# Foreign-language phrases you hope you never have to utter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606 "2002-06-12T06:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/21 "2002-06-12T21:16:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Critical1 \* > \*\*tu madre la mama rico senhor perro tu chupasta la culo de mi gato! \*\* wow that is awful spanish. Your mom the sucks rich mister dog your ? the ass of my cat. a small note, if I may? Kindly remember this is not the Pit: Culo is a very vulgar word for Ass in Spanish. You can say all the obsence things you want, I am just saying this is not the proper forum for it, even if it is in another language. ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/22 "2002-06-12T22:52:34Z")
What’s that aboot, Aay? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/23 "2002-06-12T23:16:32Z")
I can’t remember how to say it anymore, but in year 9 German, they taught us how to say: “I am fed up with my miserable existence” Wish I could remember the German for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/24 "2002-06-12T23:23:44Z")
The German phrase my brother and I constantly throw at each other is _“Deine Mutter ist ein Tageslichtprojektor”_. If I ever get into a verbal fight in Germany, that’ll stop it for sure. 😃 (translator’s note: According to a German friend, they don’t call them _Tageslichtprojectors_ in Germany. I have no idea where my textbook came up with the word. But it’s more fun to say than _das Overheadprojektor_) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/25 "2002-06-13T01:31:10Z")
Ich habe upgefuckt. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/26 "2002-06-13T01:38:22Z")
Jodido can also be translated as fucked up guy… Yes Baboon, a very mangled Spanish, I’m still trying to decipher it… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![welby1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/27 "2002-06-13T01:40:04Z")
Don’t know how to say it, but. . . . “I swear to god, officer, she said she was 18 ! ! ! !” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/28 "2002-06-13T01:41:02Z")
Ok, I got it… …your mom sucks it good but you sir sucked my cat’s ass… Of course, if you say it with that accent…the other person if knowledgable of Spanish will answer with something worse, unless he has a laughing fit… ---
**Author:** ![tarokaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tarokaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarokaja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/29 "2002-06-13T01:43:53Z")
Well, living here in Japan with the World Cup going on, I hope I never have to say: “Omawarisan, gokai desu. Watashi wa hooligan dewa arimasen”. (Translation: “It’s a misunderstanding, officer. I am not a hooligan.”) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/30 "2002-06-13T04:00:58Z")
A friend who used to work with military intelligence (insert compulsory oxymoron joke here) once taught me how to say in Russian: “Don’t shoot! I know secrets!” Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten it. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/31 "2002-06-13T12:05:57Z")
Well, at school (which I’ve left now 😉 ) _we_ used to say “Tageslichtprojektor” as well as “Overhead”. Regional thing maybe. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/32 "2002-06-13T13:12:12Z")
In any language: “I got bit by what?” ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/33 "2002-06-13T13:25:59Z")
If all else fails, there’s always the all-purpose explanation for whatever happened: _Foi assim quando chegei_. (It was like that when I got here.) 🙂 -Loopus ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/34 "2002-06-13T13:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loopus \* > _ **chegei** _ :smack: _cheg **u** ei_. (I hate spelling things wrong…) -Loopus ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/35 "2002-06-13T13:51:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KarlGrenze \* > \*\*Ok, I got it… > > …your mom sucks it good but you sir sucked my cat’s ass… > > Of course, if you say it with that accent…the other person if knowledgable of Spanish will answer with something worse, unless he has a laughing fit… \*\* rico senor perro = rich Mr. Dog 🙂 I knew what he was _trying_ to say. But I just translated literally. That’s just what happens when you use Babblefish to translate. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/36 "2002-06-13T14:20:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LurkMeister \* > \*\*A friend who used to work with military intelligence (insert compulsory oxymoron joke here) once taught me how to say in Russian: “Don’t shoot! I know secrets!” > Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten it. \*\* For your pronunciation pleasure: “Ne strelYAItyeh! Ya znAyu sekrEty!” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/37 "2002-06-13T21:56:07Z")
“Ne me tuez pas! Je suis Americain aviateur! Vive a la France! Vive a la Roosevelt!” Well, It’s pretty unlikely, but I’d still hate to be in THAT situation. 😉 Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/38 "2002-06-13T23:13:46Z")
Sign language doesn’t come to print very accurately–you have to use something called ‘gloss’… but I can think of a few things. ---
**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 14, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/39 "2002-06-14T02:01:08Z")
_Sinjoro Policisto, vi volas inspekti **kie**?_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606/40 "2002-06-14T03:00:17Z")
Portuguese Nao seu guarda, essa maconha nao e minha. or Eu juro que ela me falou que tem dezoito anos. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-phrases-you-hope-you-never-have-to-utter/113606.md?page=3)