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Battle Of The Funny Phrases: Phrase 1:
MY UNDERPANTS ARE FULL OF CUSTARD!
Thanks go to my sister for sending this phrase in. I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to trying to translate this phrase into Welsh but a challenge is a challenge so here we go. Remember, all translations are to the best of my ability. This is a charity fund raising event and not a test of my translation skills. If I get things wrong, it doesn’t matter. If you’re learning a language and you get things wrong, it doesn’t matter.
Don’t forget to check out the Red Nose Day Website.
The BBC Comic Relief Website Is Here
RAISE EVEN MORE MONEY FOR COMIC RELIEF & DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK HERE
FY DRAFERS YDY LLONAID CHAN CHWSTAR!
Before anyone points out that the above translation isn’t exactly “spot on” I should point out that I know that already. I’m doing this to the best of my ability with the tools I have. This is not a test. It’s a bit of fun to raise money for a good cause. If you wish to correct me and/or show me what the correct translation is, please do so. I would welcome your input. Donate at least £1 to Comic Relief via: http://www.justgiving.com/thelaughinglinguist and you can correct my linguistic errors.
Welcome to February. Over 6000 people joined in with the Join Martin Challenge in January and we broke more records on the blog with over a thousand joining in one day.
The Join Martin language learning
Join Martin has been a fantastic journey for me and I’d like to thank everyone who has visited this blog and joined in with the challenge. I really appreciate your support. I’m not packing up shop just yet. There’s still a whole load of surprises on the way.
Speak soon, Martin.
Warning: This video is a tad “odd” but it is still a great way to teach kids Spanish. Youtube won’t let me host it here so you’ll have to click here to view it.
I’m excited about the future but I’m not sure that many of the coming weeks will be able to top this one. On Tuesday, I stood up as the first African American President of the United States took the oath of office. Yesterday, I watched with a massive smile on my face as the daily visitors to this blog hit 1363. I really thought that passing the thousand barrier on just 1 day would be impossible. I’m not a national newspaper or a celeb so I had no idea that so many people would visit on one day.
2009 feels different. 2008 had its good moments. I interviewed Tony Buzan and met Phillip Pullman. I finally went to Scotland and then went back again for a longer stay only a month later. I met many new people and made some great new friends. I had a great birthday and my blog became one of the top 100 languages related blogs according to lexiophiles.com.
But there were trials in 2008 too. No, don’t fret, I wasn’t up in court. The fashion police may have a file on me but that’s about it- not so much a rebel without a cause as a rebel without a clue. Some things didn’t work out the way I’d planned or hoped. I loved the house and I loved sharing a house with a great friend but (and I think, if he reads this, he will agree) that local area was a constant source of stress. I knew the place wasn’t right for me and I think he knew it wasn’t right for him either. Trouble was, both of us are stubborn alpha male types. We don’t like to be forced back by a challenge. We like to meet it head on and defeat it. If we can look good while we’re defeating the challenge, all the better.
2008 didn’t end right either. I love Christmas. I spent last Christmas (mostly) in bed with a very bad case of flu. Now, of course, having the flu is always awful and I claim no monopoly on the awful power of illness. But it was a terrible experience and I felt I couldn’t enjoy the festivities that were happening around me. When you have to be helped off the floor on Christmas morning and you haven’t touched a drop of the demon drink the night before, you just know the holidays are going to be trouble.
Welcome to all our visitors from around the world. I realise that English may not be your first language. Please do look at our learn English posts while I try and sort out the translation thing so you can read this blog in your native tongue.
Oh yes, 2009 feels different. The way time moves so fast these days it always seems to be either Christmas or New Year’s Eve. Mind you, the advertisers insist on starting Christmas in July these days so perhaps it’s no wonder time seems to shoot past us.
2009 is different already. People are losing their jobs. The economy of my country is officially in recession and I seriously doubt the people in charge have much of a plan. My local town centre is fast becoming a ghost town and nobody seems to be able to get past timid thinking long enough to act and make a difference. The masters of the world are losing their grip on control thanks to a financial system which was always built on sand. Economics is the art of making the dangerously simplistic seem like a complicated mystery.
Yet, in amongst it all, things are changeing. Now, I’m not exactly in the Pope’s fanclub. But I have watched his new Youtube channel and, as much as I disagree with a lot of the Catholic doctrine (if you’re thinking Protestant you really should be thinking of a much, much older faith), one cannot shout an offence against something which, when all is said and done, is designed to spread a message of peace and love to as many people as possible. It still troubles me as I wonder exactly why we have to see religion and faith in a negative light. Anything with peace and compassion in it is the word of a God/Goddess. Anything with hate, suffering or pain in it is the word of man.
Those of you reading this may have realised now that you’ve tuned into one of my trademark tangents. I’m in that sort of a mood. Come on, if you turned up here and didn’t find anything to read or watch, you’d be quite annoyed.
Well, as we say in this country, that was the week that was. And, as a fictional U.S President once said, “What’s next?”
As you can see from this picture, (please visit obamicon.me to design your own) my image isn’t as good as that of the 44th President of the USA. But I like it. Yesterday, 1363 people visited this website and we had the best month, best week (so far) and best day ever all in one day. As the title suggests, change is coming. Beyond The Question is on the horizon but Join Martin still has a few surprises up its sleeve. Watch this space.
She makes a man want to speak Spanish: Introducing Shakira: As today has been so fantastic (over 1000 in just 1 day), I thought I’d end today with some music and who better than the Spanish sensation herself, Shakira.
Shakira’s Official Youtube Channel
Watch the official video from Universal Music Here
Great News! Over 1000 people have visited this blog in just 1 day. I’m so happy and would like to thank each and every visitor for their support. Welcome to regular and new visitors alike. We’ve got a couple of new features on this blog now. Look to the far right and you should be able to see the “Follow Me On Twitter” link and the “Follow Me on FriendFeed” link. If you’re on those sites, why not follow this blog? The challenge may have just months left but there’s still one or two surprises in store. Keep your eyes open and your tongues speaking many different languages. Speak soon. Marty.
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