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Re: Derek

[invocate]

No, it is alright. It is interesting learning different types of slang in English.

Re: Derek

[blondferret]

Oh really? Have you found a favorite yet?

Re: Derek

[invocate]

Hangry. A friend taught me the word last year.

Re: Derek

[blondferret]

Yes, that would be a useful one. Another useful one is "thingamabob". Actually,you can get a lot of good american words from this song.

[Derek is in a teasing mood.]

Re: Derek

[invocate]

[no, no Derek, that song is mostly nonsense, and you have now confused Li-Na immensely]

I remember watching Cinderella when I was little, and I could never make sense of that song. No one I knew could make sense of it. What is a salagadoola?

Re: Derek

[blondferret]

[Oh, Derek is going to screw with her so bad!]

It's actually spelled salagadoula and it is a compound world: salaga and doula. Salaga is from the same base word as salad: salagadous, which means plant. a doula is a person who often helps pregnant women through her pregnancies, including the birth. Thus, translated out salagadoula means "plant assisted in birth." Which is what happens in the movie. The pumpkin, a plant, is turned into a carriage, a sort of birth.

Re: Derek

[invocate]

[after asking Chiyo's thoughts]

actually, the root of 'salad' goes back to the Latin salāta, which is a past participle of salāre, which means 'to salt'

Re: Derek

[blondferret]

Blast! You found me out. I just can't seem to fool you when I want to. Yeah, that song was mostly rubbish.

However, in the song it does use the word: thingamabob. That is a legit american slang meaning something along the lines of "that thing/ mysterioius object but I don't know what it is called."

Re: Derek

[invocate]

I suggest you stop trying to fool me. My English is a bad reason to make fun of me.

Re: Derek

[blondferret]

Alright,I'll stop. And I wasn't making fun of you, I was teasing you. There is a slight difference in meaning.