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Re: Pickled Onion

  • Subject: Re: Pickled Onion
  • From: "Paul Vearncombe" <Paul@Ve...freeserve.co.uk>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:26:41 -0700
Yes, the "fag" mistranslation caused great confusion and mirth when I used
the expression "bum a fag" in the presence of friend.  I was talking about
borrowing cigarettes, but the fact that he is American and gay quickly put
us in sit-com territory.

PV
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathleen Kwiatkowski <kmkwiat@ya...com>
To: <blueplanes@st...net>
Sent: 19 January 2000 23:03
Subject: Re: Pickled Onion


> by the way, I like that "Pickled Onion" bit...very
> good.  I had a good laugh over that one.
>
> being an American, we don't use the term Lorry for
> trucks (well I grew up with it because my Mom is Irish
> and also lived in England) - but I have a friend who
> is named Laura.  She too likes the Blue Aeroplanes.
> When Swagger came out we listened to it to death...and
> she had a nightmare about "Careful Boy" because of the
> line about Lorries - she was thinking "Lauras"
> It was funnier when it happened.  sorry.  bad
> translation.
>
> or the use of the word fag...it always meant cigarette
> in my house but when I had friends over they would
> just giggle....
>
> Kate
>
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