Comments on: Language ability - sorted http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/ Fine graphs and cynicism fuelled by idiocy in TV, politics, celebrity and business Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: J http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-295 J Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:31:08 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-295 HA! Very funny. I kinda forget my english if I drink too much, so it sure would be nice to have something else to fall back on! HA! Very funny. I kinda forget my english if I drink too much, so it sure would be nice to have something else to fall back on!

]]> By: Ml http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-296 Ml Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:25:54 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-296 Yes, for me that foreign language is incoherent incessant babbling. Yes, for me that foreign language is incoherent incessant babbling.

]]> By: Dolores http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-297 Dolores Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:51:55 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-297 My affliction is milder. I believe I can do a Glaswegian accent after a few drinks. My affliction is milder. I believe I can do a Glaswegian accent after a few drinks.

]]> By: Beenzzz http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-300 Beenzzz Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:24:46 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-300 My tongue seems to go numb when I drink, so I immediately begin speaking in "dumb ass." My tongue seems to go numb when I drink, so I immediately begin speaking in “dumb ass.”

]]> By: Jake Mayle http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-304 Jake Mayle Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:02:44 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-304 but you know what... for sure excess booze will make you believe many things: i know for a fact that both ploop and i have believed ourselves stuntmen on several occasions while under the influence.... however the wonderful thing about drinking a lot (well, one of the many wonderful things) is that i bet old ploopster actually had some rather fine conversations with people whom, under normal circumstances, he'd have miserably failed to conduct even the most basic of conversations. my great sadness over foreign languages is how simply dull i must be when i try it... Me: do you like white wine? Them: (something i don't understand but sounds vaguely positive) Me: i like wine too Them: (something else) Me: do you like cats? Them... etc... it makes for a riveting night out and yet that same conversation conducted while in the company of a bottle of martini suddenly springs to life like a desert in the rain. booze. sure, us brits are a bit medieval about our consumption of it, but it's great right? but you know what… for sure excess booze will make you believe many things: i know for a fact that both ploop and i have believed ourselves stuntmen on several occasions while under the influence…. however the wonderful thing about drinking a lot (well, one of the many wonderful things) is that i bet old ploopster actually had some rather fine conversations with people whom, under normal circumstances, he’d have miserably failed to conduct even the most basic of conversations.

my great sadness over foreign languages is how simply dull i must be when i try it…

Me: do you like white wine?
Them: (something i don’t understand but sounds vaguely positive)
Me: i like wine too
Them: (something else)
Me: do you like cats?
Them…

etc…

it makes for a riveting night out

and yet that same conversation conducted while in the company of a bottle of martini suddenly springs to life like a desert in the rain.

booze. sure, us brits are a bit medieval about our consumption of it, but it’s great right?

]]> By: Andy http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-306 Andy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:57:18 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-306 I seem to develop a whole new language when I get drunk, known as 'slurred gibberish'. Still, it makes more sense than business-speak. I seem to develop a whole new language when I get drunk, known as ’slurred gibberish’.

Still, it makes more sense than business-speak.

]]> By: ploop http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-309 ploop Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-309 booze is great ... fine posting Jake and Andy, I agree, I'd rather slurred gibberish than business bullshit. Glaswegian and dumb-ass ... are they the same thing? booze is great … fine posting Jake and Andy, I agree, I’d rather slurred gibberish than business bullshit.

Glaswegian and dumb-ass … are they the same thing?

]]> By: Beenzzz http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-318 Beenzzz Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:44:28 +0000 http://www.plooptionary.com/2007/04/26/language-ability-sorted/#comment-318 I think dumb ass includes showing your tae-bo kickboxing skills, while slurring speech. Very hard language to learn. I think dumb ass includes showing your tae-bo kickboxing skills, while slurring speech. Very hard language to learn.

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