Originally Posted by volcaniclastic
Ya gotta listen to the inflection... 'not bad, not bad at all' said with an appreciative tone means 'that was pretty damn good'. 'That wasn't half bad' said with a surprised tone means the same thing.
Generally, 'not bad' is better than 'alright'. Lol
The first of these is either regional or situational. I can't recall using "that's bad" for that off hand.
"It is not simply enough to know the light…a Jedi must feel the tension between the two sides of the Force…in himself and in the universe."
―Thon
"When to the Force you truly give yourself, all you do expresses the truth of who you are,"
Yoda
Yoda told stories, and ate, and cried, and laughed: and the Padawans saw that life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
If you ever have the opportunity to watch Australian parliament, watch it. They're like a bunch of teenagers slinging insults at each other... it can be really funny to watch. If you want a sample Google 'paul keating insults'... in his heyday that man could cripple you with public televised insults lol.
We have "Bad mama Jamma" we have stone cold bad ass something or other..and we also have the term Phat..that sounds like an insult,but is not,it means good..chew on that 'Mericans..
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It depends on how it is said - it's easiest to understand when when the word "so" is put in front of "dope" - is the "o" stretched out, or is it said short with an angry tone?
It may be regional Detroit speak, but, since the rise of the glorification of ghetto culture, I figured it had gone national.
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Ta duck. Ta= thanks and duck is a friendly term of address in Derbyshire although as merely a Derbyshire resident, rather than a native I don't use it (that sounding like a numpty thing). It's quite funny how non-derbyshire folks will misinterpret 'duck', assuming it to be a diminutive used for women but its not, it's used equally between straight men of equal social status as well as for women and children as far as I can tell.
Now how would I say it in aussie? My years of watching neighbours and home and away suggests 'Thanks mate.'
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And nobody does tone quite like us Welsh. I mean, we're not ill, or sick, we're baaaaaaaaaad. In bed. Under the doctor. who put us on a course of tablets.
You need to hear it, really
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Do you mash the tea in Derbyshire?
You know, anu, I finally understood something. Sometimes it's good not to know some words, such as this one. This way I won't be distracted from the main subject of the conversation!
"Fair means that everybody gets what they need. And the only way to get that is to make it happen yourself."
Since I adore cats, I might write something strange or unusual in my comment.Cats are awesome!!! ^_^
I've not noticed it. We definitely 'put the kettle on'. But as I said I'm not native and most of my friends aren't native so I only really meet the natives at work and out and about :P
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Freaking upitty English and aussi intellectuals,always talking fancy and such..Not like us "Pure" working class heroes here in the good old U. S. Of A. (If nothing else we "Yanks" have a strange sense of humor)
MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
my new page here,let me know what you think.
nothing but the shadow of what was
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