'Turned around' would be another possible phrase, and the order "about Turn!" is for a 180% turn in the army.
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I REALLY like "spun on his heel", and if that's what Nil's after, which I think it is, I think it would fit very well in that genre/time period.
Renss
Renss
Hi, it's me again. Thanks to Snake IV, I've not been the exclusive "user" of this thread.
My today's question is: how would you tell that a dog greets somebody by jumping all around and licking the newcomer. In french, that would be "le chien fait la fête au nouveau venu", but I'm not compfortable with the possible translations: "the dog is partying with the newcomer" or "the dog is celebrating the newcomer" :wacko: The second one doesn't sound as weird as the first though
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My today's question is: how would you tell that a dog greets somebody by jumping all around and licking the newcomer. In french, that would be "le chien fait la fête au nouveau venu", but I'm not compfortable with the possible translations: "the dog is partying with the newcomer" or "the dog is celebrating the newcomer" :wacko: The second one doesn't sound as weird as the first though
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Oh, you're just looking for the right phrase, Nil. We certainly understand. Were I you, I would simply describe the dog's action much as you did in asking the question. Unless you want to say the dog tried to hump someone's leg ( ), excited, slobbery, jumping, etc. all work to get across what you are looking for.
Were I you, I would simply describe the dog's action much as you did in asking the question. Unless you want to say the dog tried to hump someone's leg ( ), excited, slobbery, jumping, etc. all work to get across what you are looking for.Hi. This thread had disapeared in the depths of third page because I've finally decided to sign in a linguistic forum. But they don't seem to be able to help me on that one. I'm looking for a US derogatory (or even insulting, but still acceptable on these boards) term to designate brits, something more or the less equivalent to our "rosbif". What has been proposed so far: "limey", "pommy" (but that's Australian), uptight brits...
Or I might end up keeping the French word... Wouldn't be the first time, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be understood by many readers .
Or I might end up keeping the French word... Wouldn't be the first time, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be understood by many readers
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After quick reflection and web search, I think limey's going to be your best bet.
Vann
Vann
Only in jest, I might suggest that "redcoats" had a rather bad connotation in the USA at one time!
And in that vein, Nil, have you ever seen the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot"? Gerard Depardieu plays a French marquis who's helping the Americans against the British. At one point he steps in to shoot a number of the Brits. "They were about to surrender!" protests one American. Depardieu, in his driest French accent, and feigning regret, says, "Perhaps we will never know."
Renss
And in that vein, Nil, have you ever seen the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot"? Gerard Depardieu plays a French marquis who's helping the Americans against the British. At one point he steps in to shoot a number of the Brits. "They were about to surrender!" protests one American. Depardieu, in his driest French accent, and feigning regret, says, "Perhaps we will never know."
Renss
Except that's not Gerard Depardieu, but rather Tchéky Karyo playing Major Jean Villeneuve.Rensslaer said:Only in jest, I might suggest that "redcoats" had a rather bad connotation in the USA at one time!
And in that vein, Nil, have you ever seen the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot"? Gerard Depardieu plays a French marquis who's helping the Americans against the British. At one point he steps in to shoot a number of the Brits. "They were about to surrender!" protests one American. Depardieu, in his driest French accent, and feigning regret, says, "Perhaps we will never know."
Renss
Great movie, IMHO. Terribly under-rated by many. And beautiful cinematography by Caleb Deschanel.
Nil-The-Frogg said:Hi. This thread had disapeared in the depths of third page because I've finally decided to sign in a linguistic forum. But they don't seem to be able to help me on that one. I'm looking for a US derogatory (or even insulting, but still acceptable on these boards) term to designate brits, something more or the less equivalent to our "rosbif". What has been proposed so far: "limey", "pommy" (but that's Australian), uptight brits...
Or I might end up keeping the French word... Wouldn't be the first time, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be understood by many readers
In America there's the a stereotype that the Brits don't brush or take care of their teeth at all so you can try to get something from that, perhaps calling them cavity creeps?
This good thread is used way too little.
I would need a verb meaning "having sex" that would be around the lenght of word "breaking". Does "humping" or "banging" mean "having sex" in slang? I wasnt able to find them from dictionary in that meaning.
I would need a verb meaning "having sex" that would be around the lenght of word "breaking". Does "humping" or "banging" mean "having sex" in slang? I wasnt able to find them from dictionary in that meaning.
yep. the connotation of those words, for me at least, is having sex rather, err, crudely I guess.
