Your Not Supposed To Say That Here

[Skeleon]

Well, I'm still using the dialect I have acquired living where I went to school. Now that I live in a different part of Germany, people tend to look at me funny for some phrases I use.
Germany is very diverse in terms of dialects.

 

[omle]

Kids in my American high school yell at me for using "big words".

Such as "imply", "coerce", "err", and "signify".

I have a shirt that says "To err is human, to blame someone else indicates management potential", and almost no one at school understands what it means. They just punch me, call me a nerd and walk away.

Is the rest of the world like this, or just America / just my specific school?

Your school is full of idiots if they don't understand words like 'coerce' and 'imply' and are probably holding back your education. For your own sake, pull out now!

Doesn't sound like the coolest T-shirt though and would likely get you punched in most schools. I'd punch my own friends and take the piss if they were wearing one too.

(No personal disrespect, but ditch that shirt)

 

[ZombieVictor]

Family sayings.
'-in a coons age' in a long while.
'-arf-n-arf' this one is rather racist actually so I try to keep it too myself while in polite company.
'-popping a squat.(again poop) or (squatting)

Because of TV.
because of Clockwork Orange I do find myself uttering the words "ultraviolence" on occasion.
'-and now for something completely different.'
'D'oh!'
'How apropro.'

Picked up from friends/work.
'-this is bullsheet.'
'-behind.'
'-it's an illusion.'
'-anus.'
'-Beechy bum.'

etc.

 

[Kasawd]

I use the descriptor "Bloody" and also make frequent use of "Bloody hell/ Blue hell"

 

[Grand_Arcana]

I tend to say bloody from time to time. I'm from Pennsylvania.

 

[piez13]

I say "oi!" as exclamation. Has been mocked before and I honestly cannot say when I started using it.

And sometimes I use 'bloody.'

EDIT: I forgot. I also use 'brilliant' when describing cool things. No one I've ever met does so.

 

[Lexodus]

I live in America and yet I use alot of "other country talk" as others call it. The fact of the matter is I'm American and have never left the country for a long period of time. What i mean is I say Bonnet and Boot instead of hood and trunk, rubbish insted of crap, zut instead of shit (its French). Aparently I should live in the UK or something.

So i was wondering if any of the Escapist don't speak the way your supposed to where you live, or if you know somone that does.

Actually, 'zut' is 'damn'. The word for 'shit' is 'merde'.

 

[historybuff]

Not really--because it always comes across as pretentious.

 

[Cody211282]

I live in the US and say bloody alot

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

I live in America and yet I use alot of "other country talk" as others call it. The fact of the matter is I'm American and have never left the country for a long period of time. What i mean is I say Bonnet and Boot instead of hood and trunk, rubbish insted of crap, zut instead of shit (its French). Aparently I should live in the UK or something.

So i was wondering if any of the Escapist don't speak the way your supposed to where you live, or if you know somone that does.

Actually, 'zut' is 'damn'. The word for 'shit' is 'merde'.

My french tacher said it could mean either, but they are both general swear words that will serve their purpose nicely.

 

[Terramax]

It comes from watching too many (American) movies and spending too much time reading clockwork orange for coursework.

Oh please tell me you quote Clockwork Orange in your daily life (like saying "some of the old in-out in-out", "I was cured alright!" or "Ultraviolence")? You can lie to me if you want. ^^

Well I frequently refer to my friends as droogs and refer to people as vecks, now I'm really tempted to try and slot in "in-out, in-out" into an ordinary conversation. Well thats going to be my entertainment for tomorrow .

Let me know how it goes.

 

[HentMas]

funny thing, while "speaking" in english i tend to use the British language because i kept reading the books of harry potter from 1 to the end repeatedly and i have those in english.

and in spanish?? i sometimes talk with an accent that is common to the people that live in Mexico City, (particularly of one street gang) my dad used to live there while young and i picked up the "accent" off him... people make fun of me thought because it sounds awfully like uneducated speech (we call them "NACOS" here in mexico)