# Translate this "English", please **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 25, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664 "2008-03-25T09:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/1 "2008-03-25T09:55:21Z")
Found on Discovery’s “Be a Grand Prix Driver” program, here is a recording of one of the hopeful drivers. I have literally no idea what he’s on about, after 7 listenings. It’s like he’s speaking a completely different language. What accent is that, where’s he from, and what’s he saying? He’s the second voice you hear. [http://us.f13.yahoofs.com/bc/43e81e5ameea99219/bc/Friends/FreeHi-Q+3-25-2008\_2%3B35%3B03\_AM.mp3?bfw.M6HBIzmaTGFw](http://us.f13.yahoofs.com/bc/43e81e5ameea99219/bc/Friends/FreeHi-Q+3-25-2008_2%3b35%3b03_AM.mp3?bfw.M6HBIzmaTGFw) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/2 "2008-03-25T12:56:27Z")
That link is not working for me. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/3 "2008-03-25T13:46:43Z")
404-compliant here too. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/4 "2008-03-25T13:49:40Z")
Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/5 "2008-03-25T20:27:35Z")
OK, after much (some) effort, I’ve posted this as a torrent. It’s only 25kB, so it will download very quickly. [http://www.mininova.org/tor/1270514](http://www.mininova.org/tor/1270514) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/6 "2008-03-25T20:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] OK, after much (some) effort, I’ve posted this as a torrent. It’s only 25kB, so it will download very quickly. [http://www.mininova.org/tor/1270514](http://www.mininova.org/tor/1270514) [/QUOTE] I’m getting an “invalid url” error in uTorrent. The tracker url it’s looking for is udp://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce is this a problem at my end? It’s probably easiest just to upload it to Rapidshare or similar. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/7 "2008-03-25T21:11:06Z")
Jeeezt. What a pain, overall. ``` http://rapidshare.com/files/102341681/FreeHi-Q_3-25-2008_2_35_03_AM.mp3.html ``` Thanks for the suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![svrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@svrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svrider)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/8 "2008-03-25T21:25:34Z")
Is it hot(?) enough? something something cos I havn’t been taught anything yet. That is all I could understand 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/9 "2008-03-25T21:25:37Z")
Right, to my untutored ear he sounds like a Afro-Caribbean Londoner (or more general southern English) I can’t get the very first part, but the latter part is “didn’t go for any lairy\* moves that I know I can’t do, 'cos I ain’t been taught any of 'em yet.” \*meaning flashy ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/10 "2008-03-25T22:38:41Z")
“Didn’t go for no \, didn’t go for any lairy moves…” etc. Sounds London/Estuary, not really Afro Caribbean to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/11 "2008-03-25T23:08:36Z")
He’s a Londoner, and I’m pretty sure he’s a whitey, not Afro-Carribbean. “[I don’t think] that’s for [inaudible], though; I think that’s for any lairy (wild, crazy, dangerous) moves that I know I can’t do. 'Cause I haven’t been taught any of them yet.” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/12 "2008-03-25T23:08:59Z")
What the heck’s a torrent? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/13 "2008-03-25T23:13:16Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] What the heck’s a torrent? [/QUOTE] [(Bit)torrent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.torrent) Sort of like Napster, but for almost any file type. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/14 "2008-03-25T23:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] What the heck’s a torrent? [/QUOTE] BitTorrent is a way to move files around that leverages the power of everyone else downloading the file at the same time. In short, the file gets split into small pieces and each piece goes from the initial server to all of the people who want the file. Then as new people want the file, they get pieces from the whole original bunch as opposed to only the initial server. This makes it feasible to move whole Linux install DVDs around without buying large-scale server hardware and Internet access. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/15 "2008-03-26T00:09:19Z")
Sounds like a white Londoner. Speaker A: So, it’s…it’s hot enough? Speaker B: Didn’t go for no bravado. Didn’t go for no lairy moves that I know I can’t do - 'cos I ain’t been taught any of them yet! ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/16 "2008-03-26T00:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=Capt. Ridley’s Shooting Party] Sounds like a white Londoner. Speaker A: So, it’s..it’s hot enough? Speaker B: Didn’t go for no bravado. Didn’t go for no lairy moves that I know I can’t do - 'cos I ain’t been taught any of them yet! [/QUOTE] That’s it. I didn’t find that at all difficult - maybe I just lived too long in London. My American wife couldn’t get much of it either. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/17 "2008-03-26T00:23:06Z")
I’ll have to turn in my northern card ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/18 "2008-03-26T00:45:38Z")
[QUOTE=Capt. Ridley’s Shooting Party] I’ll have to turn in my northern card ☹ [/QUOTE] Hee. I’m from Glasgow - if the natives find out I can understand suthurn I’ll be chased out of the city by a raging mob. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/19 "2008-03-26T00:52:29Z")
[QUOTE=Capt. Ridley’s Shooting Party] Sounds like a white Londoner. Speaker A: So, it’s..it’s hot enough? Speaker B: Didn’t go for no bravado. Didn’t go for no lairy moves that I know I can’t do - 'cos I ain’t been taught any of them yet! [/QUOTE] Wow, I think you got it. My buddy and brother also couldn’t tell me what it was. I think the first person says, “It’s hotting up” (it’s getting more extreme in competition). Plus, even after all that Blackadder, Yes Minister, Monty Python, Rutles, and Top Gear, I’ve still never heard “lairy”. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664/20 "2008-03-26T05:27:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] Wow, I think you got it. My buddy and brother also couldn’t tell me what it was. I think the first person says, “It’s hotting up” (it’s getting more extreme in competition). Plus, even after all that Blackadder, Yes Minister, Monty Python, Rutles, and Top Gear, I’ve still never heard “lairy”. [/QUOTE] You may know it as leery. Here’s OED: > [@](#): > > lairy, a.2 > > [ad. LEERY a.2] > > 1. Cockney slang. Knowing, ‘fly’, conceited. > 1846 Swell’s Night Guide 78 Lairy and cautious to the green ones, never too fast. 1933 J. MASEFIELD Conway 211 Lairy, slow, slack; also cunning. 1945 B. NAUGHTON in C. Madge Pilot Papers 99 We’ll have to keep an eye on him. Spivs are lary perishers. Anything goes wrong they’ll never risk their own skin. Ibid. 108 They appear to be mentally quicker than most young men: (‘Lary’ is the word they use for it). 1958 News Chron. 23 May 4/7 If someone..is conceited he’s lairy. 1967 Spectator 4 Aug. 130/3 What I was getting at{em}before that lairy loon butted in about his thumb{em}was this. Down the East End we’re overcrowded an’ we’re bleedin’ poor. > [@](#): > > leery, a.2 > > ? f. LEER a.2 + -Y1.] > > 1. a. Wide-awake, knowing, ‘fly’. b. orig. U.S. Doubtful, suspicious (about, of). Cf. LAIRY a.2 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-this-english-please/442664.md?page=2)