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Old 04-10-2000, 06:35 AM
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Yes, that's right folks. Come and get it.

As I promised Neuro in some Pit thread I forget right now, I'm hereby opening the Official Coldfire EN-DU Insult Translation Booth. Translations will be provided with the correct pronunciation. Since Neuro set me up to it, she'll be getting the first five insults for free. The rest of y'all will owe me one eternally for every translated insult.

Fire away, and I shall return fire in Dutch!

(Euty: Dutch insults are usually very polite and hardly contain profanities. However, given the foul nature of the English language, this might actually become a rather iffy topic for MPSIMS. You are of course free to move this baby to the Pit if necessary.)

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Old 04-10-2000, 06:37 AM
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Ok - I'll bite...

Translate:

Smart as a bowl of hair.

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Old 04-10-2000, 06:42 AM
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Smart as a bowl of hair.
Zo slim als een schaal met haar.

"zow slim olls un scháál mit háár"

The "sch" sound is very hard to pronounce though. I don't know any English speaker that has mastered it properly.
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:45 AM
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:46 AM
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Somebody dipped Bj0rn into the stupid pot. Twice.
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:49 AM
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Somebody dipped Bj0rn into the stupid pot. Twice.
Iemand heeft bj0rn in de idiotenpot laten vallen. Twee keer.

"Eemund hafe-t bj0rn in du eedeeyo-tun-pot látun vallun. Tway kirr."
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:51 AM
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Thanks, Coldy.
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:52 AM
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"As sharp as a pound of wet liver"
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:54 AM
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"As sharp as a pound of wet liver"
Zo scherp als een pond natte lever.

"Zow scherp àls un pônd nàttu layvir."
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:13 AM
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Coldfire,
You rock.

And amazingly, even though it is a Monday morning, I am getting sick, and I have to compute sales & use taxes all day for my company, I am in a pretty splendid mood. I don't require an insult translation. If Mr. Socko keeps up his shenanigans, I will be back.

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Old 04-10-2000, 07:36 AM
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I was friends with a Dutch exchange student in high school, who would regularly scream: "If ONE more person asks me if it's true that prostitution/pot/anything else is legal in my country, I'll..." "You'll what?" "I'll not answer them!" She rocked.

Anyway, I got her to tell me what "You are a monkey-face" in Dutch is, but I forgot. I learned that phrase in Indonesian, along with a few choice phrases. (phonetically: Kamu barrrr-mooka mon-yet).

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Old 04-10-2000, 07:40 AM
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"You are a monkey-face"[/b]
Je bent een apekop!

"Yu bent un áápu-kop!"

That's quite an archaic one, though.
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:44 AM
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Ok Coldy here is one to translate,

Mr socko is a cheeky monkey

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Old 04-10-2000, 08:35 AM
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My turn.

"He hasn't got his head TOO far up his ass."

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You'd think that Superman would be a good person to invite to a barbecue but trust me, he's not. I mean, sure he can cook the hot dogs fast with his heat vision, but they all taste of charred eye boogers.
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Old 04-10-2000, 08:37 AM
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Fuckwaffle.

Just for you, Cold.

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Old 04-10-2000, 08:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by aha:
Mr socko is a cheeky monkey
Meneer Sokje is een brutaal aapje.

"Mun-ir Sôk-yu is un brew-táál áápju"
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Old 04-10-2000, 08:42 AM
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Originally posted by NickyLarson:
"He hasn't got his head TOO far up his ass."
Hij heeft zijn kop niet TE ver in zijn reet zitten.

"Hi hafe-t zááy-n kôp neet TÛ vèr in zááy-n rate zittun."
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Old 04-10-2000, 08:43 AM
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Originally posted by Flypsyde:
Fuckwaffle
Neukwafel.

"Nóó-k wáá-ful"

My fave so far
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Old 04-10-2000, 08:49 AM
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Alright CF:

"Please remove your penis from my mountain goat"

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Old 04-10-2000, 08:54 AM
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"Please remove your penis from my mountain goat"
Wilt u alstublieft uw penis uit mijn berggeit halen?

"Wilt úú àls-túú-blee-ft úúw pay-nis úît mááy-n bèrg-gay-t háálun?"

WTF????
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Old 04-10-2000, 08:57 AM
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Danke Schoen, Coldfire!

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You'd think that Superman would be a good person to invite to a barbecue but trust me, he's not. I mean, sure he can cook the hot dogs fast with his heat vision, but they all taste of charred eye boogers.
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Old 04-10-2000, 08:57 AM
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My favourite insult that I made up for girls is as follows:

Shut-up! You putrid producer of human caviar!

For boys:

Shut-up! You flatulant flinger of hillbilly ejaculate!

HUGS to you Coldfire!
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Old 04-10-2000, 09:05 AM
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Shut-up! You putrid producer of human caviar!
Hou je bek! Jij gore producent van menselijke kaviaar!

"How jû bèk! Yááy gore-û pro-dúú-cent vôn men-suh-luh-kuh kà-vee-yáár!"


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You flatulant flinger of hillbilly ejaculate!
Jij ruftende boerenzaadverslingeraar!

"Yááy rùf-tun-du booh-rùn-záád-vursling-uh-ráár!"

OK, that last word is completely made up since there is no such thing as a Hillbilly in Holland. It literally would translate into "Farmers Semen Slinger"
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Old 04-10-2000, 09:08 AM
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Jij ruftende boerenzaadverslingeraar!

hehheheh... I would like to throw that last word into a search engine and see what I can come up with. I bet it would find some pretty unusual porn sites.

You Rock, Coldfire!

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Old 04-10-2000, 09:11 AM
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No hits on Altavista... as I said, I made it up
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Old 04-10-2000, 09:50 AM
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Coldfire, could you please translate the following:

Take a flying leap at a rolling donut!

and:

You're a few bricks short of a chimeny!

Thanks
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Old 04-10-2000, 10:36 AM
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Lick my bag.

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Old 04-10-2000, 10:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by danielnsmith:
Take a flying leap at a rolling donut!
Spring vliegend naar een rollende donut!

"Spring vlee-gunt náár un roll-unde donut!"

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You're a few bricks short of a chimeny!
Voor een schoorsteen kom je een paar bakstenen te kort!

"Vore un schore-stain kôm ju un páár bàkstain-un tu kôrt!"
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Old 04-10-2000, 10:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Satan:
Lick my bag.
Ah... the always Eloquent Dark One

Lik mijn zak.

"lik mine zàk."
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Old 04-10-2000, 11:22 AM
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How about this one?

Get off my back, you tulip-picking windmill fucker!
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Old 04-10-2000, 11:48 AM
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You're a slice short of a loaf, a joker short of a full deck, a coffin short of a funeral, and about 3 bits short of a byte.

(I really must use that one.)



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Old 04-10-2000, 02:08 PM
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Oooh oooh! How does one say, "Suck my ass" in Dutch?

Big love to ya, Coldy!

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Old 04-10-2000, 02:16 PM
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Hmmm, here's one I used at work, recently:

"Fuck off you cum burping, corporate whore and let me pee in peace."

Acknowledgements, of course, to PLDennison.
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Old 04-10-2000, 02:56 PM
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That sounds somewhat reminiscent of "sperm-burping gutter slut."

*sigh* I miss The Dysfunctional Family Circus.
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Old 04-10-2000, 03:22 PM
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A friend of mine desires to have "Fuck them, if they can't take a joke!" translated into six different languages. Being that English is one, we could assume we only need five more.

So, Coldfire, could you please tell me what

"Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke!"

translates into in Dutch?

Thanks.

And, anyone else able to translate it into something else is hereby requested to do so.
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Old 04-10-2000, 03:44 PM
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Hmm.


"What in the sweet name of holy fuck is wrong with you? Will you please stop making noises with your mouth? You seriously annoy me. In fact, I'm beginning to progress into a stage of annoyance the likes of which the world has never seen before. QUAIL BEFORE ITS AWESOME GLORY! THIS ANNOYANCE IS BEYOND ALL! BEHOLD, HE IS RISEN!"

Translation please.

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Old 04-10-2000, 03:47 PM
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Hmm, Fuck em if they can't take a joke. In french, it might be:

Les nict s'ils puevent pas prendre une plaisanterie.

"Lay kneect seal poov pa prawn dre oon play son ter ee"

The bolded word is iffy. might wanna check with someone more up to date on their french.

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Old 04-10-2000, 04:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Coldfire:
Neukwafel.

"Nóó-k wáá-ful"

My fave so far
Could this be where the term nooky (for sex) came from?

Here's one for you, Coldy!

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"



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Old 04-10-2000, 05:00 PM
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How about:

You are nothing more than a llama's anus?

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Old 04-10-2000, 05:57 PM
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The french might work better as:

"Foudrez-les s'ils ne peuvent pas prendre une plaisentrie"

"foodray lay seal neu ......"

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Old 04-10-2000, 06:10 PM
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How about "you are a monumental waste of carbon"?
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Old 04-10-2000, 06:50 PM
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OK, the line stops here. I'll start translating now, but no more new entries.

Oh and Satan? Lik mijn zak
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tengu:
You're a slice short of a loaf
Voor een brood kom je een sneetje te kort.

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a joker short of a full deck
Voor een hele stok kom je een joker te kort.

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a coffin short of a funeral
Voor een begrafenis kom je een kist te kort.

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and about 3 bits short of a byte
Voor een byte kom je ongeveer 3 bits te kort.


These don't really work in Dutch though. The "one **** short of a ****" is just too English to translate.
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Satan:
You sir, are nothing but walking anal leakage.
U, Meneer, bent niets dan een lopende anale lekkage.

Very snappy, even in Dutch!
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:06 PM
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Originally posted by android209:
How about 'You can stick your total football up your arse'?. Or maybe '4-1'.
I think we both know I'm not going to translate that. Couch hooligan
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rysdad:
Kiss me on the fat part of my ass!
Kus me op het vette deel van mijn reet!

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Why don't run along and play hide and go fuck yourself?
Waarom flikker je niet gewoon op en ga je verstoppertje met jezelf spelen?
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Canthearya:
Suck my ass
Zuig mijn reet.

Althoug "Lik mijn reet" is more common.
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:14 PM
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Originally posted by phouka:
Fuck off you cum burping, corporate whore and let me pee in peace.
Flikker op, jij zaad opboerende bedrijfssloerie, en laat me op mijn gemak zeiken!
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Old 04-10-2000, 07:15 PM
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Ooooh, yeah, do this one!


Fuck off, you fucking bucket of fuck!

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Old 04-10-2000, 07:16 PM
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Originally posted by WhiteNight:
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke!
Laat ze opflikkeren als ze niet tegen een geintje kunnen!
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