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As I was walking to Saint Ives, I met a man with no teeth. And on each tooth he had no shoes. And on each shoe he had no weevils. Man, teeth, shoes, and weevils, how many were going to Saint Ives?
Teeth, actually. Plural. Tooth is "zoob". It's Russian.BicycleTree said:Zooby = tooth.
I refuse to answer on the grounds that the point of this story is to subvert goodness and decency where ever it may be found.BicycleTree said:As I was walking to Saint Ives, I met a man with no teeth. And on each tooth he had no shoes. And on each shoe he had no weevils. Man, teeth, shoes, and weevils, how many were going to Saint Ives?
And where do you think "A Clockwork Orange" author, Anthony Burgess, got it from when he wrote the novel in 1961, shortly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and believed he only had a year to live?BicycleTree said:No, it means tooth. It is not Russian, it is from A Clockwork Orange.
ZoobBicycleTree said:HE got it from Baal.
I don't have cyrillic script capabilities. I speak some Russian, though. Ya govoryioo nemnogo po-rooski. Ya znaioo etee slovy rooski slovi.BicycleTree said:Show me the link to the Russian dictionary containing Zooby, and then I will concede that Baal was Russian.
Not "zub", "zoob".cronxeh said:Singular tooth would be 'zub' - "3y6" is an approximate way it would be written in Russian.
I am eight feet tall, covered with hair, and can lift and toss a 250lb bolder 20 feet.cronxeh said:dont argue with me
I also just looked it up in my Russian dictionary, but alas I'm too late. Cronxeh, if I ever have time, I'd like to get into that with you a bit. Russian was my chosen 2nd language, but I only had the tape and book system. That was okay until it got up to the conversational stuff that wasn't in the book. I have enough trouble trying to understand English when I can't read lips, and had no chance at all with the Russian. It's been over 15 years now, but I'd like to pick up a bit if I can.cronxeh said:If you need further help, pm me, I speak/write fluent English and Russian :zzz:
I never realized you could use numbers as letters before. Cool!cronxeh said:Zooby (written as "3y6u" is a 4-letter word that means teeth. Its plural
Singular tooth would be 'zub' - "3y6" is an approximate way it would be written in Russian.
I can't make heads or tails of that.Moonbear said:I never realized you could use numbers as letters before. Cool!
Here you can see it written with the cyrillic symbols: http://www.rambler.ru/dict/scripts/go.cgi?query=tooth&where=enru&start=0&count=15
zoobyshoe said:I can't make heads or tails of that.
Cyrillic "y" is more or less equivalent to English "oo".Moonbear said:Definition 1.1. is the one I think Cronxeh is referring to. It's just a translation from English to Russian. Strangely enough, I know no Russian, yet could pick that one out as the one that would likely be transliterated to zoob, even though it looks more like zyb to me.
cronxeh said:Moonbear: the definition #3 is 'cavity' and not 'plural tooth' per se
For pinching a loaf? :yuck:Evo said:I keep a loaf in the bathroom at all times.
SOS2008 said:And there was a fun "shoot the sheep" video game, but the only one I could link was this one:
http://www.flashjava.com/games/index.php?op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=363&title=Sheep invaders
How'd you know that's what I had in mind?cronxeh said:dont make me write serenades in dirty-old-man style to your next victims :rofl:
Now when did you start blushing?Danger said:How'd you know that's what I had in mind?
It's your own fault for neglecting it this long. Welcome back.SOS2008 said:Arrrrgh, how long will it take me to read all the posts!
That was fun! (I couldn't play SOS's game. )Moonbear said:Oh, sheep games! Then you have to have this one in your collection...
When I realized how transparent I've become. I thought sure that I could trick Cronxeh into that, and he caught on right away.Moonbear said:Now when did you start blushing?
Rawr...you're so cute when you're angry. :tongue2:cronxeh said:dont argue with me
Very funny. :grumpy:Moonbear said:Oh, sheep games! Then you have to have this one in your collection...
http://www.david-lewis.com/sheepgame/
Thanks, though I will be gone again this weekend...Danger said:It's your own fault for neglecting it this long. Welcome back..
Really? Sorry.Danger said:That was fun! (I couldn't play SOS's game. )
It's either a dog suit guise or blush smilies guise or something...Danger said:When I realized how transparent I've become. I thought sure that I could trick Cronxeh into that, and he caught on right away.
SOS2008 said:Rawr...you're so cute when you're angry. :tongue2:
Yeah, I remember.SOS2008 said:Thanks, though I will be gone again this weekend...
I'll try again later. I might have been clicking in the wrong place or something, but it's more likely just not a Mac-friendly site.SOS2008 said:Really? Sorry.
Hmmm... I just got a flashback to that CSI episode about the 'plushies' convention.SOS2008 said:It's either a dog suit guise or blush smilies guise or something...
I got it to work...good fun! It's not obvious where you have to click though. Click on one of the resolution options. It took me a while to figure out how to play. Shoot with the space bar and move with the arrow keys (mousing doesn't work).Danger said:I'll try again later. I might have been clicking in the wrong place or something, but it's more likely just not a Mac-friendly site..
Not so quick there Huckster. I believe I have developed a master plan, a plan that will make Artman baaaah like a sheep, squeal like a... girl, well you get the picture.Huckleberry said:You realize she's probably reading everything that she missed in this thread right now. I don't think she's too concerned about the best use of her time.
Got it. Thanks. Can't spare the time to play now, though. I should have turned in a couple of hours ago, but there's still thread-haunting to be done.Moonbear said:Click on one of the resolution options. Shoot with the space bar and move with the arrow keys (mousing doesn't work).
Well, he definitely has my eyes, but I think that's franz's nose. There's always plastic surgery.Mk said:I'm so confused with this franzbear charachter... first I think its franzneitch, then I think its Moonbear, then I'm left with no other choice than to think its a teddy bear that looks like franzneitch.