# ËÈÊÂÈÄÀÖÈß ÞÂÅËÈÐÍÎÃÎ ÌÀÃÀÇÈÍÀ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939 "2011-06-10T03:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/61 "2011-06-10T16:49:15Z")
_One ping and one ping only._ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/62 "2011-06-10T16:49:19Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > This is the noise one makes when you drink Louisiana Hot Sauce directly out of the bottle More like the noise you make when you forget you had been cooking with Louisiana Hot Sauce and take your contacts out later. > [@Snickers](#): > > A Moose once bit my sister… Sacked. > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Management would like to inform the readers of this threat that the people responsible for the Babelfish translation, have been sacked. Sacked. > [@mlees](#): > > How are translators responsible for the threat of moose bites? Double sacked. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/63 "2011-06-10T16:57:27Z")
It’s Crazy Igor’s Discount Jewelry Warehouse! HIS POSTS ARE INSANE!!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/64 "2011-06-10T17:02:34Z")
I thought we were supposed to save Russian _Jewry_, not save on Russian jewelry! ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/65 "2011-06-10T17:12:25Z")
This reminded me of the time I needed to use a piece of software with no English translation and had to run every dialog through Google Translate. Italian always sounds romantic, even when it means ‘The operation is complete, please press OK’. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/66 "2011-06-10T17:25:14Z")
There is no spoon. ---
**Author:** ![abderian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/67 "2011-06-10T17:30:08Z")
All your base are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/68 "2011-06-10T17:34:23Z")
> [@SergGoreliys](#): > > ÇÀÊÐÛÂÀÅÒÑß ÞÂÅËÈÐÍÛÉ ÑÊËÀÄ **monroe gems ch**!!! > > Íà÷èíàåòñÿ ôèíàëüíàÿ ëèêâèäàöèÿ âñåé êîëëåêöèè äðàãîöåííîñòåé ïî ïîñëåäíèì öåíàì . > > \*\* ÈÌÅÍÍÎ ÄËß ÂÀÑ ÍÅÑÎÐÀÇÌÅÐÍÛÅ ÑÊÈÄÊÈ !!!\*\* > > Îòïðàâêà â ëþáîé ãîðîä . Translation: “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.” > [@silenus](#): > > I thought we were supposed to save Russian _Jewry_, not save on Russian jewelry! Oh. Well that’s very different then. Never mind! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/69 "2011-06-10T17:36:36Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I see that url .ch is Switzerland. I would have guessed Czech. The official name of Switzerland in Latin is the Confoederatio Helvetica, hence the abbreviation “ch.” I will note that “jewelry” in German is “schmuck.”\* I was taken aback once when I visited Switzerland and saw a big sign that said “Christ Schmuck” (over a jewelry store evidently owned by Mr. Christ). So this schmuck is advertising Monroe Schmuck. \*In Yiddish, the meaning of “schmuck” has changed to penis, no doubt originally a joking reference to a guy’s “treasure.” ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/70 "2011-06-10T17:40:58Z")
ËÈÊÂÈÄÀÖÈß =Eep Opp Ork Aa Aa. I think Russia loves us. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/71 "2011-06-10T17:52:15Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Italian always sounds romantic, even when it means ‘The operation is complete, please press OK’. I knew an Italian who could read the list of ingredients off a Twinkie and it would be sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/72 "2011-06-10T17:57:04Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Management would like to inform the readers of this threat that the people responsible for the Babelfish translation, have been sacked. Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti… ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/73 "2011-06-10T18:10:54Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] I will note that “jewelry” in German is “schmuck.”\* [/QUOTE] :eek: I knew the Yiddish one, but I didn’t know the German one! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/74 "2011-06-10T18:36:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The official name of Switzerland in Latin is the Confoederatio Helvetica, hence the abbreviation “ch.” So the Swiss invented the font? > [@Colibri](#): > > I will note that “jewelry” in German is “schmuck.”\* I was taken aback once when I visited Switzerland and saw a big sign that said “Christ Schmuck” (over a jewelry store evidently owned by Mr. Christ). So this schmuck is advertising Monroe Schmuck. > > \*In Yiddish, the meaning of “schmuck” has changed to penis, no doubt originally a joking reference to a guy’s “treasure.” Schmuck is fun to say. Schmuck, schmuck, schmuck! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/75 "2011-06-10T19:15:06Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > There is no spoon. Huh? I posted back in post 25! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/76 "2011-06-10T19:22:43Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Huh? I posted back in post 25! > > 😉 Well it’s just as true now as it was then! ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/77 "2011-06-10T20:18:13Z")
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn! ÈÌÅÍÍÎ ÄËß ÂÀÑ ÍÅÑÎÐÀÇÌÅÐÍÛÅ ÑÊÈÄÊÈ !!! (obviously, that’s the next line. I mean, it sounds intense, and looks both painful and uncomfortable to say.) So, calling a guy a schmuck is calling him a penis? My ignorance, she has been fought. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/78 "2011-06-10T20:19:19Z")
Cat-like typing detected. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/79 "2011-06-10T20:25:45Z")
> [@SergGoreliys](#): > > ÇÀÊÐÛÂÀÅÒÑß ÞÂÅËÈÐÍÛÉ ÑÊËÀÄ **monroe gems ch**!!! > > Íà÷èíàåòñÿ ôèíàëüíàÿ ëèêâèäàöèÿ âñåé êîëëåêöèè äðàãîöåííîñòåé ïî ïîñëåäíèì öåíàì . > > \*\* ÈÌÅÍÍÎ ÄËß ÂÀÑ ÍÅÑÎÐÀÇÌÅÐÍÛÅ ÑÊÈÄÊÈ !!!\*\* > > Îòïðàâêà â ëþáîé ãîðîä . This is why russians shouldn’t yodel! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939/80 "2011-06-10T21:11:11Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > So, calling a guy a schmuck is calling him a penis? My ignorance, she has been fought. In Yiddish, you are basically calling him a dick. However, the meaning in English has now become much softer, and usually just means jerk. Most people are unaware of the original meaning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeaeaaoess-thaaeediiai-iaaaceia/584939.md?page=5)