Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
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1. Writer 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (https://t.co/xahvo4CqJT)
Where skies are blue (same @)
Joined May 2009
The demise of Twitter is sad for many folks, but every cloud has a silver lining. Or, as they sometimes say in Norwegian... over skyene er himmelen alltid blå. It means “above the clouds the sky is always blue”
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Today is Curry Day here in the UK so I’ll add that of the many Beatles lyrics about curry my favourite is probably “you say goodbye, and I sag aloo”
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I used to be addicted to getting curry-themed songs by Phil Collins stuck in people’s heads. But tikka look at me now.
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In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”
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My favourite word for “slow motion” from another language is the German Zeitlupe. It means “time magnifying glass”
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Why did the octopus cross the reef? To get to the other tide.
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What does the boss octopus say before work? Let’s get kraken.
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What do you call two octopuses that look exactly the same? Itenticle.
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A Māori proverb about laziness is he mahi te āta noho, e kī ana te wheke. It means “Sitting still is working, so says the octopus.”
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A colloquial Colombian phrase about being very busy is mas ocupado que pulpo lavando platos. It means “busier than an octopus washing dishes.”
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As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”
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And I should mention again here that my favourite English phrase used when someone brings you a cup of coffee (or tea) that's nowhere near full is “are you expecting stormy weather?”
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My ten favourite names for a coffee shop… 10. Pour Decisions 9. Sip Happens 8. Brewed Awakenings 7. Perks and Recreation 6. Mug Shots 5. Grounds for Celebration 4. Baristocrats 3. The Roast Office 2. Java the Hut 1. Has Beans
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Words for coffee in ten languages... 10. Welsh = coffi 9. French = café 8. Manx = caffee 7. Romanian = cafea 6. Dutch = koffie 5. German = kaffee 4. Swedish = kaffe 3. Malagasy = kafe 2. Icelandic = kaffi 1. Ojibwe = makade-mashkikiwaaboo (literally “black medicine water”)
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In Dutch slang, weak coffee can be referred to as slootwater ("ditch water.") In Brazil, it would be "potato water." And French slang has jus de chaussette ("sock juice.") On a related note, in Quebec fake maple syrup is sometimes called sirop de poteau, or "telephone pole syrup"
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It's International Coffee Day! A German word for a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It basically means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"
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One of my favourite German words to say aloud is Flurfunk. It describes gossip or rumours that spread through the workplace and means, literally, "hallway radio." On a related note, a Finnish word for gossipers is kahvipöytäparlamentti. It means "coffee table parliament."
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And one more phrase from Norway while I’m here… a version of “every cloud has a silver lining” in Norwegian is over skyene er himmelen alltid blå. It means “above the clouds the sky is always blue”
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