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Re: Recreational vehicles and more questions about the US
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:36:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Franks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Eric Joslin writes:
> Khaki.. erm a bit toilet based this one.. pronounced exactly like "cacky"? So
> in UK-English:
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> "He wears khaki pants",
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> translates into:
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> "He wears soiled y-fronts"
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> So yeah - I blame The GAP personally for trying to rob us Brits of this
> valued
> source of cultural humour!
ROFL! In Israel, khaki is pronounced with the strong "chet" sound, that I
can't possibly write down in English (like in *KH*anukka, *KH*alla, etc) -
totally different from, well, cacky (which means the same thing in hebrew,
surprisingly). So when I first came here (here = US) and heard how the
Americans pronounce khaki... well, I had a lot to laugh about... ;-)
In Scouts (1), we had to wear khaki uniforms that looked pretty disgusting
(2), so we'd always grunt about how the "khaki uniforms" are as good as
"cacky"... :-D
-Shiri
(1) Israeli Scouts != US Girl scouts. These two are oh-so-different... I'll
expand upon request, but beware, it'll be a long post :-)
(2) They're generally made in one-size-supposedly-fits-all, which makes them
look horrible on *everybody*.
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