General Chat

Very funny AnnC and Maggie. And very thoughtful, Dermot :-) :-)

I thought at first AnnC was praising EDF (English Defence Fellows) before I opened thread. ;-) ED League suggests they are gentlemen, and I couldn't think of another word beginning with F :-S

Wonderful English from England:
The EDL (English Defence League) a right wing group who started a protest after the Woolwich tragedy, which resulted in EDL members throwing missiles at the police (good use of police time I don't think) have shown their feelings by displaying placards with amazing statements:

RESPECT ARE COUNTRY - SPEAK ENGLISH

Okay, a common mistake, but if you're going to write it in 2 foot high letters for all to see, a bit of proof reading wouldn't go amiss.
and

NEVER SUBMIT TO ASLAN.

Though what they have against Narnia is anyone's guess.
But then, it could be a Kebab shop he's protesting about.

EDF, the energy company, also received messages regarding the EDL :-D :-D

lol. :-D :-D :-D

Just fell of me chair, AnnC :-D :-D :-D

The English language is a minefield, full of words that look & sound alike but often mean different things in different places.

Have you ever been fazed (or phased?) by the difference between 'stationery' & 'stationary' or 'pore' & 'poor'? - well, you now know what I mean.

Try a few more of similar sounding words & then tell me you'd like to teach the language to foreign students -

Check Cheque / Czech
Choose Chews
Close Clothes
Comb (hair)Combe (short valley)
Concorde Conchords / Conchoid
Cook Cooke
Copper (metal)Copper (Police)
Curry Currie (Edwina)
Deal (cards)Deal (Kent)
Dear Deer
Degree Decree
Dues Dews/Jews
Ewe You.

:-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Wonderful English from Around the World...
> In a Bangkok Temple:
> IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
>
> Cocktail lounge, Norway:
> LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
>
> Doctor's office, Rome:
> SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
>
> Dry cleaners, Bangkok:
> DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
>
> In a Nairobi restaurant:
> CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE SHOULD SEE THE MANAGER.
>
> On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi:
> TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
>
> On a poster at Kencom:
> ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.
>
> In a City restaurant:
> OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS
> In a Cemetery:
> PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
>
> Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
> GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
>
> On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:
> OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
>
> In a Tokyo Bar:
> SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
>
> Hotel, Yugoslavia:
> THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
>
> Hotel, Japan:
> YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
>
> In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:
> YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET
> COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.
>
> A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
> IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF
> DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT, UNLESS
> THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
>
> Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
>
> Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
> WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
>
> Hotel, Zurich:
> BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX
> IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS
> PURPOSE.
>
> A Laundry in Rome:
> LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A
> GOOD TIME.
>
> And finally the all-time classic:
>
> Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window:
> IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE.