What is your first name?

[Alidar Jarok]

Cunégonde.

Quelle surprise, je m'appelle Candide!

Anglais, enculé, parlez vous-il?

 

[Roshi]

Oh my!

It would be le parlez-vous?

[/Grammar Natzhee]

 

[Shaytan]

Mine is "The Generous". No kidding.

Quelle surprise, je m'appelle Candide!

Comme quoi tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes

obtenez une salle!

That would be trouvez-vous une chambre...

Or "y a des hôtels pour ça !".

Cunégonde.

Quelle surprise, je m'appelle Candide!

Anglais, enculé, parlez vous-il?

 

[Goliath]

You guys should hear the franglais that I hear spoken in this city--you'd be scandalized. I quite often hear francophones switching indifferently from the one language to the other in the middle of a sentence, and even constructing sentences with both English and French elements.

 

[Chaos Descending]

You guys should hear the franglais that I hear spoken in this city--you'd be scandalized. I quite often hear francophones switching indifferently from the one language to the other in the middle of a sentence, and even constructing sentences with both English and French elements.

Sounds exactly like the manner in which I experience Spanish on a daily basis.

I tend to overhear phone conversations like this:

"Mijo... saque el pollo from the oven a los cinco y medio y get ready for dinner porque I am gonna salir de aqui proximamente!"

 

[Goliath]

^Yeah, that sounds about right.

I believe the technical term for this is "creolization."

 

[SVD]

I've heard that described as code switching, and same thing happens around here.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Mine is "The Generous". No kidding.

My name means "Stone". That explains my statuesque handsomeness.

(Hey! I heard you! No jokes about garden gnomes! )

 

[PianoWizzy]

I'll tell you the ironic meaning of my name but that'd narrow it down massively.

 

[Chaos Descending]

^Yeah, that sounds about right.

I believe the technical term for this is "creolization."

I've heard that described as code switching, and same thing happens around here.

SVD is right. That's technically called code switching.

Creolization is when an actual distinct third language develops due to interaction between speakers of two different languages who do not speak each other's language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language

 

[Ro_Laren]

Laren

 

[seven_of_nineski]

My full name is Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One, but you may call me Seven.

 

[Goliath]

^Yeah, that sounds about right.

I believe the technical term for this is "creolization."

I've heard that described as code switching, and same thing happens around here.

SVD is right. That's technically called code switching.

Creolization is when an actual distinct third language develops due to interaction between speakers of two different languages who do not speak each other's language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language

Interesting. Thanks!

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

You guys should hear the franglais that I hear spoken in this city--you'd be scandalized. I quite often hear francophones switching indifferently from the one language to the other in the middle of a sentence, and even constructing sentences with both English and French elements.

Sounds exactly like the manner in which I experience Spanish on a daily basis.

I tend to overhear phone conversations like this:

"Mijo... saque el pollo from the oven a los cinco y medio y get ready for dinner porque I am gonna salir de aqui proximamente!"

I love spanglish so much. Es muy easy.

 

[spooky spice]

Everyone knows a guy called Dave!

Radio station here did a 'stunt', pick a number from the yellow pages or phone book, ring and ask to speak to Dave... so the DJs did this, first place they were told "he's not here at the moment"
second; "Can I take a message, he's on a call just now"
third; "which one?"
fourth; "this is Dave"

Sean.

Excellent. And the correct spelling too.

uh, no this

Seán.

is the correct spelling

I have an extremely unusual first name. Which is precisely why I won't be posting it.

Is it Dave?

I bet it's Brian...

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I respond to; Heid, Heids, but never, ever 'Heidi Hi'. For those of you not familiar with a dreadful British tv show 'Hi-di-Hi' which was set in a holiday camp ~ consider yourself lucky.

“Hi-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho” was a nonsense phrase popularized by musician Cab Calloway. I hope no one’s ever called you “Heidi the ho”!

Even more popularized by Whose Line is it Anyway.

The Irish Drinking Song.

I'd say it's dreaded, but it's funnier than the Hoedown

Nothing is funnier than a hoedown. Nothing.

Hmmm... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZTZweLWnU

keep an eye on the tall guy...

 

[Roshi]

Mine is "The Generous". No kidding.

My name means "Stone". That explains my statuesque handsomeness.

(Hey! I heard you! No jokes about garden gnomes! )

We should be in our own cop show! The Gene and The Rock!

 

[MHT1138]

You know Shameless, I thought Alex was short for Alexandra. I've never met a women who has the name Alex that's not short for something, that's very cool.

My name is Margaret. I answer to Margaret, and Marguerite if I'm at an SCA event

 

[TorontoTrekker]

You know Shameless, I thought Alex was short for Alexandra. I've never met a women who has the name Alex that's not short for something, that's very cool.

So... who wants to break the news? Or should we let Shameless take care of it?

 

[RJDiogenes]

I suspect that was probably a sufficient hint.