# hear ye! hear ye! get your SDMB news here! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 13, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110 "2003-07-13T04:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/21 "2003-07-14T10:30:52Z")
Can we still say _television_? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/22 "2003-07-14T10:58:49Z")
Yes, but you can no longer say _video_. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/23 "2003-07-14T11:06:54Z")
Damn and hell fire, my good frendes. From this time yon, we must whilom use Anglo Saxon wurdes onlee. No forin muck will we allow on yon board, neither ye Latine nor ye Greeke, nor the harsh voice of ye Hunnes nor Visigoths; nor especially any wurdes from the perfidious Johnny Frenchie. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/24 "2003-07-14T12:08:32Z")
Be vewy, vewy qwiet. **Awnowd Winkewwied** is hunting twowws. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! He-he-he-he-he! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/25 "2003-07-14T12:33:49Z")
Hey, **Bosda** , I just noticed your sig: > [@](#): > > I shall refrain from posting in the Pitt What you and Brad do is your own business. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/26 "2003-07-14T23:09:05Z")
Oooh… what about inuendo, double entendre, and puns? Not like any of that ever gets used here, but still… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/27 "2003-07-14T23:36:58Z")
English? Ah, you must mean ‘American English’ as defined in Webster’s under ‘American English’: : the English language as spoken in the U.S. used especially with the implication that it is clearly distinguishable from British English yet not so divergent as to be a separate language ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/28 "2003-07-15T04:00:35Z")
Ereway illway isthay epressionray opstay? Ightfay ethay owerpay! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/29 "2003-07-15T05:11:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Links to a non-english website are allowed, but English is preferred. > > You can post a quote in a foreign language and translate it. \*\* Phew! _wipes brow and breathes a sigh of relief_ That means my multi-lingual birthday greetings are safe! 🙂 Just to be sure, here’s an example of them: > [@](#): > > **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WHY A DUCK!!!** > > Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: (thanks, Nathan!) > > “Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!” > > Approximate English Translation of Above: > > “Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!” So is that okay? I _do_ translate them, after all… F\_X ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/30 "2003-07-15T05:33:07Z")
Heck, **Flammi** , you’ve even tried translating _Aiya!_, which is pretty impressive. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/31 "2003-07-15T07:56:02Z")
Innuendo? Sounds like an Italian suppository. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/32 "2003-07-15T09:43:19Z")
I couldn’t open your door, so I came innuendo. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/33 "2003-07-15T10:48:00Z")
This kind of thread is right up my alley. Julie 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/34 "2003-07-15T15:08:33Z")
I’m more of a back door man, myself _if you know what I mean_ I’d like to translate some Chinese verbs with you, **Flammie** , _if you know what I mean_ I don’t mind links to non-English websites, _if you know what I mean_ See?! It’s easy and fun! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/35 "2003-07-15T22:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Innuendo? Sounds like an Italian suppository. \*\* With friends like you, who needs enemas? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/36 "2003-07-16T07:33:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*Heck, **Flammi** , you’ve even tried translating _Aiya!_, which is pretty impressive. 😃 \*\* Heh… don’t I know it, **TLD**. 😃 Hopefully,we don’t have to include [the link to the explanation of the word “Aiya!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104590&highlight=explanation+aiya) every time we use it. But if we do, then so be it… I’d sort of understand. 😉 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/37 "2003-07-16T11:03:45Z")
That’s a great word Flamsterette, and should be used worldwide. I’m gonna do it at every opportunity… 😉 😉 😉 Julie ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/38 "2003-07-17T02:02:13Z")
Just make sure that when you do, you give me the credit. 😉 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/39 "2003-07-17T02:42:19Z")
I’ll give you the credit, _if you know what I mean_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110/40 "2003-07-17T10:04:07Z")
But will you give me some, too? \*(_nudge nudge wink wink)_ Julie 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-ye-hear-ye-get-your-sdmb-news-here/188110.md?page=3)