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Post by Introvertigroo on May 29, 2021 2:05:26 GMT
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Post by Mare on May 29, 2021 19:25:43 GMT
The title of this dictionary is Pizdyetz!, which means f***ed up, but the root is pizda -- c*nt. Russians have made an art out of creating genital-based verbs and have them mean all sorts of things. Any sex-related word, in fact, including whore, slut, VD, condoms, ass... They have the prefixes and pronominal forms to mix and match to their *****'s desire. Yikes! Thank you for the feedback! I remembered my mom said there were a couple curses that the adults said in hushed tones... One was supposed to mean dog's blood and the other meant dirty rags. I looked the dog's blood one up on Translate and it halfway sounds like the one I thought was dirty rags. I don't know much Polish, but I do know that pronunciations of names rarely sound like how they are spelled. My mom's dad was a baseball pitcher who "Americanized" his surname so it wouldn't get murdalized in the press. His family promptly disowned him.
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Post by Terra Incognita on Jun 5, 2021 0:00:39 GMT
I did a year of Polish. The spelling is actually much, much more phonetic than either English or French. Native English speakers forget that most consonants in the Latin alphabet have different values in other languages. In any case, with the Internet now, even some American sportscasters are learning to pronounce athletes' names with a bit more accuracy.
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Post by Mare on Jun 11, 2021 19:09:12 GMT
Terra Incognita we had a new client at the office this year-I tried and tried to pronounce his last name but really could not get a handle on it. We asked his daughter how she pronounced her last name and she said it...and then that her dad pronounces it one way, her mom pronounces it another way and that she, the daughter herself pronounces it a different way than either of her parents. One of my sisters and my mom tried the Babble App/program since my sister really wanted to learn and she needed someone with whom to speak the language. I think that stopped because my mom started having serious health issues. Mom heard Polish when she was young at the family gatherings when everyone got together. I have my Grandmother's china-the gold shiny stuff on the plates is washed off from so many, many gatherings-the women talked in the kitchen washing these dishes, tiny bowls, cups and saucers, platters and enough crystal to kill me just by having it in my home. But it is my Grandma's and I wish all those pieces of china and crystal could talk...FOR THAT, I'D LEARN POLISH ON BABBLE!
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hi guys
Jun 11, 2021 19:27:21 GMT
via mobile
Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 11, 2021 19:27:21 GMT
Might need an exorcism or cat scan if the china or crystal starts talking to you
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Post by Mare on Jun 14, 2021 17:19:12 GMT
I have bigger stuff to deal with, Blue...I saw a squirrel on my front balcony two days ago and am now afeared of getting another plague. It was not afraid of me...I had to work at chasing it off and it only went around the corner up on the wall (second floor level) and stopped two feet out of sight. I know because I don't trust it and looked to see if it was gone. I sprayed some non toxic citris based liquid all around the space and up the edge of the wall.
This stuff has worked on some kind of dove that mates for life and has been mateless for years and tries every year to build a nest on a ledge above my kitchen window. As soon as I spray this stuff all over up there, no more agonized bird sounds from there. They then are emitted from the top of a chimney across the alley. Still too close, but something I can ignore. I couldn't ignore the freaked out bird swooping down on me as I opened the front door. Too close for comfort.
Let's hope it works on the squirrel. Unfortunately, around that corner and up toward the peak of the roof between my home and the condo next door, there is a slatted grate/panel with one bent slat. Access to the attic. Probably over my kitchen. I have heard scampering sounds but I thought it was my neighbor's cat playing in the next room. Or my neighbor going up and down the stairs more quietly. Those thoughts were obviously delusional.
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hi guys
Jun 14, 2021 19:00:31 GMT
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 14, 2021 19:00:31 GMT
Good luck and my sympathy. I had a Similar access panel issue but it was less accessible being up a vertical wall. Still heard occasional sounds that I assumed meant something was in the attic. Enough times in enough places I generally dont trust attic spaces to be critter free and thus germ free.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 14, 2021 20:03:43 GMT
When I first read your post, I misread similar as simian, and I was picturing a horde of gorillas invading your house.
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Post by donavan on Jun 14, 2021 21:57:03 GMT
No comment I'm ape-political.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 15, 2021 0:38:16 GMT
When I first read your post, I misread similar as simian, and I was picturing a horde of gorillas invading your house. That would be a hell of a thing. I think the attic vent would be a bit small for their entry though.
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Post by miles on Jun 15, 2021 0:39:56 GMT
We had raccoons under the house on a couple of occasions. Being nocturnal they sleep (mostly) during the day, in your house, and then go out at night to do whatever it is they do, scavenge I guess. You could hear them coming back in the early morning crawling back through some passage in the foundation. We hired a pest guy who set traps for them. By them I mean this is typical behavior for a pregnant raccoon, finding a safe place for her offspring. The babies make these weird chirping bird like sounds, which we could hear coming from under the kitchen floor. Repeatedly the coons outsmarted the traps, seizing the food without being captured. The guy set up a motion activated camera, and we had a great set of shots of mama and her 5 babies emerging from their squat, being mature enough to hit the road. We sealed off the access when we were certain they had left. You really don't want to seal them up inside your house.
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Post by Mare on Jun 16, 2021 1:06:55 GMT
We had raccoons under the house on a couple of occasions. Being nocturnal they sleep (mostly) during the day, in your house, and then go out at night to do whatever it is they do, scavenge I guess. You could hear them coming back in the early morning crawling back through some passage in the foundation. We hired a pest guy who set traps for them. By them I mean this is typical behavior for a pregnant raccoon, finding a safe place for her offspring. The babies make these weird chirping bird like sounds, which we could hear coming from under the kitchen floor. Repeatedly the coons outsmarted the traps, seizing the food without being captured. The guy set up a motion activated camera, and we had a great set of shots of mama and her 5 babies emerging from their squat, being mature enough to hit the road. We sealed off the access when we were certain they had left. You really don't want to seal them up inside your house. I think that would be a double whammy worst case scenario, miles-an attic and a raised foundation house. Raccoons are proof that DNA carries genetic memory-all that trap evading they pull off and the bright, shiny item theft. They should call them Raccoon Burglars instead of Cat Burglars.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 16, 2021 1:14:51 GMT
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Post by Mare on Jun 16, 2021 1:45:40 GMT
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Post by bluedemon25 on Jun 22, 2021 1:47:42 GMT
Those red pandas are awesome. Pretty quiet in this thread though.
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