tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post3159104446999974669..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: Role Models, Heros and How Many Ankle Biters Have You Got?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-38285883968768645542009-07-22T16:34:53.848+10:002009-07-22T16:34:53.848+10:00Rick sounds like a great workmate and I wish the w...Rick sounds like a great workmate and I wish the workplaces had more of this type of person. Everything and everyone these days is too politically correct and sanitised in order not to offend those few "someones", we probably all know a few of those. <br />I speak only Australian English too, and I remember helping migrants from other countries to understand us. Working in shoe factories I was, in the first one I helped two Polish women (one had lived in Aus for about 20 years)and one from Portugal, in the next factory a few years later, I helped a girl from Papua New Guinea, she was over here with her husband and son and studying English at night, I helped with her homework and also sorted out her difficulties with our slang terms.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-59345951341436091372009-07-22T13:00:19.079+10:002009-07-22T13:00:19.079+10:00I'd love to learn another language. But which...I'd love to learn another language. But which one?!?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-55307167240504748772009-07-22T10:44:41.352+10:002009-07-22T10:44:41.352+10:00Bless 'im!
When I worked for The Bulldog we h...Bless 'im!<br /><br />When I worked for The Bulldog we had a Japanese scholar come over for a few months. The Bulldog ignored him completely and he was pretty grateful for the laughs and company he got from the rest of us, but he was very puzzled when I said, "Don't do that, Bulldog will tell you off."<br /><br />"Tell me OFF?"Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-18949856967934390922009-07-22T10:17:59.564+10:002009-07-22T10:17:59.564+10:00I've met several people with cerebral palsie w...I've met several people with cerebral palsie who are like Rick. I guess when you have a decent brain but your body won't do what you tell it, you develop a certain 'fuck you' attitude to life, and why not? Mostly they've been damn funny and entertaining too. Who am I to complain about how they get through the day?jayhttp://www.thedeppeffect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-48404732948789788042009-07-22T09:00:08.793+10:002009-07-22T09:00:08.793+10:00Indeed he is Brian but not one I'd particularl...Indeed he is Brian but not one I'd particularly like to 'socialise' with. You know these horse racing types!<br /><br />Craig he isn't shy with expletives. Unusual in what is otherwise a very polite if not reserved workplace.<br /><br />"Colourful Racing Identities" we call 'em here Kate! Good for you with the spanish. I'd have to be extracated to a foreign country where they speak no English in order to learn I'm afraid.<br /><br />Ooh Italian! The language of lurrve<br /><br />Erm I don't think so Candie. Not my type. I couldn't take him anywhere without the odd faux pas but I think he's flirting outrageously!<br /><br />Subby I was born in Manchester! I didn't realise you spoke so many languages but then you're widely travelled so I'm not surprised. German humour? Now that's an oxymoron!<br /><br />Me too Ronda. Chinese is pretty hard and there are many languages spoken in China. I live in a large Chinese community and it's amazing how well they manage with English in such a short time. Mind you many don't to well enough to pick up their former occupations because they don't pass the English requirements to do so. I once met a Chinese doctor who stacked chairs at a convention centre for a living because his English wasn't good enough to sit the Medical board exam.<br /><br />Aww Ropi, you are my Anikin! Nah, I get your humour these days. It's what we would call 'dry' humour. <br /><br />Marianna I forgot about you being multilingual too! Yep, if you 'pay' someone out, you give them a hard time.<br /><br />Yep Knocked Up is pretty universal I think, so much so that there was a film of the same name.<br /><br />Ebs, I agree, somethings just don'tgo together. Although we grill green bananas on the barbie sometimes.<br /><br />Tom I'm guessing the yanks have their weird turns of phrase as well. I just don't see it much on the blogs. Maybe it's more the spoken word. You do so speak another language, I just have no idea what it is!<br /><br />Ian that's true. Same with rhyming slang. A symptom of convict origins.<br /><br />Haha Cinnamon . .there you go. Even the Brits are multi-lingual. <br /><br />Oh Otin, I wish that would work for me. I just nibble at the PC . .not literally of course.<br /><br />Hi Mariana! That's so true. I need to pick a country where English isn't spoken. Even in South America, my daughter found it hard to practice her Spanish because they begame impatient with her slowness and began speaking to her in English.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-25395799238404256552009-07-22T08:48:53.079+10:002009-07-22T08:48:53.079+10:00see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/article...see<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2005/01/18/dont_tell_i_tell_ee_feature.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-48680989738572905962009-07-22T08:36:52.824+10:002009-07-22T08:36:52.824+10:00you can develop what I call the tyranny of the mot...you can develop what I call the tyranny of the mother tongue, it takes over every nook and cranny of your linguistic map space. And the only way to sort of learn a second language is true emersion which basically means going somewhere, not thinking if you're an English speaker, not even thinking in English but having constant conversations in French and the other language, so you can close it down. And I've spoken to many, many people who had many difficulties learning second languages who when they did true emersion all day long were amazed at how quickly they could pick up a language.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-25117300908346050612009-07-22T08:32:12.866+10:002009-07-22T08:32:12.866+10:00I speak two languages, English and Southern, well,...I speak two languages, English and Southern, well, I don't speak southern, I just understand it! LOL!<br /><br />The blogging diet, for me, is that every time I get the urge to snack, I instead, get online and comment on blogs, the time goes fast and the next thing you know, it's bed time! It works for me!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-72454402753529113932009-07-22T08:31:53.556+10:002009-07-22T08:31:53.556+10:00Love Australian idioms, they are so witty! You sho...Love Australian idioms, they are so witty! You should hear the Somerset idioms-<br /><br />'maarp chaarp' (mop chop)= a haircut.<br /><br />'Where's is to?'= 'Where is it?'<br /><br />'Gert lush'= 'Very nice'<br /><br />or how about: <br /><br />Whirr be gwain to? Tiz getting dimpsey, zo cummin yer an wet thee's whistle. Yer, which o they jars is owern? Thicky ones yourn, inner? Dang I if there ain't a gurt big wapse innun.<br /><br />Easier on the ear after a few cider brandies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-38062279254142428292009-07-22T07:45:18.888+10:002009-07-22T07:45:18.888+10:00Baino,
There's a lot of Cockney in his Austra...Baino,<br /><br />There's a lot of Cockney in his Australian and not much that wouldn't be comprehensible in Dublin.<br /><br />PS. 'Knocked up' means pregnant in England as welliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-1838440804606982852009-07-22T06:57:22.420+10:002009-07-22T06:57:22.420+10:00Well, like you i speak only English, but i have no...Well, like you i speak only English, but i have no clue what this guy is going on about...Brits and Aussies talk a very different English than Yanks; love it!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948978798395906663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-71927470471023547922009-07-22T06:42:07.412+10:002009-07-22T06:42:07.412+10:00Hahehe. I wish I knew how to speak French! And Spa...Hahehe. I wish I knew how to speak French! And Spanish!! I just.. I'm not good with grammar. Sigh. Maybe I'm just too lazy. Now I need to pay for that...<br /> On one Englishcourse we "studied" (=listened to the accent and learnt some funny phrases) Australian English. It was so cool!<br /><br />What? Banana and meat?Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737709149411075283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-9601306887032274512009-07-22T05:14:21.652+10:002009-07-22T05:14:21.652+10:00nazdarovja, rick!
get his phone number, baino, an...nazdarovja, rick!<br /><br />get his phone number, baino, and invite him to some of your barbies!<br /><br />but yeah, colloquialisms can lead to misunderstandings...<br /><br />the brit term: 'knock me up in the morning', means 'get me pregnant', here in north americalaughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-81599183094069851192009-07-22T04:31:45.057+10:002009-07-22T04:31:45.057+10:00Now that's my kind of post!! I love languages!...Now that's my kind of post!! I love languages! And I love the Australian English-accent, too! <br /><br />Here's a question on a phrase I heard recently by an Australian on TV: "He pays me out"...what does it mean? Like "tease someone?<br /><br />Thanks for the Australianisms! Oh and I speak English and French (and Greek but that doesn't count cause I'm...well...Greek:)<br /><br />xoxoxoNew Yorker wannabeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00255233215434967348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-2131398165365662512009-07-22T04:06:24.553+10:002009-07-22T04:06:24.553+10:00I am also able to communicate in Spanish.I am also able to communicate in Spanish.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-23373899741203783282009-07-22T03:53:34.126+10:002009-07-22T03:53:34.126+10:00"Young Ropi" ... It is like I am the you..."Young Ropi" ... It is like I am the young Anakin from Star Wars. Well, I am planning to better my Spanish to intermediate level and after graduation I may learn Russian if I have enough will, time and power. I want to be at least intermediate at it. We will see how it ends up. However I still not fan of languages. There is no big difference in my style when I talk to you and to my classmates. I only do it on an other language. I shall say I am one-styled. I don't use slang. So you can imagine how I talk to my classmates because basicly I handle as a classmate, a parent, a friend, a foreigner, a teacher etc... There are only very slight changes when I talk to a teacher or an older person that I put sir or lady in my sentence and I am more formal. With classmates I am formal in a humourous way. It is hard to explain as you haven't met with me but there is no such a great difference in my speaking. I only corrected you when you had said "angry at" and NOT "angry with". I'm allergic to that. I always correct this mistake because everyone does that.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-30278806334928855652009-07-22T03:18:29.400+10:002009-07-22T03:18:29.400+10:00I like people like Rick. Not cookie cutter clones....I like people like Rick. Not cookie cutter clones. There is something refreshing about people who can be authentic.<br /><br />My nephew speaks English, earned a degreen in Spanish to teach English in Taiwan. While there he was learning Chinese. I do admire those who are multi-lingual.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-46370355398333422752009-07-22T00:17:18.676+10:002009-07-22T00:17:18.676+10:00Baino, living as I did in Europe, I came across al...Baino, living as I did in Europe, I came across all matter of languages. I "get" German and Brit humour, for two things and tend to use a lot of foreign words when I talk or write( Latin, French, Italian, German ). German is my second language but I also speak the Queen's English and that of the Colonies( meaning the U.S. ), a bit of Portugese, Spanish and dabbling in French and Russian )My former neighbour hails from Manchester, U.K. so it's fun to learn how she speaks. I pick up on the idioms pretty quick. Aussie English is still a bit of a sticky wicket but I can usually tell what you're on about...<br /><br />As for Rick here, sounds like he's been raiding my fridge! But substitute the honey with peanut-butter, on that sandwich, wot? YUM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-78246664081733552222009-07-21T23:32:42.808+10:002009-07-21T23:32:42.808+10:00Ha!I give you that one:french isn't an easy la...Ha!I give you that one:french isn't an easy language to learn at all.Concerning that guy,why don't you ask him out?You've been calling for love remember?(the girl who don't forget anything),horoscope said it!LOL ;)Candiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820349874923006162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-37748807138382070162009-07-21T22:41:00.177+10:002009-07-21T22:41:00.177+10:00Obviously quite a character. He may talk funny but...Obviously quite a character. He may talk funny but at least he's friendly and treats you as one of the gang. Parlo parecchio italiano ma non correntemente perché non ho mai abitato in Italia. (I speak quite a lot of Italian but not fluently because I've never lived in Italy)nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-73306167176693421872009-07-21T22:40:16.702+10:002009-07-21T22:40:16.702+10:00Oh he sounds wonderful - I love people like that -...Oh he sounds wonderful - I love people like that - and his sandwiches - well it might be a taste sensation - so I might have to try it!!!<br /><br />I am just starting my fifth year of Spanish and it is only now that I dare start to break away from the textbook stuff and have fun. I'm not always right but its a laugh trying!!!Katehttp://www.iramble.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-21236715450846096082009-07-21T22:05:56.427+10:002009-07-21T22:05:56.427+10:00He calls a spade an effing shovel!! I love that ki...He calls a spade an effing shovel!! I love that kind of person you know where you stand every time. Sounds like the kind of person we all need around the place. RRRThe Rambling Rural Rectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390566132164960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-46280848375539811962009-07-21T21:35:20.961+10:002009-07-21T21:35:20.961+10:00ha. rick sounds like a character, and he tells it ...ha. rick sounds like a character, and he tells it like it is which is always refreshing in business. hope you have a great day helen!Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com