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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Reading a feel-good book about the Danish concept of "hygge" -- which is hard to translate succinctly into English but can be described as "the art of creating intimacy", "cosiness of the soul", "the absence of annoyance", "taking pleasure from the presence of soothing things" and "cosy togetherness".
There's a lovely section on unique words or phrases from around the world...specific to their languages...
Iktsuarpok : (Inuit)
The feeling of anticipation that leads you to look outside to see if anyone is coming.
Friolero : (Spanish)
A person who is very sensitive to cold weather.
Cafuné : (Brazilian Portuguese)
The act of tenderly running one's fingers through the hair of a loved one.
Hanyauku : (Rukwangali/Namibia)
Walking on your toes on warm sand.
Busat : (Sami/Northern Scandinavia)
A reindeer bull with a single, very large testicle.
Rire dans sa barbe : (French)
To 'laugh in your beard', quietly, while thinking about something from the past.
Utepils : (Norwegian)
To sit outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer.
Tsundoko : (Japanese)
The constant act of buying books but never reading them.
Schilderwald : (German)
A street with so many road signs that you become lost.
Gattara : (Italian)
An old woman who devotes her life to stray cats.
Any delightful and quirky words/phrases that you have picked up on your travels that are unique to their original language? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"g'day mate, fancy a barbie?
lived in oz for a couple of years, heard this a lot
and 'a tinny'..ozzy for a beer..."
Ha! I'm having Neighbours and Home & Away tv teen years flashbacks now! |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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Hiraeth: a Welsh word for a longing for a home you can no longer go back to. There is no direct English translation.
Kümmerspeck: a German word (the literal translation is grief bacon) that refers to the act of putting on weight when you break up with someone and comfort eat as a result.
Shinrin-yoku: a Japanese phrase for how being in a forest makes you feel better and improves your health.
There are loads more but those are favourites that immediately spring to mind.
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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago
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"I like the word 'zeitgeist' meaning the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
'Spirit of the Age' by Hawkwind. "
have you watched the movie of the same name? great isnt it? x  |
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"I like the word 'zeitgeist' meaning the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
'Spirit of the Age' by Hawkwind. "
Ooooh yes. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Hiraeth: a Welsh word for a longing for a home you can no longer go back to. There is no direct English translation.
Kümmerspeck: a German word (the literal translation is grief bacon) that refers to the act of putting on weight when you break up with someone and comfort eat as a result.
Shinrin-yoku: a Japanese phrase for how being in a forest makes you feel better and improves your health.
There are loads more but those are favourites that immediately spring to mind.
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I  these!! |
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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago
in the suffolk countryside |
"g'day mate, fancy a barbie?
lived in oz for a couple of years, heard this a lot
and 'a tinny'..ozzy for a beer...
Ha! I'm having Neighbours and Home & Away tv teen years flashbacks now! "
lived five minutes from the home and away set, used to drink with some of them in newport..funny bunch |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oooh I love this, thanks OP!
I'll give two Brooklynisms.
Agita - my aunt says this all the time. It refers to pain from stress or eating - it's like heartburn but it's not that specific. I think the Sopranos made it more commonly known.
Airyway - I've said this since I was little and didn't realize it was weird until Marc looked at me like I was crazy. It's the area outside of your front door that encompasses the cellar door. My mother used to tell me and my brother to play in the airyway when I was a kid |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hiraeth: a Welsh word for a longing for a home you can no longer go back to. There is no direct English translation.
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This is such a true word and emotion , I get it when I cross the boarder , a longing for my hills, its so strong |
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A little local but love the phrase from Northumberland 'Blaahin a hoolie':
Meaning 'its rather windy today!'
There is also a wonderful sculpture nearby, well near Pegswood (pronounced 'Pairgswurd! )...The sculpture is of a miner with a bow, firing a spade skywards...often referred to as Robin of Pegswood |
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My beloved grandmother was Indian. She had the most beautifully crazy way with words. She loved to cook and above all to feed. My fondest saying of hers was - 'would you like non veg with your veg?' Yes nana the meat smells great I'd love some non veg. Apparently it was the normal way to say meat back home. She always pronounced it 'weg' same as 'wimto' if she offered you a drink. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"g'day mate, fancy a barbie?
lived in oz for a couple of years, heard this a lot
and 'a tinny'..ozzy for a beer...
Ha! I'm having Neighbours and Home & Away tv teen years flashbacks now! lived five minutes from the home and away set, used to drink with some of them in newport..funny bunch "
Ooooh!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Oooh I love this, thanks OP!
I'll give two Brooklynisms.
Agita - my aunt says this all the time. It refers to pain from stress or eating - it's like heartburn but it's not that specific. I think the Sopranos made it more commonly known.
Airyway - I've said this since I was little and didn't realize it was weird until Marc looked at me like I was crazy. It's the area outside of your front door that encompasses the cellar door. My mother used to tell me and my brother to play in the airyway when I was a kid "
These are great! Thanks C. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"A little local but love the phrase from Northumberland 'Blaahin a hoolie':
Meaning 'its rather windy today!'
There is also a wonderful sculpture nearby, well near Pegswood (pronounced 'Pairgswurd! )...The sculpture is of a miner with a bow, firing a spade skywards...often referred to as Robin of Pegswood "
I feel like I need the audio version in order to appreciate the Northumberland accent!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"My beloved grandmother was Indian. She had the most beautifully crazy way with words. She loved to cook and above all to feed. My fondest saying of hers was - 'would you like non veg with your veg?' Yes nana the meat smells great I'd love some non veg. Apparently it was the normal way to say meat back home. She always pronounced it 'weg' same as 'wimto' if she offered you a drink. "
What a beautiful memory. I'm going to refer to myself as a non-vegetarian from now on. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My beloved grandmother was Indian. She had the most beautifully crazy way with words. She loved to cook and above all to feed. My fondest saying of hers was - 'would you like non veg with your veg?' Yes nana the meat smells great I'd love some non veg. Apparently it was the normal way to say meat back home. She always pronounced it 'weg' same as 'wimto' if she offered you a drink.
What a beautiful memory. I'm going to refer to myself as a non-vegetarian from now on. "
I wish I remembered more. Her Hinglish was a constant source of hilarity when we were young. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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Whilst in Aberdeen I often heard tartle - it's when you can't remember someone's name and umm and ahh until you remember it.
There's also fargin (yiddish) that my grandfather tried to instil in me as an important feeling to nurture which is an appreciation of another without resentment or anything like it.
Engentado (spanish) is rather apt for me currently - it's when you have had enough of people and can't be arsed with them.
My favourite is duende (spanish)- it's closest meaning would that awestruck feeling you get when you view something beautiful and it moves you in some way. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Polish word - kurwa
Means anything and everything. In some places the word Kurwa replaces every other word in a sentence and still makes perfect sense "
*adds kurwa to her profile interests*  |
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"Whilst in Aberdeen I often heard tartle - it's when you can't remember someone's name and umm and ahh until you remember it.
There's also fargin (yiddish) that my grandfather tried to instil in me as an important feeling to nurture which is an appreciation of another without resentment or anything like it.
Engentado (spanish) is rather apt for me currently - it's when you have had enough of people and can't be arsed with them.
My favourite is duende (spanish)- it's closest meaning would that awestruck feeling you get when you view something beautiful and it moves you in some way. "
Oh I'm so using tartle!!! Brilliant, thank you.
These are wonderful |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whilst in Aberdeen I often heard tartle - it's when you can't remember someone's name and umm and ahh until you remember it.
There's also fargin (yiddish) that my grandfather tried to instil in me as an important feeling to nurture which is an appreciation of another without resentment or anything like it.
Engentado (spanish) is rather apt for me currently - it's when you have had enough of people and can't be arsed with them.
My favourite is duende (spanish)- it's closest meaning would that awestruck feeling you get when you view something beautiful and it moves you in some way. "
Never heard of tartle :/ |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Whilst in Aberdeen I often heard tartle - it's when you can't remember someone's name and umm and ahh until you remember it.
There's also fargin (yiddish) that my grandfather tried to instil in me as an important feeling to nurture which is an appreciation of another without resentment or anything like it.
Engentado (spanish) is rather apt for me currently - it's when you have had enough of people and can't be arsed with them.
My favourite is duende (spanish)- it's closest meaning would that awestruck feeling you get when you view something beautiful and it moves you in some way.
Never heard of tartle :/ "
Ahhhh but who would forget the name Sluttymamma?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whilst in Aberdeen I often heard tartle - it's when you can't remember someone's name and umm and ahh until you remember it.
There's also fargin (yiddish) that my grandfather tried to instil in me as an important feeling to nurture which is an appreciation of another without resentment or anything like it.
Engentado (spanish) is rather apt for me currently - it's when you have had enough of people and can't be arsed with them.
My favourite is duende (spanish)- it's closest meaning would that awestruck feeling you get when you view something beautiful and it moves you in some way.
Never heard of tartle :/
Ahhhh but who would forget the name Sluttymamma?! "
Very true  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
Oh! I can translate this one...
''I accepted my forfeit and sucked that OP's knob at the weekend!''
Good old Beardy... Never lets you down "
Oi oi ! We both know that it is not true.
I keep telling myself that |
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
Oh! I can translate this one...
''I accepted my forfeit and sucked that OP's knob at the weekend!''
Good old Beardy... Never lets you down "
Oi, I don't have a knob!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
I like that one. But I thought of it after I'd posted. As is often the way. C'est l'esprit d'escalier. "
L'esprit d'escalier ? I can safely say that I have never heard that one.
Does it mean, something like, dodgy spirit ? Scafold mind ? |
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
Oh! I can translate this one...
''I accepted my forfeit and sucked that OP's knob at the weekend!''
Good old Beardy... Never lets you down
Oi, I don't have a knob! "
She doesn't and I'd love to suck on her tities ( o )( o ) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
Oh! I can translate this one...
''I accepted my forfeit and sucked that OP's knob at the weekend!''
Good old Beardy... Never lets you down
Oi, I don't have a knob!
She doesn't and I'd love to suck on her tities ( o )( o ) "
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There's very few Brightonian words left but people sometimes say, instead of 'sometime', they say 'somewhen' as in "I'll do it somewhen". "
Oh I like that a lot! |
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"You know, I've often wondered, and I 'spose you would have to. What makes people rand the world fackin' sound the way they do? "
As in differing accents? Interesting question. No bloomin' idea. |
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"One for you
Une femme qui rit, est une femme à moitié dans ton lit.
Something about a laughing woman in bed?
Sort of "
Make a woman laugh and you've got her halfway into bed? |
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
Oh! I can translate this one...
''I accepted my forfeit and sucked that OP's knob at the weekend!''
Good old Beardy... Never lets you down
Oi, I don't have a knob! "
Not you Estella, I know you have no knob, I was referring to Beardys new fwb from the weekend |
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"One for you
Une femme qui rit, est une femme à moitié dans ton lit.
Something about a laughing woman in bed?
Sort of
Make a woman laugh and you've got her halfway into bed? "
Ha ha yeap |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You know, I've often wondered, and I 'spose you would have to. What makes people rand the world fackin' sound the way they do?
As in differing accents? Interesting question. No bloomin' idea. "
Pubic hairs. Stuck up noses. |
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"Some of my Cornish friends would say '...where's it to...' instead of '...where is it...'. At least I think that's what they'd say
Does that count?"
Do you really have Cornish friends? Because that sounds a little like, 'some of my best friends are gay'.....and you don't seem sure what these supposed friends say......did you just want to join in the thread Mr A?
Hee hee, I'm teasing! Yes, that counts! |
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Proper Black Country (not the rubbish you see on TV), is full of odd words and phrases.
Its one of the oldest dialects in the UK and reputedly based on old norse. So you get weird and fairly unique words like Lummock (someone clumsy and occasionally an idiot/fool), Yampy (someone who is a bit mad or not quite right'), fittle (food), Black Bats (Beetles), Bob Owlers (big fookin moths), Tunky (Fat), Reasty (dirty/rotten), Wammel  .
My nan was proper old black country, when she was having a chat with her friends or sister- you'd struggle to understand half of it if you weren't local |
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
Oh! I can translate this one...
''I accepted my forfeit and sucked that OP's knob at the weekend!''
Good old Beardy... Never lets you down
Oi, I don't have a knob!
Not you Estella, I know you have no knob, I was referring to Beardys new fwb from the weekend "
"In jokes" need to be explained for everyone's enjoyment! |
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"One for you
Une femme qui rit, est une femme à moitié dans ton lit.
Something about a laughing woman in bed?
Sort of
Make a woman laugh and you've got her halfway into bed?
Ha ha yeap "
So true! |
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"You know, I've often wondered, and I 'spose you would have to. What makes people rand the world fackin' sound the way they do?
As in differing accents? Interesting question. No bloomin' idea.
Pubic hairs. Stuck up noses. "
Well yes, I'm sure having pubic hairs stuck up one's nose may well affect how one sounds... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Proper Black Country (not the rubbish you see on TV), is full of odd words and phrases.
Its one of the oldest dialects in the UK and reputedly based on old norse. So you get weird and fairly unique words like Lummock (someone clumsy and occasionally an idiot/fool), Yampy (someone who is a bit mad or not quite right'), fittle (food), Black Bats (Beetles), Bob Owlers (big fookin moths), Tunky (Fat), Reasty (dirty/rotten), Wammel .
My nan was proper old black country, when she was having a chat with her friends or sister- you'd struggle to understand half of it if you weren't local "
Love this!
I'm a bit tunky so I need to get out with the wammel for a walk to help me out! |
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"Some of my Cornish friends would say '...where's it to...' instead of '...where is it...'. At least I think that's what they'd say
Does that count?
Do you really have Cornish friends? Because that sounds a little like, 'some of my best friends are gay'.....and you don't seem sure what these supposed friends say......did you just want to join in the thread Mr A?
Hee hee, I'm teasing! Yes, that counts! "
They're really not made up... honest  |
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"Some of my Cornish friends would say '...where's it to...' instead of '...where is it...'. At least I think that's what they'd say
Does that count?
Do you really have Cornish friends? Because that sounds a little like, 'some of my best friends are gay'.....and you don't seem sure what these supposed friends say......did you just want to join in the thread Mr A?
Hee hee, I'm teasing! Yes, that counts!
They're really not made up... honest "
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"You know, I've often wondered, and I 'spose you would have to. What makes people rand the world fackin' sound the way they do?
As in differing accents? Interesting question. No bloomin' idea.
Pubic hairs. Stuck up noses.
Well yes, I'm sure having pubic hairs stuck up one's nose may well affect how one sounds..."
So out of curiosity I thought I'd ask some of me mates. |
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"I like the word 'zeitgeist' meaning the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
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That's one of my favourite....
'Besos'.... signing off in Spanish (or is it Portuguese? ) with kisses. |
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There's only one of them I can quote on here...
Now Bluey Mill, he's a mate of mine and he's knocked
Around a bit
From shearin' sheds and drillin' rigs to sewers
Shovelin' shit.
He's been there seen it and done it all, and sometimes
He's done it twice
And if any bloke would know it's him,
so I'll ask Bluey for advice.
It was one night 'round the barby, when we'd knocked
Back one or two
I said, 'Blue old son how come you fackin' sound the way you do?'
'Well... I've got this fuckin' pubic hair, stuck right
Up me nose
And I snort and sniff and go like this, (snort!) but the bastard
Never goes!
So if ya recon I sound different, that's the reason I
Suppose
This piddly fuckin' pubic hair stuck right up me nose.'
In this ole world there's not a thing to drive you to
Despair
'Like an unwelcome and unwanted orphan fanny pubic
Hair.' |
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"I like the word 'zeitgeist' meaning the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
That's one of my favourite....
'Besos'.... signing off in Spanish (or is it Portuguese? ) with kisses."
Mwahh |
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" There's only one of them I can quote on here...
Now Bluey Mill, he's a mate of mine and he's knocked
Around a bit
From shearin' sheds and drillin' rigs to sewers
Shovelin' shit.
He's been there seen it and done it all, and sometimes
He's done it twice
And if any bloke would know it's him,
so I'll ask Bluey for advice.
It was one night 'round the barby, when we'd knocked
Back one or two
I said, 'Blue old son how come you fackin' sound the way you do?'
'Well... I've got this fuckin' pubic hair, stuck right
Up me nose
And I snort and sniff and go like this, (snort!) but the bastard
Never goes!
So if ya recon I sound different, that's the reason I
Suppose
This piddly fuckin' pubic hair stuck right up me nose.'
In this ole world there's not a thing to drive you to
Despair
'Like an unwelcome and unwanted orphan fanny pubic
Hair.'"
Hahahahahaha!!! you, Clem |
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A couple of Lancashire ones;
Nesh meaning someone who feels the cold or is a bit soft.
Tha's reet nesh tha is!
Mee-mawing- mouthing words whilst not making the sounds, often combined with making the gesture. (originates from people working in mills where it was usually too loud to be heard) |
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"A couple of Lancashire ones;
Nesh meaning someone who feels the cold or is a bit soft.
Tha's reet nesh tha is!
Mee-mawing- mouthing words whilst not making the sounds, often combined with making the gesture. (originates from people working in mills where it was usually too loud to be heard)"
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Mono-no-aware (Japanese).
Like many 'un-English' concepts this has no direct translation but "the beauty of pathos" is common, I prefer "the sadness that underlies all things."
It's the idea of impermanence, transience in which moments of beauty may be found that reveals a deeper, sad truth about ourselves and the world.
I've probably mangled that.
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"Mono-no-aware (Japanese).
Like many 'un-English' concepts this has no direct translation but "the beauty of pathos" is common, I prefer "the sadness that underlies all things."
It's the idea of impermanence, transience in which moments of beauty may be found that reveals a deeper, sad truth about ourselves and the world.
I've probably mangled that.
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Did you know the Japanese don't have a term for menopause? |
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"Mono-no-aware (Japanese).
Like many 'un-English' concepts this has no direct translation but "the beauty of pathos" is common, I prefer "the sadness that underlies all things."
It's the idea of impermanence, transience in which moments of beauty may be found that reveals a deeper, sad truth about ourselves and the world.
I've probably mangled that.
Did you know the Japanese don't have a term for menopause? "
Did you know that innuendo is the Italian for suppository? |
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"Mono-no-aware (Japanese).
Like many 'un-English' concepts this has no direct translation but "the beauty of pathos" is common, I prefer "the sadness that underlies all things."
It's the idea of impermanence, transience in which moments of beauty may be found that reveals a deeper, sad truth about ourselves and the world.
I've probably mangled that.
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No, that was beautiful. |
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"Mono-no-aware (Japanese).
Like many 'un-English' concepts this has no direct translation but "the beauty of pathos" is common, I prefer "the sadness that underlies all things."
It's the idea of impermanence, transience in which moments of beauty may be found that reveals a deeper, sad truth about ourselves and the world.
I've probably mangled that.
Did you know the Japanese don't have a term for menopause?
Did you know that innuendo is the Italian for suppository?"
More like "in your end though"! |
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"When I was a kid and I'd occasionally ask for stuff, my mum would reply with, "Tango sierra," which she told me was Swahili for "Bad luck."
Took me years to work that out "
I like your mum! |
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"A couple of Lancashire ones;
Nesh meaning someone who feels the cold or is a bit soft.
Tha's reet nesh tha is!
Mee-mawing- mouthing words whilst not making the sounds, often combined with making the gesture. (originates from people working in mills where it was usually too loud to be heard)"
This is what Les Dawson used to do when he did the sketches of the two old women and he said it's called 'mee-mawing' from the mills. |
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By *igeiaWoman
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"Je ris dans ma barbe en ce moment même
I like that one. But I thought of it after I'd posted. As is often the way. C'est l'esprit d'escalier.
L'esprit d'escalier ? I can safely say that I have never heard that one.
Does it mean, something like, dodgy spirit ? Scafold mind ? "
Staircase wit. The retort or comeback you think of when you're away and halfway down the stairs. I had a French Lit lecturer at uni that said it a lot and I always loved it. |
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"A couple of Lancashire ones;
Nesh meaning someone who feels the cold or is a bit soft.
Tha's reet nesh tha is!
Mee-mawing- mouthing words whilst not making the sounds, often combined with making the gesture. (originates from people working in mills where it was usually too loud to be heard)
This is what Les Dawson used to do when he did the sketches of the two old women and he said it's called 'mee-mawing' from the mills. "
It is indeed, my Nan and her friends would have entire conversations in Mee-maw. |
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The Geordies have some stunners that still make me laugh, but there's plenty more qualified to share them than me. And yes, had away and shite was one of them |
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