I wish to complain…

By Sephyroth on January 25, 2007 at 12.28 am · Filed under tv

…about nothing in particular ;)

Actually, that’s the first phrase in The Zompist Phrasebook. I have been looking for lists of common phrases in other languages - German, French and Spanish in particular, and this one came to me as a surprise.

Among the better ones -

  • There’s a corpse on the bed. Please change the sheets.

  • That’s not all! I have two more photo albums!

  • Where can I rent a camel? and

  • One order of fermé le mercredi, please.

Of course, fermé le mercredi means Closed Wednesdays. I will recommend that you visit the page, just for the sheer fun in reading the Intellectual exchanges section - you might need a translator for it, but you should get the jist.

This also brings up Monty Python - particuarily the Hungarian Phrasebook Sketch - take a read through if you hadn’t before ;)

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  1. Zazzy said,

    January 26, 2007 @ 2.38 pm

    In my adventures of learning Swedish, I found this useful phrase.

    Mitt huvud trillar av och det är fullt av godis. (My head falls off and it is full of candy.)

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