Author Topic: Regional and international slang for Daniel (Read 11454 times)

Wade · « **on:** June 25, 2016, 11:23:20 am »

I will start...

Wingnut = Northeast US means crazy person , idiot

Bloat= UK means Hot Stuff, Hunk

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2016, 09:16:58 pm »

This is great.
Thank you. Will check this regularly.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #2 on:** June 26, 2016, 12:56:24 am »

I cannot remember the name of the potato fries that l had at the country fair in Louiville KY .
Does anyone help me ?

AusShep · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2016, 01:49:22 pm »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on June 26, 2016, 12:56:24 am

I cannot remember the name of the potato fries that l had at the country fair in Louiville KY .
Does anyone help me ?

not sure about the fries, but Louisville is known for its Hot Brown sandwich. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Brown

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2016, 03:15:03 am »

Aushep,

Thank you for the info.
In KY, l noticed people pronounced five as faav.
Regional, right?

jayjaym · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2016, 11:51:41 pm »

My single favourite piece of Australian slang is budgie smugglers = Speedos.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2016, 11:15:22 pm »

Jay,
Thank you very much.
It makes a great addition to my slang vocabulary.

Do youcome from the land Downunder？
I went to Men At Work concert in TOKYO in the 1980s.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2016, 03:20:48 am »

Anybody from the Midwest of the USA ?

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2016, 05:54:50 am »

North American friends, l have a question.
Do you pronounce "caught" and "cot" in the same way ?
Is it common in Midwest or is it seen all over the USA ?
Arigato.

Wade · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2016, 08:22:17 am »

Hey Daniel

In the Northeast we pronounce it more like cawt

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2016, 08:44:04 am »

Dear Wade,

Thank you for answering my question.
In Japan, ENGLISH education became mandatory for all the elementary school children a few years ago. The problem is that local teachers are not ready to teach ENGLISH since they did not have training for teaching it. Now l am often called by the local schools to teach those teachers the sound system of the language. We use a lot of recorded materials and today the poor teachers looked helpless and hopeless with such words as caught, taught, bought, thought. Many people simply believe that American ENGLISH is just one form. l told them that America has a great many regional dialects saying that JFK sounded different from Richard Nixon.

Wade · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2016, 09:04:57 am »

JFK defiantly sounded different than Richard Nixon in all ways...lol
I don't think there is any accent more distinctive to a state than Massachusetts.

I have a German friend who told me English is extremely difficult because so many words are interchangeable and many are spelled the same .
Some are spelled differently and sound the same.
piece of pie
peace on earth

part your hair
part of the puzzle

Basquo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2016, 09:46:42 pm »

Caught and cot are the same sound in Central Texas. I can't think of more examples, but I'd be happy to comment on comments.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2016, 02:20:25 am »

Wade,

Thank you again.
In Boston, l noticed SURE was pronounced as SHORE.
And a friend of mine from there living in TOKYO says
Tomaatou instead of tomeito. Language is fun.

Basquo,

Thank you very much.
Maybe DAWN and DON are another example.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2016, 05:22:13 am »

I went to the school again today.
Today's big project for the teachers was pronouncing POP, TOP, PUP, UP ....
VERY and BERRY are the same for Japanese speakers. And so are ELECTION and ERxCTION.
Hard week for me.

Wade · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2016, 08:56:31 am »

A lot say shore , in fact most do.
You don't hear many Rs being pronounced in Massachusetts

Park=pak
yard=yad
clover=clova
blinker=blinka

It can go on and on...

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2016, 10:06:28 am »

Wade,

Thanks.
I went to Massachusetts in 2000.

I presume Bostonian English maintains much of what was spoken by the Mayflower Pilgrim Fathers and also the Irish that arrived later???

Wade · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2016, 10:17:49 am »

Hey Daniel ,
I don't know how it came to be ?
It is very diverse as most American cities are .
Interestingly many of the Police and Firemen are Irish.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #18 on:** July 12, 2016, 08:51:59 pm »

Wade,

Thank you.
Just curious. Do the people in the border states speak like those in Massachusetts, like people in New Hampshire ?

Basquo,

Hi, again.
I miss good TEX MEX food.

Basquo · « **Reply #19 on:** July 12, 2016, 09:46:47 pm »

Hi Daniel,

Again, Don and Dawn are the same for us. Except we probably linger on the word if it's sunrise. As for Tex-Mex food, we have a friend in Tokyo who has lived here and has trouble recreating it there. Apparently, the peppers (chiles,) spices like cumino and other ingredients are just different over there. I suggest a visit back here.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2016, 05:31:14 am »

Basquo,

Yes, TEX MEX food has not become popular here although some people have tried setting up business. We don't have real jalapeno and nor do we grow avocadoes here. Sour cream is expensive. Only on the bases and in the US Military hotel.
Now l am eating at KFC listening to country western and Old Kentucky Home.

Wade · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2016, 10:40:14 am »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on July 12, 2016, 08:51:59 pm

Wade,

Thank you.
Just curious. Do the people in the border states speak like those in Massachusetts, like people in New Hampshire ?

Daniel,
Maine has an odd accent other that it seems to be a Mass thing

bocker3 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2016, 05:57:43 pm »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on July 12, 2016, 08:51:59 pm

Wade,

Thank you.
Just curious. Do the people in the border states speak like those in Massachusetts, like people in New Hampshire ?

I was born and raised in Rhode Island. The accent there is sort of a mix of the Mass. accent and the NYC accent. We drop our "R's" like mass, but you can generally tell a Mass. accent from a RI one. At least, I can!! I've mostly lost mine, except when stressed. My husband, on the other hand, even after 16 years in Virginia, is clearly a Massachusetts native -- anyone speaking to him for more than 2 mins, knows where he is from!!

Mike

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #23 on:** July 14, 2016, 03:02:43 am »

bocker,

Thank you.
Rhode Island English, interesting. I spent just one night in Providence seven years ago .

In the 1800s, a young Japanese fisherman Manjiro Nakahama was rescued by a US ship in the
Pacific and was taken to Rhode Island. He came back to Japan being able to speak English and became an interpreter for the Shogun. Thank you, Rhode lsland, for taking care of him.

The R sounds after the vowels, like park, girl, corn, are what l feel very American. On entering an airplane at Tokyo and hearing the first inflight announcement by an American flight attendant, l feel as if l were already in the US.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2016, 03:27:29 am »

Wade.

Maine!
That is one of the five states l have not yet been to.

Thank you.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #25 on:** July 19, 2016, 01:30:24 am »

About the word "champion".
I know what it means but what does it really mean in this,
What a champion!
Years ago, l was changing planes, from an Tokyo flight to a domestic one at Detroit and l going through the security, a very friendly senior staff man told me cheerefully to empty all my pockets.
When l was done with what l had to do, he said, what a champion. I still remember his friendliness and smile.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2016, 09:09:23 am »

A great number of people from other countries visit JAPAN these days.
For the past six consecutive days, l have helped foreign tourists buy train tickets or get to their destinations. I will be glad to meet you when you are in TOKYO.

Wade · « **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2016, 09:53:28 am »

Heres one for you Daniel...

He/She is a real piece of work = unusual, nutcase

Wade · « **Reply #28 on:** August 05, 2016, 09:55:31 am »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on August 05, 2016, 09:09:23 am

A great number of people from other countries visit JAPAN these days.
For the past six consecutive days, l have helped foreign tourists buy train tickets or get to their destinations. I will be glad to meet you when you are in TOKYO.

Your a swell guy to do that !....That means kind, good , nice ...ect

zach · « **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2016, 10:28:09 am »

Quote from: Wade on August 05, 2016, 09:55:31 am

Your a swell guy to do that !....That means kind, good , nice ...ect

but swell also means : to make (something, such as a river) larger or more full than normal
: to increase in size or number

welcome to english, go figure

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #30 on:** August 05, 2016, 10:35:52 am »

Wade and Zach,

Thank you for your comments.
Any info helps.

Can we say this... my di.k swells when l see the centerfold?
Haha.

The song Centerfold by J Geils Band ?

zach · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2016, 10:40:09 am »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on August 05, 2016, 10:35:52 am

Wade and Zach,

Thank you for your comments.
Any info helps.

Can we say this... my di.k swells when l see the centerfold?
Haha.

The song Centerfold by J Geils Band ?

yes, that is correct

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #32 on:** August 05, 2016, 10:44:36 am »

Zach,

Thanks much.

Chinchin dekakunaru!

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #33 on:** August 08, 2016, 07:39:45 am »

Question.

Are the words "what' "for' and "as" interchangeable in the following sentence?

Reading is to the mind what food is to the body.

In the grammar books available in Japan, all the example sentences are with WHAT.
But l think l met people saying AS or FOR.

Thank you.

zach · « **Reply #34 on:** August 08, 2016, 08:21:31 am »

2 out of 3

Correct

Reading is to the mind what food is to the body.
_____
Correct

Reading is to the mind as food is to the body.
_____
Incorrect

Reading is to the mind for food is to the body.

(but you could replace "to" with "for" in the first two)

Basquo · « **Reply #35 on:** August 08, 2016, 09:32:24 pm »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on July 19, 2016, 01:30:24 am

About the word "champion".
I know what it means but what does it really mean in this,
What a champion!
Years ago, l was changing planes, from an Tokyo flight to a domestic one at Detroit and l going through the security, a very friendly senior staff man told me cheerefully to empty all my pockets.
When l was done with what l had to do, he said, what a champion. I still remember his friendliness and smile.

He meant that you did a good job, and did it well. It's an affectionate or friendly term of endearment or encouragement, when not used in a situation of athletic competition.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #36 on:** August 09, 2016, 07:02:41 am »

Zach,

Thank you.
I wrote the info in mynotebook.
And l made this sentence - Zsa Zsa Gabor is to Tammy Bakkxr what a snake is to a mongoose.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #37 on:** August 09, 2016, 07:09:40 am »

Basquo,

Thank you for the information.
Now l understand what theman really meant.
Language is fun.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #38 on:** August 10, 2016, 08:53:06 am »

I am not really a fan of Michael Jackson.
Anyway l cannot catch the words in many of his songs, especially Beat it and Thriller.
Did he have a regional accent or is it particular to the way he pronounced?
Sorry for this strange question.

Thank you.

Ex.
To me, those songs sound like:

&%#@!?-thriller...thriller night&%#@8!?.++88

Beat it...beat it...@#"+"$?&[+$#<="/*$ it doesn't matter&?$%[*！。、・

paintedroom · « **Reply #39 on:** August 10, 2016, 09:28:27 am »

Hi Daniel,

I`m Irish(English speaking of course) and all music sounds this way to me..hearing the music,mouthing approximations and plucking an odd word only to hold it up to the light and toss it.Fortunately,lots of pop aint(isn`t) worth a dam and is disposable by design.There are very few poets in pop.Typically the music is the message and usually tells of some libidinally challenged egocentric whose lost all sense of perspective..again.(i jest(joke) a little here).

I pretty sure i have the humility not to send you a list of preferred artists..or at least ones that speak clearly...short of that,Jazz !

Hope all well.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #40 on:** August 11, 2016, 03:41:12 am »

Paintedroom,

Thank you for your comment.
Do you speak Irish/Gaelic?

paintedroom · « **Reply #41 on:** August 11, 2016, 04:00:24 am »

I`m afraid not.It is taught in schools from an early age but there is little practical use for it.I was a rebellious child so did not take too much in.There are pockets in the West of Ireland(Gealtacht) where it is spoken by choice but i think that too has become less in later years.Hard to speak Irish in the modern idiom(Technology etc) i guess.It is quite beautiful and rich in imagery.I am a poor Irishman.

Ta suil agam go bhfuil tu go maith !

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #42 on:** August 18, 2016, 09:04:11 am »

I am 51 years old and until l started learning English at the age of 12, l had had no knowledge of the language. But in as early as the 1960s, a great deal of western culture had been introduced to Japan, so as a child l had seen BEWITCHED, Popeye, and other dramas and cartoons on TV. Many singers had come to Japan and l remember seeing on local music programs lke and Tina, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como .... Of course as a child, l never knew who those different-looking people were.

One day my mother took me to Tokyo Airport to see my uncle off. I think it was 1969. We saw there Diana Ross and the Supremes. They were on their way back to America after their Asia concert tour. Diana came up to hold this child's hand. Again l never knew who she was at that time.

Now at a karaoke, l like to sing Stop in the name of love, and even do exercise doing the dancing and singing Tina Turner 's Proud Mary. I wish there were a time machine to take me to the airport that day Diana Ross was there at the PANAM area.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #43 on:** August 20, 2016, 09:22:20 am »

Quite exciting.
I was walking in a famous shopping district in Tokyo GINZA today and
I saw an elderly couple looking up at a tall building.
Then l heard the wife say to the husband, We came here last time, eh?
I was so excited as to ask them if they were from Canada. Yes, from Ontario.
Such a small thing makes my day.

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #44 on:** August 21, 2016, 09:19:37 pm »

Our prime minister and the Tokyo governor are in Rio de janeiro
But here we are being hit by a big hurricane.
Tains stopped. Airports closed.

Wade · « **Reply #45 on:** August 22, 2016, 10:38:34 am »

Oh Nooo !

Stay safe Daniel, I went through many while living in the Fl Keys.
The mess after is the worst part.
Hope it's not too bad and the recovery is swift.

Best, Wade

zach · « **Reply #46 on:** August 22, 2016, 01:17:53 pm »

check in after the storm passes, let us know you're all clear

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #47 on:** August 24, 2016, 07:24:08 am »

Wade,
Thank you very much for your PM .
I will get in touch with you that way.

Zach,
Now we are back to normal but another typhoon is approaching.

Did anyone see the special attraction that connected Tokyo to Rio at the closing ceremony of the Olympics ? Mario started from the famous district called Shibuya and got to the other side of the earth. Those who have been to Tokyo must have been to Shibuya.

zach · « **Reply #48 on:** August 24, 2016, 07:44:59 am »

Quote from: DANIELtakashi on August 24, 2016, 07:24:08 am

Those who have been to Tokyo must have been to Shibuya.

where crossing the street might be the bravest thing you've ever done

DANIELtakashi · « **Reply #49 on:** August 24, 2016, 07:50:48 am »

Zach,

Yeah, but we are used to that. I always make a dash holding a big cup of STARBUCKS coffee when the green light is blinking. Just army of people all day long.

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