h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I could feel the "no" coming, as I was walking about being rude to my workmates here. They're all glad you didn't post it...

I do have some feelings. I'm not made of stone.














So you can slake off, for a start!

I'll slake you, you little slaker.

You'll have to catch me first! *giggles and runs like stink*

You turn your back for a few eblats and immediately, the boys are fighting. You guys need some female influence here! Obviously!
Milord Duke!
Vestboy!
You two behave yourselves for now or I’ll slake you both!
And mind you, not in a way you’ll like either!!!
But the word ‘slake’ really does have a distinct mental flaw hidden in it somewhere. Okay, it may be genuine as words go, but so is ‘knout’, which just doesn’t make it okay to walk around knouting people on the streets!
How about the simple and yet elegant solution – borrow the word from a language which already has it. Oh… What language has it?
Swedish ‘ge dom at drycka?’ Drunkna dom? Naw, that’s not proper, is it? Turning into English ‘drycka’ their thirst… (This is getting worse&#8230 or perhaps ‘draak’ (sounds Dutch) or just plain ‘dryck’.
Danish ‘sluk’ (turn off) their thirst? Turning into English ‘sluk’ (pronounced ‘sluke’ or 'slook') or modified ‘sluke’, ‘slook’ or even . . . ‘slake’?!?
In Denmark the most common way would be ‘Giv disse mennesker noget at drikke’, translating into ‘Give these people something to drink’ – WOW – that even WORKS in English. But then, it really wasn’t exactly what we were looking for.
Albanian? Chinese? Hebrew?
But then, how often is it necessary to use a word describing the action of giving drink to the masses? If only very rarely, why not stick to ‘slake’? Being a rare word as it is, it may even impress somebody present!

BTW: Okay, so ICQ is so cool and neat for finding other people in a communicative but noncommittal sense, is that it? Well, but ICQ doesn’t work behind our LAN firewall, so I am so fed UP with people yadda-yadda-yadda’ing about how great it is. Some of us manage to live without it – sigh.

And now you guys don’t start again the moment I’m not watching you, or I’ll ********* you both!!!

BTW:
In Denmark, when a subject is loosing track of its original purpose, we say that it has been watered out.
I think there’s a point to be made out here!

My god you talk a lot, don't you? Besides, he started it. Yes you did! Did too! Did too! Did too!
The actual swedish phrase is "Ge dem att dricka". Not "Drunkna dem", which closest translation would be "drown them", which would be a bit going too far.
In my opinion "slake" is sufficient. It has a certain ring to it, like something Clint Eastwood in the roll of Jesus in a Quentin Tarantino production could say.
"Master, the people are weary of thirst!"
"Yeah, well slake'em all, the muthas!"

Somebody slake me!!!

I'll slake you like you wouldn't believe. (Voice from "First Blood")

Was that because of my long entries or because I suggested to drowm the thirsty lot?
Or has it something to do with my pathetic meows?
In any case, it may well be Vestie who started - but you took part too!
My dictionary says that 'slake' is good enough! (What it doesn't, is comment upon the subtler sides in the sound of the word.)

Now what?

No, it's all Vesties fault. I think we should slake the wits out of him for a whole eblat.

Done!

*Standing witing to be slaked for an eblat.*
*Shuts eyes* I'm ready! Slake me for an eblat! NOW!

Let's not. He's seems to be the sort that will enjoy it. Just give him a beer and tell him not to do it again.

Light-weight!!!

When I said slake has proto-swearword potential I had no idea how much it actually had

;^)#

Yeah, see? Now look what you've done!

Yup - enriching the language


;^)#

Enriching the means of being irritating.

This is turning into one major slake, no?
Anyho, what about that beer? I know a neat place in downtown Aalborg. If HE should have one, I want one too.
Yup!
Meow!