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| *Weird addiction* |
 Jul 29 2006, 01:36 PM
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Most of the time, I barely understand your vocabulary. No kidding.
For example; bad ass (is that good or bad). Or Ill. There are so many and sometimes I feel left out. James understands because he lived in the US but I've never been there. I speak plain English. There's nothing you can do but I find it sad. Why isn't there one type of English? Why is there Australian English, South African English, American English, Canadian English, British English and all those? I think it's sad.  I understand those Englishes? But I hardly get you Americans! |
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Jul 29 2006, 01:44 PM
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 InfatuatedbyU  Group: Member Posts: 334 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,209 |
hmm.. word?
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Jul 29 2006, 01:46 PM
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^ SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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Jul 29 2006, 01:46 PM
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 oooh yeah. Group: Member Posts: 1,333 Joined: Feb 2006 Member No: 376,533 |
badass=cool. it's good.
Just for the record, Sandra.  And ill also means cool/awesome. Ex: That's ill! Meaning: That's awesome! |
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Jul 29 2006, 01:50 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 4,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,115 |
UNLESS you're like.. yeah, you're so badass in a sarcastic way so then it's like hi you're not cool.
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Jul 29 2006, 01:53 PM
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Aww. Well. AT LEAST YOU CAN SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE. That reminds me - do you have Skype? Should I bother getting it? I WANNA SPEAK TO YOU IN FRENCH.
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Jul 29 2006, 01:54 PM
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I have skype but I don't have speakers. Lmfao!
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Jul 29 2006, 01:56 PM
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I DEMAND YOU GET THEM NOW.
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Jul 29 2006, 01:59 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,746 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 17,125 |
YO IS DA POPO BE OUT BE OUT!
Rofl. Its okay, I don't actually talk like that. My alternate personality does though! |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:13 PM
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 that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
Yayyyy, urbandictionary.com.
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Jul 29 2006, 03:25 PM
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 Sharie. Group: Member Posts: 2,429 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 103 |
It's not really American English, it's just slang, like in different countries.
For example, Cantonese is hard to learn because it has a LOT of slang like "American English." |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:26 PM
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 peace&love, earth flower Group: Member Posts: 651 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 398,938 |
Skype is cool.
Haha I only understand half of what comes out of my mouth. Ermfermoo is toe up.
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Jul 29 2006, 03:28 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
www.Urbandictionary.com
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Jul 29 2006, 03:29 PM
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that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
QUOTE(No Fear @ Jul 29 2006, 4:28 PM)  www.Urbandictionary.com Haha, I did it before you. 
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Jul 29 2006, 03:30 PM
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 I've got ADD and magic markers. Oh the thrills I will have. Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 445,743 |
Wait...since when is ill a slang term? Anyway...Americans make me sad, too. This country is not all it's hyped up to be.
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Jul 29 2006, 03:31 PM
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that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
QUOTE(femme_fatale4160 @ Jul 29 2006, 4:30 PM) Wait...since when is ill a slang term? Some people use ill as a slang term for cool. |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:39 PM
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 My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 |
QUOTE(Weird addiction @ Jul 29 2006, 1:46 PM) ^ SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? LMFAO. Ahah. I know what you're talking about with the 'badass' stuff. Well, I pretty much don't get it when people use 'bad' or 'sick' or 'wicked' as a positive adjective. And which is correct if you're trying ? "You don't know shit about politics" or "You know shit about politics". Because the former would be a compliment and the latter would be an insult, but ordinarily it's the other way around. And I absolutely hate the phrase "I could care less" when they're trying to express that they don't care. That doesn't make sense. It would be "I couldn't care less" because nothing is more uninteresting than what this person is saying. |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:46 PM
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kathleen, if you get skype you can talk to me in english.
it'll be like an experiment with different types of englishes! |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:52 PM
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I've got ADD and magic markers. Oh the thrills I will have. Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 445,743 |
QUOTE(lol lollipops @ Jul 29 2006, 4:31 PM) Some people use ill as a slang term for cool. Well I know that now. |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:56 PM
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 Krista. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
hahaha. don't worry, i get confused about that stuff too. i didn't know what badass meant.
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Jul 29 2006, 03:58 PM
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 daughter of sin Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
I know, man.. I remember when I first came to Canada. Well, here it's considered American English.. But the little English I had studied was British English.
So one girl asked me where I lived, and I was just like, "Oh in a flat in the red building".. hahaha.. |
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Jul 29 2006, 03:59 PM
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I've got ADD and magic markers. Oh the thrills I will have. Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 445,743 |
Where are you originally from, Angelina?
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Jul 29 2006, 04:06 PM
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daughter of sin Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
A really small country in Europe called Bulgaria :) It's next to Greece, Turkey and Romania..
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Jul 29 2006, 04:25 PM
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 stephanie .. Group: Member Posts: 1,965 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,529 |
QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Jul 29 2006, 5:06 PM) A really small country in Europe called Bulgaria :) It's next to Greece, Turkey and Romania.. ohmygosh I know a girl that came from there lol that's super cool I don't understand british english...but I've always wanted to call someone a wanker lmao |
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Jul 29 2006, 05:10 PM
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 yawn :) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,926 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,041 |
I have a hard time understanding american slang and i am from here
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Jul 29 2006, 05:12 PM
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Sharie. Group: Member Posts: 2,429 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 103 |
QUOTE(nyctophiliac @ Jul 29 2006, 2:25 PM) ohmygosh I know a girl that came from there lol that's super cool I don't understand british english...but I've always wanted to call someone a wanker lmao Me too, she's crazy about Bulgaria. She's coming to my house today, coincidentally. |
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Jul 29 2006, 05:16 PM
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daughter of sin Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
^ Hahaha.. wowww. Freakish coincidence.
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Jul 29 2006, 05:28 PM
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ha i love this topic.
i was talking to an american over msn the other day, and she said something and i sed 'gutted' she was like 'wtf does that mean?!' its crazy that words that get used alot over here people have never heard of in the states and visa versa. the same happens in different parts of the country too. like gordies have completly different slag than we do down in the south. lol. arf im rambling. |
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Jul 29 2006, 05:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 146 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 410,319 |
arf that was me that posted up there ^ x-vampire-heart-x my other account which i dont really use anymore. jus went on it to check my pm's didnt realise i was still signed in as it >.<
edit:// OOHHHH YAY THAT WAS MY 100TH POST >.< AHAHAHA
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Jul 29 2006, 07:19 PM
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thats sick.
meaning off the chains. meaning cool. hahaha. americans have literally made up their own language. |
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Jul 29 2006, 07:26 PM
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 hollyann marie Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 199,364 |
cBs dope.... & im bomb shit
 haha is that american slang?
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Jul 29 2006, 07:28 PM
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^LOL. i think so.
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Jul 29 2006, 07:47 PM
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people and their weird slangs. "Yo she be grilling at me"
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Jul 29 2006, 07:48 PM
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i thought you were good in english.
;O ask anyone for clarification ;] |
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Jul 29 2006, 08:22 PM
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 there's nothing, the end, it's begun Group: Member Posts: 221 Joined: Feb 2006 Member No: 370,838 |
Yeah. Americans make me cry, too. |
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Jul 29 2006, 08:22 PM
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Jessica Group: Member Posts: 87 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 296,079 |
It's just our slang, every country has their own slang, and yeah, it can be confusing but that's just the way it is. You'll catch on eventually.
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Jul 29 2006, 08:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,534 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 170,127 |
I don't understand a few terms, phrases and uses of words I hear from my American friends..and I'm American
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Jul 29 2006, 08:31 PM
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Jessica Group: Member Posts: 87 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 296,079 |
QUOTE(ima_fake_ @ Jul 29 2006, 8:26 PM) cBs dope.... & im bomb shit haha is that american slang? haha, yeah the wangsters talk like that.
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Jul 29 2006, 08:33 PM
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hollyann marie Group: Member Posts: 268 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 199,364 |
^ omg its like the song by fity cent ^.^
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Jul 29 2006, 10:53 PM
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QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Jul 29 2006, 5:06 PM) A really small country in Europe called Bulgaria :) It's next to Greece, Turkey and Romania.. MY BEST FRIEND'S FROM BULGARIA. Her family won a green card to come here through the lottery when she was six. That always cracks me up. When did you come here?
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Jul 29 2006, 10:56 PM
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yawn :) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,926 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,041 |
I Know this girl from Romania..she is funny as hell. Sort of reminds me of kahtleen if Kathleen was on speed all the time
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Jul 29 2006, 11:02 PM
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Haha you haven't seen me when someone feeds me sugar, apparently.
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Jul 30 2006, 10:06 AM
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QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 30 2006, 2:48 AM) i thought you were good in english. ;O ask anyone for clarification ;] WTF? I'm sure you didn't understand me. Oh yeah, It took me a while to know what "off the chains' meant. |
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Jul 30 2006, 10:13 AM
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that's what she said Group: Member Posts: 848 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,512 |
Wuz crackin, G?!
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Jul 30 2006, 10:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,746 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 17,125 |
Rubbing onions on my eyes makes me cry, too.
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Jul 30 2006, 10:19 AM
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LMFAO! Pee pee in the Poo poo makes me cry or something like that! HAHA!
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Jul 30 2006, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,746 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 17,125 |
Words to live by. :D
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Jul 30 2006, 12:30 PM
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 your signal fades away, and all I'm left with is noise. Group: Member Posts: 2,099 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,110 |
QUOTE hmm.. word? ^ Lol. Languages confuse me too, don't worry. 
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Jul 30 2006, 01:48 PM
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hmm i understand some, even though i have all american friends -.-
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Jul 30 2006, 06:10 PM
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daughter of sin Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
QUOTE(Kathleen @ Jul 29 2006, 11:53 PM) MY BEST FRIEND'S FROM BULGARIA. Her family won a green card to come here through the lottery when she was six. That always cracks me up. When did you come here?HAHAHA.. wow. We're all over the world, man. There's no escape :P I came in Canada a little more than three years ago.. Took us a long time before that though. |
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Jul 30 2006, 06:56 PM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
QUOTE(Paradox of Life @ Jul 29 2006, 4:39 PM) And I absolutely hate the phrase "I could care less" when they're trying to express that they don't care. That doesn't make sense. It would be "I couldn't care less" because nothing is more uninteresting than what this person is saying. Haha, YES. I HATE that. It always baffles me. I always say "I couldn't care less." I feel the same way about British slang. Some of their slang is just strange to me. It sounds so... I don't know. In WWII Americans were like "GET THE F*** DOWN! KILL THOSE SONS OF B**CHES! SHOOT THAT MUTHER F**KER UP! BLOW JERRY'S ASS OFF!" and the British were like "TALLY-HO MATES! GET SOME PEPPA ON THOSE JERRYS! THOSE DOGGO'S SHALL BLOODY DIE IN A BLOODY INSTANT!" Sorry, I love WWII and I can get a lot of slang reference out of it, haha. I guess it's just our cultures. I'm sure the British think our slang is strange. Some British slang is neat though.
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