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Discussion Groups / English Usage / October 2007Toujours Tingo
"Toujours Tingo is a compilation of words and phrases that don't exist in English. For example: Gwarlingo (Welsh): the rushing sound of a grandfather clock as it limbers up to strike Pisan zapra (Malay): the time taken to eat a banana. Toujours Tingo (French and Easter Island Pascuense): Always borrow objects one by one from a neighbour's house until there is nothing left Bakushan (Japanese): a woman who looks better from behind Nakhur (Farsi): a camel that won't give milk until its nostrils are tickled ... and so on. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2 759260.ece  SignatureRobin Herts, England http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2 759260.ece Nice one. Although I never came across the German example "Tantenverführer", and Google only finds references to exactly this book... Regards Steffen Robin Bignall <docrobin@ntlworld.com> het geskryf: > "Toujours Tingo is a compilation of words and phrases > that don't > exist in English. For example: The Italians have a word for the rings left on tabletops by glasses, but I have forgotten what it is. And there is an Afrikaans word for the back part of the skull, the usefulness of which, I understand, is that there is where you wish to hit your children. [snip] > ... and so on.http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/boo... [snip] Thanks -- the bottom line: "...And while English may lack some words that appear useful in other languages, it scores heavily in brevity over the Tok Pisin creole of the tribesmen of Papua New Guinea, whose expression magimiks belong Yesus is what we know as a helicopter...." Magimiks belong Yesus ... rapture is coming by way of helicopter? -- Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego >"...And while English may lack some words that appear useful in other >languages, it scores heavily in brevity over the Tok Pisin creole of >the tribesmen of Papua New Guinea, whose expression magimiks belong >Yesus is what we know as a helicopter...." > >Magimiks belong Yesus ... rapture is coming by way of helicopter? Egg-whisk type of thing, innit. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:59:33 -0700, tinwhistler > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Egg-whisk type of thing, innit. Food processor. Whirling blades and all: http://tinyurl.com/32f4op Mike M >> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:59:33 -0700, tinwhistler >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://tinyurl.com/32f4op Interesting the way these things change. In our day it was "Mixmaster bilong Jesus-christ". I suppose you all know "big-pella bockus you fight im long teeth e sing out". We could perhaps discover some overlap between Tok PiSin and Lolcat. SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Mike Lyle (or somebody else of the same name) wrote in message <47261fc3$0$26454$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>: > I suppose you all know "big-pella bockus you fight > im long teeth e sing out". The late Luciano Pavarotti? Would fit the first and last elements of the expression at least. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply Prai Jei filted: >Mike Lyle (or somebody else of the same name) wrote in message ><47261fc3$0$26454$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >The late Luciano Pavarotti? Would fit the first and last elements of the >expression at least. Sounds like a piano...I got slowed down interpreting "bockus" as "Bacchus", but once I realized it was "box" the rest fell into place.... Anybody happen to know the Tok Pisin for "bagpipes"?...r Signature"He come in the night when one sleep on a bed. With a hand he have the basket and foods." - David Sedaris explains the Easter rabbit >Prai Jei filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Sounds like a piano...I got slowed down interpreting "bockus" as "Bacchus", but >once I realized it was "box" the rest fell into place.... I favour anaccordion, on the fight front. Wrastling, and all that: armlock, sharmlock. SignaturePaul In bocca al Lupo! > Prai Jei filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > "Bacchus", but once I realized it was "box" the rest fell into > place.... It is indeed the pianoforte. > Anybody happen to know the Tok Pisin for "bagpipes"?...r It's not at http://www.tok-pisin.com/sort-english.php?page=1 "White-pella octopus you givim blow-job e sing out", conceivably? SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Mike Lyle filted: >> Prai Jei filted: >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >"White-pella octopus you givim blow-job e sing out", conceivably? I sense you're just trying to get me to change my .sig file again....r Signature"He come in the night when one sleep on a bed. With a hand he have the basket and foods." - David Sedaris explains the Easter rabbit > Mike Lyle filted: [...] > >> Anybody happen to know the Tok Pisin for "bagpipes"?...r > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I sense you're just trying to get me to change my .sig file again....r It's pretty well impossible to call the bagpipe anything that /isn't/ fun. Even the innocent "musette" also means "nosebag". SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Mike Lyle filted: >> Mike Lyle filted: >> > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >It's pretty well impossible to call the bagpipe anything that /isn't/ >fun. Even the innocent "musette" also means "nosebag". I once spent some time crafting a Japanese word for "haggis"...the result re-translates into English as "inside-out sheep"....r Signature"He come in the night when one sleep on a bed. With a hand he have the basket and foods." - David Sedaris explains the Easter rabbit >>Mike Lyle filted: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > It's pretty well impossible to call the bagpipe anything that /isn't/ > fun. Even the innocent "musette" also means "nosebag". My favourite is "Dudelsack". SignatureRob Bannister >>> Mike Lyle filted: [...] >>>>> Anybody happen to know the Tok Pisin for "bagpipes"?...r >>>> "White-pella octopus you givim blow-job e sing out", conceivably? [...] >> It's pretty well impossible to call the bagpipe anything that >> /isn't/ fun. Even the innocent "musette" also means "nosebag". > My favourite is "Dudelsack". You bitim doodle he cry. (Snip) > Bakushan (Japanese): a woman who looks better from behind Gilbert could have used that; instead he had to write "She may very well pass for forty three in the dusk with the light behind her." > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2 759260.ece Thanks for brightening the day. Cheers, Sage > "Toujours Tingo" is a compilation of words and phrases that don't > exist in English. [...] Adam Jacot De Boinod's new compilation _Toujours Tingo_ is crap, as is his 2005 _The Meaning of Tingo: And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World_. At least 50% of those "funny" or "unusual" or "exotic" or "untranslatable" non-English words don't exist, are mistranslated, misunderstood, plain wrong, or verbosely translated. De Boinod's compilations are for the mindless masses and gullible, ignorant journalists, not for linguists, philologists, or intelligent word-lovers. They are basically rip-offs of Howard Rheingold's 1988 book _They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases_. This book by another language dilettante also is all but kosher. On _Language Log_ of September 28, 2005, ex-AUEer Benjamin Zimmer exposed some of the nonsense in his "_Tingo_ and other lingo" and linked to two extensive debunkings of De Boinod's crap in Metafilter and Straight Dope: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/%7Emyl/languagelog/archives/002500.html Albanians have 27 words for moustaches and another 27 for eyebrows? Yeah, right. I refused De Boinod's request to link to his silly books. So enjoy his garbage, but with a couple of fistfuls of salt. ~~~ Rey ~~~ >Adam Jacot De Boinod's new compilation _Toujours Tingo_ is crap, as is >his 2005 _The Meaning of Tingo: And Other Extraordinary Words from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >ignorant journalists, not for linguists, philologists, or intelligent >word-lovers. If I ever write a book, I'm aiming for the mindless masses market. To hell with the linguists, philologists, and intelligent word-lovers...all 126 of them. Don't authors make money based on the number of copies sold? I left out the ignorant journalists. When have you ever heard of a journalist *buying* a book? SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL tony cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> het geskryf: > If I ever write a book, I'm aiming for the mindless > masses market. To hell with the linguists, philologists, > and intelligent word-lovers...all 126 of them. Don't > authors make money based on the number of copies sold? Prezackly. Hourah for Dan Brown and J.K. Rowling, two of the Greatest Authors Ever! [ ... ] > If I ever write a book, I'm aiming for the mindless masses market. To > hell with the linguists, philologists, and intelligent [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I left out the ignorant journalists. When have you ever heard of a > journalist *buying* a book? Daughter used to work for a magazine headquartered in New York. She could call almost any publisher in the city and get a free copy of almost any book. I gave her a list of a few hundred that I wanted, but she said her boss wouldn't let her abuse the privilege. Damn! > [ ... ] > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > almost any book. I gave her a list of a few hundred that I wanted, > but she said her boss wouldn't let her abuse the privilege. Damn! It can, like many privileges, have unintended consequences. For years I was on the automatic review copy list for everything published by Ladybird books. SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > "Toujours Tingo is a compilation of words and phrases that don't > exist in English. For example: > > Bakushan (Japanese): a woman who looks better from behind What about "butterface"? Adrian [snip] > > "Toujours Tingo is a compilation of words and phrases that don't > > exist in English. For example: > > > Bakushan (Japanese): a woman who looks better from behind > > What about "butterface"? [snip] Or "1661" as per the recent thread at aue: http://tinyurl.com/363pqa -- Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego |
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