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Offsprings - that went onto greatness

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Judge Jules said:
Initially I read that as "pizza" and thought they must have some socking great big ones in Greece. And pizzas.
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They call them plateias here, and it's one of those words which has slipped into my English vocabulary. Not just mine, if I'm meeting other English speakers we'll arrange to meet up at a certain plateia or what have you. A bit weird that. I suppose it's because we don't really have squares as a gathering point back home the way they do here? I dunno.
 
Possibly, but I suspect it's simply a matter of regular use in a particular context establishing that word as part of your normal vocabulary regardless of whether it's in your native language. When I came back from my year out working in a bookshop in Germany before starting my university course in French and German, there were some words (e.g "order" as in placing an order for something) which came more readily to mind in German than they did in English, initially anyway.
 
Judge Jules said:
Possibly, but I suspect it's simply a matter of regular use in a particular context establishing that word as part of your normal vocabulary regardless of whether it's in your native language. When I came back from my year out working in a bookshop in Germany before starting my university course in French and German, there were some words (e.g "order" as in placing an order for something) which came more readily to mind in German than they did in English, initially anyway.
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Same here. The Dutch have extra words for describing things especially feelings that don't really exist in English which it's hard to explain to my parents or whoever
 
SummerOnions said:
Same here. The Dutch have extra words for describing things especially feelings that don't really exist in English which it's hard to explain to my parents or whoever
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After 20 years in Australia- I have to remember to not call everyone a “faaaackin caaaaant” - as interchangeable as it is for friend or foe... whenever I do get home.

Particularly my mother....

Swearing truly is one of the best things about Australia.
 
Woland said:
His son. Well he did a year ago when we lived there. He was playing for St Johnstone and it was only a ten minute drive away
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Don’t buy any pension policies from him, just in case if he’s anything like his dad...
 
StevieM said:
After 20 years in Australia- I have to remember to not call everyone a “faaaackin caaaaant” - as interchangeable as it is for friend or foe... whenever I do get home.

Particularly my mother....

Swearing truly is one of the best things about Australia.
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Heard on a radio programme many years ago: "I was 16 years old before I realised 'Pommy bastard' was two words".
 
StevieM said:
After 20 years in Australia- I have to remember to not call everyone a “faaaackin caaaaant” - as interchangeable as it is for friend or foe... whenever I do get home.

Particularly my mother....

Swearing truly is one of the best things about Australia.
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Australia, where you call your mates "cunt" and cunts "mate"
 
Ian Wright .. better than any of his 3 kids..

shaun wright Philips had his career ruined by Chelsea..
 
LeTallecWiz said:
BRadley did well in Amerikuh
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Did his contract have something to do with a Pepsi competition?

I'm not sure what I'm recalling here, just remember something to do with 'winning' him as a player for your MLS club.

I could google this of course......
 
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