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• Words and phrases that I would love...
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This List is Bananas
Here you will find cultivars, of course, but also diseases, dishes, and uses.
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Umbersorrow
Intangible, anthropic.
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Favorite Words That Are Really More L...
Culling my Favorite Words That Aren't Really Words list.
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it's just a phrase i'm going through
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Idle Chatter
Ok, I'm changing this one to an in-between list for Conversations and Chit Chat. We just have too much fun. :)
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Misspoken
I enjoy mistakes and I like to collect them. I enjoy hearing people who are non-native English speakers mangle idioms, but even some of our own Presidents might say them too. It has a deeper level ...
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gangerh Hah! Look what I found.
יאָ מיר האָבן קיין bananas
In Yiddish, apparently. Oct 13, 2010
gangerh Yes we have no World War II scarcities Oct 24, 2009
gangerh Your the top banana, 'boros! Oct 12, 2009
oroboros This is probably more than you wanted to know, but what the hay!:
"Words and music by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn (1923). One of the most successful nonsense songs of the 1920s. The writers got their idea by overhearing a Greek fruit peddler tell a customer: "Yes, we have no bananas." Frank Silver and Irving Cohn introduced their song in a New York restaurant, but it failed to catch fire. Then, in 1923, Eddie Cantor saw the song in manuscript while Make It Snappy (a revue in which Cantor was then starring) was playing in Philadelphia. Held over in that city for an extended run, the show needed some new material, since people were coming to see it a second time. Cantor decided to interpolate "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in one of his routines, one Wednesday matinee. The audience response was so enthusiastic that Cantor had to sing chorus after chorus; the show was stopped cold for over a quarter of an hour. Cantor now made the song a permanent part of his act, and he always brought down the house with it. His Victor recording became a best seller--one of many successful releases of this number. By the end of 1923 everybody was singing it throughout the country. In the Music Box Revue of 1923 it was ridiculed in a performance in which it was presented in the grand-operatic manner of the Sextet from Lucia de Lammermoor--the performers being Grace Moore, John Steel, Joseph Santley, Frank Tinney, Florence Moore and Lora Sonderson. It was interpolated in the motion-picture musical Mammy, starring Al Jolson (Warner 1930); Eddie Cantor sang it on the soundtrack of the motion-picture musical The Eddie Cantor Story (Warner 1954)"
--American Popular Songs, David Ewen, Random House, 1966 Oct 12, 2009
reesetee Those sure are pretty bananas. :-) Sep 17, 2009
Prolagus And you can sing it! Sep 17, 2009
chained_bear Oooh.... niiice!! Sep 17, 2009
milosrdenstvi For when you're out of stock in Georgia:
დი�?ხ, ჩვენ �?რ გვ�?ქვს ბ�?ნ�?ნები; დღეს ბ�?ნ�?ნები �?რ გვ�?ქვს.
(diakh, chven ar gvakvs bananebi; dghes bananebi ar gvakvs.) Sep 17, 2009
bilby 'Ere 'tis. Mar 21, 2009
yarb 'I think the best popular songs of our time belong to the middle twenties. I cannot give exact dates to "Ma, he's kissing me," "Why did I kiss that girl?" and "Maggie! Yes, Ma? Come right upstairs!" but they all belong around 1925.
But the three great smash-hits were: "Yes, we have no bananas" (1923), "T'ain't gonna rain no more" (1924) and "Show me the way to go home" (1925). The first two of these, at any rate, went round the world like an influenza epidemic and were sung even by primitive tribes in the remotest forests of Asia and South America.'
- George Orwell, Songs We Used to Sing, 1946 Dec 1, 2008
gangerh And use the Batnanaphone! Nov 28, 2008
gangerh Wholly oranges, 'nachman! Read her her Miranda wrongs! Nov 28, 2008
oroboros Bananaphone! Nov 28, 2008
sionnach We have no bananas, but we do have a Carmen-singing orange:
fruity Carmen Nov 28, 2008
ampersandwich • Hows of warship, yesterday
• The sun was shrunk and also shrining
• Bananafish spoke, "Tell us, pray,
• "Give us a sliver'd silver twining
• "Far be we to disappoint
• "We're sure as shore that queensland hemp'll
• "By the shorn did we anoint
• "A bulletpoint through the right temple Nov 26, 2008
dontcry So....if you can make a boat from bananas, then bananas are... Nov 26, 2008
Prolagus Yes, I haven't. Nov 26, 2008
bilby C'mon, haven't you ever heard of a banana boat? Nov 26, 2008
gangerh Not in the current bananking system. Nov 25, 2008
dontcry I wonder if a banana would float? Nov 25, 2008
gangerh Well, without bananas you'll have to think of another technique to accelerate the ripening of your avocados. Nov 25, 2008
bilby Persian: Bale, mouz ra nedashtim, emruz hitsh mouz.
Many thanks to Larissa (not a Wordie) for the last three translations. Oct 15, 2008
bilby And in north Cameroon they sing in Fulfuldé: Oho, min wala kodon, wala kodon handé. Oct 15, 2008
bilby Arabic: Na'am, la 'aindana mauzan, la mauzun al-yaum. Oct 15, 2008
johnmperry Shouldn't that be banana's - grocer's apostrophe? Jun 21, 2008
Prolagus Interlingua:
Si, nos ha nulles bananas! Jun 21, 2008
gangerh And you may hear a Pole singing -
Tak, nie mamy zadnych bananow; nie mamy zadnych bananow, dzisiaj. Jun 7, 2008
gangerh 그렇다, 우리�?는 바나나가 없다; 오늘 우리�?는 바나나가 없 다
- as sung in Korea.
Jun 7, 2008
bilby They're hungry in Hungary because:
Igen, nincs banánunk, ma nincs banánunk. May 26, 2008
gangerh Ja, nimamo banan; danes nimamo banan. As a Slovene might say. May 13, 2008
gangerh Seadh, níl bananaí ar bith againn; Níl bananaí ar bith againn inniu. Is Gaelic (Irish). May 13, 2008
gangerh Right on the banana, 'gus - Japanese.
I've just noticed we're out of stock in Catalonia:
'Sí, no tenim plàtans; no tenim plàtans avui.'
Ole! May 10, 2008
Prolagus Emmo non amus bananas, non amus bananas òe!
(Sardu) May 4, 2008
Prolagus How could I have missed this conversation so far?! Of course the "mysterious" language was Japanese! Apr 29, 2008
gangerh Ah, ya bilby - 'pisang'. Bahasa Banana! Apr 24, 2008
gangerh 'Tis time we were without again. This time in Flemish-
'Ja, wij hebben geen bananen; wij hebben geen bananen vandaag!' Apr 24, 2008
gangerh Now unavailable in Hindi:
'Han, hamare pas kele nahin hain, hamare pas aaj kele nahin hain.' Mar 28, 2008
bilby Australian - Yeah mate, no bloody 'nanas today. Mar 23, 2008
gangerh And on St Patrick's Day it went:
'Seadh, níl bananaí ar bith againn; Níl bananaí ar bith againn inniu'. Mar 23, 2008
gangerh And in The Philipinnes they sing:
'Oo wala na kaming mga saging, wala mang saging ngayon'. Mar 22, 2008
gangerh 'bout 3 weeks ago I asked:
And one for fun - which tongue is this?
'Hai, banana wa arimasen; Kyo wa banana wa arimasen'?
Guess I have to tell you, it's more likely to be written:
�?��?��?�?ナナ�?��?�り�?��?�ん。今日�?��?ナナ�?��?�り�?��?�ん。
Mar 22, 2008
gangerh So in Squidiolect:
'Yesquee have squat squananas, squee have squat squananas today!' Mar 14, 2008
pterodactyl My Esperanto is a bit rusty, but I'm pretty sure it's...
"Jes, ni havas neniom da bananoj, ni havas neniom da bananoj hodiau." Mar 14, 2008
gangerh And in Portuguese it's:
'Sim, nós não temos nenhuma banana; Nós não temos nenhuma banana hoje'. Mar 3, 2008
skipvia Wow, gangerh. My first crush was Annette Funicello. Maybe we should have a list... Mar 3, 2008
gangerh From another list.
Yes, Ingrid. My first crush. Ingrid Bergman. Inn of the Sixth Happiness. She would have sung 'Ja, vi har inga bananer; Vi har inga bananer idag.' But not in this film. She sang 'Knick knack paddywhack give a dog a bone'. Still crushed.
Mar 3, 2008
gangerh And Luciano Pavarotti would sing:
'Sì, non abbiamo banane; Non abbiamo oggi banane'. Mar 3, 2008
gangerh French cricket, cricket. Mar 2, 2008
cricket Egad, you guys must have way too much spare time! I don't even know how to say cricket in French! Mar 2, 2008
gangerh And in the bullrings of Spain they sing:
'Sí, no tenemos plátanos; No tenemos plátanos hoy'. Mar 2, 2008
gangerh And this is what the Treorchy Male Voice Choir would sing:
'Nagyw, does gennym banana; does gennym banana heddiw'. Mar 1, 2008
gangerh And the Russians sang:
'Da, u nas niet nikakih-to babanov, U nas niet nikakih-to babanov, cevodnia'. Mar 1, 2008
gangerh Ja haben wir keine ananas, sionnach. Jawohl! Mar 1, 2008
gangerh 'Ja haben wir keine Bananen; Wir haben keine Bananen heute.'
And don't step on any pineapple skins. Mar 1, 2008
sionnach So, the German for 'pineapple' is 'ananas'. Which seems to raise the possibility of a hilarious misunderstanding when singing the bananas song in German. Mar 1, 2008
gangerh En francais, non?
'Oui, nous n'avons pas des bananes; Nous n'avons pas des bananes aujourd-hui'. Mar 1, 2008
gangerh Yes, chained_bear, shaken, not stirred. Mar 1, 2008
bilby Indonesian:
Ya, tidak ada pisang, hari ini tak ada pisang. Feb 28, 2008
reesetee Gangerh's been working overtime on Babel Fish! ;-) Unless you really know all these languages, g. Feb 27, 2008
chained_bear Holy crap, gangerh. This after an earthquake? You're still posting lyrics? (context for Wordieternity: see teutonic plates.)
I love this page. :) Feb 27, 2008
gangerh And in Italian:
'Sì, non abbiamo banane; Non abbiamo oggi banane.' Feb 27, 2008
gangerh You have Mandarin oranges but do you have Mandarin bananas . . . . wait for it . . .
是, 我们�?食用香蕉; 今天我们�?食用香蕉 Feb 27, 2008
gangerh And one for fun - which tongue is this?
'Hai, banana wa arimasen; Kyo wa banana wa arimasen.' Feb 27, 2008
gangerh Don't encourage me c_b, I'm too encourageable.
Here's a little Creole number ....
'Nou n' a pa des banaan, pas des banaan ozordi!' Feb 27, 2008
muamor The Finns do it this way: ' kyllä, meillä ei ole banaaneja, meillä ei ole banaaneja tänään ' . Feb 27, 2008
chained_bear Keep it up, gangerh. I'm going to love this page! :) Just think: A one-page, go-to reference for "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in almost any language! That's what Wordie is FOR! Feb 26, 2008
gangerh And here it is in Serbo-Croat:
Da, nemamo banana; danas nemamo banana. Feb 26, 2008
gangerh And here it is in Swahili -
'Ndio! Hakuna Ndisi, Hakuna Ndisi Leo!' Feb 26, 2008
reesetee In Dutch? Wow. Does it sound better than the English version?
Edit: I think it does! Feb 26, 2008
gangerh Did it go like this, c_b?
'Ja, wij hebben geen bananen, wij hebben geen bananen vandaag!' Feb 26, 2008
chained_bear This is a great song. I knew someone years ago who taught it to me in Dutch. Feb 26, 2008
gangerh 'No bananas today, then?' 'Yes' is the correct response if you have no bananas today, surely. Mint list, btw. Feb 26, 2008