On Wed, 2021-07-28 at 17:48 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE via Dng said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:42:51 -0400 > > > On Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2021 15:47:24 -04 Steve Litt wrote: > > > Hendrik Boom said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:04:10 -0400 > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in > > > > the > > > > signature: > > > > > > > > I was aware of chips, pavement, and pissed. > > > > The confusion about pint and gallon is why I prefer litres. > > > > > > > > But I do not know how the others differ. > > > > > > Don't forget Southern California Coastal English: > > > > > > - Ate it > > > - Ate concrete > > > - Wiped out > > > - Got Maytagged > > > - Faceplant > > > - Roadrash > > > - Stoked > > > - Gnarly (antideluvian from 80's) > > > > > > SteveT > > > > > Please be so kind as to translate for the uniniciated. > > (1 Corinthians 14:27, 28) . . .And if someone speaks in a tongue, > > let > > it be limited to two or three at the most, and in turns, and > > someone > > must interpret. But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent > > in > > the congregation . . . > > - Ate it: Fell down, presumably while trying something challenging on > a > skateboard, roller skates, bicycle, surf board, or while body > surfing. > > - Ate concrete: Subset of ate it: Fell off a bicycle, roller skates > or > skateboard, onto concrete. Typically results in road rash. > > - Wiped out: Synonym for ate it. > > - Got Maytagged: While surfing or body surfing, when the wave crashes > on top of you and whirls you around vertically. > > - Faceplant: Ate it, landing on your face. > > - Roadrash: Removal of the first, and some of the second layers of > skin > after eating concrete. > > - Stoked: Happy, satisfied > > - Gnarly (antideluvian from 80's): Sort of like "awesome", but also > meaning either difficult and probably dangerous, or doing something > difficult, and probably dangerous. > > Partial sample paragraph: Deeeuuuuddd, shooting that gnarly part > of Sepulveda Pass today on my longboard, I ate it big time, so now I > have roadrash from my chest to my toes. At least I didn't do a > faceplant like last week. To forget my troubles, I went body surfing > at > Venice, caught a gnarly eight footer, and got maytagged. Now I'm > stoked. > > > Hey deeeuuuuddd, doooooncha understand English, maaaaan?
No, because it wasn't English :-) American != English Rowland _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
