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quebec_fairy in xi_online

Septième post; VOICE

Apr 11, 2010 17:24

What the hell does 'who was phone' mean?

Tangentially related, what's up with 'fishes', 'sheeps' and 'cereals'.

jean-paul beaubier

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13376066135 April 11 2010, 21:41:23 UTC

Who was ... phone?

Dude, if that's a new slang term, I don't think I'm following.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 21:44:45 UTC

Nice to know I'm not the only one.

Not that I'm any good at following English slang.

13376066135 April 11 2010, 21:49:52 UTC

Me neither. Japanese. I've got a pretty good amount of English down, but the slang terms confuse me forever.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 21:52:19 UTC

French.

So I'm taking this means you won't be able to explain the fishes/sheeps thing to me, either.

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ushiwaka_laka April 11 2010, 21:57:13 UTC

New American slang I should know about!?

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 22:02:01 UTC

I don't know. I only heard it twice but it's enough that I don't get it.

I looked it up and it's apparently about some story on 4chan but it still makes no sense. Why would people use it in random conversations?

ushiwaka_laka April 11 2010, 22:57:38 UTC

After a few minutes of... Googling [ooc: He actually means "A FEW HOURS".], I am more confused than ever.

I'll never fit in this way.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 23:07:45 UTC

Research didn't help me much, nope.

The wonders of internet memes.

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inspirethefire April 11 2010, 22:05:58 UTC

...Off the top of my head, I have to assume they must have meant "who was on the phone," as... honestly that's the only thing that makes sense.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 22:13:07 UTC

No. It was 'who was phone'.

Which is why I'm asking about it, because it doesn't make any sense.

inspirethefire April 11 2010, 22:18:41 UTC

You're sure they didn't misspeak? ...Perhaps it was someone named Phone? You never know.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 22:19:59 UTC

Apparently it's an internet meme but I'm still trying to get why would anyone use it in a conversation.

Except to try and look really stupid.

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ANON - Text livebymysmile April 11 2010, 22:35:50 UTC

So ur with ur honey and yur making out wen the phone rigns. U anser it n the vioce is “wut r u doing wit my daughter?” U tell ur girl n she say “my dad is ded”. THEN WHO WAS PHONE?

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 23:11:14 UTC

See? I found that, and sort of understand it even though it's completely stupid.

But out of the blue, in an actual discussion, what is 'who was phone' supposed to mean?

tsukiyabure April 12 2010, 01:40:36 UTC

It's her mother.

quebec_fairy April 12 2010, 01:44:43 UTC

[Obviously very amused.]

I feel I have to answer something like "What? Her mother was a phone?"

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pghusk April 11 2010, 22:38:47 UTC

....I have no idea.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 23:13:50 UTC

But Paige.

You're supposed to be the one helping me with my English here. I can't exactly ask Piotr for that.

pghusk April 11 2010, 23:42:15 UTC

Not for gibberish.

quebec_fairy April 11 2010, 23:43:47 UTC

But what about fishes, sheeps and cereals, then.

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