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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:05 PM Original message |
GD Joke of the Day: What do you call someone who speaks three languages? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. English was good enough for Jesus. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Believe it or not, that argument has actually been made, OFFICIALLY |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. It would have been more complicated than just publishing in English and Aramaic |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Jesus preached to many people of many lands and languages. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Aramaic is horrendous. There is no word for grass. The green upon the ground = grass |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. ..... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. That was said by Governor Ma Ferguson of Texas. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. ... |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, let's lump 300,000,000+ people together and stereotype them |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Like many stereotypes |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. and that one, poorly... |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. An old and foolish joke |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm American. I speak 7. Some better than others but 7 none-the-less. |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm impressed |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I speak English, Russian, Swedish, Bulgarian all pretty well. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Russian is easy to spell |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Buth they're are not Russian! They are Potsylvanian, Dalink! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. There are a few tricks, yes |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. The problem with English is not the loan words/structures |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. THAT made my head hurt. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You didn't think I was ONLY about video games did you KGF? |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. In one of my favorite episodes of |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Russian is not totally phonetic |
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aspergris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. I went to a school |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. you don't have them in the right order..... |
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aspergris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. well... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. It's amazing how a tiny bit of language can get you a LONG ways |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Smirky can't even speak English well. What would one call him? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. . |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. I like that one |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. The Indian dude at the Stop & Rob down the street |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. Were you listening to Christine Craft the other night? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I didn't hear that |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. A collar or a caller? |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Yes, spelling Nazi, collar |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. What about people who can read two or three languages? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Is XML a language? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. I'd say that's more of a computer code... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. And what do you call someone who speaks no language? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. My impression is that the English are doggedly monolingual |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. "I speak British, American, Canadian, Australian, and South African" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Does your owner class run around defending monolingualism? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. 3 languages - - a border collie |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Homer Simpson classic.. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. And if you are Bush**? I mean..he barely speaks English..... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. As a proud American, I speak 2 languages fluently. English and profanity. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. What do you call a cunning linguist? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Colonel Angus |
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