For example, was walking a forest track with friends one time, we came to a sign post which had a multitude of directions on it,,,, my buddy turned to me and said, " look, if we go to the right, we can get to the wharf from here",,,, "s'funny", he said, "every time I see that word, I always think that it's more like a dog would say!" P'raps you had to be there at the time but I nearly wet, when he said that,,I laughed and laughed.....I do enjoy the English language, for all it's faults and foibles, or maybe the faults and foibles are all just just mine,, no matter.
Just wondered,,, do you have some picturesque words like that for me?
2007-02-07 09:12:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yeah, a woofer (in music speakers).
2007-02-07 09:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by marcoporres 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Friendly fire" on a not so friendly note. Whoever came up with this one?
Or when I first came to England I got completely confused by Mince Pies. I asked somebody to describe them to me & they said that they were filled with "mince meat", but the pies were supposed to be sweet, not savoury. At that point I never thought I'd like them. ;)
2007-02-07 09:21:58 · answer #2 · answered by Hipira 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, when it comes to food, how about, hot dogs? They're certainly not made from dogs, or hamburgers....not made from ham.
2007-02-07 16:11:00 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine07 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. How about spoon and syrup.
2007-02-07 15:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one that gets me is "inflammable" which actually means "flammable" not "non-flammable"
2007-02-07 09:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't get the joke...But if you laughed that much...it must have been funny.
2007-02-07 09:23:12 · answer #6 · answered by Afi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋