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Quotable Quotes

Postby Penitent » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:23 am

Here you can post any type of quote you want. It can be inspirational, it can be a proverb, and it can be funny, something that you abide to. And since we have a multicultural forum I would encourage quotes from the different countries so we can all learn!

So, here is the first one:

“Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends”
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Postby Yakumo » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:00 am

"Accept what you cannot change

Change what you cannot accept"
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Postby Son of the Silver Fox » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:07 pm

"If a man is in the woods all alone is he still wrong?"
"Ignorance doesn't suck for the ignorant they just don't know any better."
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Re: Quotable Quotes

Postby Son of the Silver Fox » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:09 pm

Penitent wrote:Here you can post any type of quote you want. It can be inspirational, it can be a proverb, and it can be funny, something that you abide to. And since we have a multicultural forum I would encourage quotes from the different countries so we can all learn!

So, here is the first one:

“Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends”

I prefer "You can pick your nose but you can't pick your family."
"Ignorance doesn't suck for the ignorant they just don't know any better."
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Postby Ada » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:58 am

Drier than a dead dingo's jockstrap!

(Fair dinkum - it's a real saying when you're feeling a bit thirsty i.e. in need of a beer. Most of today's yuppies probably haven't heard it before but I'd bet you'd still hear it in a few country/outback pubs.)
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Postby i_heart_nefie » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:57 pm

haha classic, another classic Aussie quote "flat out like a lizard drinking"
"I would very much like to come hunting with you please...." - Little Mem
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Postby Yakumo » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:32 pm

followed a muck cart ...

thought it was a wedding!

For ADA

muck cart is a farming machine pulled by a tractor that fertilizes the land. Often called a Sh** wanger.
Usage where someone has got a little lost in the country or where a person is confused.
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Postby Ada » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:58 pm

Need a "please explain" on that one Yakumo!

In what context would you use that?

Is a "muck cart" a garbage truck or a (I think it was called) 'nightman's truck' - i.e. The one that empties toilet pans (slang here was dunny cans) for outside (out house) non-flushable toilets?

(For above edit/response.) Thanks Yakumo :lol:
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Postby i_heart_nefie » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:29 am

ooh I have one "Forget regret, or life is yours to miss"..."No day but today"
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Postby J » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:40 pm

Ada wrote:(Fair dinkum - it's a real saying when you're feeling a bit thirsty i.e. in need of a beer. Most of today's yuppies probably haven't heard it before but I'd bet you'd still hear it in a few country/outback pubs.)


I once read a piece in Column 8 where an American had requested an explaination of the term 'faired income'. :lol:
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Postby Ada » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:02 am

^ :lol: It doesn't surprise me!

We went to the US for our honeymoon & I wanted a can of coke from a shop we went into. The guy behind the counter could not understand me at all - I ended up pointing to a sign/ad. for coke!

Just thought of another funny one (the UK members should understand it as a lot of them used to keep chickens in their backyards & had outside toilets.):

(Used when you're cross with someone, don't want to swear badly but need to say a mouth full.)

"I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down!"
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Postby delby » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:55 pm

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Postby Ada » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:44 am

This one is more a "lost in translation" word. The word being 'cracker'.

In Australia (& I suspect UK also,) a cracker can be a number of things e.g.
    a decorated paper cylinder which when pulled apart, makes a sharp noise (bang) & releases a small toy or novelty, paper hat & jokes (used at Christmas time) (also call Bon Bons;
    a firework exploding with a sharp noise;
    a thin dry biscuit typically eaten with cheese;
    a fine example of something;
    an attractive person; or
    a person who breaks into a computer system.

Then there is the definition we learnt tonight. Apparently in America, a 'cracker' is an offensive term for a "poor white". My daughter & I had never heard this before and fortunately I have an excellent dictionary that gave us this additional definition. This all came about when my daughter was posting something on another Forum & used the word 'cracker' - meaning something was good & the Forum's programme automatically censored it! (That Forum is based in the US.)

I thought it strange to find a word we normally use as a compliment, being used as an insult. Editors of novels that are to be released all over the world must have to have a lot of knowledge & be up to date with 'word fashion'. This Forum is UK based & because we are part of the Commonwealth, Australia & Canada are quite familiar with most of the words/terms used & therefore are aware of what is and is not offensive.

Can any one else think of some words that could be innocently used and end up being offensive?
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Postby Yakumo » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:43 pm

My wife has been looking for "faggots" recently in all the butcher shops!
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Postby Nefer » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:15 pm

:lol: :lol:

Just found another one...

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