Does your wife or girlfriend have any creative English word use?

khmerhamster · Post by **khmerhamster** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:08 am

explorer wrote:A little different.

I met two girls just after they came to town looking for work. I have gone to restaurants and other places with them, sometimes with just one of them. A few times I took her on the back of my bicycle. As we were going along on the bicycle she said, "people are looking at us."

They both got jobs quickly, as they are nice girls and speak English well. Their families bought them motorbikes, so they now have their own transport.

???
You’re right it’s a little different. In that what she said is completely normal & correct. You’re a weird one.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:39 pm

khmerhamster wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:08 am
explorer wrote:A little different.

I met two girls just after they came to town looking for work. I have gone to restaurants and other places with them, sometimes with just one of them. A few times I took her on the back of my bicycle. As we were going along on the bicycle she said, "people are looking at us."

They both got jobs quickly, as they are nice girls and speak English well. Their families bought them motorbikes, so they now have their own transport.
???
You’re right it’s a little different. In that what she said is completely normal & correct. You’re a weird one.

yeah im a bit puzzled about what this story has to do with the thread lol

Post by **Freightdog** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:53 pm

The other (partial) phrase that has tendency to cause much confusion is

‘Go from’

When included in a conversation already crippled by broken English, what would normally be a five minute discussion between adults can become a major frustration, and a feeling that seppuku is ones only redemption.

In my case, it generally means going back to (one’s) hometown/country/province/mossy rock.

Still, none of this is as fraught with danger as relying on Giggle transmute for getting the wrong end of the stick...

Post by **Freightdog** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:57 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:39 pm yeah im a bit puzzled about what this story has to do with the thread lol

It’s akin to those knock knock jokes without the funny bit, told by five year olds who end up giggling while all the adults in the room look at each other puzzled.

rozzieoz · Post by **rozzieoz** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:06 pm

explorer wrote:With one girl:

When she wanted to say "friend," she said "my friend."

When she wanted to say "my friend," she said "my friend me."

When she wanted to say "your friend," she said "my friend you."

It was funny listening to a conversation with a lot of "my friend me" and "my friend you."

They do struggle with me, my, mine, you, your and yours.
One friend, when talking to my boyfriend about me refers to me as “my wife for you.” It’s so cute.

explorer · Post by **explorer** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:18 pm

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:39 pm
khmerhamster wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:08 am
explorer wrote:A little different.

I met two girls just after they came to town looking for work. I have gone to restaurants and other places with them, sometimes with just one of them. A few times I took her on the back of my bicycle. As we were going along on the bicycle she said, "people are looking at us."

They both got jobs quickly, as they are nice girls and speak English well. Their families bought them motorbikes, so they now have their own transport.
???
You’re right it’s a little different. In that what she said is completely normal & correct. You’re a weird one.
yeah im a bit puzzled about what this story has to do with the thread lol

She had never been on the back of a bicycle with a foreigner. She had not thought about the idea that people might look. She only became aware of this when it actually happened. It was cute the way she came out with it.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:37 pm

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:06 pm
explorer wrote:With one girl:

When she wanted to say "friend," she said "my friend."

When she wanted to say "my friend," she said "my friend me."

When she wanted to say "your friend," she said "my friend you."

It was funny listening to a conversation with a lot of "my friend me" and "my friend you."
They do struggle with me, my, mine, you, your and yours.
One friend, when talking to my boyfriend about me refers to me as “my wife for you.” It’s so cute.

yeah haha
can understand the confusion though, as they use the same word for I, Me, My, and the same word for His, Hers, Theirs, They etc,
the position of the word in the sentence changes the English equivalent of the word,
agree its cute

willyhilly · Post by **willyhilly** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:16 pm

I still hear my friend you and my husband me but the kids take the cake. A year ago the six year old called a helicopter a hello doctor.
But after just over a year of school and lots of YouTube the children are totally literate and can read, write and spell better than most of their school mates. Mum has learnt to communicate far better after a year of TAFE but her English is still woeful.

Dario · Post by **Dario** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:46 am

In Saigon, 2011, i had a GF who was a business woman thru & thru. (No bar girl, doesn't mean it gets easier)
We were together 4-5 months but after a short while days became groundhog days.
ALL the fuckin time she was talkin about business, (containers to oz, etc, etc)

Funny was how she varied the pronounciation.
From biznik to bizkwit to pik nik
seriously, my jaw dropped at(sic) pique nique

Post by **Freightdog** » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:19 pm

Muoy tiet

Jägerbomb....tiger balm
Very much a lost in pronunciation thing

Ones memory was jogged this evening while she was attempting to ease a minor ailment of mine. She offered me a Jäger bomb, and thus my spirits were lifted. Imagine my disappointment when the little jar was produced.

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