tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post7087429303120877635..comments2024-03-15T14:01:26.246-07:00Comments on Where's My Effing Pony?: Does anyone speak Turkey?English Riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-91982996039318128462010-11-04T20:21:34.080-07:002010-11-04T20:21:34.080-07:00e, We are fast approaching the time of year when s...e, We are fast approaching the time of year when someone always asks how we celebrate Thanksgiving in England:) I tell them it's right up there with our Fourth of July festivities.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-4401691227759921342010-11-04T20:01:27.176-07:002010-11-04T20:01:27.176-07:00I once overheard an American woman as an English m...I once overheard an American woman as an English man if Europe was in England...What's bad is that this was a serious question from her, a high school graduate...<br /><br />Another time, a professor in my graduate program made a remark to me that we live in a monolinguistic culture, a point I find objectionable since I am bilingual...<br /><br />Nice blog, by the way.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-21704087723828700712010-10-24T09:36:23.201-07:002010-10-24T09:36:23.201-07:00Owen, Yes, we are keeping our options open regardi...Owen, Yes, we are keeping our options open regarding travel plans. It seems less and less likely that TAO will fly Thursday. He was in France during previous manifestations and would drive his rental car from one agency to the next to trade it in for a new vehicle with a full tank. <br />p.s. Comments and ripostes are welcome, without them a blog is just an unseen flag left flapping in the wind.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-1046580725517449042010-10-23T17:39:32.070-07:002010-10-23T17:39:32.070-07:00May T.A.O. have a wonderful trip, if his flight ca...May T.A.O. have a wonderful trip, if his flight can get here, and if he can find further transport after arriving. Trains have been on strike too, and gas is still hard to find for cars, though the liars on the evening news say it's getting better.<br /><br />Talk turkey ! That's rich. I had a photographic conversation the other day with a dead wild turkey that had gotten run down on the road, but that's the closest I've come to talking turkey lately.<br /><br />Hope the new place is going ok...<br /><br />@ Deborah, you are not the only one who is being driven to spouting off some further and further rightist sounding stuff. I am so sick of what is going on here of late I'm beyond words. Idiots everywhere. Marseille today has 8000 tons of garbage accumulating on the streets because the trash collectors are on strike too. Place Bellecour in Lyon was sacked... what a disgrace. And what do the police and the government do ? Diddly squat. Spoiled rotten people. Love the remark about life expectancy in Africa. <br /><br />Ok, I'll shut up now... sorry for venting...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-17568281589050941022010-10-23T14:29:36.079-07:002010-10-23T14:29:36.079-07:00Hehe, yes they're french hens, but speak engli...Hehe, yes they're french hens, but speak english too. Obviously I only speak to them in chucky.Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077382147781767424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-83484746642212472812010-10-23T11:45:20.213-07:002010-10-23T11:45:20.213-07:00Hungry Pixie, I hadn't thought of expanding my...Hungry Pixie, I hadn't thought of expanding my languages beyond Horse, Cat and Dog. How small minded of me. How many animal languages must one master before being upgraded to travel by pink sea snail?English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-89897280905860457322010-10-23T10:57:42.262-07:002010-10-23T10:57:42.262-07:00Another quote from Douglas Adams - he invented a c...Another quote from Douglas Adams - he invented a computer game some years ago called Beaurocracy. The idea of the game was to get your bank to acknowledge a change of address.<br /><br />Turkey sounds like quite a fun language actually - perhaps Dr Doolittle could advise? (Rex Harrison - DEFINATELY NOT Eddie Murphy)Don't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-58429061260997201682010-10-23T09:58:43.082-07:002010-10-23T09:58:43.082-07:00Legend, (Love your name, by the way) I suppose it ...Legend, (Love your name, by the way) I suppose it surprises me just because we are so many cultures here. One would think that would add, not subtract, from knowledge of one another.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-27092589041237888352010-10-23T08:29:03.781-07:002010-10-23T08:29:03.781-07:00I'm not surprised at the lack of cultural inte...I'm not surprised at the lack of cultural intelligence in the bureaucracy over here. Even with a slight North of England accent, I struggle in these situations, having spent many a long hour with the said ticket in my hand waiting on deliverance ( or service, which ever came first).<br />Great post.Wally Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992375461165449990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-74967534150407540732010-10-23T08:28:39.357-07:002010-10-23T08:28:39.357-07:00Deborah, French TV station has a Sunday gathering ...Deborah, French TV station has a Sunday gathering of journalists, from around the world, who discuss current world events from their country's view point. It is very interesting. "Kiosque" is the name.<br /><br />Di, but you know you're doing it and do so on purpose. Are your Chuckys bilingual?<br /><br />TechnoBabe, California doesn't recognize that it is a different world. It thinks it is THE WORLD! To be fair, a certain Artistic One has been heard to complain: "I've been here twenty-five years, and they haven't changed the national language to French yet."English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-48696385133308373402010-10-23T08:20:18.375-07:002010-10-23T08:20:18.375-07:00Steve, the minute we get through Halloween, Thanks...Steve, the minute we get through Halloween, Thanksgiving and Turkey's are all we can think about. I think it is a more important family tradition here than Christmas.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-72957690002530032052010-10-23T08:17:27.622-07:002010-10-23T08:17:27.622-07:00The Merry, Unfortunately, I would have my doubts t...The Merry, Unfortunately, I would have my doubts that she had heard of the term "Talk Turkey" either.<br /><br />Jean, As DMV's go, ours is not bad. The staff are polite and hardworking and things move along as fast as possible. Her call for a "Turkey Speaker" made me cringe with embarrassment for her.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-71010547183886797942010-10-23T08:07:26.524-07:002010-10-23T08:07:26.524-07:00In California each side expects more than they are...In California each side expects more than they are willing to do themselves in my opinion. I remember waiting in DMV places all through my life there. I grew up there, moved away just before my last child was born, back to CA again two more times. It is so different in CA. You have more patience than I do.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-58349632470836638442010-10-23T05:29:51.523-07:002010-10-23T05:29:51.523-07:00I speak chucky, do it everyday when I'm feedin...I speak chucky, do it everyday when I'm feeding the hens!!Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077382147781767424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-87021178359672996502010-10-23T02:29:16.460-07:002010-10-23T02:29:16.460-07:00Oh ER, you tell such an excellent story. Wry, dry ...Oh ER, you tell such an excellent story. Wry, dry and pointy-barbed. <br />If you don't mind, I'm going to borrow your line about the students not having worked a day in their lives. And pass on the one from the Algerian journalist tonight at dinner. After weeks of images of blockades of all sorts, torched cars and self-righteous CGT spokespeople (not to mention those students with their wealth of life experience) I find myself spouting stuff that sounds suspiciously rightist. <br /> <br />The 'talk Turkey' is eye-rolling, but funny. I hope somebody laughed out loud.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-50979050252936823362010-10-23T01:26:54.379-07:002010-10-23T01:26:54.379-07:00Speak Turkey? "What - gobble gobble oh God it...Speak Turkey? "What - gobble gobble oh God it's not Thanksgiving again is it?" Good grief!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-30059950107375924942010-10-22T22:19:00.067-07:002010-10-22T22:19:00.067-07:00Ah, the glories of bureaucracy. NJ Motor Vehicle h...Ah, the glories of bureaucracy. NJ Motor Vehicle has improved a bit over the years, but when you hit the agency at the wrong time....<br /><br />Now, that "Turkey guy"....well, fact is, none of it really surprises me, having worked as a teacher for many years. It would be amazing how a parent who did not speak English would arrive at school--or better yet, call the school--and somehow figure we would have a translator on hand. We were fine for Spanish, but after that, it was rather a challenge. <br /><br />And as for the Turkey talk? Just another one of those great illustrations of the level of cultural literacy here in the USA...Hey, it's a bit surprising she figured out where he was from by reading his passport--I guess. That was a comparatively sophisticated bit of detective work. *G* <br /><br />But it surely does make for a funny story! Now, the question is, just how many of the people in the agency found it as funny as you did? Bet most of them wouldn't even get the joke.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-3399696543114744312010-10-22T22:14:29.336-07:002010-10-22T22:14:29.336-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-36642251163908393272010-10-22T21:41:52.993-07:002010-10-22T21:41:52.993-07:00Was she perchance thinking of the phrase "Tal...Was she perchance thinking of the phrase "Talk Turkey"?<br /><br />http://www.answers.com/topic/talk-turkeyThe Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.com