Obama, Ahmadinejad, and the toy lost on the playground

[rah]

Yes, not exactly. I'm sure they knew about where.

[Hauldren Collider]

Just carpet bomb the whole place to be sure

[Al B. Sure!]

The US doesn't even carpet bomb anymore. Thankfully.

[BlackCat]

Equivalent, counterpart, something like that. In any case, BC, don't go telling native speakers of your second language that your miscommunication was their fault. Well, half a native speaker in Al's case; his first language was Philly, but it's more closely related than Frisian.

Honestly, I wouldn't argue if it was about an english phrase, but "ditto" isn't exactly english - it's international and probably have slightly different ways of interpretations. Used in danish, my original comment to HC would make perfect sense and wouldn't be misunderstood. I don't care much that Al didn't understand it - he has a tendency to not understanding even the simplest statements, but I was kind of curius why DaShi couldn't, and thats why I asked for an explanation.

DaShi should also be interested in this - imagine that he one day visited denmark and used "ditto" in the wrong way - that would be embarrasing

[Al B. Sure!]

Honestly, I wouldn't argue if it was about an english phrase, but "ditto" isn't exactly english - it's international and probably have slightly different ways of interpretations. Used in danish, my original comment to HC would make perfect sense and wouldn't be misunderstood. I don't care much that Al didn't understand it - he has a tendency to not understanding even the simplest statements, but I was kind of curius why DaShi couldn't, and thats why I asked for an explanation.

DaShi should also be interested in this - imagine that he one day visited denmark and used "ditto" in the wrong way - that would be embarrasing

I don't believe DaShi speaks Danish. That is why.

What language are we speaking, sir? I'm sorry, is English and Danish so similar that when I thought I was reading your post in English, it was actually Danish, and the only meaningful difference between the languages is the definition and use of the word 'ditto'?

[Elok]

I don't believe DaShi speaks Danish. That is why.

What language are we speaking, sir? I'm sorry, is English and Danish so similar that when I thought I was reading your post in English, it was actually Danish, and the only meaningful difference between the languages is the definition and use of the word 'ditto'?

*are, thank you.

[DaShi]

I don't believe DaShi speaks Danish. That is why.

What language are we speaking, sir? I'm sorry, is English and Danish so similar that when I thought I was reading your post in English, it was actually Danish, and the only meaningful difference between the languages is the definition and use of the word 'ditto'?

No, he said several times that we didn't understand English when it was him making the mistake. His last post was just pathetic backpedaling in order to save face. Unfortunately for him, it only added to his humiliation.

I've enjoyed this very much, Blackcat.

[giblets]

Honestly, I wouldn't argue if it was about an english phrase, but "ditto" isn't exactly english - it's international and probably have slightly different ways of interpretations. Used in danish, my original comment to HC would make perfect sense and wouldn't be misunderstood. I don't care much that Al didn't understand it - he has a tendency to not understanding even the simplest statements, but I was kind of curius why DaShi couldn't, and thats why I asked for an explanation.

DaShi should also be interested in this - imagine that he one day visited denmark and used "ditto" in the wrong way - that would be embarrasing

You can't accuse Al of not understanding plain English if he isn't aware of some "international" meaning of the word "ditto" that isn't used in the English-speaking world.

[Imran Siddiqui]

You can't accuse Al of not understanding plain English if he isn't aware of some "international" meaning of the word "ditto" that isn't used in the English-speaking world.

Ditto.

[Agent Sox]

This is hilarious, there is no way the US would let a spy plane fall into enemy hands. The only thing that makes sense is this was a dummy plane with old or fake technology in it meant for the Iranians to find so that they get the wrong idea.

[kentonio]

This is hilarious, there is no way the US would let a spy plane fall into enemy hands. The only thing that makes sense is this was a dummy plane with old or fake technology in it meant for the Iranians to find so that they get the wrong idea.

Please tell me that was sarcasm..

[Agent Sox]

No its sarcasm for Obama to ask for the tech back because it's not like he gave away anything important in the first place.

[Al B. Sure!]

So I'm checking at Ordbogen.com which is Danish for dictionary.com. I see ditto defined as:

som er eller mener det samme, som noget netop nævnt

Which, in English, is:

who are or think the same as something already mentioned

So that sounds like the English definition of ditto, after all:

Used to indicate that something already said is applicable a second time

BlackCat, sir, are you lying about this other Danish definition of ditto?

[DaShi]

This is hilarious, there is no way the US would let a spy plane fall into enemy hands. The only thing that makes sense is this was a dummy plane with old or fake technology in it meant for the Iranians to find so that they get the wrong idea.

Actually, the plane is spying on them right now.

[loinburger]

This is hilarious, there is no way the US would let a spy plane fall into enemy hands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident