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Off topic: Eurovision 2012 - What do you think of your country's entry?
Initiator des Themas: Ty Kendall
Ty Kendall Vereinigtes Königreich Local time: 01:35 Hebräisch > Englisch
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@Suzan
May 29, 2012
Moldova definitely won the award for best "Globish" of the night there!
Here are some of my favourite gems:
Borderline Racism from Romania:
"Come here, my sweet chocolate boy"
Russia's use of adjectives to modify verbs (who needs adverbs eh):
"We are dancing soulful, so soulful!"
Not soulfully then.
and apparently is Russia, cooking is a more extravagent a... See more
Moldova definitely won the award for best "Globish" of the night there!
Here are some of my favourite gems:
Borderline Racism from Romania:
"Come here, my sweet chocolate boy"
Russia's use of adjectives to modify verbs (who needs adverbs eh):
"We are dancing soulful, so soulful!"
Not soulfully then.
and apparently is Russia, cooking is a more extravagent affair: "The dough is rising joyously" (although they nailed the adverb there!).
And finally we have Turkey:
"Hop on to my ship baby....My ship is made of hope".
No offence, but I'm not sure I'd be too keen to board a ship made of hope - good chance of drowning I'd have thought. ▲ Collapse
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Suzan Hamer Niederlande Local time: 02:35 Englisch + ...
That's right. Ty.
May 29, 2012
I forgot the joyously rising bread. Boom boom.
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