All Posts Tagged With: "languages"

Geisha lessons on talking dirty in English [JapanWTF]

Time for some English lessons in Japanese! No, we’re not saying stupid things like “Where is the bathroom?” or “Please direct me to the library” or “No sushi, thank you.” Instead, we’ll learn how geishas learn important phrases like “You make my juices flow” and “I’m hornier than a bitch in heat”. Happy [...]

3Aug2008 | cranberryzero | 1 comment | Continued

How To: Swear at someone using American Sign Language [The More You Know]

The language in this video may not be safe for mixed company, but the knowledge within will always be useful– like if for example this weekend you need to call your grandmother a whore over Independence Day dogs and burgers, well here you go.

2Jul2008 | cranberryzero | 0 comments | Continued

How To: Learn Morse code in a minute [How To]

At learnmorsecode.com, they’ve got a great method to learning Morse code quickly and easily. I gave it a shot and it is easy peasy, just like it says on the tin. I doubt that without any sort of practice that I’ll remember any of it, but it’s a great way to break down Morse code into easily digestible bits.

24Jun2008 | cranberryzero | 1 comment | Continued

How To: Do a Christopher Walken impersonation [How To]

Christopher Walken’s distinct voice is often imitated and sometimes done very well, but most of the time done very poorly. However this guy, who is both Asian and British manages to not only absolutely nail Walken’s voice, but leads you through a 30 minute tutorial on exactly how to reproduce it.

18Jun2008 | cranberryzero | 1 comment | Continued

The 9 most devastating insults from around the world [I Heart Top 10s]

In light of the rest of the world, English has some pretty tame insults. “Go fuck yourself” or “Die in a fire, you fucking asshole” just doesn’t have the same weight as some other wonderful things in other languages in other cultures. Here’s a list from Cracked of the best from around the globe.

21May2008 | cranberryzero | 2 comments | Continued

10 obscure words you can use to insult people [I Heart Top 10s]

Having a rich vocabulary is a wonderful thing and expanding one’s vocabulary is always a virtue, especially when you’re expanding your vocabulary for the purpose of insulting people when they have no idea that you’re insulting them.

6May2008 | cranberryzero | 1 comment | Continued

Learn English while killing zombies with English of the Dead! [I Heart Games]

If you’re Japanese and you want to learn English, why do it the old fashioned way when you can learn English while you kill zombies at the same time on your Nintendo DS? Because how else are you going to learn how to say “Holy crap this thing is eating my brain!”.

8Apr2008 | cranberryzero | 0 comments | Continued

What American accent do you have? [The More You Know]

Rarely will you find links to goofy fucking quizzes on these pages, but this is an exception just because I can sometimes be a bit of a lingual nut. It’s a quiz to determine more or less what type of American accent you may have. The quiz is pretty vague and only seems [...]

27Mar2008 | cranberryzero | 7 comments | Continued

Amy Walker gets bested by a drinking straw in a fur coat [Video]

Remember Amy Walker, the woman with 21 accents? The woman of many voices has finally met her match– a snarky pink drinking straw in a fur coat who can also do 21 accents. But it’s a drinking straw. In a coat. Take that.

8Mar2008 | cranberryzero | 1 comment | Continued

Meet the guy who invented the letter G [The More You Know]

What, you thought that letters just appeared out of nowhere? Someone has to invent that shit. And before Spurius Carvilius Ruga came along, users of the Roman alphabet were often confused since C was used for both /k/ and /g/.

10Feb2008 | cbz | 0 comments | Continued

IHC How To: How to Say “Oh my god, there’s an axe in my head!” in 112 languages [How To]

We love equipping you with only the most useful of useful life skills… which is why today we’ve compiled a list of 112 ways to say “Oh my god, there’s an axe in my head” in as many languages. Even languages only found in Tolkien and on the Internet, just in case you do [...]

17Jan2008 | cbz | 1 comment | Continued