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Damn Cantonese...
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Mon, 03 January 2005 11:10
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Hey anyone here able to help me out, trying to call a friend in Hong Kong but the retarded father keeps answering the phone and doesn't seem to get that I want to talk to bernadette (her english name) so how the crap do I say "is bernadette there". As I understand it the inflexion can change the meaning in cantonese...so yeah gimme a hand ppl.
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Re: Damn Cantonese...
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Mon, 03 January 2005 11:57
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google is your friend. i cant remember the exact page but there are heaps of translation websites.
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Mon, 03 January 2005 12:11
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Yeah I tried that man! I spent an hour and a bit looking for a free translator but all it does is spew out non-phonetic crap that I can't understand/read.
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Mon, 03 January 2005 23:59
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wei bernadette ha..i mar?
hello, bernadette there ?
it would help if u know her chinese name as father might not know of her engish name.
also, u have to drag the ha..i a little and a fast mar (? tone)
because im not telling u these in person, wish u ALL the luck u can get in the world.
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Tue, 04 January 2005 01:27
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is that 'i' prononced as in "ah my fucking eye hurts" or as in "hey man, you got any e?"
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Tue, 04 January 2005 01:30
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i = eye;
and 'wei' could be pronounced as 'way'
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Tue, 04 January 2005 01:38
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Cool - I'll see how it goes, although knowing how other languages usually are I'm picturing something stupid happening like in those dodgy comedy movies where the subtitle says 'Bernadette reminds me of your mum in bed' or something and the guy starts swearing at me 
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Tue, 04 January 2005 02:13
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wei mm goy ar "bernadette" hay mm hay dow arr?
try that
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Re: Damn Cantonese...
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Tue, 04 January 2005 04:32
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| monk wrote on Tue, 04 January 2005 13:13 |
wei mm goy ar "bernadette" hay mm hay dow arr?
try that
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too complicated for a kwai loh!!
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Tue, 04 January 2005 05:07
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haha i wanna know how you went
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Tue, 04 January 2005 05:45
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But is her name actually bernadette or is that only her english name, he may not respond unless you say her cantonese name in cantonese.
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Tue, 04 January 2005 05:49
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dats english name...
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Tue, 04 January 2005 05:53
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do you know cantonese name
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Tue, 04 January 2005 05:55
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you could just learn daughter, and ask can I speak to your daughter please Mr whatever his name is
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Tue, 04 January 2005 06:13
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Just ask him to get her to call you back on +61 2 4444 4444
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Tue, 04 January 2005 09:29
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This thread is worthless without pics!
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Tue, 04 January 2005 12:17
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too complicated for a kwai loh!!
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Hey I know what that means  I hear it at the table all the time when I go out to dinner with her family... *sigh*
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Tue, 04 January 2005 12:18
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She should shave, but her bro on the far right is hot!
Just jokes man 
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Tue, 04 January 2005 13:13
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hahaha - objectively it's not a very good photo - like I said short notice
It's cool you can pay her out, we broke up years ago.
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Tue, 04 January 2005 18:08
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| FWDboy wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 00:13 |
hahaha - objectively it's not a very good photo - like I said short notice
It's cool you can pay her out, we broke up years ago.
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how long were u going out with her?
im asking coz....for goodness sake u dont even know how to ask for her on the phone!!! 
wat kinda bf r ya? never thought of her parents answering phone b4?
just kidding man
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Tue, 04 January 2005 22:35
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shes not that bad for a hongkie!!
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Wed, 05 January 2005 00:34
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kwai loh!!
Does that mean white devil? I was at a chinese restaurant with my cousin years ago,who speaks fluent cantonese,taiwanese and some other really hard to speak asian language,anyways we were at the restaurant when the two people taking the order,started to talk between themselves saying how we were stupid anglo somthing and then used some aparent common name like what white people may use to asians like gook or somthing racist like that(which aparently means white devil),anyways all of a sudden after the order was taken he askes to see the manager,im like WTF,he then cuts sick at the manager in asian,who then brings the girl over and cuts sick at her in front of us and gets her to appologise to him in mandarin or whatever the language was(sorry for my ignorance)the manager was really trying to keep us there but my cousin just explained he did not want to dine with such racist somthing or other...well that was his translation after I asked him to explain what the fukk they were talking about and WTF went on Pretty funny anyways, but must say it does always shit me how the racist call only ever seems to be applied to white people,like the bad ass fanaticals in Indonesia who want to blow up all western targets are called extreemists instead of dirty racist scum..hahahaha sorry for the hijak,
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Wed, 05 January 2005 02:33
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She usually lives with her mum in Aus - who speaks english no problems. But when she's in HK I guess it's a lucky dip when it comes to who answers the phone and some of them don't speak english I guess
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Wed, 05 January 2005 02:37
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so what is this reason for calling?
re-kindling an old flame ? 
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Wed, 05 January 2005 03:17
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I'm beyond envious right now of you!!!!!
Anyways mite let u know that someones aisan name and english name ar eoften not direct translations or even have anything to do with each other, so quit with the headache google is giving you...
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Re: Damn Cantonese...
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Wed, 05 January 2005 03:29
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| riceburna73 wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 11:34 |
kwai loh!!
Does that mean white devil? I was at a chinese restaurant with my cousin years ago,who speaks fluent cantonese,taiwanese and some other really hard to speak asian language,anyways we were at the restaurant when the two people taking the order,started to talk between themselves saying how we were stupid anglo somthing and then used some aparent common name like what white people may use to asians like gook or somthing racist like that(which aparently means white devil),anyways all of a sudden after the order was taken he askes to see the manager,im like WTF,he then cuts sick at the manager in asian,who then brings the girl over and cuts sick at her in front of us and gets her to appologise to him in mandarin or whatever the language was(sorry for my ignorance)the manager was really trying to keep us there but my cousin just explained he did not want to dine with such racist somthing or other...well that was his translation after I asked him to explain what the fukk they were talking about and WTF went on Pretty funny anyways, but must say it does always shit me how the racist call only ever seems to be applied to white people,like the bad ass fanaticals in Indonesia who want to blow up all western targets are called extreemists instead of dirty racist scum..hahahaha sorry for the hijak,
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a DIRECT translation would mean "ghost guy", dont ask y.
but what it actually means is "white guy". the racist remark is not that word u had in restaurant. kwai loh just means white guy, just clearing it up for u.
yup indonesians are extremist but not all of them. most of those that come here are the chinese indonesians, who are hated by majority of the native indos as well.
one more thing, pls dont generalise things so easily. there are a handfull of racist white ppl as well, doesnt mean all white ppl are racist. im asian and i have respect for white ppl as well and i hope u white guys dont bring ur racist remarks to a toyota forum. let out ur racist side in a racist forum!!
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Wed, 05 January 2005 03:42
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| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 14:29 |
yup indonesians are extremist but not all of them. most of those that come here are the chinese indonesians, who are hated by majority of the native indos as well.
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theres a thread about the racism of indo-chinese and native indos on another forum i was looking at earlier. it showed gruesome pics of chinese ppl beaheaded/tortured/raped etc from the 1998 indo riots or something. sorry for the hijack, it is just a coincidence you are talking about this as i was looking at the pics earlier today.
back on topic, answer ae86slavers question!!!
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Wed, 05 January 2005 05:14
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| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 14:29 |
| riceburna73 wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 11:34 |
kwai loh!!
Does that mean white devil? I was at a chinese restaurant with my cousin years ago,who speaks fluent cantonese,taiwanese and some other really hard to speak asian language,anyways we were at the restaurant when the two people taking the order,started to talk between themselves saying how we were stupid anglo somthing and then used some aparent common name like what white people may use to asians like gook or somthing racist like that(which aparently means white devil),anyways all of a sudden after the order was taken he askes to see the manager,im like WTF,he then cuts sick at the manager in asian,who then brings the girl over and cuts sick at her in front of us and gets her to appologise to him in mandarin or whatever the language was(sorry for my ignorance)the manager was really trying to keep us there but my cousin just explained he did not want to dine with such racist somthing or other...well that was his translation after I asked him to explain what the fukk they were talking about and WTF went on Pretty funny anyways, but must say it does always shit me how the racist call only ever seems to be applied to white people,like the bad ass fanaticals in Indonesia who want to blow up all western targets are called extreemists instead of dirty racist scum..hahahaha sorry for the hijak,
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a DIRECT translation would mean "ghost guy", dont ask y.
but what it actually means is "white guy". the racist remark is not that word u had in restaurant. kwai loh just means white guy, just clearing it up for u.
yup indonesians are extremist but not all of them. most of those that come here are the chinese indonesians, who are hated by majority of the native indos as well.
one more thing, pls dont generalise things so easily. there are a handfull of racist white ppl as well, doesnt mean all white ppl are racist. im asian and i have respect for white ppl as well and i hope u white guys dont bring ur racist remarks to a toyota forum. let out ur racist side in a racist forum!!
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Yeh no racism was intended infact i dont think any of what I said could be interpreted that way,thats why I said the bad ass fanaticals in Indonesia,rather than the indonesians,or those indonesians. I feel the same way about the label, "Muslim extreemists" cause really they should just be called racist biggots as nothing they do represents Islam...Anyways I didnt want to turn this into a racism/current world affair thread,just thought id share a funny story about some people saying things under what they thought was the cover of their own language...You should have seen the girls face when my cuz was cutting sick at the manager...priceless!!! 
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Wed, 05 January 2005 14:22
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so what is this reason for calling?
re-kindling an old flame ?
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Hahaha - hell no! Don't need another headache. Besides, street racers don't need girlfriends....right???
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I'm beyond envious right now of you!!!!!
Anyways mite let u know that someones aisan name and english name ar eoften not direct translations or even have anything to do with each other, so quit with the headache google is giving you...
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Yeah I can't pronounce her asian name. She can't even translate it herself, but I'm pretty sure that her own dad would know hew english name
And everyone else -> enough hijackalisation
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Wed, 05 January 2005 16:21
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| riceburna73 wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 11:34 |
I feel the same way about the label, "Muslim extreemists" cause really they should just be called racist biggots as nothing they do represents Islam...
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thumbs up to you champ!
i cant help but be shocked that for once someone isnt blaming the whole religion.. even on todays paper "funds muslim countries have donated" about the releif fund... what gives them the right to single out muslim countries?
GET OVER YOUR FEAR OF MUSLIMS, WE'RE NOT ALL LIKE THAT
im glad to see, even my mates, who didnt know that i was, didnt even bat an eye when i told them about it, youth's nowadays dont give a shit who comes from where and beleives in what, its down to the individual!
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Thu, 06 January 2005 16:13
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| FWDboy wrote on Mon, 03 January 2005 22:10 |
Hey anyone here able to help me out, trying to call a friend in Hong Kong but the retarded father keeps answering the phone and doesn't seem to get that I want to talk to bernadette (her english name) so how the crap do I say "is bernadette there". As I understand it the inflexion can change the meaning in cantonese...so yeah gimme a hand ppl.
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I'm beyond envious right now of you!!!!!
Anyways mite let u know that someones aisan name and english name ar eoften not direct translations or even have anything to do with each other, so quit with the headache google is giving you...
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Yeah I can't pronounce her asian name. She can't even translate it herself, but I'm pretty sure that her own dad would know hew english name
And everyone else -> enough hijackalisation [/quote]
So have you said her english name to the dad or what??
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Fri, 07 January 2005 06:02
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I want an update.
And more pics.
Update pics or ban mofo.
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Fri, 07 January 2005 06:54
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Hahah - she's in HK until late feb so it's a no go on the updated pics!
The only other piccies I have of her that are any good are a bit revealing
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Fri, 07 January 2005 06:56
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c'mon shes ur ex
BRING OUT THE REVELING FOTOS
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Fri, 07 January 2005 07:04
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| EldarO wrote on Thu, 06 January 2005 03:21 |
youth's nowadays dont give a shit who comes from where and beleives in what, its down to the individual!
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thats why i cant wait till all these old, biggoted, white, 'old boys' fuck off out of power and let us rule the way it should be
heh
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Fri, 07 January 2005 07:21
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| FWDboy wrote on Fri, 07 January 2005 17:54 |
Hahah - she's in HK until late feb so it's a no go on the updated pics!
The only other piccies I have of her that are any good are a bit revealing
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FFS man.
GET THE PICS OUT
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Fri, 07 January 2005 07:27
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du lay lo mo chow hi
hahaha
if that makes sense...
i dare you to say that to him
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Fri, 07 January 2005 07:32
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| ae86drift wrote on Fri, 07 January 2005 18:27 |
du lay lo mo chow hi
hahaha
if that makes sense...
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ah, no, it doesnt to me 
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Fri, 07 January 2005 08:16
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my pronunciation is kinda fucked
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FFS man.
GET THE PICS OUT
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Haha - no way she's still a good friend, as much as I love all you guys *cough* some things just aren't done
Also there's the threat of death if those photos ever get out anywhere.
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Sat, 08 January 2005 04:41
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if her mums in australia why dont you give her a quick call for any help contacting her?
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Sat, 08 January 2005 16:50
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I already got it sorted out Luckily I didn't have to resort to trying my crap cantonese! Now everyone just wants to blab about stereo-types and 'picsorban'
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Sat, 08 January 2005 17:04
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so how was it sorted out?
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Sun, 09 January 2005 03:57
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One of her brothers answered the phone
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Mon, 10 January 2005 07:56
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how about a worksafe pic?
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Mon, 10 January 2005 08:18
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hahaha u devos
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Mon, 10 January 2005 11:25
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WTF is a worksafe pic?
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Mon, 10 January 2005 17:43
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| b1gb3n wrote on Tue, 04 January 2005 16:49 |
dats english name...
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No shit
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| FWDboy wrote on Mon, 10 January 2005 22:25 |
WTF is a worksafe pic?
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One that can be safely viewed at work without being sacked. i.e. no nudity etc.
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| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 14:29 |
a DIRECT translation would mean "ghost guy", dont ask y.
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FWIW, it actually refers to people who have apparently seen a ghost and have turned white from being sh*t scared ... no joke.
I think they must have shortened it somewhere down the lines.
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| Dodgy_Haro wrote on Wed, 12 January 2005 16:33 |
| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 14:29 |
a DIRECT translation would mean "ghost guy", dont ask y.
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FWIW, it actually refers to people who have apparently seen a ghost and have turned white from being sh*t scared ... no joke.
I think they must have shortened it somewhere down the lines.
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i always wondered where it came from. u sure about that? i dont wanna be telling stories like this over a drink n look stupid 
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