mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
"motherland" 1/6/2012 6:14:50 PM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
"needful" 1/6/2012 6:29:08 PM |
crazy_carl All American 4073 Posts user info edit post |
HELP!! 1/6/2012 6:31:42 PM |
Klatypus All American 6786 Posts user info edit post |
is green card one word or two? 1/6/2012 7:03:57 PM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
"deletion" 1/6/2012 7:07:42 PM |
tl All American 8430 Posts user info edit post |
"the same"
as in "Please download the security document and fill out the same." 1/6/2012 7:15:26 PM |
H8R wear sumthin tight 60155 Posts user info edit post |
when describing mold and mildew
moldew 1/6/2012 7:16:36 PM |
mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Please download the security document and fill out the same" |
I feel like I've read this pattern used on forms before. But never heard it spoken.1/6/2012 7:37:17 PM |
tl All American 8430 Posts user info edit post |
No idea if they say it out loud. But it's in every freaking email we get from HR or IT or headquarters. They also threw out "upgradation" at one point in the past. 1/6/2012 7:49:22 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
YES I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME AT WORK. It drives me bonkers. Also "surely" as in, "That seems like a good plan surely."1/6/2012 7:57:40 PM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
Surely you are exaggerating. 1/6/2012 8:54:51 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
I wish I was. Working with Indian people ftl
And it should be "You are exaggerating surely." It's always at the end.
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 8:55 PM. Reason : a] 1/6/2012 8:55:29 PM |
settledown Suspended 11583 Posts user info edit post |
Please review the document and then do the needful.1/6/2012 8:58:33 PM |
hypaone All American 11084 Posts user info edit post |
... and don't call me Shirley. *rimshot* 1/6/2012 9:02:32 PM |
bonerjamz 04 All American 3217 Posts user info edit post |
hungry 1/6/2012 9:03:50 PM |
Klatypus All American 6786 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "And it should be "You are exaggerating surely." It's always at the end." |
My name isn't fucking Shirley
watch this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
ps. I taught English in Brazil 2 years ago and I met English speaking citizens that were taught to greet people with "howdy". Not shitting you, I got 5 howdies.
[Edited on January 6, 2012 at 9:11 PM. Reason : .]1/6/2012 9:07:53 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
1/6/2012 9:19:10 PM |
smc All American 9221 Posts user info edit post |
How do you do? -> How do? -> Howdy? 1/6/2012 9:24:10 PM |
Klatypus All American 6786 Posts user info edit post |
^haha, thats where I figured it came from, but I was kinda perplexed when I kept hearing it with a slight southern accent in the town I stayed in... 1/6/2012 9:42:00 PM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
couple weeks ago at bada:
me- what can I get for ya? indian guy (thick accent)- I will have one coke please. do you have smashed potatoes? me- nope but we've got friiiieeees! indian guy (thick accent)- okay I will have one friiiieeees. 1/7/2012 9:40:13 AM |
BIGcementpon Status Name 11318 Posts user info edit post |
1/7/2012 10:30:49 AM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
queue 1/7/2012 11:00:58 AM |
tchenku midshipman 18577 Posts user info edit post |
infidels 1/7/2012 11:16:31 AM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
I'm gonna start saying on holiday
I'm Krallum and I approved this message. 1/7/2012 11:22:22 AM |
arghx Deucefest '04 7584 Posts user info edit post |
queue 1/7/2012 11:25:38 AM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
you mad brit fags?
I'm Krallum and I approved this message.
1/7/2012 11:30:25 AM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27748 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "okay I will have one friiiieeees." |
1/7/2012 11:33:18 AM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
People always fuck that up even americunts. "Lemmegetuh small fry"
I'm Krallum and I approved this message. 1/7/2012 11:34:54 AM |
AuH20 All American 1604 Posts user info edit post |
Keen 1/7/2012 12:41:45 PM |
GrumpyGOP yovo yovo bonsoir 18166 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "haha, thats where I figured it came from, but I was kinda perplexed when I kept hearing it with a slight southern accent in the town I stayed in..." |
A fairly large number of Confederates moved to Brazil after the Civil War, because it was pretty much the only country left where they could still get their slave on. They're called "Confederados." Possibly your southern Howdy came from this group.1/7/2012 12:44:31 PM |
d7freestyler Sup, Brahms 23935 Posts user info edit post |
i've already seen some of my favorite ones in this thread:
needful, updation, deletion, per (as per...) and i'm sure there are more. my favorite expression is definitely "do the needful" 1/7/2012 12:50:24 PM |
egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
^ I use "as per"
I think it rocks. 1/7/2012 3:43:44 PM |
mellocj All American 1872 Posts user info edit post |
Upgradation and "do the needful" are my faves 1/7/2012 5:03:47 PM |
catalyst All American 8704 Posts user info edit post |
kindly 1/7/2012 5:42:47 PM |
BigEgo Not suspended 24374 Posts user info edit post |
english people ARE foreigners you turd 1/7/2012 6:31:16 PM |
NCStatePride All American 640 Posts user info edit post |
Krallum, I had never seen that guy before. Hilarious. 1/7/2012 7:38:19 PM |
tl All American 8430 Posts user info edit post |
^ He's a funny dude. Check out That Mitchell and Webb Look and Peep Show on Netflix. Good stuff. 1/7/2012 7:50:45 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42535 Posts user info edit post |
Brinjal 1/7/2012 8:31:40 PM |
MinkaGrl01
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Quote : | "Check out That Mitchell and Webb Look and Peep Show on Netflix. Good stuff." |
I second this.1/9/2012 3:11:41 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
I, too, use as per. Occasionally, anyway. And deletion shows up all the time in the IT world.
I would submit "revert", in the sense of "please do the needful and kindly revert".
Also whenever I hear "do the needful" it makes me think of some kind of dance. Like "do the twist" or "do the hustle". 1/9/2012 4:37:09 PM |
BigEgo Not suspended 24374 Posts user info edit post |
imba 1/9/2012 4:44:11 PM |
evan All American 27701 Posts user info edit post |
i mean, i say this.1/10/2012 9:42:07 AM |