War is Homo (841 hits)
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Submitted by whataefag (View user info) at 2005-10-27 17:39:55 EDT
I just now received my daily word of the day from yesterday, and, as if we couldn't be even more confused by the English language, yesterday's word was:
Word of the Day for Wednesday October 26, 2005
virago \vuh-RAH-go; vuh-RAY-go\, noun:
1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage.
2. A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.
That could be quite a shock to the boys at Yamaha.
Socrates' wife Xanthippe was always presented in philosophy classes as the archetype of a virago, in the modern sense.
I don't think the Yamahas were old enough to have taken the archaic meaning, which seems to have died out somewhere in the patriarchal 19th century. Were they making Yamaha motorcycles in 1849?
Galfridus, feeling very old today
Have you ever seen the site http://www.engrish.com
And we wonder why they get it 'wong' ...
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Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-10-28 09:19:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-10-27 18:36:39 (#)
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+2 for the link to engrish.com. Can't believe I never saw that site before.
Submitted by Sterculius (user info) at 2005-10-27 22:58:09 EDT (#)
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Were you, like, singing or something? Cause I didn't understand a word you said.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-10-27 18:36:39 EDT (#)
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+2 for the link to engrish.com. Can't believe I never saw that site before.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-10-27 18:14:32 EDT (#)
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I just now received my daily word of the day from yesterday, and, as if we couldn't be even more confused by the English language, yesterday's word was:
Word of the Day for Wednesday October 26, 2005
virago \vuh-RAH-go; vuh-RAY-go\, noun:
1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage.
2. A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.
That could be quite a shock to the boys at Yamaha.
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so, a 'Virago' is a fast, out-of-control bitch who wants to take you for a sexy ride and then dump you face-first onto the pavement?
Sounds about right to me...
Submitted by DrSeussman (user info) at 2005-10-27 18:14:23 EDT (#)
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Yeah as Americans we are quick to throw an insult at someone who can't pronounce the language correctly or well. No thought to the fact that they know more than one language. When I was in Germany it was explained to me that the german language (as are most) are much more rigid and that there is no way they could say something as simple as walking sticking or googling.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/77837
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-10-27 18:13:21 EDT (#)
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WTF are you talking about?