Ambulance... Ambiwlans - Has dumbing down gone too far?

[mr_fibuli]

Always gives me a when I see this thread bumped.

[charnock]

mae hwn wedi gwneid fy dydd. thread gorrau ar pistonheads.

[mybrainhurts]

charnock said:

mae hwn wedi gwneid fy dydd. thread gorrau ar pistonheads.

Have a pee before you leave, then...

[charnock]

oh right. ok then

[mybrainhurts]

I really think we should stop bumping this...

[funk odyssey]

[EmmaP]

I'd forgotten about this thread

[mybrainhurts]

EmmaP said:

I'd forgotten about this thread

jt hasn't...

[james_tigerwoods]

mybrainhurts said:

I really think we should stop bumping this...

Please do (stop, that is)!

[funk odyssey]

james_tigerwoods said:

mybrainhurts said:

I really think we should stop bumping this...

Please do (stop, that is)!

why?

[Twincam16]

dcb said:

robwales said:

The Germans have the best term for an ambulance though - Krankenwagen I believe.

True - literal translation is sick-wagon.

Sick sister (Krankenschwester) is nurse.
Sick house (Krankenhaus) is hospital.
Milk house (Milchhaus) is dairy.
Rat house (Rathaus) is Town Hall, oddly enough ;->

Breast warts (Brustwarten) are nipples.
Hand shoes (Handschuhen) are gloves.
Tooth doctor (Zahnarzt) is dentist.

It would appear that where English tends to have a word
for it, the Germans make something up from words lying around.

I only learned last week that

Sequins week (Flitterwoche) is honeymoon.

Nothing beats the German words for constipation and diarhorrea:

Constipation - Stopfung.

Diarhorrea - Durchfall (literally, through-fall)

Edited by Twincam16 on Wednesday 14th January 13:25

[james_tigerwoods]

funk odyssey said:

james_tigerwoods said:

mybrainhurts said:

I really think we should stop bumping this...

Please do (stop, that is)!

why?

Cos the embarrassment's killing me....

[Geronimo]

james_tigerwoods said:

funk odyssey said:

james_tigerwoods said:

mybrainhurts said:

I really think we should stop bumping this...

Please do (stop, that is)!

why?

Cos the embarrassment's killing me....

QUCK! Somebody call him an Ambiwlans!!

[Finlandia]

Eric Mc said:

the word Ambulance stems from the Latin "Ambulo" meaning "To Walk".

Ah, but we must not use latin words

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... people really that stupid?

[tonyvid]

Geronimo said:

james_tigerwoods said:

funk odyssey said:

james_tigerwoods said:

mybrainhurts said:

I really think we should stop bumping this...

Please do (stop, that is)!

why?

Cos the embarrassment's killing me....

QUCK! Somebody call him an Ambiwlans!!

[stackmonkey]

[Mc Lovin]

funny this has been bumped, i was in Cardiff yesterday and saw an ambulance, oh how i laughed

[james_tigerwoods]

Mc Lovin said:

funny this has been bumped, i was in Cardiff yesterday and saw an ambulance, oh how i laughed

Photo or it didn't happen.

I'm sure this whole Welsh Ambulance thing is a myth

[Mc Lovin]

Next time i go i'll take some especially for you

[blueyes]

james_tigerwoods said:

Mc Lovin said:

funny this has been bumped, i was in Cardiff yesterday and saw an ambulance, oh how i laughed

Photo or it didn't happen.

I'm sure this whole Welsh Ambulance thing is a myth

Well...I was in Cardiff too and they have a thing like a bus.. which is called a bws.... and here's the photo...