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@earl-of-trumps said
I thought we were supposed to be using words or phrases that are foreign but quite commonly used by society, and the meaning is known.

Anyway,,, Ménage à trois - French in origin.

Also,,, Goombah - friend or mate. Sicilian in origin.
Perhaps we should have a tête-à-tête

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@earl-of-trumps said
I thought we were supposed to be using words or phrases that are foreign but quite commonly used by society, and the meaning is known.
Per the OP they should be nifty.

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@woofwoof said
"Buona Epifania!"
🇮🇹

- Happy Epiphany Day!
🇬🇧
Did the Good Witch leave you some nice prezzies? 😉

(Sorry if I already asked you that -- I think I might have.)

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Il fait un froid de canard.

French: "This Siberian blast will destroy the crops and kill us all!"

Canadian French: "It's a bit chilly."

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@gambrel said
Perhaps we should have a tête-à-tête
May I suggest Tetley tea for your tête-à-tête?

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@very-rusty said
Pondy, if you think I am spamming then so are others. 🙂

Nice chatting with you. 🙂

-VR
Actually it was the translation.... as could have understood.

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@ponderable said
Actually it was the translation.... as could have understood.
@very-rusty said
Translater? 🙂

-VR
stop spamming!

(you can copy and use any free translation software...)


The aforementioned in your own words. 🙂
-VR

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Ohrwurm, German, literally ear worm, a tune or jingle you can’t get out of your mind, repeats involuntarily for hours or days. ABBA used to turn them out like clockwork.

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@very-rusty said
@very-rusty said
Translater? 🙂

-VR
stop spamming!

(you can copy and use any free translation software...)


The aforementioned in your own words. 🙂
-VR
When you asked for Happy Birthday in Japanese I posted 'Stop Spamming' in Japanese. Ponderable then gave you the translation. However you thought he was just telling you to 'stop spamming' and you got cross with him.
Very amusing.

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@kevin-eleven said
May I suggest Tetley tea for your tête-à-tête?
Terrific

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Ohrfeige, German, literally ear fig, a slap or an insult.

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"demo" in Japanese means "however"

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@the-gravedigger said
When you asked for Happy Birthday in Japanese I posted 'Stop Spamming' in Japanese. Ponderable then gave you the translation. However you thought he was just telling you to 'stop spamming' and you got cross with him.
Very amusing.
Just hoping that you would -- if the occasion ever happened to present itself -- know damn well better than to try any such thing with me for the sake of your own amusement!!!

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Er: to keep this on-topic, the Arcturian Spider Crystals have a very similar saying which would be analogous to a literary reference if they had ever gone through a literary phase in their history, and which (per a convention interestingly similar to some of our own here on Earth) they have condensed into a transmission of four cycles, which serves as a reference to the canonical transmission and its variants, similar to some four-character phrases in Zhong Wen or numerical references to jokes in some Russian prisons.

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@gambrel said
Terrific
How dare you!

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@the-gravedigger said
When you asked for Happy Birthday in Japanese I posted 'Stop Spamming' in Japanese. Ponderable then gave you the translation. However you thought he was just telling you to 'stop spamming' and you got cross with him.
Very amusing.
It is fun to rock the boat, people get so worked up over the smallest of things. 🙂

-VR

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