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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-02-09 18:13, Erwin wrote: In everyday conversation, I would say tueur psycho. (tueur roughly rhymes with "truer" and you slightly sound the p and get p-seek-o) But to make it sound like the song, you could reverse the words as "psycho tueur" and you would be fine. Tueur psycho, qu'est-ce que c'est? fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa...
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The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Erwin New user 56 Posts |
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On 2011-02-09 20:02, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: You walked right into it John It was a statement, not a question. The punctuation let it down but it's for spoken use, not written Forgive me, it's these little things that make life a little more livable |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Oh, duh. I did not interpret the "qu'est-ce que c'est?" as a request for translation, but as a "whaddya say?" sort of question.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
True story
I drove up to a man in a parking lot, and I said "sir is this the way out of here", he said "I don't know" then I said to him "salida' and he replied "si". Q-What do you call four Mexicans in quick sand? A-quatro sinko
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2011-02-09 17:50, Axelchen wrote: Can you give me a hint? I asked a (non-Bavarian) native German speaker and she said she had no clue what the joke was. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Axelchen Elite user Germany 413 Posts |
...of course: it´s like " Sie, tuns die Füße da weg, Sie Lackel, Sie dammischer" (it´s hard to translate, it´s like Hey, man, put your feet away, you da**** idiot,; for "Lackel" check this http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackel
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
She says, OK I get it now, but I can't explain it to you. Guess I'm out of luck.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Axelchen Elite user Germany 413 Posts |
...sorry! ...it´s more a phonetic "joke", kind of little riddle, no real funny meaning...
Greetings Axel |
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