Can you tell me some funny things in English in your country like what is written on signboards and everything? How about words that are considered English in your country and only the people from your place can understand?
In my country, a woman was selling honey but her she was carrying a sign with these sentence: Honey bee for sale...
We have English words here like: Comfort Room, Routinary, Rotunda, Brown Out... Anyway, just make a guess what these words mean and tell me which country I am from..... Give me a good answer and I'll give you 10 points...
2006-08-04 05:07:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I made a mistake ... A woman was selling honey and she was carrying a sign with this sentence: HONEY BEE FOR SALE... just an example..
2006-08-04 05:25:30 · update #1
I guess my answers will not be different from yours since we're from the same country.
For funny signs, check out my answer to this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtlnqpUlgPzAdCWa0kw89X7sy6IX?qid=20060721075406AAbvEHq
Yes, we tend to "create" our own version of words (presidentiable) or give a different meaning to an existing word (appear=up here) but language evolves by assimilating other languages or just plain making up a new word.
We even have a contribution to the English language... http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/boondocks
2006-08-04 07:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Promdi® 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Nothing funny there other than that you think there is.
I don't know what the hell you are driving at.
(I'll give you this, though: since you seem to be interested in language, 'at' as used above is called a 'dangling' participle and is a no-no in English.)
2006-08-04 12:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by Beejee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
listen to Egyptians when they talk English .. it's not only funny English, but "weired" as well..
for example, if an Egyptian wanna say :
" i don't know exactly but i hope so that one day the bus will stop here..." it will be like this :
" i don-tee noo ekzaktili batta i hobee soo zatta onaa -day za bassaa-willee stabbi here "
read it fast if you can...!!!
2006-08-04 12:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by MIRO12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she is selling her self
2006-08-04 12:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by cathy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋