Foreign words and phrases

My daughter attends the University of Saskatchewan, College of Veterinary Medicine.

I went to Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, where I took classes in the Motor Vehicle Mechanical Repair department.

wae wrote: Back when I had to deal with Indian contractors on a regular basis, they used to always prattle on with requests for people to "do the needful". I'm not sure if they wanted to bend over homeless people or if there was some weird dance craze going on in Bangalore...

One of my friends and I have started to use this phrase as a euphemism for taking a E36 M3. "Hey I'm gonna go do the needful, I'll be back.

That's pretty funny, I may adopt it as well.

As a Jamaican, I very much enjoy seeing his user name being presented to an unsuspecting audience, though I prefer the proper local vernacular and pronounciation of, bumboclaat, rassclaat, Bob Costasclaat, etc. As indicated, all are properly trounced by the simple statement, "Suk yu Madda/Mumma." And yes, it is Suk (rhymes with cook). Carry on class.

In reply to 3duppiesandadog:

I guess that makes you "Di Teacha".

I like the way Hungarians swear. They are very specific

example, they don't just want "egy fasz a seggedbe", they want "egy lo fasz a seggedbe".

As it turns out, it's one of their oldest phrases

I just got an email, made me laugh because of this thread

FYI - please do the needful.

German has some pretty great words...Click here.

"Murican (or Canuk) speaking to Brit female unit in the UK:

"Hi".."I'm Randy, and your firend said I should ask you for a ride"

"SMACK"!!

"Crikey you blokes need to have a fag and drink some piss"

I lived with an Aussie this spring and I do enjoy several of the words/phrases they like to use.

"Bugger"

I enjoy the occasional "Bob's your uncle"

Robert's your mother's brother.

Bob's your uncle is very big up here.