Adverbs can be so abusive…
posted on 10 Apr 2009 in Chinglish
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Found in Nanjing, China.
Note: “Bloody Noun” can mean “bullfrog” in
South Atlantic states (chiefly South Carolina).
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Waiter there’s a bloody fly in my soup, no hang on that’s a noun.
“Children, can you cite an example of a bloody noun?”
“Bloody Mary!”
Yeah, in days like these why even bother specifying the object of your disapproval? Bloody everything.
“…OH, THE TYPOGRAPHY!” – Quotes from the famous Kerning Disaster of 1986.
- Hey boss, what description do you want us to put for the new cake?
- I don’t know, can’t you just use a bloody noun?
I hope they didn’t mean Broody Nun…
We learn early that poorly chosen words can hurt… and that is your blood on that name I just called you.
Since noun is a noun, bloody is an abusive adjective.
There will be none of your bloody cussing in my residence you imbecile!
Insert noun here _______________
A $10,000 Pyramid clue for “Sanguinarium”
I fed the hand… now I’m left with a Bloody Stump…
The characters say “Bullfrog” and for the life of me, I cannot figure out how or why that turned into a bloody noun…. ?
“Hell” is one of them.
Announcing the next level of Engrish; Blittish!
Can I have a peaceful preposition instead?
Mapping sentances can be such a nightmare!
Waiter…there is a typo on this card.
Is hould have read “Bloody Nun”
Not a caption, but a correction: “Bloody noun” does not *mean* South Atlantic states; rather, it’s *used* in South Atlantic states, to mean bullfrog.
Thanks for the info codeman38. I will change the caption as soon as I can find reference to it being “bullfrog” somewhere on the net. Please help.
Adjectives are to blame for violence these days.
i blame the dictionaries
Here is a (longish) link to Google Books – Dictionary of American Regional English:
http://books.google.com/books?id=MdENdlKWZ8AC&pg=RA1-PA291&lpg=RA1-PA291&dq=%22bloody+noun%22&source=bl&ots=J3K9IvqAfH&sig=DzkmmwW_ADSCFwQVhGuoXmRsKgY&hl=en&ei=sbPfSdCFN8qNsAbA1tjOCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6
I like the roach clips they are using for the sign.
@engrishwebmaster: If you check on Dictionary.com, it says that “bloody noun” is a synonym for “bloodnoun”, and if you check that entry, it defines it as bullfrog.
Can I have an abusive adverb instead?
@engrishwebmaster: The Chinese is “niu wa”, which is indeed a bullfrog.
@codeman,
You’re right on the money.
I did a quick search for the hanzi (I only speak Japanese) and it acutally means bullfrog.
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%9B%E8%9B%99
“waiter I’d like a deadly verb for dessert.”
it doesn’t mean anything in southern states. i would know. i live in the south. in fact, i live in south carolina. we’re not as bad at our english as others would like to think.
Having grown up in SC, I had the same reaction about it meaning “bullfrog” – I’ve never heard that. The reference given by skeptic specifies it’s from Gullah – a creole-like language spoken by a small population of African-Americans living in coastal SC and Georgia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_language
Hey, verbs can be bloody too… or is it only nouns and adjectives?
I don’t like those bloody nouns. But I really hate those g*ddamn prepositions.
yeah i hate nouns too
Bloody f*****n noun. Now let’s eat already.
Also on the menu are Frickin’ Verbs, Damn Adjectives, and Pissant Conjunctions.