A Conversation for American Slang

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Post 21

saffire

would you pronounce that 'coo-lay' or just 'cool'?
no matter - i sorta like that one, seeing as ive never seen/heard it beforesmiley - smiley
-saffire


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Post 22

what you know as km

I haven't yet seen a map of the United States which is printed so that, when you're looking at it with the words facing the right way, the west coast of the US is not on the left.


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Post 23

kat

damn straight_that is one of my favorite sayings
also a really stupid old one i heard the other day_okey-dokey. it was right out of the little rascals, except a 40 year old was saying it


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Post 24

RiffRaff

Well, mostly like 'cool', but with more 'h' in it. "Khool!"


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Post 25

saffire

khule
-saffire;>


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Post 26

Farquar

What about cule? or qule? or qul(with umlauts)?


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Post 27

saffire

umlauts?
-saffire...


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Post 28

Whizabiz

You never said okey-dokey? That's one of my favorites! and it's variations: okey-dorky, dokey-okey, and the ever popular oh-tay.


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Post 29

saffire

never heard those variations before...sound a little goofysmiley - bigeyes
-saffire


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Post 30

Farquar

You know, the twin dots (..) that are placed over vowels to change their sound. Seen alot in Germanic languages.


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Post 31

saffire

umlauts could be [insert your own personal spelling of cool] - if only we knew how to use em while talking in these forums...
got any ideas?
-saffire;>


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Post 32

RiffRaff

Ku:le?

Anyone have an ascii chart?


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Post 33

RiffRaff

Oh-tay is from Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat impression.


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Post 34

saffire

somehow, the : just doesnt cut it...what a shame!
-saffire;>


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Post 35

saffire

and buckwheat would be...?
-saffiresmiley - bigeyes


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Post 36

RiffRaff

a character from the aforementioned 'Little Rascals', actually. Old black and white movies. (Or was it TV?) Buckwheat was a little black kid with crazy hair and garbled speech. Never actually watched any of them, but Eddie Murphy used to do Buckwheat as a recurring character on Saturday Night Live, with Nora Dunn (I think) playing Alfalfa.


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Post 37

saffire

ahhh - now i remember...thanks!
-saffire smiley - smiley


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Post 38

Farquar

Otay!


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Post 39

Farquar

I believe so. Maybe someone should come up with a chart that gives equivilant slang meanings...


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Post 40

Farquar

Hmmmmmm..... Maybe ku"le?


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