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Kitchen Lingo 101 - MPNnow.com (blog)

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:19:06 GMT

Kitchen Lingo 101
MPNnow.com (blog)
By Bruce McGinnis As with every profession, there is a certain dialect that Chefs/cooks use to communicate effectively with each other whether it is in the heat of service or reminiscing what just happened over cocktails at the end of the night.

The Origins Of 7 Popular Slang Words - Huffington Post (blog)

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:12:59 GMT

The Origins Of 7 Popular Slang Words
Huffington Post (blog)
Slang words aren't linguistically different from other words, except that they keep on moving. It is my considered opinion that slang is a bag of snakes. Words slither easily from slang into colloquial language, jargon and dialect and back again the ...

Lucia gets a hero - Times of India

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:34:46 GMT

Lucia gets a hero
Times of India
The slang and dialect we use are very similar, which is probably why the audience felt that I was imitating him. Prem is one of the top directors in the industry and it would be foolish of me to insult him with my onscreen persona," says Satish.

"People see what we do from different points of view." - RootsWorld

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:16:00 GMT

RootsWorld

"People see what we do from different points of view."
RootsWorld
We grew up in Linz, where people speak the Upper Austrian dialect or slang. It's very smooth and easy to combine with English, and that's what we do in our songs sometimes. The folk music there is rich in rhythms and melodies, and I became quite ...

Polari: A Tart in Gildy Clobbers - Utne Reader Online

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:29:13 GMT

Utne Reader Online

Polari: A Tart in Gildy Clobbers
Utne Reader Online
Polari occupies a special place in the history of gay culture, but the subversive dialect is now endangered. By Michael Schulman, from “The Believer” Polari is no longer an anti-language, because the anti-society has dissolved.

Trilingual Cocorobo vac-bot wants to suck up to you - CNET

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:21:27 GMT

Trilingual Cocorobo vac-bot wants to suck up to you
CNET
... even in the latter's Kansai dialect associated with the city of Osaka. It's the choice of standup comics, so this robot could come across as slightly funnier than, say, a HAL 9000. Imagine Roomba replying to you with a bit of Texas slang.

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Emotional Cocorobo vac-bot wants to suck up to you - CNET

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:21:27 GMT

Emotional Cocorobo vac-bot wants to suck up to you
CNET
... even in the latter's Kansai dialect associated with the city of Osaka. It's the choice of standup comics, so this robot could come across as slightly funnier than, say, a HAL 9000. Imagine Roomba replying to you with a bit of Texas slang.

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When did we get so bombastic? - New Straits Times

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:59:03 GMT

New Straits Times

When did we get so bombastic?
New Straits Times
Experts from various fields would also be called in if the word concerns specific fields such as science and technology, religious terms, dialects and slang. I guess that's how the slang makwe found itself listed in the dictionary.

Caught between two States - Deccan Chronicle

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:56:32 GMT

Deccan Chronicle

Caught between two States
Deccan Chronicle
The place will become a part of the story of the film titled Ozhi Muri, which is the legal slang in Malayalam for divorce, perhaps in the way it did in national award winning film Byari and the film Ordinary which made people sit up and take note of ...

Ayrault By Any Other Name: New French PM Is A Vulgar Term In Arabic - International Business Times

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:13:51 GMT

International Business Times

Ayrault By Any Other Name: New French PM Is A Vulgar Term In Arabic
International Business Times
Arabic speakers are likely to hear 'Ayrault' as a combination of أير (pronounced 'ayr'), which is slang for 'penis,' and the suffix ه (pronounced 'oh'), which signifies a masculine possessive, or 'his.' One could imagine the suppressed snickering at a ...
The joke's on us, not AyraultNOW LEBANON

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