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10 Oct
A Useful Phrase (at length)

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 97 01:46:04 -0700
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Subject: A Useful Phrase (at length)

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 HOW TO SAY "OH MY GOD! THERE'S AN AXE IN MY HEAD" IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES

 English:         Oh my god! There's and axe in my head.
 Bosnian:         Boje moj! Sjekira mi je u glavi.
 French:          Mon Dieu! Il y a une hache dans ma tete.
 Visigothic:      Meina guth, Ikgastaldan aqizi-wunds meina haubida.
 Swedish:         Ah, Herregud! Jag har en yxa i huvudet!
 Dutch:           O, minjn God! Er zit een bijl in minjn hoofd.
 Latin:           Deus Meus! Securis in capite meo est.
 German:          Oh mein Gott! Ich habe eine Axt im Kopf!
 Japanese:        ahh, kamisama! watashe no atama ni ono ga arimasu.
 Norwegian:       Herre Gud! Jeg har en aks i hodet!
 Spanish:         Dios mio! Hay una hacha en me cabeza!
 Hungarian:       Jaj Istenem, de fejsze van a fejemben!!
 Middle Egyptian: in Amun! iw minb m tp-i!
 Greek:           hristo mou! eho ena maheri sto kefali mou!
 Tagalog:         Ay Dios ko! May palakol sa ulo ko!
 Danish:          Oh min gud! Der er en oekse i mit hoved.
 Afrikaans:       O Gode! Daar's 'n byl in my kop!
 Polish:          O Moj Boze! Mam siekiere w glowie!
 Maori:           Ave Te Ariki! He toki ki roto taku mahuna!
 Italian:         Dio mio! C'e' un' ascia nella mia testa!
 Portuguese:      Meu Deus! Tenho um machado na cabeca!
 Klingon:         ghay'cha'! nachwIjDaq betleH tu'lu'!
 Bengali:         Oh Allah! Amar mathar upor bash poreche.
 Finnish:         Voi Louja! Paassani on kirves!
 Icelandic:       Gud minn godur! Thad er o:xi i ho:fdinu a mer.
 Ancient Greek:   O Theos mou! Echo ten labrida en te mou kephale!
 Babylonian:      iliya pashu ina reshimi bashu
 Assyrian:        iliya pashum ina reshimi bashu
 Welsh:           A nuw! Mae bywell yn fy mhen i!
 Alsatian:        Lever Gott! Es esch a Axe en miner Kopf!
 Swahili:         Siyo! (Huko) Shoka yangu kichwanil!
 Slovenian:       Moj Bog! Sekiro imam v glavi.
 Irish:           Mo Dhia! Ta' tua sa mo cheann.
 Esperanto:       Mia Dio! Hakilo estas en mia kapo!
 Marathi:         Aray Devaa! Majhyaa dokyaat kurhaad aahay.
 Hindi:           Hay Bhagwaan! Mere sar mein kulhaadi hain.
 Russian:         Bozhe moi! Eto topor v moyei golove!
 Hebrew:          Eloi! Yesh'li ca-sheel ba-rosh sheh-li!
 Malay:           Entey Deiwame, entey thalayil oru kodali undei.
 Latvian:         Ak Dievs! Man ir cirvis galva!
 Pig Latin:       Oay ayemay odgay! airsthay anay axeay inay ayemay eadhay!

© 1997 Peter Langston