Re: I wanna marry with you

Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, John Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Bob Pease wrote:
>>> "rev.goetz" <jimgoetz316@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:1138486236.181477.274800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> smahir@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>> www.turkplanet.net
>>>>>
>>>>> Live dating site
>>>> Does "I wanna marry with you" mean that you are hoping to be part of a
>>>> double wedding?
>>> It means
>>>
>>> "I want make one marriage with some she the English who speak!"
>> I thought it meant "my hovercraft is full of eels", or possibly "I want to
>> fondle your bum"...
>
> 'My hovercraft is full of eels' in many languages
> http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm
>
> Assorted 'useful' foreign phrases
> http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/useful.htm
>
> They Thought You'd Say This: Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks
> http://www.zompist.com/thought.html
>
> "Oh my god! There's an axe in my head" in 112 languages
> http://www.yamara.com/axe/
>
That last one is wonderful. Although I suspect some liberties have been taken
with some of the translations...

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