MetaFilter posts tagged with fun and language

"It's all caviar and ballons until someone backhands a cop!"

Navelgazer — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:29:41 -0800

The Cliche-o-Matic: Never be at a loss for banal words again!

What are they saying!?

jearbear — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:15:56 -0800

TORK! For your friday flash fun, a game about...linguistics? Learn a language, have some fun. Now if only I could figure out how to work that damn oven....

How NOT to write metaphors

brownpau — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:22:36 -0800

"She was as easy as the Daily Star crossword," and other allegedly actual similes and metaphors from student essays, mangled like pigeons on Baltimore light rail tracks.

Multibabel

me3dia — Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:57:24 -0800

The First Rule of Multibabel Club is you do not talk about MultiBabel Club (French & back:) The first rule of the club of Multibabel is you do not speak about the club of Multibabel.
(German & back:) The first guideline the association of Multibabel is not you speaks about the association of Multibabel.
(Italian & back:) Before the guide of reference that the association of Multibabel is not you speaks about the association of Multibabel.
(Portuguese & back) Before the guide of the reference that the association of MultiBabel is not you speak on the association of MultiBabel.
(Spanish & back:) Before the guide of the reference that is not the association of MultiBabel you speak in the association of MultiBabel. (Japanese & back:) Multibabel club without having expressed, there is a first rule of Multibabel club.
(Chinese & back:) The Multibabel club has not been expressed, has the Multibabel club first rule.
(Korean & back:) The Multibabel the club under expressing is highland Anh and a Multibabel club first rule.

au-au-au kee-kee-keh ee-aw nano-nano-nah ssst and more fun sounds

madamjujujive — Sun, 09 Feb 2003 15:19:11 -0800

bzzzpeek - a fun site with kids from around the world imitating animals and vehicles in an exercise of onomatopoeia. Similar to a post last year, this version adds sounds from native speakers and some cute visuals, making for a neat toy. MeFi moms & dads take note - submissions from kids age 2 to 7 are invited. flash and sound alert!

brownpau — Fri, 07 Sep 2001 00:01:45 -0800

Recently on sale in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, was "Very Strange Crisp," a type of lollipop. If you haven't yet discovered Nury Vittachi's "Traveller's Tales" in the Far East Economic Review, check him out right now. I guarantee, you will not be disappointed. Absolute funniest man I have ever read this side of the International Date Line.