what dialects are you folks speaking, and what is your strangest word you know? obviously i speak bavarian and i start with 'dasoachde brunzkachl' what literally means pissed on piss tile, means you are just a dum fuck xD
2 years ago · 👍 eph
i have another fine word from bavaria: zipflklatscher, directly translated it is penis slapper, hard to say what it really means, think douchebag comes next to it. · 2 years ago
During the past few years I've been hearing a lot of catalan and french creole. There is a word that, I think, is the same in both languages and amuses me: collons (catalan, pronounced [kuˈʎons]) / kouyon (french creole, pronounced [kujɔ̃]). It can be an interjection showing astonishment or whatever the tone implies, or also an insult to someone, a fool, stupid person. · 2 years ago
my English is a strange combination of general Midwestern and Southern, colored by having lived in Texas and now Michigan, which has a bizarre accent made more bizarre by the fact that nobody here seems to think that they have an accent... strangest word? probably "faunching" used to mean moaning/groaning/complaining, which my Dad uses... @tskaalgard, I like "yanderways" and may have to steal it! 😃 · 2 years ago
haha :) i also own a lederhosn. i even married in tracht. · 2 years ago
@danrl you mix northern german and bavarian? this is heresy! this is madness! THIS IS BAVARIA!!! kidding, greetings and prost to you californian saubreiss xD · 2 years ago
@a1000duckr beat me to it. mo sogn! according to my wife i am a legitimate bavarian by marriage and at home (california, it’s complicated) we speak a unrecognizable mix of nothern german and bavarian. prosit, darauf n lütten! · 2 years ago
"cattywampus" in American English, just means something has gone askew or not right. If it has gone smoothly it is all "copasetic". · 2 years ago
North German here: Ohauhehauheha! · 2 years ago
can't think of a word but here in GCI if asked where i live i might well answer: i live to the forest me eh. we add "eh" to the end of just about any statement, eh. · 2 years ago
American southerner here. Ours is Ya'll'd've. Ya'll'd've gone runnin' if Mr. Harris hadn't busted his knee last month. Shootin fireworks by his house sure makes 'em mighty ornery. · 2 years ago
not near me, but in Boston "wicked pissah" is pretty strange. it's seemingly a way to say you really like something. · 2 years ago
Where I’m from, the English we use has been influenced by German and Norwegian so it’s perfectly acceptable to ask someone
Do you want to come with?
which sounds normal to me but weird to everyone else. As for weirdest word, perhaps ‘crapola’ which is a very slightly more intense word for ‘dang’ or ‘darn’. · 2 years ago