I can say 'I love you my darling' in Arabic.
'Bugger off' in Mandarin and 'I love you' in Swedish yet have never had cause to use any of these fairly limited talents in the field. I learnt all of these when I was young because I thought they would make me look/sound cool or at the least interesting to any middle eastern or swedish girls when I had to defend their honour in the face of an annoying chinaman.

I still can't believe that scenario never occurred!
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:02, 15 replies)

I picked up a few phrases too.
I can say "Hello, my name is Me." in French, German, Japanese and Norwegian (so, possibly, Swedish and Danish).
I can say "Two beers please." in French, German, Spanish, Polish, Norwegian (see above) and Czech (So, probably, a few other Slavic languages too).
I can say "I don't understand." in French, German, Polish and Norwegian (see above).
Unfortunately, though, the things you don't need to know how to say in another language are the things you learn first -- what's the use of a room full of people who know how to say the same, basic, mis-pronounced phrases in each other's languages and nithing else?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:22, closed)

i can say "go and fuck your mother" in russian

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:24, closed)

Now that is a risky one to know.
I can't think of many Russians I have met I would choose to say that to.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:36, closed)

i've only used it once
on a russian in a bar who thought i wouldn't realise he was calling me fat.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 18:06, closed)

I've used it the once too...
... on a bunch of evil-eyed gypsy kids that mobbed my friend and I coming out of a train station in Russia. As they tried to get their grubby little paws into our backpacks and pockets and we were kicking at them, I shouted it at them. Cue lots of round-mouthed startled kids gawping at us, giving us a chance to leg it.

Who knew Sven Hassel could be so handy?
(Dildo Bugger destroyed a ring on, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 2:26, closed)

Sven Hassel novels by any chance?
(Dildo Bugger destroyed a ring on, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 15:56, closed)

yes indeed
love those!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 18:05, closed)

Så söt :)
Jag älska dig oxå gumman :)
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:23, closed)

I always wondered how to spell it,
but I have been missing out the last two words, are they 'my darling'?
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:34, closed)

nah his last two words there are 'too' and I can only assume 'rubber' or 'rubbery', or something rubber related. I know a weirdo up north that likes to call me 'rubber frog' in norwegian which is 'gummfrosk' so it looked similar! Norwegian is my forte, not swedish ;)

If you were wondering on norwegian spelling it's 'jeg elsker deg, kjære'
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 12:59, closed)

Funnily enough that might have come in handy when I was...
dabbling with a girl referred to only as 'Norway 2'. Poor cow, not only did she seem to think I was a catch but then I was a complete twat to her when I broke up with her. I felt guilty immediately and frankly am still a bit embarrassed by my behaviour now and that was 15 years ago!
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Fri 1 Jul 2011, 15:44, closed)

i can say 'your mother is a donkey' in Arabic.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:26, closed)

but my mother was a saint!
woo wooo woo woo *scuttles out of the room*
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:35, closed)

I can call someone a wanker in Gujarati
And tell them to fuck their mother.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 13:22, closed)

Jeg Elsker Deg
Oh wait... that's norwegian
(Maccy Divided by 0 on, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 16:21, closed)