i have picked up on several words and phrases that many speak here in African / British slang. they often make me laugh.
here are a few:
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will you tick my paper? = will you check my paper?
please go put on your swimming costume = please go put on your swimming suit/trunks
off you go! = go get started!
i left a note in your pigeon hole = i left a note in your mail box
you need a full stop at the end of every sentence = you need a period at the end of every setence.
please, may i use the toilet? = may i please use the restroom?
4 comments:
very interesting!
love the pigeon hole and full stop ones....
haha!
yes!
so glad you are learning...and even more glad at the fact that you may carry these slang words home with you in December!
Imagine if this was our conversation...
translate THIS:
You won't find anything from me in your pigeon hole today. I run out of time for writing things, especially when I have to use correct full stops. [You were always better at grammar.] Oops! Off I go to tick my laundry! Almost forgot about it down there in our scary scary basement. Thinking about the critters down there makes me have to use the toilet. Chao!
Okay...maybe they don't say chao there....what is goodbye in swahili?
hahaha. well i haven't quite inserted slang into my vocabulary that much!
kwa heri! - is goodbye in swahili! havnen't heard choa yet, although i still often revert to hola, the only other foreign language i know!
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