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...same expression, same language, different meanings on different servers O.o
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✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...
That depends on your definition of "car".
"A Catholic priest named Father Ferdinand Verbiest has been said to have built a steam powered vehicle for the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung in about 1678" - He was Flemmish.
"The first vehicle to move under its own power for which there is a record was designed by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot and constructed by M. Brezin in 1769" - They were French.
The Germans hold the first (and first several) PATENTS.Edited by Bouldercleave on December 28, 2016 6:25PM1 -
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✭✭✭NA people sometimes tell me they're drinking coffee. I, from EU, beg to differ and not call that... bean soup... "coffee".
Meh, whatever!
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✭✭✭✭✭failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »...same expression, same language, different meanings on different servers O.o
Try growing up in rural Germany. Every tiny village has their own dialect and certain words have different meanings depending on what village you're in.
This makes for some rather interesting conversations ...
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The German word for the "boot" of a car is "Kofferraum".jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
The German word "Boot" means "Boat" and has nothing to do with a car.
"Kofferraum" translates into "Luggage space" ...
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✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...
Ooo blaming the Germans. I like it.
What have we done now to deserve it?
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Digerati✭✭✭✭lots of words have cultural connotative differences in the UK and the US...
For example, when an american says something is "great," he likely does not mean it ironically. It's a positive note.
If you say something is "great" in the UK, you must be using the word ironically and it will be taken as a very negative comment...0 -
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The German word for the "boot" of a car is "Kofferraum".jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
The German word "Boot" means "Boat" and has nothing to do with a car.
"Kofferraum" translates into "Luggage space" ...
hey.... don't tell anyone but i made that bit up to keep the conversation going. ok?
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@SirAndy rural Germany? I guess you're talking about Denmark then ...yes I totally agree! Danes in Jutland ignore consonants. Don't ask me how they communicate, I live in Sealand and don't understand a word the Danes in Jutland say.failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »...same expression, same language, different meanings on different servers O.o
Try growing up in rural Germany. Every tiny village has their own dialect and certain words have different meanings depending on what village you're in.
This makes for some rather interesting conversations ...
Edited by failkiwib16_ESO on December 29, 2016 11:19AM0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Meh is an expression of indifference. When something neither excites you nor dissuades you, then it is "meh". In short words, "This isn't important to me, this is meh."CP2,100 Master Explorer - AvA Two Star Warlord - Console Peasant - Khajiiti Aficionado - The Clan
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Dracindo✭✭✭✭✭Never ever have I heard anyone in EU reply with "meh" as a way of saying "I HATE/DISLIKE THIS". Either you got the wrong context, or the guy who got a "meh" response was triggered because he didn't get the answer he wanted (or is too young for this game).1 -
SlinkySlack✭✭✭I'm still figuring out the meaning of OP.
like when trading its over priced,
when on forum its original post (I think)
and when in game or describing to much power its over powered.
Now op confuses me with this meh being op,
SO ZOS PLEASE NERF MEH.
Just joking, I always saw Meh as a shrug off more like I don't care, never knew it can be used for hate...0 -
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@failkiwib16_ESOfailkiwib16_ESO wrote: »@SirAndy rural Germany? I guess you're talking about Denmark then ...yes I totally agree! Danes in Jutland ignore consonants. Don't ask me how they communicate, I live in Sealand and don't understand a word the Danes in Jutland say.
Nope, central Germany. Northwest of Frankfurt, east of Koblenz. The village i grew up in had less than 300 people. The next village over was about the same size as were the other villages in the area. Rolling hills, some farmland, lots of forest.
We used to play hockey on roller skates all day on the one main street going through with maybe one car driving by all afternoon. And you could always get fresh milk and bread and blutwurst.
The "big" city was about 10km away and had a whopping 1000 people living in it.
So yes, rural Germany does exist ...
PS: Been to Denmark many times, i have friends that live near Aarhus and of course the Roskilde festival during the late '80s and early '90s.0 -
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A discussion to enhance understanding of in-game subtitles of communication (possibly culturally related) so that we all have a better time understanding each other and thus a better game experience.Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
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House of Dibella - If you have ever seen or read "Memoirs of a Geisha" that's just the beginning...
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Ravena✭✭✭✭I use lol when I'm indifferent or have nothing of interest to say to whatever it is someone just told me.
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Ravena✭✭✭✭As a foreigner, I can tell you what the first thing that comes to a foreigner's mind when thinking of the English language is.
America.
Yes, the British might have been the "original", but your sovereignity has been long gone.
Americans are the masters of English now. getrekt. No one ever thinks of England.
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They taught us Oxford English in school. 7 years of it for me.Yes, the British might have been the "original", but your sovereignity has been long gone.
Americans are the masters of English now. getrekt. No one ever thinks of England.
Funny thing is, it neither helped getting around England nor the US.
It does work in pretty much any other country though. I suspect those countries also teach Oxford English ...
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✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »I play on PC platform and I get confused whenever I hear the word/expression "meh", because on NA server I've noticed that it's being used as an expression for "I don't care", where as on the EU server it's mainly used as "I HATE/ DISLIKE THIS".
Wikipedia's definition of meh
Now the difference between indifference and strong emotional reaction is actually big, and it is less confusing when I play the game, but I wonder how many people have been misunderstanding each other on the forums, where both definitions are used.
Now I'm making a deal out of this thing, because I've always known "meh" to be an expression for indifference, so whenever I got asked questions and I took my time to carefully answer and responded with a "meh" I got pretty offended. Because if people don't care, then why waste my time? I don't get offended anymore, now that I know that people on EU use it for a different meaning...
Are there more expressions or words that are used like this? I'm actually curious now lol
"meh"
I literally laughed out loud to this and I don't know why.They nerfed magsorcs so hard stamsorcs felt it,lol - Somber97866
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Prabooo✭✭✭✭this thread is kinda MEH (Medium Endangered Hologram), very interesting subject, thanks!0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭You European people's are strange and take meanings too far . It's just a shrug or disinterested term . I'm just glad we don't share the same term for cigarettes . It's a cigarette , it's already offensive enough but you just had to make it even more trouble didn't you ...2 -
Tai-Chi✭✭✭✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
Ah! That explains why a vintage VW Beetle has the storage space at the front.
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Trunk is a storage areaIt's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
Americans got it wrong!
Trunk is a storage area. The trunk is the middle of the car.
CONCLUSION: Americans are sitting in storage!
Who stores luggage in a boot? I don't. I put mine in the trunk!
Wait, so you sit in the boot and store your luggage in the middle of the car?
Americans ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think it all evolved from stagecoaches in the past... "Riding shotgun" for example. Trunks holding peoples stuff were usually at the end of the coach, but also stored above and under the cab. Even the most rigid Brit wouldn't put luggage on their lap for the journey when there is available storage, even if it was to win a semantics argument.
Why would you even put something besides your foot into a boot anyway? Whiskey flask maybe?Fear is the Mindkiller0 -
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✭✭As a foreigner, I can tell you what the first thing that comes to a foreigner's mind when thinking of the English language is.
America.
Yes, the British might have been the "original", but your sovereignity has been long gone.
Americans are the masters of English now. getrekt. No one ever thinks of England.
clearly some information required here.....
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✭✭✭✭✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
The German word for the "boot" of a car is "Kofferraum".jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
we english take the word from the germans..... it's what they call it. and they should know, they invented the car after all...It's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
The German word "Boot" means "Boat" and has nothing to do with a car.
"Kofferraum" translates into "Luggage space" ...
hey.... don't tell anyone but i made that bit up to keep the conversation going. ok?
just between me and you.....
/me gets the riot pitchforks and torch ready
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✭✭✭✭✭stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »a trunk is an elephant's nose...which is neither at the foot or the middle...it's on the front
Ah! That explains why a vintage VW Beetle has the storage space at the front.
and it's still a trunk!
which is the word that can be defined as a place to store something. Like a luggage space. Like @SirAndy said the german word thinger!
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✭✭✭✭✭NordSwordnBoard wrote: »
Trunk is a storage areaIt's just one of those things like how for whatever reason British people call the trunk of a car a boot. It's obviously not a shoe of any sort, but here they go calling it a boot anyway.
It's more the foot end of the car than the middle of a car (boot goes on foot, trunk is your middle/abdomen area).
Americans got it wrong!
Trunk is a storage area. The trunk is the middle of the car.
CONCLUSION: Americans are sitting in storage!
Who stores luggage in a boot? I don't. I put mine in the trunk!
Wait, so you sit in the boot and store your luggage in the middle of the car?
Americans ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think it all evolved from stagecoaches in the past... "Riding shotgun" for example. Trunks holding peoples stuff were usually at the end of the coach, but also stored above and under the cab. Even the most rigid Brit wouldn't put luggage on their lap for the journey when there is available storage, even if it was to win a semantics argument.
Why would you even put something besides your foot into a boot anyway? Whiskey flask maybe?
Riding Shotgun came from someone who was literally sitting next to the coach driver, who was armed with a shotgun to protect it from the banditos!
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✭it was called boot because back in the 1600's (before America was even founded) a stagecoach driver would store his spare boots at the rear of the coach in the storage area.
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