Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

I used to work with a fellow who came from Germany as a young boy, with his and an extended family. The children of each family plcked up English, particularly the swear words, quickly, but the mothers spoke only in their native language. The pair of mothers and their respective offspring went into Brisbane on a shopping trip, for household chattels. In the bedding department, of a busy emporium one mum yelled across the department, to the other mum, in German "come and look at this (whatever it was)".
The boys fell about laughing, the innocent German word contained the c bomb in english.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I used to work with a fellow who came from Germany as a young boy, with his and an extended family. The children of each family plcked up English, particularly the swear words, quickly, but the mothers spoke only in their native language. The pair of mothers and their respective offspring went into Brisbane on a shopping trip, for household chattels. In the bedding department, of a busy emporium one mum yelled across the department, to the other mum, in German "come and look at this (whatever it was)".
The boys fell about laughing, the innocent German word contained the c bomb in english.

Scunthorpe UK usually gets censored out on some forums as well. Lets see here? Nope, they must be quite narrow minded.



350. Asterisks didn't appear popular back then but I wonder how they would have come out, the mind can only ponder.


Reverse the situation I bet I would cause humiliation if one was in Germany or Italy. No kid.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Scunthorpe UK usually gets censored out on some forums as well. Lets see here? Nope, they must be quite narrow minded.



350. Asterisks didn't appear popular back then but I wonder how they would have come out, the mind can only ponder.


Reverse the situation I bet I would cause humiliation if one was in Germany or Italy. No kid.

The AULRO filter doesn’t seem to pick up that one very well
I misspelt “country” in a post and didn’t realise until I looked the next day I missed the “o”

There's a particular splice with rope that is now generally called a 'cut' splice.

The more informed and particular reference sources call it something similar.

It is only a word.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by 4bee

Thx, I knew that but thx for your help.

Dave, talk about making the English language harder. No wonder "New Australians" couldn't get a handle on it, but then, lazy words like Thx did not appear to be around back then.


An insight into learning Oz/English by a former Italian neighbour who had recently arrived in Austrlia back in the early '60s.

Gina worked in a Pasta factory & every 2nd word was **** This, **** that, ****ing thing etc etc. Bleep Bleep Bleep,Bleep ad nauseum.

To her it was the norm.

When we had visitors & invited Gina over for a cuppa it was most humorous to hear her try to 'spik a da eenglish without the **** bomb every other word.

Indoors eventually had to take her aside & kindly explain that it wasn't the done thing & why.

But she did make the grade & last heard she was doing well.

Somewhere I have a book "Alice on the Line", which is an autobiographical book by a woman whose father was the chief telegraphist at Alice springs around the end of the 19th century.

On one occasion they had a visit from a young German Count, who was touring the world visiting out of the way places (by himself). As an aristocrat, he dined, of course, with the 'officers' at the station, including the chief telegraphist's wife and teenage daughter (possibly the only white women at the time between Port Augusta and Palmerston).

He had learned English initially from the sailors on the ship from Europe to Darwin (Palmerston as it was then), and then refined his grip on the language travelling from Darwin to Alice with a bullocky...........

Originally Posted by 4bee

Of course it is wrong. WTF does Thx mean?

In my adolescent years, 'Thx' would have inferred a reference to a couple of lispy blokes.

Thank Crom for change!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Somewhere I have a book "Alice on the Line", which is an autobiographical book by a woman whose father was the chief telegraphist at Alice springs around the end of the 19th century.

On one occasion they had a visit from a young German Count, who was touring the world visiting out of the way places (by himself). As an aristocrat, he dined, of course, with the 'officers' at the station, including the chief telegraphist's wife and teenage daughter (possibly the only white women at the time between Port Augusta and Palmerston).

He had learned English initially from the sailors on the ship from Europe to Darwin (Palmerston as it was then), and then refined his grip on the language travelling from Darwin to Alice with a bullocky...........

and then refined his grip on the language travelling from Darwin to Alice with a bullocky...........

That must have made for a non-boring Dinner Party.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

There's a particular splice with rope that is now generally called a 'cut' splice.

The more informed and particular reference sources call it something similar.

It is only a word.

cheers, DL

I bet that name was changed to Cut after looking at it's diagrams.


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