[QUOTE=RumBoy]What dost thou mean? Elaborate, with examples, if thou wilst, good Sir[/QUOTE]

Bohunk, bug-eyed Betty, dinge, Ethel, jigaboo, kike, mick, ofay, Reuben...

There's probably more I'm forgetting.

[QUOTE=RumBoy]I am, thou art, he is, we are, you are, they are. It hasn't changed that much really - we've lost the familiar 2nd person "thou". The Germans still have it in the word "du", and the similarity is obvious when you consider
German "Du hast" - you (familiar) have
Old English - "Thou hast" - you (familiar) have[/QUOTE]

You should be glad they scrapt that out of english along with the plolitness verbs. We still have them and it's (for foreigners) the most anying concept to pick up.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Bohunk, bug-eyed Betty, dinge, Ethel, jigaboo, kike, mick, ofay, Reuben...

There's probably more I'm forgetting.[/QUOTE]
Kike I know, mick is obvious, and jigaboo is still used in HM Forces a lot - the others I must confess I've never come across. :confused:

[QUOTE=Iron Bars]You should be glad they scrapt that out of english along with the plolitness verbs. We still have them and it's (for foreigners) the most anying concept to pick up.[/QUOTE]
Yup, we're quite glad. English must be the easiest language in the world to speak, but the hardest to spell! :lol:

[QUOTE=RumBoy]Kike I know, mick is obvious, and jigaboo is still used in HM Forces a lot - the others I must confess I've never come across. :confused:[/QUOTE]

Here's the run-down on the ones you haven't heard:

Bohunk - Eastern European
Bug-eyed Betty - ugly girl
Dinge - black
Ethel - effeminate/gay (precursor to fag, coined a decade or so later)
Ofay - white (eventually lost the derogatory meaning)
Reuben - white trash (Hillbillies specifically)

Thanks for that - I'm always up for learning new vocabulary. BTW, is dinge pronounced as in cringe?

english lesson!

Which is correct?

I doubt you go there
I doubt if you go there

on september 6th
in september 6th

song off an album
song off of an album

add in the list
add to the list
add on the list

:D

[QUOTE=Stoic]english lesson!

Which is correct?

I doubt you go there
I doubt if you go there

on september 6th
in september 6th

song off an album
song off of an album

add in the list
add to the list
add on the list

:D[/QUOTE]
Doubt - 1st one - dates are "on"- song, 1st one (the other is often incorrectly used in my part of england though) add to the list.
I will always be pleased to help with anything else like that.
Where do you come from?
edit - sorry now I can see; Greece.

[QUOTE=RumBoy]Thanks for that - I'm always up for learning new vocabulary. BTW, is dinge pronounced as in cringe?[/QUOTE]

Yes. It's taken from the adjective "dingey" as in, covered in soot and dirt. It's a slur against black people by insulting the color of their skin.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Yes. It's taken from the adjective "dingey" as in, covered in soot and dirt. It's a slur against black people by insulting the color of their skin.[/QUOTE]
Yes, one of our derogatory terms for black people is sooties, so there's commonality there. Every culture likes putting others down - in China they call Westerners a word that means cattle, because they maintain that we smell like them. Don't expect these terms will ever stop completely :upset:

Well, this thread went in an odd direction...

I wonder if anyone in here likes ABBA. I downloaded a metal tribute to them mostly by power metal bands which unfortunately are not quite popular in here.

Therion, Sinergy, Morgana Lefay, Paradox, At Vance, Rough Silk, Metalium, Tad Morose, Custard and a few others

[QUOTE=Stoic]I wonder if anyone in here likes ABBA. I downloaded a metal tribute to them mostly by power metal bands which unfortunately are not quite popular in here.

Therion, Sinergy, Morgana Lefay, Paradox, At Vance, Rough Silk, Metalium, Tad Morose, Custard and a few others[/QUOTE]

I like Abba; their songs are well written and have good structure - and most have an indescribable "sing along" quality. I'd love to hear some "heavied-up" Abba! Any chance of an upload or two?
/sorry if that seems "married and crap" (Lord Abortion..)

what album is sleeping sun on? (Nightwish)

[QUOTE=NEVRMORE2]what album is sleeping sun on? (Nightwish)[/QUOTE]

Oceanborn

[QUOTE]sorry if that seems "married and crap" (Lord Abortion..)[/QUOTE]

Haha, I just forgot sometimes that you are and that post you made about your wife in the pit jolted my memory...
You're part of an elite group on MX.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Haha, I just forgot sometimes that you are and that post you made about your wife in the pit jolted my memory...
You're part of an elite group on MX.[/QUOTE]
I don't mind being older than most, I don't mind being married (In fact, being married to my wife is great), but where did the "crap" come from? How do I deserve that?

Nothing really, it's just like saying "and stuff" to me, sorry if you (or your ladywife took any offence by it)
just my odd mix of upper class English and Machine head style Americanisms...

/tips hat

[QUOTE=RumBoy]I like Abba; their songs are well written and have good structure - and most have an indescribable "sing along" quality. I'd love to hear some "heavied-up" Abba! Any chance of an upload or two?
[/QUOTE]

Sure, sure! I've been literally obsessed with Abba and there's no one to share my love with :angry: Their songs stick to your head to the point of madness and do really good power metal covers.

Hail to ABBA, the most metal pop band to walk the planet!

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[B]ABBA - Voulez Vous[/B] [I]original[/I]
hxxp://rapidshare.de/files/4658889/13_-_Voulez_vous.mp3.html

hxxp://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NVXFWNAKX1542LB9HXF00GH3R

[B]Morgana Lefay - Voulez Vous[/B] [I]cover[/I] :cool:
hxxp://rapidshare.de/files/4659148/05_-_morgana_lefay_-_voulez_vous.mp3.html

hxxp://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3LBW6XKWYR1XW1M1F1LJ5Z1NS7

[B]ABBA - Money money money[/B] [I]original[/I]
hxxp://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3AG37E3U1UCEZ0EVF5CC8415A3

[B]At Vance - Money money money[/B] [I]cover[/I]
hxxp://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RIKULWTY59TZ2VNV4F28VSZ7Y

^tell me it doesnt sound like some late helloween song!

[B]Ywngie Malmsteen - Gimme Gimme Gimme[/B]
hxxp://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2IN9RR9YFMUC829AKT6LDFVEQC

DONT FORGET TO REPLACE HXXP WITH HTTP!

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Others are impressive as well especially Tad Morose's, Therion's, At Vance's and Paradox's ;)

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Nothing really, it's just like saying "and stuff" to me, sorry if you (or your ladywife took any offence by it)
just my odd mix of upper class English and Machine head style Americanisms...

/tips hat[/QUOTE]
Ah, I see! No worries then. I was just concerned that something about me was crap. Now I understand. No offence taken. :wave:

[QUOTE=Stoic]Sure, sure! I've been literally obsessed with Abba and there's no one to share my love with :angry: Their songs stick to your head to the point of madness and do really good power metal covers.

Hail to ABBA, the most metal pop band to walk the planet!

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[B]ABBA - Voulez Vous[/B] [I]original[/I]
hxxp://rapidshare.de/files/4658889/13_-_Voulez_vous.mp3.html

[B]Morgana Lefay - Voulez Vous[/B] [I]cover[/I] yay :cool:
coming...[/QUOTE]

Sorry, that link didn't work for me! :upset: any chance of uploading it to yousendit?

sure ;) watch the post above

Yeesh, this is a long thread.

[QUOTE=Stoic]Sure, sure! I've been literally obsessed with Abba and there's no one to share my love with :angry: Their songs stick to your head to the point of madness and do really good power metal covers.

Hail to ABBA, the most metal pop band to walk the planet!
[/QUOTE]

haha yeah, Abba's awesome :D. I grew up listening to them, they were only of the few things my parents were in to that wasn't classical music. I'd love to hear some stuff from that Abba tribute album, other than Sinergy's cover of Gimme Gimme.

My mom used to play their vinyls a lot when I was little this is why some of their songs sound extremely familiar to me. Have you heard Malmsteen's cover for Gimme Gimme Gimme? It's so much better than Sinergy's.

for uploads watch my post above ;)

[QUOTE=Stoic]My mom used to play their vinyls a lot when I was little this is why some of their songs sound extremely familiar to me. Have you heard Malmsteen's cover for Gimme Gimme Gimme? It's so much better than Sinergy's.

for uploads watch my post above ;)[/QUOTE]

Nope, I haven't. Could you upload it?
I forsee lots of sweep picked arpeggios....

That Voulez Vous song's sending memories of my childhood flooding back to me. That Morgan Lefay cover isn't bad :p
I still like what Sinergy did with Gimme Gimme Gimme better though.

What I dont like about Sinergy are the vocals, they kind of ruin the band and the cover :p Tell me what you think of At Vance's cover :D Malmsteen's one on the way!

alright, added ;)

goodnight all :wave:

[QUOTE]Penguin - "thee" does not mean "I". It is used in the accusative instead of the nomnative variant, "thou" examples
Thou art a vile knave - nomnative case
I gave it to thee - accusative case
Hope that help with your fake old english [/QUOTE]

FUC! thats why I said fake Old English, but I truly hoped thee would not look at it as English but as the langauge of the Wizards of the High Council. What did thou think of ones names though.

(Look Men of the Council this thread isn't going to work endless we live power metellum)

That's what I like most about Sinergy :p Although I like the operatic style most female vocalists use, it's great to hear Kim Goss do something different.
I'm not familiar with late Helloween...but yes...that At Vance cover rocks :D
I can't say much about the Malmsteen cover, seeing as how YSI is saying that the link is invalid :confused:

I've gotta buy that Abba tribute album.

What about Charon? They have a female backup singer...quite a good band as well.

Nice new thread title. :thumb:

Yeah i was wondering about the title of this thread...it's abit odd

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]What about Charon? They have a female backup singer...quite a good band as well.[/QUOTE]
i heard Charon are like HIM but heavier, is that true?

14 days till dragonforce :thumb:

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]What about Charon? They have a female backup singer...quite a good band as well.[/QUOTE]

hmm..I've heard of them, never heard anything by them though.
/goes to YSI thread

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]

14 days till dragonforce :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Lucky :p

But then again, in 6 hours I'll be seeing Megadeth, Symphony X, Nevermore, DT, and DEP, and then Therion next Saturday. I'm happy :D

:lol:

The new thread title is so Power Metal.

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]Yeah i was wondering about the title of this thread...it's abit odd


i heard Charon are like HIM but heavier, is that true?

14 days till dragonforce :thumb:[/QUOTE]
If you don't get on MSN in the next day or so, we won't be able to book the tickets...

[QUOTE=Arucard]:lol:

The new thread title is so Power Metal.[/QUOTE]

I know I love it :lol:

[QUOTE=Hells Bells]But then again, in 6 hours I'll be seeing Megadeth, Symphony X, Nevermore, DT, and DEP, and then Therion next Saturday. I'm happy :D[/QUOTE]

Gigantour rules. :cool:

Dam[COLOR=White]n[/COLOR] you...Therion is awesome. :evil:

I wish people would stop calling Avenged Sevenfold Power Metal, especially that dumbarse KittensInMicrowaves.

[QUOTE=Arucard]I wish people would stop calling Avenged Sevenfold Power Metal, especially that dumbarse KittensInMicrowaves.[/QUOTE]

It's rather irritating. I've listened to an Avenged Sevenfold song, the riffage of which could have been power metal to an extent but for god's sake the feeling is totally different. I doubt this guy (or whoever calls such bands power metal) has any idea of the genre.

[QUOTE=Arucard]I wish people would stop calling Avenged Sevenfold Power Metal, especially that dumbarse KittensInMicrowaves.[/QUOTE]

That guy is pretty closed minded at times.

I hadn't listened to any PM in like ages until yesterday I listened to some Dragonforce, and I need more!

I know I need Blind Guardian from all I've heard. Is there stuff accessible, like in a Best Buy or something? I work near one and it'd be convenient.

I'm not sure about Dragonforce but Blind Guardian should not be hard to find :)