Re: OFERTA FIN DE SEMANA
Ching Chu wrote: > >>>Ching Chu wrote: > >>> > >>> I think that 'Oferta Fin De Semana' means 'Offers End of Week', or > >>> maybe 'Weekend Offers'? But what the heck is 'Slithy Toves'? > >>> > >>> Ching Chu > > > > > >>Hehe, I would guess at the same translation, actually. > >>"slithy toves" is the from the first line of Lewis Carroll's > >>poem "Jabberwocky" > > > >>"'Twas brillig and the slithy toves > >>did gyre and gimble in the wabe" > > > >So now I'm even more confused because the above is obviously in > >English except for those strange words. What language are they, and > >what do they mean? > > > >>I just take any available opportunity to loudly proclaim > >>"slithy toves!!!" any time that I can. That may have > >>something to do with being off my meds though. > > > >>Rick > > > >I'm on MY meds (Inderal, Accupril, Zoloft, Prevacid, K-Dur, > >Nitrostat, Tylenol w/Codeine, Valium, Bayer Asperin, Celebrex, and > >sometimes "Fast Acting" [yeh, right!] Mylanta {can't stand the taste > >of that "Fast Relief" [double yeh, right!] Maalox}), but I STILL can't > >figure it out. > > > >P.S. What? Too many ( ) [ ] { }'s ? > > > >Ching Chu > > > > I just remembered something. Isn't 'Jabberwocky' talking nonsense > en chinga? Hehe, it's meant to be a "nonsense" poem, it sounds english, has an english grammatical structure, it has an english "rythm" to it, but it's largely nonsense. The hilarious thing is that it's actually been translated into German. Rick What is "en chinga"? Sounds a bit obscene ;)
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 16:11:45 -0700, Fedallah <ajirons@uswest.net> wrote: > > >Ching Chu wrote: >> >>>Ching Chu wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I think that 'Oferta Fin De Semana' means 'Offers End of Week', or >> >>> maybe 'Weekend Offers'? But what the heck is 'Slithy Toves'? >> >>> >> >>> Ching Chu >> > >> > >> >>Hehe, I would guess at the same translation, actually. >> >>"slithy toves" is the from the first line of Lewis Carroll's >> >>poem "Jabberwocky" >> > >> >>"'Twas brillig and the slithy toves >> >>did gyre and gimble in the wabe" >> > >> >So now I'm even more confused because the above is obviously in >> >English except for those strange words. What language are they, and >> >what do they mean? >> > >> >>I just take any available opportunity to loudly proclaim >> >>"slithy toves!!!" any time that I can. That may have >> >>something to do with being off my meds though. >> > >> >>Rick >> > >> >I'm on MY meds (Inderal, Accupril, Zoloft, Prevacid, K-Dur, >> >Nitrostat, Tylenol w/Codeine, Valium, Bayer Asperin, Celebrex, and >> >sometimes "Fast Acting" [yeh, right!] Mylanta {can't stand the taste >> >of that "Fast Relief" [double yeh, right!] Maalox}), but I STILL can't >> >figure it out. >> > >> >P.S. What? Too many ( ) [ ] { }'s ? >> > >> >Ching Chu >> > >> >> I just remembered something. Isn't 'Jabberwocky' talking nonsense >> en chinga? > > > >Hehe, it's meant to be a "nonsense" poem, it sounds english, >has an english grammatical structure, it has an english >"rythm" to it, but it's largely nonsense. The hilarious >thing is that it's actually been translated into German. > >Rick > >What is "en chinga"? Sounds a bit obscene ;) It's slang for 'very fast'. (Obscenely very fast?) Ching Chu