[knox]

It has been a good day.
goodbye, Italy.
hello, Japan.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by knox

goodbye, Italy.
hello, Japan.

exactly! peace out Europe, its the Americas Cup

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

you mean españa? espanya? espainia?
anything but espania.


i guess that's how their state is officially recognized - republic of côte d'ivoire?
spain is kingdom of spain.

por favor, Supérate a ti mismo

[verme (prevaricator)]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

por favor, Supérate a ti mismo

you're not saying what you think you're saying

[Rob Instigator]

 

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

you're not saying what you think you're saying

Serio?
y qué me quieres decir?

[o o o]

Côte d'Ivoire's registered name under the United Nations system for communications in English (and I suppose also other UN official languages) is Côte d'Ivoire.

It is because of one ivoirian government that decided one day that from now one the country should be referred to in English as Côte d'Ivoire and not Ivory Coast and insisted on it...

[verme (prevaricator)]

funny thing:
new zealand ended this stage one goal away from winning the group.

[the ikara cult]

Italy going out today was immensely amusing

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by o o o

Côte d'Ivoire's registered name under the United Nations system for communications in English (and I suppose also other UN official languages) is Côte d'Ivoire.

It is because of one ivoirian government that decided one day that from now one the country should be referred to in English as Côte d'Ivoire and not Ivory Coast and insisted on it...

ahh negritude.. what a silly concept, africans trying to one-up the french on being a Frenchman

[the ikara cult]

cote d'ivoire sounds so much nicer than the Ivory Coast though

I guess its a bit like Bombay being renamed Mumbai, only in reverse

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

cote d'ivoire sounds so much nicer than the Ivory Coast though

I guess its a bit like Bombay being renamed Mumbai, only in reverse

I've also taken to using Costa de Marfil in keeping with my nation's name in espanol habit

[verme (prevaricator)]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Serio?
y qué me quieres decir?

yes, really.

supérate a ti mismo ≠ get over yourself.


take it easy rastafar-i, it's all in good fun.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

yes, really.

supérate a ti mismo ≠ get over yourself.


take it easy rastafar-i, it's all in good fun.

would you prefer

por favor, superate a usted mismo?

[verme (prevaricator)]

nah, you're telling me to "overcome" myself.
i can't think of a direct translation for the idiom.

maybe some slang?
"!$!"#%!"% will know for sure.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

nah, you're telling me to "overcome" myself.
i can't think of a direct translation for the idiom.

maybe some slang?
"!$!"#%!"% will know for sure.

serio

I know it is formal, but I also do not know the spanglish for "get over"

[space]

chupa mi huevos.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by space

chupa mi huevos.

oh, man, you only have one? what's this, the internet confessional booth?

[Keeping It Simple]

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

funny thing:
new zealand ended this stage one goal away from winning the group.

Football's a funny old game.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)

nah, you're telling me to "overcome" myself.
i can't think of a direct translation for the idiom.

maybe some slang?
"!$!"#%!"% will know for sure.

i think they made us say "supérate a tí mismo" in the cub scouts. the phrase is vaguely familiar.

about "get over yourself", nah, you can't do a direct translation. it would sound something like "put yourself on top of yourself" or something. absurd.

you could simply say "ya no digas estupideces", which is non-slangy and universal. you could precede that by "tienes caca en la cabeza", which would make the point. there are national cusswords equivalent to estupideces, but they don't translate across borders. a few of them: pendejadas, huevadas, cojudeces, boludeces, mamadas, etc. they make a stronger point and should be used whenever possible. e.g.:

simpleton, ya no digas mamadas!