Author Topic: Quotes from work (Read 192149 times)

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #675 on:** July 09, 2010, 02:23:43 PM »

::resuscitates Jonathon::

Jonathon · « **Reply #676 on:** July 09, 2010, 02:32:52 PM »

Thanks!

BlackBlade · « **Reply #677 on:** July 09, 2010, 06:01:29 PM »

*kills Jonathan*

Whoops, sorry, I was already committed to my motion when Tante killed and resuscitated you. She was that fast.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #678 on:** July 10, 2010, 06:58:36 PM »

:resuscitates Jonathon again:

Scott R · « **Reply #679 on:** July 14, 2010, 04:25:00 AM »

After an email exchange in which one of the project managers decided that she was to be the single point of contact to a particularly difficult-to-deal-with client:

"We are beholding to you."

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #680 on:** July 14, 2010, 07:43:20 AM »

I have a colleague who, when she means to say "an awful lot" says either, "like a banshee" or "like gangbusters". I keep a straight face, so as not to be obnoxious, but I get the oddest mental pictures when she says that her husband was snoring like a banshee or that her children eat pickles like gangbusters.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #681 on:** July 14, 2010, 07:48:22 AM »

She sounds like my mom. My mother is notorious for wrenching phrases until they are almost unrecognizable. Some of her classic ones, that she still has been known to say from time to time:

"He's always got a crank up his arm."

"I feel like I'm in a three ring side show."

"She's off her whack."

Bonus points for proper translations of all three.

Scott R · « **Reply #682 on:** July 14, 2010, 07:57:14 AM »

1. Stick up his keister.
2. Three ring circus
3. Off her medication. Or chum.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #683 on:** July 14, 2010, 08:32:26 AM »

3. out of whack

Scott R · « **Reply #684 on:** July 14, 2010, 08:43:35 AM »

Oh, right.

dkw · « **Reply #685 on:** July 14, 2010, 10:52:25 AM »

Tante, I don't think "like a banshee" in your example means "an awful lot." I've heard it in reference to snoring, and I'm pretty sure it refers to the fact that banshees are known for their loud obnoxious noise.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #686 on:** July 14, 2010, 03:37:37 PM »

1: "Prank up his sleeve."

2: Correct, "Three ring circus."

3: Actually, it's two phrases that mean the same thing, "Off Her Rocker." and "Out of Whack."

dkw · « **Reply #687 on:** July 15, 2010, 08:49:45 PM »

"A discourse of Orient creates orientalism by orientalizing. "

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #688 on:** July 15, 2010, 09:01:48 PM »

Well, I certainly can't argue with that!

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #689 on:** July 15, 2010, 09:23:44 PM »

They were serious? What were they trying to say?

rivka · « **Reply #690 on:** July 15, 2010, 09:30:26 PM »

I'm not sure, but I think they were disoriented. Or should be.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #691 on:** July 15, 2010, 11:04:14 PM »

Quote from: rivka on July 15, 2010, 09:30:26 PM

I'm not sure, but I think they were disoriented. Or should be.

Occidentally, your comment wasn't very funny.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #692 on:** July 16, 2010, 12:22:15 AM »

If I got fired and sent home, would that be me getting disoriented?

rivka · « **Reply #693 on:** July 16, 2010, 12:50:43 AM »

Since you're not British, yes.

dkw · « **Reply #694 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:47:21 AM »

Yes, it was serious.

Since it's in a chapter dealing with post-colonial theory I assume it refers to the idea that "The Orient" is a western construction projected onto Asian countries. The (lack of) context surrounding the sentence wouldn't get you there if you weren't already familiar with that argument, though.

Also

at BB.

Jonathon · « **Reply #695 on:** July 16, 2010, 10:30:11 AM »

Quote

The use of these metaphors makes the differences immediately, emphatically clear, and vivid and concise, using far fewer words.

I deleted those last four words.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #696 on:** July 16, 2010, 06:31:04 PM »

Quote from: Jonathon on July 16, 2010, 10:30:11 AM

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The use of these metaphors makes the differences immediately, emphatically clear, and vivid and concise, using far fewer words.

I deleted those last four words.

I'm sure you would have been remiss if you hadn't.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #697 on:** July 18, 2010, 11:05:36 PM »

My favorite thing about my school is: "has a strict ethos. a broad field there are many amiable teachers."

Dear students: believe it or not, but I can tell when you use google translate.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #698 on:** July 18, 2010, 11:16:24 PM »

This one is just cute:

"Play the piano can make me feel happy. Reading always let my brain full of fantasy feeling."

BlackBlade · « **Reply #699 on:** July 19, 2010, 12:08:13 AM »

Quote from: Annie Subjunctive on July 18, 2010, 11:16:24 PM

This one is just cute:

"Play the piano can make me feel happy. Reading always let my brain full of fantasy feeling."

I'm sure this is how my Chinese reads when I turn in my homework to my teachers.