"Barack" is the Hungarian word for "apricot" or "peach". Discuss. n/m

IntravenousDemilo

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:41 PM
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"Barack" is the Hungarian word for "apricot" or "peach". Discuss. n/m

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Bucky

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:45 PM
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1. Hungarians do not know the difference between apricots & peaches

The huns are still barbarians.

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IntravenousDemilo

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:02 AM
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10. As if that wasn't bad enough, "barack" can also mean "clout".

Confused yet?

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Bucky

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Wed Mar-04-09 10:07 AM
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15. I will clout you with apricots

and peaches

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HopeHoops

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:52 PM
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2. Mandelbrot means "almond bread" in German.

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geardaddy

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:53 PM
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3. Sweetbreads are pancreas.

MMmm...

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MrsBrady

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:54 PM
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4. well, i think Obama is just peachy.

so it makes sense!
I'm sure that's what they had in mind!
:+

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trof

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Tue Mar-03-09 05:06 PM
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7. He's not only a peach, he's a real brick.

He's the McCoy, too.
;-)

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KamaAina

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:55 PM
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5. Jeb! is Polish for a well-known four-letter word

you're in Warsaw, you hit your thumb with a hammer, and you yell "Jeb!"

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KamaAina

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Tue Mar-03-09 04:56 PM
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6. This is HUGH!!!111!!11!! That explains why we can't find the vaulted copy of his birth certificate!

We were looking in Kenya, when all along it was in Hungary!!

:tinfoilhat:

:sarcasm:

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IntravenousDemilo

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:06 AM
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11. You mean you weren't aware of his Magyar heritage?

He was raised by a roving band of Gypsies till age 4, when he was stolen, ironically, by the non-Gypsy Obama family.

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taterguy

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Tue Mar-03-09 05:09 PM
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8. Man, with that extensive knowledge of trivia I'll bet you'd do well on Jeopardy

Maybe you should try out for the show sometime.

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IntravenousDemilo

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:00 AM
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9. Haha, we'll see if they call me back. Actually, it helps to be part Hungarian.

I'm also trying to teach myself the language, and it's a challenge because it's not even remotely related to English.

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grasswire

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Wed Mar-04-09 02:11 AM
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14. someone on DU speaks Hungarian

I can't remember her user name, though.

The only words I know are something that sounds like "Egga Sheggeda" which is a toast used when downing shots of palinka.

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Kali

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:17 AM
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12. Palinka!

Hungarian for apricot tequila.;-)

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hedgehog

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:31 PM
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17. or is that peach tequila?

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DemBones DemBones

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:26 AM
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13. How do Hungarian women make shopping lists

for their husbands and ensure that they get the fruit they wanted? Or even tell them on the phone?

"Be sure to get some barack."

"OK, barack, milk, toilet paper, got it."

Later. . .

"Oh, no, I wanted barack and you bought barack. What were you thinking? I'm going to barack you."

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Aristus

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Wed Mar-04-09 10:57 AM
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16. Headline of the Budapest Daily News: "Obama: A peach of a President."

Okay, not really, but that would be cool.! B-)

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