Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

In Hungarian is a great one:

"izle'sek e's pofonok..."

meaning, "tastes and slaps across the face..."

I think there is more to it but I don't know...

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, daniel andreasson wrote:

> Christophe a écrit:
>
> > In French, we say: "Des goûts et des couleurs on ne
> > discute pas." Litterally: "you don't discuss about
> > tastes and colours." But usually the saying is shortened
> > to "Les goûts et les couleurs..." followed by a pause or
> > a whisper :) .
>
> We have an interesting variant in Sweden. It's not quite
> as poetic as the other ones I've seen here. :-P
>
> "Smaken är som baken, delad."
>
> smaken    är som baken      delad
> taste:DEF is as  behind:DEF divided
> 'Taste is like your behind, divided.'
>
> Well, it doesn't sound as good in English, but you
> know what I mean. Usually we just say -- as in French
> -- the first part: "Smaken är som baken".
>
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