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Thread #11584   Message #87177
Posted By: Fadac
16-Jun-99 - 12:49 PM
Thread Name: onomatopoeias: your favorites in all language
Subject: RE: onomatopoeias: your favorites in all language
I believe that the word for tank, in WWI German was (one word now) AVeachialThatGoesOverTheWireAndOverTheTenchWithA BigGunToKillTheEnemey. Whew! There may have been some sybles about making lots of noise too.

There was a Lyza Menoly song about a "Tit Sling", Then there is the "Over the sholder boulder holder." Or the infamous "Double Barrall sling shot". In the early days of home computing my wife had a T shirt that said "Duel Flppies" Hmmmm The graphic showed the old (very) 8" flops.

Howcome in English, we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway? Of course we are upside down, our nose runs and our feet smell. Then why are they called apartments when they are all together? And why is it a pair of pants, can I buy one pant?

-Fadac