Reply to: Tag der Deutschen Einheit

[vetran]

Does that have gin in it?

New Arse Twang doing something useful like mixing a drink?

[Mordac]

And along comes tweedledum. To mix a literary metaphor.

Does that have gin in it?

[NotAllThere]

And hopefully one day you'll realise why you lost the argument. I'm not banking on that day happening any day soon though...

And along comes tweedledum. To mix a literary metaphor.

[Mordac]

No... I think that's normal usage. If you said "we are going to this pub tonight I may say I am au fait with that", and that was common usage in your parts, then that'd be a colloquialism. Incorrect usage can of course transform into the mainstream over time. The great thing about the English language is that it isn't fixed.

Vetran, are you self-identifying as a fictional, large, animate egg?

Jolly good.

And hopefully one day you'll realise why you lost the argument. I'm not banking on that day happening any day soon though...

[vetran]

I'm a Natwit

I can sympathise with OPM. Its a cultural thing like innit - however annoying it is correct as we all don't speak BBC English anymore. You attacking posters for there culture is offensive.

[NotAllThere]

Yes but if someone said to me - Opm we are going to this pub tonight I may say I am at home with that - meaning I am comfortable and happy with going to that pub.

Bit of a colloquialism I guess.

No... I think that's normal usage. If you said "we are going to this pub tonight I may say I am au fait with that", and that was common usage in your parts, then that'd be a colloquialism. Incorrect usage can of course transform into the mainstream over time. The great thing about the English language is that it isn't fixed.

Vetran, are you self-identifying as a fictional, large, animate egg?

“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

Jolly good.

[vetran]

Yes but if someone said to me - Opm we are going to this pub tonight I may say I am at home with that - meaning I am comfortable and happy with going to that pub.

Bit of a colloquialism I guess.

You mean some of our congregation don't understand cultural differences and feel it is ok to correct your mannerisms whilst trying to score points. Blimey I am shocked. Shut the front door!

[original PM]

Synonyms are not definitions, they depend very much on context. Au fait has the definition I gave you. Other phrases or words may be appropriate, but you can't simply exchange one word/phrase for another. So "I am at home/comfortable/au fait with the workings of electrical systems" all convey the same idea.

You can't use it in the sense of agreeing with which is what you wanted to convey, I think.

Ignorant and innocent are synonyms. But I'd never say you're innocent.

Yes but if someone said to me - Opm we are going to this pub tonight I may say I am at home with that - meaning I am comfortable and happy with going to that pub.

Bit of a colloquialism I guess.

[BlasterBates]

Synonyms are not definitions, they depend very much on context. Au fait has the definition I gave you. Other phrases or words may be appropriate, but you can't simply exchange one word/phrase for another. So "I am at home/comfortable/au fait with the workings of electrical systems" all convey the same idea.

You can't use it in the sense of agreeing with which is what you wanted to convey, I think.

Ignorant and innocent are synonyms. But I'd never say you're innocent.

The phrase "auf fait with immigration" means understanding what immigration means, what it is about and how it works, therefore I think the phrase was appropriate .

[NotAllThere]

synonyms: familiar, acquainted, conversant, at home, up to date, up with, in touch;

I was using it in that context - using I suppose a non literal translation meaning 'at home with' or 'comfortable with'

but obscure I will agree but not 100% incorrect?

Synonyms are not definitions, they depend very much on context. Au fait has the definition I gave you. Other phrases or words may be appropriate, but you can't simply exchange one word/phrase for another. So "I am at home/comfortable/au fait with the workings of electrical systems" all convey the same idea.

You can't use it in the sense of agreeing with which is what you wanted to convey, I think.

Ignorant and innocent are synonyms. But I'd never say you're innocent.

[original PM]

Since "au fait" means "having a good or detailed knowledge of.", I think most people do. If not 100% then certainly nudging it.

Best stick to a small vocabulary with words and phrases you know the meaning of.

synonyms: familiar, acquainted, conversant, at home, up to date, up with, in touch;

I was using it in that context - using I suppose a non literal translation meaning 'at home with' or 'comfortable with'

but obscure I will agree but not 100% incorrect?

[NotAllThere]

Evidently not - but then that would imply that not everyone is 100% au fait with the free movement of 100 of thousands of people.

Who would've thought that.

Since "au fait" means "having a good or detailed knowledge of.", I think most people do. If not 100% then certainly nudging it.

Best stick to a small vocabulary with words and phrases you know the meaning of.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Indeed calling spooter Lord Haw Haw suggests he might be Irish / American how disgusting!

Lord Haw-Haw - Wikipedia

Though we could describe him as a Scottish nationalist and that might be enough.

Scottish nationalists tried to forge Nazi alliance | UK news | The Guardian

The madder extremes of the Welsh Nats were up to the same sort of thing.

Green :nazi:s

[original PM]

Britain doesn't need to build any walls (except perhaps for improving upon that which Hadrian started ) because we have a minimum 22 miles of ocean to keep the unwanted hordes at bay. The barbed-wire fences that have been popping up across Europe don't count as "walls" in your world, I presume?

Evidently not - but then that would imply that not everyone is 100% au fait with the free movement of 100 of thousands of people.

Who would've thought that.

[vetran]

Britain doesn't need to build any walls (except perhaps for improving upon that which Hadrian started ) because we have a minimum 22 miles of ocean to keep the unwanted hordes at bay. The barbed-wire fences that have been popping up across Europe don't count as "walls" in your world, I presume?

Maybe we should build some walls to keep the Russians, Americans & west Germans out! The EU liked it from 1957 to 1989.