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February 20, 2011
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Ouch. He wins Chuck Norris award for toughness
posted by Debo270 at 03:24 PM on February 20, 2011
Where were you, and what were you doing, when the Canadian Civil War began?
posted by MeatSaber at 03:50 PM on February 20, 2011
Ouch. He wins Chuck Norris award for toughness
That's Bobby-Baun-esque!
posted by grum@work at 10:43 PM on February 20, 2011
What's the Japanese for "put me back on the bloody bike"? That's horrific and superb all at once. Bravo!
posted by JJ at 01:39 AM on February 21, 2011
I think someone needs to declare war on Don Cherry's suit!
As for that cyclist... OH DEAR GOD!
posted by Drood at 01:42 AM on February 21, 2011
What's the Japanese for "put me back on the bloody bike"?
In Bahasa Malay (which is what he would understand), it's:
"Meletakkan saya di atas kursi sepeda!"
Can't translate "bloody" as a swear word, because Malay is one of only a few languages that doesn't really have them.
posted by owlhouse at 11:02 PM on February 21, 2011
Sometimes I love this place. Thanks owlie.
posted by yerfatma at 08:36 AM on February 22, 2011
Can't translate "bloody" as a swear word, because Malay is one of only a few languages that doesn't really have them.
None locally grown? Do they import?
posted by tron7 at 12:07 PM on February 22, 2011
I could collapse the market in a week.
posted by yerfatma at 01:34 PM on February 22, 2011
None locally grown? Do they import?
People with some knowledge English do - frequently.
It's always puzzled me why Malay/Indonesian doesn't have profanity. I used to ask my (Indonesian) students to tell me what words they used if they did something like hit their thumb with a hammer. The worst it got was the equivalent of "Gosh!". After hours over a coffee with the other lecturers, I offered to teach them how to use the really rude English words effectively, in exchange for similar phrases in Indonesian. No dice.
The best I can come up with is that apart from along both sides of the Malacca Straits, Malay/Indonesian is not anyone's native language - it started as the regional trading language. However people do tend to have swear words (or at least heavily proscribed words) in their mother tongue instead.
posted by owlhouse at 04:44 AM on February 23, 2011
Before Suicide, Duerson Said He Wanted Brain Study