agreed. but I think maybe that was the point...........

cabron means shit in Spanish... I think
porco dio is an Italian exclamation literally meaning pig of god or something like that - quite serious, I'm told

someone reckoned 'pajero' is 'wanker' in spanish? that would make mitsubishi look pretty daft.

Also, people who drive pajeros are generally wankers, so maybe it's like self fulfilling prophecy.

coño

mis muertos
te matan

OK, that does sound a like pain in the ascot. I was thinking that slang and even conversational use of language is almost always at odds with what kids get taught, but obviously when things diverge extremely there are problems. cf. the arguments pro-ebonics in the US ghettoes.

I can say "Fuck off loser" and "Fuck off slut" in sign language, used to know heaps of funny shit in sign language but those are the only two I remember.

// sign language

Which language? NZ Sign?

// Not sure? I didn't know or realise that there were different types

Sign language is a bit of a mess, really. Both NZ and Australian sign are (I think) derived from British sign, but, as happens with any language, have evolved in their own merry way. The problem is that the USA has a whole separate sign system, and this is starting to impact on the local language as well, so we've got a real hodge-podge going on.

Theoretically, Australian and NZ deaf sign language speakers should be able to communicate ok (in the same way we should be able to communicate with a Scottish person, for example).

// I was taught them in Aussie by a deaf girl & her deaf boyfriend

so, if it was some slang you were taught, it's most probably a local thing, and might not mean much to a kiwi deaf person. Having said that, having seen a fair bit of colloquial deaf signing in my time, it's usually pretty apparent what they're signing words like 'fuck' or 'wanker', unless they're using their 'in-joke' signs, in which case, only their mates will understand what's going on.

//"Auslan" always make me think of Narnia. :)

I wonder what kind of sign language they'd use in Narnia. I mean, I guess English is their default language, even in the heathen countries that worshiped Tash, but if they've got talking beasts, most of those beasts aren't going to have opposable thumbs so their signing potential is cut waaaaay down...

//The thing with learning slang is you never know whether its cool to use it... like you might be saying the equivalent of "Gee willickers, that sure is swell!"

You've been out of NZ too long. "Gee willickers" is the height of style right here right now. In fact, it's totally SHRN.

//The thing with learning slang is you never know whether its cool to use it... like you might be saying the equivalent of "Gee willickers, that sure is swell!"

It's not just slang. I got taught that 'ca va' was the default greeting in France - turns out my mate went there for a year and it's a bit like saying 'Greetings, earthling' here...

//It's not just slang. I got taught that 'ca va' was the default greeting in France

Yeah, I think language evolves over time too - when I learnt French for all of a couple of months, I went home and said what I'd learnt was "hello! How are you?" to my mother who grew up speaking French, and she was shocked (well, as shocked as far as I can shock my mother) that i was learning to talk like that - apparently I'd said what to her was the equivilent of "OI! You!" - very informal and impolite language.

This story would possibly be better if I could remember the French.

I wish I'd learnt some french before I accidentally ended up in Burgundy. However, I managed to very successfully get away with the following:
vin rouge
cafe au lait
bonjour/au revouir
and copious amounts of merci, excuse moi, and smiling.
I eventually learnt Nouvelle Zelande, which seeing as I was in the styx, made me sufficient of a novelty that my completely abysmal french language abilities were excused. I also spent some time with a very hot german girl who had excellent french, but made use of my citizenship to try to get past the French/German enmity. Pretty funny really. You'll also note from my vocabulary that I had my priorities well in order.

//I also spent some time with a very hot german girl who had excellent french ...

limegreen, I have to tell you that in my country, and speaking about sex, a "French" is a fellatio, yes, yes, .. F-e-l-l-a-t-i-o ... so I wouldnt imagine a hot german girl doing u a "french" ... No Comment

The ABC in the sexual slang is:

"a French": fellatio

"an English": slap and lashes, and those sado stuffs ... Curious right? what association between english and that "hard" point

"a Greek": anal experiences

I wonder what would be a "NewZealander", an "Aussie" ... or a "Spaniard" ... or a "Catalan"
*scratching my back of the head like a monkey with a hesitating face*

This information is to protect and serve you and with all the due respect to the countries I mentioned.

yes, I remmember it .. and yes, Conservatives, its not strange .. as we say "the fish die by the mouth"

err I'd hate to imagine what an 'Aussie' could be . . .

//she had, er, great facility with a number of languages...

Heehee nice :)