Offshoreism of the day

[northernladyuk]

Once you get used to speaking to foreigners, you make allowances for strange idioms, and different English usage. vetran's example was just sillyness on his part, combined with an apparent (and obviously massively misplaced) sense of superiority.

I was once asked how the snow had been for my ski holiday. I replied it was a bit mushy - when my (German) boss didn't understand, I looked up the word for "mushy" in German, and tried that. She went quite pink and started laughing. She wouldn't tell me what I'd said that was so funny.

Turned out it is a slang word that means the same as when a woman might be described as "wet".

He isn't being silly. He is just scared for his future and lashing out. Give him a break.

[original PM]

Once you get used to speaking to foreigners, you make allowances for strange idioms, and different English usage. vetran's example was just sillyness on his part, combined with an apparent (and obviously massively misplaced) sense of superiority.

I was once asked how the snow had been for my ski holiday. I replied it was a bit mushy - when my (German) boss didn't understand, I looked up the word for "mushy" in German, and tried that. She went quite pink and started laughing. She wouldn't tell me what I'd said that was so funny.

Turned out it is a slang word that means the same as when a woman might be described as "wet".

Yeah mushy or squelchy works well for both.


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[darmstadt]

Once you get used to speaking to foreigners, you make allowances for strange idioms, and different English usage. vetran's example was just sillyness on his part, combined with an apparent (and obviously massively misplaced) sense of superiority.

I was once asked how the snow had been for my ski holiday. I replied it was a bit mushy - when my (German) boss didn't understand, I looked up the word for "mushy" in German, and tried that. She went quite pink and started laughing. She wouldn't tell me what I'd said that was so funny.

Turned out it is a slang word that means the same as when a woman might be described as "wet".

Up here its actually a very rude word for a woman's nether regions, basically the 'c' word. "Eh, Uschi, zeig mir deine Mushi!"

[I just need to test it]

It does mean exactly that (if we're still talking about the verb "intimate").

You remind me of me - losing concentration before reading a post in full. Here it is, again.

"I thought the verb meant to hint or say subtly. I'm surprised (and a bit disappointed) to find it means that AND it means to state. "

[PurpleGorilla]

Surely it's this one for offshoreism of the day?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...cano-sets.html