English Spoken - Around the World - Some humor from my cousin.
Oct 25, 2020 05:58:40 #
A fun case of misplaced modifiers. When found in English written by a culture that does not have English as a native language, it is often because of the difference in the grammatical structure of the language. As an example the Spanish phrase 'casa blanca' means white house. Spanish puts the noun or subject of a sentence first then adds the modifier. Literally translated it reads 'house white'.
I grew up in central Illinois and many of the farmers in that area raised crops of various types as well as live stock. It was common for a farmer to say he was going out to throw some hay over the fence for the cows. An old Swede in that area would say he was going 'to throw the cows over the fence some hay'. That made perfect sense to him. Isn't language a beautiful thing.
I grew up in central Illinois and many of the farmers in that area raised crops of various types as well as live stock. It was common for a farmer to say he was going out to throw some hay over the fence for the cows. An old Swede in that area would say he was going 'to throw the cows over the fence some hay'. That made perfect sense to him. Isn't language a beautiful thing.
Oct 25, 2020 05:59:54 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
seen in a local, reasonably high class, restaurant "chilli con carne with meat"
Oct 25, 2020 06:05:54 #
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Oct 25, 2020 07:04:36 #
Hi Mark,
Just my kind of humor! Keep 'em coming.
All the best to you and yours and stay safe,
Terry
Just my kind of humor! Keep 'em coming.
All the best to you and yours and stay safe,
Terry
Oct 25, 2020 07:35:03 #
Oct 25, 2020 07:50:31 #
Nice collection. I see three types: people who are not native English speakers, people who are not too bright, people who are trying to be funny.
Oct 25, 2020 08:38:08 #
Our language is a bit tricky, so we can excuse these amusing lines from non-speakers. A much bigger problem is that I had some incoming native-speaking freshmen who sometimes came up with equally off-balance phrasing.
I enjoyed these, by the way.
I enjoyed these, by the way.
Oct 25, 2020 09:27:40 #
Oct 25, 2020 09:32:44 #
Thank you (all) for your comments. Always glad to bring a bit of humor to UHH.
Enjoy the day,
Mark
Enjoy the day,
Mark
Oct 25, 2020 09:35:14 #
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Oct 25, 2020 10:32:39 #
We don't do a whole lot better in our own country with our own language.
Oct 25, 2020 10:39:41 #
Burtzy wrote:
We don't do a whole lot better in our own country with our own language.
Mark
Oct 25, 2020 11:42:51 #
So did I, on Ridge Rd. Did they ever pave the road? Was one lane dirt rd when I lived there in the 50’s til early 60’s. Went to Whitehouse Elementary, then Readington Township Middle school
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