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And now for something completely different

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:23 pm
by Katya
Dear orb360,

Why is your avatar the sign for "death"?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:41 pm
by bismark
ooh, look at katya trying to show off her chinese/japanese skills...

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:55 pm
by chillygator
That Katya, she's so hot right now. Katya.

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:38 pm
by orb360
Because I think it's cooler and more unique than the much overused "Power"

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:45 pm
by bismark
does the board support unicode? 私は犬です。

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:52 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Yeah? Well, guess what? बिस्मार्क ने एक कुत्ता है.

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:21 pm
by bismark
is that klingon?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:38 pm
by Fredjikrang
Korean?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:39 pm
by bismark
nope, not korean... could be something south east asian...

nm, its hindi..

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:52 pm
by orb360
lol Korean...

looks more like Arabic or Hebrew.

Edit: Evidently Hindi... didn't see that first time through

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:19 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Yeah for google translator!

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:50 pm
by Fredjikrang
orb360 wrote:lol Korean...

looks more like Arabic or Hebrew.

Edit: Evidently Hindi... didn't see that first time through
Hah. I was closer. (Geographically.)

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:59 pm
by Portia
Giovanni Schwartz wrote:Yeah? Well, guess what? बिस्मार्क ने एक कुत्ता है.
Sanskrit or Hindi. (Made sure to not look at later posts.) Woot!

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:03 pm
by xkcd ***
Question... how do you pronounce apricot?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:18 pm
by orb360
apri as in april
cot as caught

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:22 pm
by xkcd ***
I've been in at least 4 different arguments/discussions today with people who think it's like apple. Ugh.

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:38 am
by Katya
bismark wrote:ooh, look at katya trying to show off her chinese/japanese skills...
No, the Spirit told me. :pious emoticon:

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:38 am
by Katya
xkcd *** wrote:I've been in at least 4 different arguments/discussions today with people who think it's like apple. Ugh.
Where are they from? Here in Maine it's like "apple," too.

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:36 am
by xkcd ***
Katya wrote:
xkcd *** wrote:I've been in at least 4 different arguments/discussions today with people who think it's like apple. Ugh.
Where are they from? Here in Maine it's like "apple," too.
1 New York.
1 South Carolina.
2 Florida.

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:51 am
by orb360
'Soda', 'Pop', or 'Soda Pop' ???

I say Soda.

Also... It's not a couch or sofa... It's a davenport!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_(sofa)

It doesn't display this link properly for some reason