Tener Una Cara De Telefono Ocupado - Puerto Rican Spanish: to be angry literally “to have a face like a busy telephone”. Bablat - Hebrew: baloney but is an acronym of “beelbool beytseem le-lo takhleet” which means “bothering someone’s testicles for no reason”. Vai A Fava - Portuguese: get lost literally “go to the fava bean”. Rombhoru - Bengali: a woman having thighs as shapely as banana trees. Tako-NYODU - Japanese: a baldy literally an “octopus monk”. Snyavshi Shtany. PO VOLOSAM NE GLADYAT - Russian: once you’ve taken off your pants it’s too late to look at your hair. Mariteddu Tamant’e Un Ditu Ieddu Voli Essa Rivaritu - Corsican: a husband must be respected even if he is very short. Bayram Degil (SEYRAN DEGIL ENISTE BENI NIYE OPTU? - Turkish: there must be something behind this. Literally “it’s not festival time it’s not a pleasure trip so why did my brother-in-law kiss me”? [...] hmillic placed an interesting blog post on Weird and Wonderful Foreign Phrases. Here’s a brief overview:Weird and wonderful foreign phrases.. . that just don’t translate. By Nick Webster. English is a rich and wonderful language - but sometimes it’s just not good enough. For example have you ever searched around in vain for a word to … [...] XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

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"Idioms and Common Phrases" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-10-05 02:24:33

get / sit / make / play down to brass tacks? Here are four quizzes that test common English idioms and phrases: I like some of the idiom and verbal phrase quizzes but I would like to be able to use them as a teacher and therefore create them off. Is it possible to do this so we can use quizzes for our classes.?? Thanks Line and carve up breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" call="">

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"Phrases from Barth" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-07-01 07:20:55

good things to say. I found a few thought-provoking phrases in a book I read about him: Describing Christ’s incarnation: “The Way of the Son of God into the Far Country”A “Condescension Inconceivably gift” Describing Christ’s death: “Love is a determination of the whole human being.” “Life is a temporary loan from God.”“We be with the knowledge that we must die.” Karl Barth Theologian of Christian Witness. Louisville: Westminster John Knox. 2004. Pages 124. 131. 151. {} XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <strike> <strong>

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"Those Pesky Phrases?Editing, Part III" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-18 23:43:08

I get into a trance state sometimes and I conclude as though the words just flow right out of my fingers and into the keyboard. Sometimes that choose of writing can be very good but oftentimes when I reread it I find I am approve to using the same old phrases and sentence structure. I used to push myself to write 5000 words a day when I was first starting out but now I experience that quality doesn’t always follow from quantity. These days I am lucky to create verbally 5000 a week but I think I have to do much less editing later on because I am much more careful about what I put drink to mouth with. To help myself I undergo made a running enumerate of words and phrases I want to avoid using if at all possible. It has helped me tremendously. With a good word processing program like MS Word it is easy to use the sight dominate to track down these annoying cliches and then regenerate them with more imaginative prose. I don’t always catch them and this is when having a writing buddy really helps. A fresh pair of eyes can alter all the difference. But one thing I have never been able to evaluate out–an acceptable synonym for the word LOL! I undergo the same list in front of me. And I undergo another enumerate of mistakes I make a lot. I anticipate all writers undergo those problems. Five thousand words a day? Twenty pages? Ack!!! That’s a bunch. I know women who write that much when on deadline but I’m happy when do it in a week. I wish I could join RWA but unless they undergo a chapter for ex-pats (I live in New Zealand) I am afraid I am out of luck. There is a New Zealand writer’s group called PEN but the people in it are terribly snobby and think that e-publishing and print on bespeak don’t ascertain as real writing. Sigh. My own feeling is that e-books are the way of the future but sometimes I conclude a bit like a pioneer in my covered wagon heading west before the main gesticulate of settlers arrive.

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"Latin phrases" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 16:03:29

Greetings! The texts and materials that can be found on this place are too diverse to be easily categorized let alone accept one to go up with some kind of a mission statement. That being said most of the cram here has something to do with the Latin language including its perception and use in popular culture. Among the highlights are (a Windows interface for W. Whitaker's "Latin Words"). RSS cater and. These resources are meant to be enjoyed by both the people seriously interested in the Latin language and anyone simply dabbling for whatever reason in the idiom of Ancient Rome and Medieval Europe. I also plan to use this communicate to communicate people about new content and also share a few random ideas every once in a while. Yeah that kind of thing. Should you need to contact me just get a mention to any entry.

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"Some of my pet phrases?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-09 14:38:42

Other words I hate that I use all too often: that got gotten then but suddenly surprize I try to read things that ordain improve my own vocabulary like the works of Gene Wolfe. I especially desire the Book of the Long Sun series. It is good to be able to come up with a unique evince or evince now and again–something you experience captures the essence of what you are trying to say exactly. It doesn’t happen all that often for me but the more words I write (I have probably passed half a million) the more opportunities I undergo.

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"Forget the Grammar, Just Repeat the Phrases" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-27 22:39:06

in the Factory Stores of America outlet bear on come Power and Baseline. Inge revved up her bewitching Latin ebullience talking about the fun of language learning."I teach my students the Spanish vowels first," Inge explained. "because they are surely different. "If you experience those you are already halfway there," she added. "Because Spanish is a very phonetic language."Inge's students get to work with phrases right away. "Most people know a word or two," Inge said. From this starting point she can plug the words into a phrase of every-day usage. And then change in extra words to tune the ear and expand the vocabulary. "We try not to speak English at all in categorise," said the enthusiastic teacher. "And it works."Thus. Inge's whole-language methodology is different from the traditional grammar schools. Her style follows the immersion theory. First comprehend then repeat until it sinks in without the hurt of drilling conjugation endings. Students are encouraged to hone their ears during any Spanish exposure they can get from communicate. TV and publications. Inge with boundless energy has mastered many trades. She design a clothing lie and run her own clothing factory in Colombia worked as a nanny in a household when she move to United State and took accounting as a CPA and most recently left her business of 18 years. Before she moved to Arizona. Inge directed the first bilingual preschool in Seattle. Children are believably. Inge's world. When she moved to Superstition Springs she invested her teaching skills and love for populate in her ¡HOLA!® language educate. The Language and Learning Center has three classrooms: one for preschool children one for school-age children and adults and a laptop laboratory for all ages. Noticing the challenge mark on my face. Inge explained. "People hit the books better when they see something with their eyes." Maybe you don't know the word rojo but when you see red students instantly understand. The real reason perhaps is that computers can be so much fun. "You are actually learning when you're playing," Inge summarized.¡HOLA!® offers two comprehensive preschool programs mornings and afternoons each including session blocks in math. English language arts (reading writing) and Spanish instruction. Two after-school Spanish programs (4 and 5:15 p m.) are offered for school-age children. And evening Spanish classes belong to the adults."Learning languages playfully is much easier for children," Inge observed. "They sorb the language like a pass over." Even the ones who didn't like languages that much when little can recall lots of skills at high school age."I make my children buddy up with a Spanish-speaking friend," said Inge. "When they get together for compete. I want them to communicate Spanish as they can for about an hour." This language instructor has observed that when regularity kicks in learning any language becomes a part of the child's routine just desire piano practice. For the holidays ¡HOLA!® is offering Ginger Bread houses Decoration classes;"This pass give your Special one a memory that measure a live time". Start a new tradition He/she will undergo a wonderful time decorating a spice Bread house using their imagination to act roof windows and doors with different shaped and colored candies while he/ she hit the books Spanish wordsFor more information about Inge's ¡HOLA! Language Learning bear on call (480)-654-HOLA. The educate is located in the Factory Stores of America building. 2055 S. Power Rd.. Suite 1104 near the Power-Baseline intersection.

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"MLM Success Training The Top 15 Power Phrases Wwwmoney For ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-17 19:28:32

Death of Two Majors My prediction here construe: “I think 2002 ordain wwwmoney for collegecom communicate the demise for at least wwwmomey two of the major search engines and d irectories”. … There is a wwwmoney for collegecom know version of the software that also includes 1,000,000,000 fresh leads….

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"Revisited: The Art of SEO" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-03 15:41:46

As much as Google *pretends* to like SEOs by inviting us to parties at the Googleplex and posting on SEO forums the bottom lie is that they don't like us -- or rather they don't like what we do. explore wants to sight the beat most relevant sites for the search ask at transfer all by themselves. Perhaps someday they ordain actually be able to do that but for now they comfort be our help whether they desire it or not. Unfortunately unscrupulous SEOs undergo given Google good reasons not to like us. Because of search engine spammers. explore is constantly changing their ranking criteria and is always on the lookout for the telltale signs of SEO on any given place. It's not a huge stretch to say that they may change surface downgrade the sites that they believe have been SEO'd. If you evaluate that having your keyword phrases "in all the right places for SEO" is a good thing think again! You're essentially telling explore. "Hey look.. my place has been SEO'd!" To which they say. "Thanks so much for letting us know... ZAP.. see ya later!" Doesn't be if your site is the most relevant (in your mind) to the search ask. Doesn't be that you've placed your keyword phrases strategically throughout the place. That's actually the thing that may become your downfall. Stuff that worked desire a charm for many populate in the early years of SEO may actually hurt rather than back up now. As to what might trigger an SEO "red flag," my guess is that it's a combination of things. desire if you undergo a certain number of traditional SEO factors on any given page those may set off some Google warning bells (otherwise known as a e-mail filter). If you put the same keyword evince in many of those spots you might very come up trigger a spam filter. Since it's difficult to cause how many and which combinations of those things might trigger the filter the best advice I can furnish you is to do your SEO without any particular formula in object. That's how I've always done it and it's always worked because every site is unique and has different SEO needs. Unfortunately it's difficult to exposit this type of SEO to others as people are always looking for the magic formula. For as desire as I've been doing SEO (over 12 years now). I've had it in the approve of my mind that I wouldn't want to tip off the engines that my sites were SEO'd. This is one of the reasons I've never used keyword-rich domain names or register names. That's probably the most obvious SEO thing you can do. The most important aspect to being a good SEO is creativity. You shouldn't mind too much about the specifics of putting keyword phrases here and there and again over there. Not every page needs an H1 heading with keyword phrases in it. If your page isn't designed to use H1 headings you don't need to change it to use one just for SEO purposes. And many images don't really and truly make sense with a keyword evince in their alt attribute (alt tag). Don't compel one to be there just for the examine engines. Most importantly for Google (and for your users) when it comes to your page copy and how you use your visible keyword phrases less is definitely more. gratify don't read my and then put the same keyword phrase in every hit available spot on your page that you can sight. My inform is supposed to back up you think about a few places you may have missed because you weren't thinking about being descriptive when you originally wrote the write. You can definitely undergo too much of a good thing. A first paragraph on a page that has say. 4 sentences should not have 10 instances of your keyword phrase. It will be and sound dumb. I know that I undergo stressed this in my conference presentations and in our High Rankings seminars but no be how many times I say this people don't quite grasp the importance of working this way. If your write reads poorly to a human and does not come across as natural professional copywriting the examine engines won't like it either. When you do SEO you don't follow a guidebook. Think desire a examine engineer and believe all the possible things they might have to combat both now and in the future. Always optimize for 3 or 4 or change surface up to 5 phrases and spread them out throughout the entire page. Never ever ever evaluate that it's the first paragraph that matters and cram 'em all in there. There should be an compete distribution throughout the entire page and you should never use the phrases so much that you comprehend them constantly when you construe it. If you've done it alter an everyday user should not have any idea that a page has been SEO'd. A trained SEO should be able to sight what your keyword phrases are but it shouldn't be glaringly obvious. measure but not least contract a professional copywriter to work on the important pages of your site. This is the beat investment you can make for your place and your business. change surface if you don't be to hire an SEO you absolutely MUST contract a professional copywriter. You need someone who really and truly understands aim audiences and how to communicate to them about.

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"A Few Pet Store Phrases Translated :-)" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 12:59:49

Community: you must have a school or alter (i e at least 3 or more of the same type or species) to go fish stress and increase survival chances. Yes the occasional neon tetra can be alone but this is the exception not the rule. Neons do beat (and are nicest to watch) in a assort of at least six to eight. Aggressive: they be a lot of living space. They are territorial will often cater in a frenzy and ordain sometimes fight other fish. It also means they change larger (anywhere from 6 inches to 3 feet!) However almost any write of fish can possess aggressive behavior. change surface a red minor tetra. For those fish that grow to at least 6 inches assume you need at least 2 gallons of water for every one advance of adult fish -- so find out how big they get before you buy! furnish Feeder: is often confused with an algae eater. These are usually catfish that eat food which falls to the furnish of an aquarium. Except to be really healthy they demand food of their own such as sinking shrimp pellets.

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