Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"please modify my motor vehicle so that it resembles that of a caricature of an African American who has a great deal of money from controlling a prostitution ring, but little good taste or personal restraint". Doonesbury...... forget it, no-one understands Doonesbury. Cheers Hoppy Language translation services -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Brian Reid Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 05:00 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] img: Pimp my ride About 10% of LUG members are not native speakers of English, and most of them also live outside North America and hence are not exposed to North American television. Can you explain the phrase "pimp my ride" to someone for whom "pimp" is not known as a verb and "ride" is not known as a noun? (And then there's the series currently running in Doonesbury, "pimp my gimp". Don't even try...) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information