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Old 05-13-2008, 03:07 PM   #121
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Old 05-13-2008, 03:09 PM   #122
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Old 05-13-2008, 03:12 PM   #123
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Ha! The best so far, I think. Karma-thwacked.
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Old 05-13-2008, 03:14 PM   #124
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Old 05-13-2008, 03:20 PM   #125
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So does French have an equivalent to "shank"? I guess my frie-specific terms will have to come from fellow McMericans.
if a shank is a knife, then probably the closest would be "chlass" (pronounced shloss*), although there are many words for knife. i'm not really sure though. it may surprise you to learn that i am not exceptionally well-versed in prison slang.

(edit)*heu, not "Schloß" like the german word for castle (i hope i spelled it correctly)... but like "shlahss".
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:24 PM   #126
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As they're French fries:

1) Interminable
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3) Papillon
i didn't see this before. well done !
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Old 05-13-2008, 11:25 PM   #127
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So does French have an equivalent to "shank"?
I'm not attempting to answer for the French term --- but there's also the lovely term "shiv". I think that means any hidden (or not?) blade, not just one made from other stuff while in prison.
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Old 05-14-2008, 03:53 AM   #128
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"Gezellig" in Dutch is also generally considered untranslatable, at least into English.
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Old 05-14-2008, 04:54 AM   #129
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i have never found a good english equivalent for one specific meaning of this word.
Do you think a combination of 'perturbation', 'whither', and 'tease' as in to tease hair, fits?
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Old 05-14-2008, 06:37 AM   #130
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"Gezellig" in Dutch is also generally considered untranslatable, at least into English.
explain please ?

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Do you think a combination of 'perturbation', 'whither', and 'tease' as in to tease hair, fits?
not necessarily, however we should mozzle a word with that meaning immediately !
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Old 05-15-2008, 05:33 AM   #131
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explain please ?
In French, you'd probably use "sociable, familier, intime, plaisant, confortable, douillet, agreable". The expression "Het is hier gezellig" would be translated as "on est bien ici" but I'm not sure it covers the entire meaning.

I've never been able to find a nice, single-word English translation for it.
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Old 05-15-2008, 05:49 AM   #132
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In French, you'd probably use "sociable, familier, intime, plaisant, confortable, douillet, agreable". The expression "Het is hier gezellig" would be translated as "on est bien ici" but I'm not sure it covers the entire meaning.
holy cow, *all* of them ?? wo ist "hier" ? da kann ich mit komme ?
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Old 05-15-2008, 06:37 AM   #133
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I've never been able to find a nice, single-word English translation for it.
If "gezellig" means the same as "gesellig" in German: how about "chummy"?

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not "Schloß" like the german word for castle (i hope i spelled it correctly)
You did, although that's the old spelling (you've heard of the spelling reform from 1998?) – the new spelling is "Schloss".
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In French, you'd probably use "sociable, familier, intime, plaisant, confortable, douillet, agreable". The expression "Het is hier gezellig" would be translated as "on est bien ici" but I'm not sure it covers the entire meaning.

I've never been able to find a nice, single-word English translation for it.
Affable?
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:52 AM   #135
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Affable?
well, based on the examples he gave and the french translations, it seems to describe a place or an ambiance more than a person, and i think i would use chummy or affable to describe a person, not a place.

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You did, although that's the old spelling (you've heard of the spelling reform from 1998?) – the new spelling is "Schloss".
what ??? no more esszed ??? it's a travesty !! i hate spelling reforms.
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