When My youngest son, now 13 was a toddler, when he got mad, he'd poke his
bottom lip wayyyy out, so we called him "Pookie Lip".. I guess we better
stop that now ROFL, Chuck
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From: "Byard Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Raging debate in Sweden...
Here's another one. Ever since my daughter, Avery, was a wee lass, her
mom's pet name for her was Pookie. A few years ago my boy child married a
girl from the Philippines, where the native language is Tagalog. Prior to
Jacob's return to the States with his new family, I purchased a
Tagalog/English dictionary. Avery was quite upset upon learning that her
nickname in Tagalog, puki, was a literal translation for a VERY private
area of a woman. No one has dared call her Pookie since!
Byard Miller
Line's End Inc <http://www.linesend.com>
Virtual Flybox <http://www.virtualflybox.com>
On Aug 23, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Allan Fish wrote:
WHAT A LAUGH!
Differences between languages ae bad enough - but even differences in
the same language can get one into trouble. Among the many more notable
goofs I have made were offering to give a lady in Ireland a ride home.
Oooops. Not in Ireland. You offer a LIFT!! A ride is something
completely different.
<VBG>
a.
It's tragic to see...
Yesterday a guy found the fly "Frammus" (Bob Petti) at the VFB page and
joked about its name on a Swedish fly-fishing forum (in the tying
department). In Swedish, this fly's name would mean something
concerning parts below a woman's waist... and what a discussion that
followed!!! In my opinion, it wasn't a rough joke as much as just
pointing out the linguistic part of it... but what a debate that
followed. In a little more than a day there have been more than 50
posts discussing feminism, insulting women and all that comes with it.
The actual fly has lost its focus a long time ago but the debate
continues... and is covering next to everything concerning the issue.
I've been sitting thinking "We should have had JD as a moderator here
too!". Already the second post (which wasn't really pointing out the
LINGUISTIC part of the fly's name) would have been too much for him.
/Nick
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Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
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