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Post by philster on Jul 23, 2005 18:57:03 GMT
Ah so you're from Germany, alrik Hm... cool! I learned something new today.
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Post by Shan on Jul 24, 2005 6:02:04 GMT
It would be around me. I don't mind losing, but I just hate going into a game knowing that I am going to lose. That takes all the fun out of it for me. The only time I might play something like that with Chris, you or anyone that good would be if we were playing teams and I got to play with someone just as good. Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 24, 2005 6:03:59 GMT
I still haven't learned anything new. I already knew Alrik was from Germany. Looks like I am going to have to go find a dictionary just to learn a new word or something. Shan
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Post by philster on Jul 24, 2005 15:16:17 GMT
Well, I mean this Pretty cool that he took all the words I learned and applied it to companies or geographic locations in his country
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Post by Shan on Jul 25, 2005 13:00:21 GMT
Phil, ever heard of the word quay? That is the one that Chris used on me the very first time I ever played scrabble with him. I had never heard of it at that time and he racked up tons of points because of where he used it. The funny thing to him was that he didn't know it was a word either, but just decided it sounded good and tried it. Made me so mad when it turned out to be a word and he thought it was hilarious. *scream* And yes I did. Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 25, 2005 13:02:27 GMT
As you get to know Alrik better, you will find that he is really good at that. He is great with words. Shan
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Post by philster on Jul 26, 2005 3:16:05 GMT
Phil, ever heard of the word quay? That is the one that Chris used on me the very first time I ever played scrabble with him. I had never heard of it at that time and he racked up tons of points because of where he used it. The funny thing to him was that he didn't know it was a word either, but just decided it sounded good and tried it. Made me so mad when it turned out to be a word and he thought it was hilarious. *scream* And yes I did. Shan Yep, I used that word myself in that last scrabble game with Dad. LoL! The most points I ever racked up was using the word "quartz" though.
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Post by TheScreamMan on Jul 26, 2005 5:56:24 GMT
did u know that "sheila" which is a word Australians use to refer to women, is actually the name for a female kangaroo?
Did u know Koalas arent actually bears?
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Post by philster on Jul 26, 2005 6:09:13 GMT
No to the first, and yes to the second. Though I don't know what koalas exactly are
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Post by TheScreamMan on Jul 27, 2005 6:41:59 GMT
Marsupials.
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Post by philster on Jul 27, 2005 20:03:17 GMT
Ah *nods* thanks Craig.
Well, there's my new lesson for the day right there.
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Post by Shan on Jul 27, 2005 21:39:57 GMT
I learned something from this one too. I knew the thing about Koalas not being bears but not about the word sheila (for women or female kangaroo). Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 27, 2005 21:41:00 GMT
Learned some else new. I didn't now this about koalas either. Shan
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Post by janggut on Jul 28, 2005 0:08:27 GMT
@ phil -> now u know Al better. just as what Shan said, that dude is very very cerebral. do u know the english term for an animal called babirusa is actually a combination of two malay words? babi (which means pig) + rusa (which means deer). www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/274feature1.shtmlanother english word which actually originates from malay - amok or amuck taken from Cambridge Dictionaries Online; run amok: to be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner u can say in old malaysia, we had bunch of crazies who would run amok with parangs (long knives) or kris (wavy knife). ;D almost similar to hysteria, which is unexplained. this one's from Meriam Webster's dictionary; Etymology: Malay amok : a murderous frenzy that occurs chiefly among Malays see? they're bunch of crazies!! ;D
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 28, 2005 0:12:03 GMT
We Brits snaffled our language from all around the world
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Post by philster on Jul 28, 2005 2:31:19 GMT
I've never even heard of babirusa before. Neat. They do look like pig-deer crossbreeds! That ended up looking like more agile hippos... I've heard of kris and parangs from somewhere (I think the kris was used as a weapon in Mortal Kombat games ) but I didn't know Malaysians went crazy with these weapons in hand over there ..... Cool that amok or amuck derviated from Malaysian language, I didn't know that either. I already knew of these words though. (Originally as the names of two Decepticons in the Transformers toy-line, Amok & Amuck ;D )
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Post by Shan on Jul 28, 2005 2:38:06 GMT
And then look what Americans did with it. Shan
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Post by janggut on Jul 28, 2005 2:40:29 GMT
ok, a poser for both americanos & brits here;
what's the difference between fat chance & slim chance? ;D
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Post by Shan on Jul 28, 2005 2:43:35 GMT
This is a new one to me. I have never heard of babirusa. They do kinda look like pids don't they with that snout. And is Jags one of them? ;D Shan
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Post by Shan on Jul 28, 2005 2:47:08 GMT
Fat chance - no chance at all. Slim chance - very small chance. ;D ;D Shan
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