I use aye sometimes and get funny looks from people.
I use aye sometimes and get funny looks from people.
I often say "Cry your pardon" people just look at me like I am crazy! I oftentimes call girls younger than me "Miss Oh So Young And Pretty" when I am upset with them. I call people that I think are intelligent "trig" I tell people that I am speaking DT (Dark Tower) language
Most times people just look at me and say WTF?
All the time for me.
Trig, cove, Sai, Thank-ee...lots of 'em.
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Originally Posted by pixiedark76
I often say "Cry your pardon" people just look at me like I am crazy! I oftentimes call girls younger than me "Miss Oh So Young And Pretty" when I am upset with them. I call people that I think are intelligent "trig" I tell people that I am speaking DT (Dark Tower) language
Most times people just look at me and say WTF?
LOL I definately get the 'WTF' look a lot! But it's their loss, so it is!
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I used the term "ken" in a paper for one of my english classes back in high school. I got a high A, she didn't say anything about it. She was an old lady though.
aye, i do
"Aye" has not left my vocab for some time.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Mind you, i used aye and yar long before i got into the series.
"Sai", I use often, and often even use "thankee-sai"
There is an existing thread on this topic somewhere...I will search and merge
hehe...did you find it!?!?!
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Is "aye" anusual? It's a bit harder for me because I am not a native speaker so it's not easy to tell which expression is out of fashion and which is used.
Is "cry your pardon" special, too?
Roland would have understood.
"aye" isn't unusual....but it depends on where you are from and it's meaning. I mean "aye" or "eh" when spoken, not the spelling. Like razz used some of these terms before reading the series, a lot of the phrases are not neccassarily made up just for The Dark Tower. "Aye", has been used in the past meaning "yes" or "I agree". And I believe it was or is used in Scotland and Ireland (or all of the UK) mainly(?) starting somewhere in the 13th century. Since I'm from Michigan (U.S.), I'm farely close to Canada, and depending the region of Canada and Michigan's U.P., "eh", is usually followed at the end of statement. Eh can mean couple different things, it's either "eh?" ending a question or as a narrative. “So I go to this shrink, eh, and he goes like I don’t have no confidence, eh? I go, ‘No way, man.’ He goes I should take assertiveness training. Weird, eh? Like I’m always supposed to be seeking approval, eh, from, you know, other people? I felt like he could kiss my Royal Canadian, eh? But, sayin’ it woulda been too pushy. Dyuh think?”
I think "cry your pardon" is only Dark Tower...not wholey sure...but I can guess it means basically "sorry" but can have different tones depending the situation. I view it simply being "pardon me", like when you do something offense to some one else. Like when you burp outloud, or try to squeeze thru a crowd of people.
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I can't help but I use and I used "cry your pardon" quite a lot on my lessons.
Thank you for the information.
I thought aye was absolutely normal to use.
Roland would have understood.
I'm sure aye is normal to use, but I think for understanding it, depends on where in the world you use it.
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I actually say "Yar" a lot. Yar is pretty self explanatory and some of my friends are actually saying it too.
Yar always makes me think of gay pirates for some reason.I don't know why, but that's the connotation. Not that gay pirates aren't cool.
I would've never thought of gay pirates in relation to that. In fact I don't think I've ever imagined a gay pirate. Though I would imagine they would be slightly less cool than regular pirates, and slightly more cool than air pirates.
I'd not noticed how often I use 'if it please ya'" until I was reminded.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Yes...i frequently find myself using "thankee" often with a "sai" thrown in at the end. I've started to use "kennit" more, too, as i've started to re-read the series. ^^;
I recently caused a bit of bewilderment in FB, when I stated that I was 'reading Sai King's books'. Sai what? And I swear, I didn't do it in purpose, it just felt natural. =P 'Thankee' is also used a lot. But 'thank Gan' and suchlike I keep here, otherwise someone's going to call the white-coat men to fetch me.
Can you imagine my delight when I was once chatting with this sai, who introduced me to the DT books, and he tapped his throat thrice. Ah, we're truly DT junkies, we are.
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
One should not allow me to chat with hearing people at parties. Evidence was collected and handed out to me by bride's sweet 12-years old little brother. Apparently I had used such phrases like '.., say sorry.' and '.., say true.' and something about 'pardon', I didn't dare to look more carefully. I'm now burrowing in my shame.
(my English was praised, incredibly enough)
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
Your English is fine as it is. I love it. And I hope you know I would die happily if I could have a party with you. And if you started to use such phareses... I would die right there because of happiness.One should not allow me to chat with hearing people at parties. Evidence was collected and handed out to me by bride's sweet 12-years old little brother. Apparently I had used such phrases like '.., say sorry.' and '.., say true.' and something about 'pardon', I didn't dare to look more carefully. I'm now burrowing in my shame.
(my English was praised, incredibly enough)
Roland would have understood.
We will have a party in 2010, oh yes? Yes? And then I will drown you with all the Mid-World phrases, you beautiful one. I love thee - AND your sig pic, it's somehow so moving. *sigh*
"...neither the stupid jokes nor the easy surface emotions were the truth of Cuthbert Allgood."
I use DT phrases all the time. I love when someone I least expect sudden responds in time. The Tower makes itself known.
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I'm gonna be there. Dead or alive I'm gonna, lady-sai.We will have a party in 2010, oh yes? Yes? And then I will drown you with all the Mid-World phrases, you beautiful one. I love thee - AND your sig pic, it's somehow so moving. *sigh*
Roland would have understood.
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