ir_fuel Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 2 hours ago, steve454 said: cul-de-sac literally means butt of bag, or bottom of the bag. But in French it also means dead end street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, ir_fuel said: But in French it also means dead end street. That's what it means in English also. But we aren't always aware of the literal meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_fuel Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, steve454 said: That's what it means in English also. But we aren't always aware of the literal meaning. Are you aware of the literal meaning of "cul"? I think that's more @Hunka Hunka Burning Love's departement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 minute ago, ir_fuel said: Are you aware of the literal meaning of "cul"? I think that's more @Hunka Hunka Burning Love's departement. He speaks French, so he probably knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Je n'ai sais pas! If you call taking high school French or French kissing knowing how to speak French, then sure, heck yeah I speak it fluentually! I am a master of the English AND French languages as well as my domain. No really, I am the master of my domain. I have a website. I'm surprised no one pointed out that "gutteral" isn't a real word. It's just one I made up. By the way, you guys derail much? French Fries, Ass-de-Sac, what? As master thread derailer finger-pointer specialist, I declare this thread way off the tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_fuel Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: By the way, you guys derail much? French Fries, Ass-de-Sac, what? As master thread derailer finger-pointer specialist, I declare this thread way off the tracks! Maybe we can discuss if those fries really are French or Belgian. That's a topic open for debate too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, ir_fuel said: Maybe we can discuss if those fries really are French or Belgian. That's a topic open for debate too ? Belgian. Just found out that you have three official languages, French, Dutch, and German. That trumps Canada with French and English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Je n'ai sais pas! If you call taking high school French or French kissing knowing how to speak French, then sure, heck yeah I speak it fluentually! I am a master of the English AND French languages as well as my domain. No really, I am the master of my domain. I have a website. I'm surprised no one pointed out that "gutteral" isn't a real word. It's just one I made up. By the way, you guys derail much? French Fries, Ass-de-Sac, what? As master thread derailer finger-pointer specialist, I declare this thread way off the tracks! What is it? Yes it is. It went off the tracks a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 If I told you, I'd have to brainwash you to forget that I told you what it is so I will refrain from resorting to the unethical treatment of my fellow EUC forum members. Really? Realy? Reely? Hey look, I found a Texas Waffle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: Hey look, I found a Texas Waffle! Congrats buddy! Derailment prize of the day! ?? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: If I told you, I'd have to brainwash you to forget that I told you what it is so I will refrain from resorting to the unethical treatment of my fellow EUC forum members. Really? Realy? Reely? Hey look, I found a Texas Waffle! Waffle House is big in Texas, but they only make round waffles. They should really get with the program and get these Belgian waffle makers. Oh no, waffles were invented in Belgium too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I wonder if we are 10 posts away from starting to call the Electric Unicycle a Belgian Wheel or smthing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, mrelwood said: I wonder if we are 10 posts away from starting to call the Electric Unicycle a Belgian Wheel or smthing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofjob Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Wow, because of this thread, I've discovered AliExpress sells Waffle Makers! half a** attempt to re-rail this topic pivoting with waffles https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20180528180418&SearchText=waffles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hey, Green Fashion week was just a few weeks ago! https://www.greenfashionweek.org/seventh-edition-1/ Travaling is like gutteral. I really can't help you there. I hearby declare this thread officially back on track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_fuel Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 8 hours ago, steve454 said: Waffle House is big in Texas, but they only make round waffles. They should really get with the program and get these Belgian waffle makers. Oh no, waffles were invented in Belgium too? And we have Brussels Waffles and Liège Waffles, which are different Brussels on the left, Liège on the right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 On 5/28/2018 at 10:29 AM, Keith said: My brother has been a very keen cyclist since his teens. With so many online and bulk sale supermarkets selling bikes these days he couldn’t understand how his little local cycle shop was able to keep trading and so asked them. He actually thought they were making fun of him when they told him they hardly ever sold a bike anymore but they are making more money than ever just doing annual services and puncture repairs. The idea that modern cyclists cannot service and maintain what has to be one of the simplest mechanisms ever made, especially if a problem occurs whilst actually our riding seemed completely beyond belief to him. What this does bring home is that, whilst there will always be mechanically competent enthusiasts no PEV is EVER going to be mainstream unless the manufacturers and suppliers put in place the kind of local support and services that clearly appear to be needed by a generation who have only learned how to fix something if all it involves pushing a button or touch screen. Not to waffle on about it ?, but coming back to my earlier derailment of this thread (above), doesn’t the below post prove what I was saying in bold above. Suprisingly, this poster looks to be a man in his 30’s or 40’s, someone you would think could at least articulate the problem he has got (does even he REALLY mean a Segway or could this be a Ninebot EUC, or even a 9B Mini - your guess is as good as mine!) It really brings home why @Jason McNeil is so successful, there seems to be few other sellers giving that, clearly needed, level of support to their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electroman Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 On 5/28/2018 at 6:04 PM, Marty Backe said: A very enjoyable meal here in America is Fish & Chips, which I never understood until I was an adult. Why was it called Fish & Chips when your plate had Fish and French Fries on it So yeah, most of us Americans know that the English call French Fries "chips". Very strange you English Since America was built with such large immigrant populations from the nineteenth century, we use so many words from other countries. One that jumps to mind is that fact that we send our kids to kindergarten. I assume that the English don't use the same term. Language is fascinating. Could not agree more, when starting to brake them down into root languages it all just become even more interesting everything just start coming together somehow, bridges, connection and similarities everywhere and start to realize we are not so darn different after all and there's origins to most things including languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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