#colloquial language

[languagesperkele]

honestly I warmly recommend reading this if you understand enough Finnish to, you know, understand thia kind of text: Kielikello

[freakurodani]

its funny that these mean the same to me

Do you say...?

I'm up for it!

I'm down!

Both interchangeably!

Both, bc they mean different things (explain in tags)

Voting ended onMay 25, 2023

[our-ewblog]

Book Review: Veils of Smoke

Book Review: Veils of Smoke

In the novel Veils Of Smoke, Sarah Key weaves an enthralling tale of how young women in South Africa are forced to navigate life through a destructive, violent and deadly veil.

The protagonist Sinazo Biyela escapes childhood trauma and leaves her village in Ixopo in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province. After a brief stay in Alexandra township, she leaves unceremoniously on being lured and seduced by…

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[247jackie365]

The Whole Nine Yards – Stream of Consciousness Saturday My dad used to say 'be careful in giving someone a yard, the next thing you know they would want a mile,'

[247jackie365]

It is Pidgin Today...

It is Pidgin Today…

Let us go down to a bit of Nigeria colloquial language aka pidgin or broken with Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba flavour. The translated synopsis is below to give you a rounded gist of the matter.

Abeg make una vex o. E don tey, way I bin won talk dis matter.

Mai dia pipu , how una dey o? Shebi bodi dey eensi clot wel, wel? Se kosi? Ranka dede! Una wellu don o. I dey greet.

Oya carry shia siddon make u…

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[cypresstiger]

According to coworkers I don't say "both markers and crayons." I say "bolth merkers and crayuns."

[l1ghtnup]

I just casually used 'perf' in conversation

I'm uncomfortable with it. Pore stranger

[riverdancethemusical]

When someone tells me they're hitting the hay I can't help but imagine that person angrily punching a hay bale.