Hey, @FlowersInHisHair, none of this mature, rational discussion! This is the internet, you're supposed to give knee jerk reactions.

I've never understood the effeminate voice - it seems unnatural and forced, which in turn makes it distracting to listen to. It's like wigger street slang, whatever the person is saying, 50% of my brain is just thinking "why are you putting on that stupid voice?". This is probably unfair. It's certainly not a comment on sexuality, at the risk of making a "some of my best friends" defence, look at my previous discussions with one of the Sift's more, um, Santorumesque posters. I think the effeminate voice, being (to my ears) unnatural makes it seem like the person is trying to be something they're not - which is a major symptom of homophobia. That's a pretty screwed up idea now that I think about it. It's also predicated on the presumption that it is unnatural or forced.

This video communicates that its better to be Physically violent than to use a word that is often used as derogatory slang against a minority.

The whole trying to ban people from saying the word "GAY" in this context is stupid and totally pointless.

Children need to be educated that homosexuals are not bad and homosexual and gay or any consensual relationship is fine , but trying to ban words directly will simply make them more strong as words to use as an insult.

There is also no issue with the word "gay" being used to describe something that's broken annoying or idiotic So long as the person using the word is not using it as a derogatory term against homosexuals.

Seems like people also need to be educated about the importance of context in language and the history of the word "Retard" , or "spazstic" and how efforts in the UK to ban the usage of specific words and the renaming of minorities or support groups to avoid idiots using them as insults is futile.

having said all that its worth having a conversation with children so they know that homosexuals and closet homosexuals can be offended by you using the word "gay" even if its not meant in a derogatory way and that using the word can in the minds of others align you with idiots that use the word in a derogatory fashion.

Editing of this video was good considering it was made by a young student however it fails to be constructive against the issue at hand.

Getting students to make vidoes like this although a good lessoin in midea production , is not the most productive way to aproach this issue , lessons need to be had were from a young age children are thought empathy and the diversity of sexuality.

The method used by this teacher should be the defult method of teaching for young kids and would likely reduce bullying and singaling out of minorities and the use of derogatory terms against people.

>> ^Asmo:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Then I suggest you check yourself for confirmation bias. I'm not suggesting that either way is right or wrong. I was just saying that Jinx pointed out that fanny means butt in US English and was told he/she was wrong. All I said was that Jinx was correct in his/her statement. Why the attacks on me? If you've got an issue with anyone bringing up US English, maybe you should attack Jinx.

Eh, fair point, although my first post was actually in reply to Jinx... ; P
I should have phrased it better, I didn't mean to infer that fanny wasn't US slang for butt. =)


Perhaps I shouldn't have commented in the first place, but I figured it's a public thread and all, so why not?

Appreciate the level reply.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Then I suggest you check yourself for confirmation bias. I'm not suggesting that either way is right or wrong. I was just saying that Jinx pointed out that fanny means butt in US English and was told he/she was wrong. All I said was that Jinx was correct in his/her statement. Why the attacks on me? If you've got an issue with anyone bringing up US English, maybe you should attack Jinx.


Eh, fair point, although my first post was actually in reply to Jinx... ; P

I should have phrased it better, I didn't mean to infer that fanny wasn't US slang for butt. =)

I always liked, The Bee's Knees. That could be the name of a band!

In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
Lol! No, no, not at all. I'm just a big fan of old slang.

...and you are the cat's pajamas.

In reply to this comment by Boise_Lib:
Thanks Adrian. Very nice to hear.

But, "groovy" is that a comment on my old age?

Cause I'm like old, dude. ;

In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
Excellent work, Boise!
Not only do you sift groovy things...you also promote, fix, and quality the sift in Chicago Typewriter speed. Both impressive and appreciated.
Congratulations!

Lol! No, no, not at all. I'm just a big fan of old slang.

...and you are the cat's pajamas.

In reply to this comment by Boise_Lib:
Thanks Adrian. Very nice to hear.

But, "groovy" is that a comment on my old age?

Cause I'm like old, dude. ;

In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
Excellent work, Boise!
Not only do you sift groovy things...you also promote, fix, and quality the sift in Chicago Typewriter speed. Both impressive and appreciated.
Congratulations!

mo is slang for "homo"...clearly, you can't suggest that this man is a homosexual, Pat...since clearly what's in a name is so important, right Pat?

They never actually said the Cantonese phrase! It is 鬼佬, and if you transliterate into English it's Gwai Lo and it is the slang for a foreigner but means something like "white ghost". There's even a Jimbo's big bag'o'trivia page for it - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweilo

I assume that stupid "bike stunt" is cockney rhyming slang?

The problem is in the relative sense of urgency. You can of course argue that the "solution" lies in presenting a complex debate thereby sensitizing the public.
That, however, takes time and focus as well a certain degree of trust in the democratic process under the given circumstances.

The video this comment bases on seems to point to the fact that the circumstances are probably not "ideal" to put it lightly.

R.P. is stuck (and I believe he knows that). He can not (or does not want to) muster the "charismatic appeal" of Palin, Bachman and the likes (political slang: "baby kissing" or "populism", whatever rocks your boat). That makes him so likeable for us but also utterly helpless in his candidacy.

It might not appear as such with the debate being so "flat", but he is running against some VERY clever people (or rather, VERY clever political advisors).

Boy, it would be awesome if time proves me wrong.

In reply to this comment by Lawdeedaw:
You call it the "problem" but isn't it the solution?

>> ^Mauru:

The problem with Ron Paul running as a presidential candidate would be that his ideologies are so radically different (not all good mind you) from the current political perspective in the US it would take a very well educated public to win the "undecided" voter.
i.e.: voters who actually vote on ideologies, campaign goals and what we would generally call reason instead of partisanship and cultural background.
The Republicans and mainstream media are well aware of that fact and while they secretly like RP to run as senator or basically any other position (even though they can't openly admit it) because he breaks traditional voting habits they would never boost him as a presidential candidate.
Sad but true. That's why there's all the smirking when he speaks. It's not because they fundamentally oppose his principles but because they believe that the level of debate R.P. as a candidate would require to succeed is unachievable (or perhaps undesirable) at America's cultural level

i like the bbc ones with gordon in his element in the uk. i don't like how every U.S. restaurant is dirty and run by lazy and/or incompetents... on the other hand, i guess its as entertaining to the brits as their slang and talking can be to me.

"Nosh" is from Yiddish and means "to eat", especially in the case of a light snack or an appetizer or something else that's less than a meal.

I've never heard the slang definition of "flapjack" that Michael explains. It's another word for pancake.

I learned "faff" from Zero Punctuation's Assassin's Creed review.

America was formed in England by sons of US servicemen who were stationed there. Lead singer Dewey Bunnell wrote this when he was 19. He based the images in the lyrics on things he saw while visiting the US.

This was originally titled "Desert Song."


Many people thought this was Neil Young when they heard it. It replaced Young's "Heart Of Gold" at #1 in the US.

"Horse" is slang for heroin. Some radio stations refused to play this because they thought it was about drugs. The band claims it is not.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1310

I had to check this out -- found these on a language forum

"Bonjour
We usually say "du papier-toilette" , or in a more trivial way "PQ" ( i do not know why exactly...) "

"PQ = Papier Q = Papier cul."

Google translate says that "cul" means "ass." Which explains this post: "[W]hen I was 8 and I told my teacher :' y'a plus de PQ dans les toilettes" and she reprimanded me..."

"A long time ago, PQ was used as the abbreviation for the Province of Quebec. I wonder if the widespread use of PQ for toilet paper had anything to do with changing the abbreviation for the province. "

Oh, the things I learn from the Sift...


>> ^hpqp:

Get this classy show out of the pqueue now!
(random factoid of the day: "pqueue" is also French slang for toilet paper)<--not sarcasm