Computer (W3)

• What is a computer's first sign of old age? - Loss of memory
• What does a baby computer call his father? - Data
• What is an astronaut's favorite key on a computer keyboard? - The space bar
• What happened when the computer fell on the floor? - It slipped a disk
• What is a computer virus? - A terminal illness
• ~ To err is human; but to really mess things up requires a computer.
• ~ Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
• ~ Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
• ~ The attention span of a computer is as long as its electrical cord.
• ~ As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
• ~ Most computer problems are caused by a loose nut between the chair and the keyboard.

Fehlleistungen (Englische)

• "That have you so thought!" = "Das hast Du Dir so gedacht!"
• "Give not so on!" = "Gib nicht so an!"
• "Heaven, ass and thread!" = "Himmel, Arsch und Zwirn!"
• "How much watch is it?" = "Wieviel Uhr ist es?"
• "Jack-look-in-the-air" = Hans-guck-in-die-Luft
• "Us runs the water in the mouth together." = "Uns läuft das Wasser im Mund zusammen."
• "Human being Meier!" = "Mensch Meier!"
• "I only understand railstation" = "Ich versteh' nur Bahnhof"
• "It is me sausage!" = "Es ist mir Wurst"
• "My dear Mister singing-club!" = "Mein lieber Herr Gesangverein!"
• "Now we sit quite beautiful in the ink!" = "Jetzt sitzen wir ganz schön in der Tinte!"
• "Oh Double you!" = "Oh weh!"
• "This makes you so fast nobody after" = "Das macht Dir so schnell keiner nach"
• "Your English is under all pig!" = "Dein Englisch ist unter aller Sau!"
• "slow going is all trucks beginning" = "Müssiggang ist aller Laster Anfang"
• "to have a jump in the dish" = "einen Sprung in der Schüssel haben"
• "to have not all cups in the board" = "nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben"
• "together-hang-less" = "zusammenhanglos"

Fehlleistungen (Englische) zu Städten und Orten

• Ass-Monkey-castle = Arschaffenburg
• Bathroom-rich-echo = Bad Reichenhall
• Double you upper valley = Wuppertal
• How's bathing = Wiesbaden
• Raw-stick = Rostock
• Rectal-town = Darmstadt
• Spice-castle = Würzburg
• There-mouth = Dortmund
• To-Sitdown-home = Hockenheim
• Top-of-the-train = Zugspitze

fun (W3)

harvard

merrymaking (W3)

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The adjective "merry" has a long history in English. Most non-native speakers will recognize it from the holiday greeting "merry Christmas" or perhaps from "merry-go-round", which is a "children’s carousel". "Merry-go-round" is also used in a figurative sense to describe a set of similar activities that can seem boring. "Merry" furthermore appears in the British expression "to lead someone a merry dance", which means "to cause someone a lot of trouble", especially by getting them to do a lot of things that are not necessary.

"Merry" derives from the Old English "myrge" ("pleasing", "agreeable", "pleasant", "sweet", "melodiously"), which in turn came from the Proto-Germanic "murgijaz", which probably meant "short-lasting". The connection to pleasure is likely from the notion of "making time go by fast or pass quickly". Old English also had a verb form "myrgan", "to be merry", "rejoice".

merrymaking

"merrymaking": a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity

Monty Python's Flying Circus (W3)

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (GB 1969-1974)
• Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (D 1971-1972)

JKR says "British comedy is an obsession of mine. I love Monty Python." The ideas for "Cockroach Cluster" and for "Chocolate Frogs" are tributes to Monty Python sketches.

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When Monty Python's Flying Circus launched on BBC TV in 1969, it opened a whole new chapter in British comedy.
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The Monty Python

À l'origine du mot "pythonesque" dans le dictionnaire, les Monty Python sont à la comédie ce que les Beatles sont à la musique.

Monty Python; Idle, Eric

Die Monty Python Theatertruppe um John Cleese, Terry Gilliam und Graham Chapman lieferten uns diesen brillanten Film "Das Leben des Brian" (1979). Ein gewisser Eric Idle komponierte den Titelsong "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life", der sich binnen kurzem zum All-Time-Favorite mauserte.

• 01 Jennifer Saunders
• 02 Miranda Hart
• 03 Catherine Tate
• 04 Jessica Hynes
• 05 Dawn French
• 06 Jo Brand
• 07 Helen Keen
• 08 Shappi Khorsandi
• 09 Victoria Wood
• 10 Lucy Porter

• 01 Lustig laufen
• 02 Der tödliche Witz
• 03 Sich richtig verstecken
• 04 Der tote Papagei
• 05 Streit auf Zeit
• 06 Spam, Spam, Spam
• 07 Ungar auf Abwegen
• 08 Nudge nudge
• 09 John Cleese solo
• 10 Die Pythons auf Deutsch

pythonesque (W3)

unique - English Is Tough Stuff

waggish (W3)

"waggish", adjective

• like a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular: Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers.
• characteristic of or befitting a wag: waggish humor.

"waggish", adjective

• witty, jocular, like a wag
• mischievous, tricky.

"waggish" (adj.): "willing to make a fool of oneself, and fond of doing so to others", 1580s, from "wag" (n.) + "-ish". Related: "Waggishly"; "waggishness".

"wag" (v.)

early 13c. (intransitive), "waver", "vacillate", "lack steadfastness", probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse "vagga" = "a cradle", Danish "vugge" = "rock a cradle", Old Swedish "wagga" = "fluctuate", "rock" a cradle), and in part from Old English "wagian" = "move backwards and forwards"; all from Proto-Germanic "*wag-" (source also of Old High German "weggen", Gothic "wagjan" = "to wag"), probably from PIE root "*wegh-" = "to go", "move", "transport in a vehicle".

Transitive meaning "move (something) back and forth or up and down" is from c. 1300; of dogs and their tails from mid-15c.: "and whanne they [hounds] see the hure maystre they wol make him cheere and wagge hur tayles upon him." [Edward, Duke of York, "The Master of Game," 1456]. Related: "Wagged"; "wagging". "Wag-at-the-wall" (1825) was an old name for a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed.

"*wegh-":

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to go, move, transport in a vehicle".

The root "wegh-", "to convey", especially by wheeled vehicle, is found in virtually every branch of Indo-European, including now Anatolian. The root, as well as other widely represented roots such as "aks-" and "nobh-", attests to the presence of the wheel - and vehicles using it - at the time Proto-Indo-European was spoken. [Watkins, p. 96] -

It forms all or part of: "always"; "away"; "convection"; "convey"; "convex"; "convoy"; "deviate"; "devious"; "envoy"; "evection"; "earwig"; "foy"; "graywacke"; "impervious"; "invective"; "inveigh"; "invoice"; "Norway"; "obviate"; "obvious"; "ochlocracy"; "ogee"; "pervious"; "previous"; "provection"; "quadrivium"; "thalweg"; "trivia"; "trivial"; "trivium"; "vector"; "vehemence"; "vehement"; "vehicle"; "vex"; "via"; "viaduct"; "viatic"; "viaticum"; "vogue"; "voyage"; "wacke"; "wag"; "waggish"; "wagon"; "wain"; "wall-eyed"; "wave" (n.); "way"; "wee"; "weigh"; "weight"; "wey"; "wiggle".

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by:

• Sanskrit "vahati" = "carries", "conveys",
• "vahitram", "vahanam" = "vessel", "ship";
• Avestan "vazaiti" = "he leads", "draws";
• Greek "okhos" = "carriage", "chariot";
• Latin "vehere" = "to carry", "convey",
• "vehiculum" = "carriage", "chariot";
• Old Church Slavonic "vesti" = "to carry", "convey",
• "vozu" = "carriage", "chariot";
• Russian "povozka" = "small sled";
• Lithuanian "vežu, vežti" = "to carry", "convey",
• "važis" = "a small sled";
• Old Irish "fecht" = "campaign", "journey",
• "fen" = "carriage", "cart";
• Welsh "gwain" = "carriage", "cart";
• Old English "wegan" = "to carry";
• Old Norse "vegr",
• Old High German "weg" = "way";
• Middle Dutch "wagen" = "wagon".

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Other Words from waggish

• "waggishly" adverb
• "waggishness" noun

Shakespeare concordance: all instances of "waggish"

waggish occurs 2 times in 2 speeches within 2 works.

• Cymbeline (1)
• Midsummer Night's Dream (1)

waggish (adj.) - playful, mischievous, impish

• Cym III.iv.159 - [Pisanio to Innogen] You must forget to be a woman: change ... fear ... into a waggish courage
• MND I.i.240 - [Helena alone] As waggish boys in game themselves forswear, / So the boy love is perjured everywhere

SYNONYMS FOR waggish

amusing | blithe | bubbly | cheerful | clowning | comical | frolicsome | funny | gamesome | gay | humorous | jaunty | jesting | jocular | jocund | joking | jolly | joyous | kittenish | lighthearted | lively | merry | mirthful | snappy | spirited | teasing | whimsical | witty |

waggish

"waggish", adjective: displaying or done in a spirit of good-humored mischief "waggish" = "pranks"

zany
Zanny (W3)

Gratzke, Reinhard (Herausgeber)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Selected Sketches

"Flying sheep", "Crunchy frog", "Dead parrot sketch", "Selfdefence" und der legendäre "Lumberjack song". Monty Python ziehen im Flying Circus alle Register ihres unvergleichlichen britischen Humors. John Cleese und der Rest der Truppe scheinen förmlich vor einem zu stehen, wenn sie über nistende Schafe debattieren, sie gegenseitig mit Bananen in Selbstverteidigung üben oder schenkelklopfend ihr Holzfällerleben besingen. Ein Muß für Fans! … "But now something completely different."