On Wed, 2021-07-28 at 17:48 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE via Dng said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:42:51 -0400
>
> > On Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2021 15:47:24 -04 Steve Litt wrote:
> > > Hendrik Boom said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:04:10 -0400
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in
> > > > the
> > > > signature:
> > > >
> > > > I was aware of chips, pavement, and pissed.
> > > > The confusion about pint and gallon is why I prefer litres.
> > > >
> > > > But I do not know how the others differ.
> > >
> > > Don't forget Southern California Coastal English:
> > >
> > > - Ate it
> > > - Ate concrete
> > > - Wiped out
> > > - Got Maytagged
> > > - Faceplant
> > > - Roadrash
> > > - Stoked
> > > - Gnarly (antideluvian from 80's)
> > >
> > > SteveT
> > >
> > Please be so kind as to translate for the uniniciated.
> > (1 Corinthians 14:27, 28) . . .And if someone speaks in a tongue,
> > let
> > it be limited to two or three at the most, and in turns, and
> > someone
> > must interpret. But if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent
> > in
> > the congregation . . .
>
> - Ate it: Fell down, presumably while trying something challenging on
> a
> skateboard, roller skates, bicycle, surf board, or while body
> surfing.
>
> - Ate concrete: Subset of ate it: Fell off a bicycle, roller skates
> or
> skateboard, onto concrete. Typically results in road rash.
>
> - Wiped out: Synonym for ate it.
>
> - Got Maytagged: While surfing or body surfing, when the wave crashes
> on top of you and whirls you around vertically.
>
> - Faceplant: Ate it, landing on your face.
>
> - Roadrash: Removal of the first, and some of the second layers of
> skin
> after eating concrete.
>
> - Stoked: Happy, satisfied
>
> - Gnarly (antideluvian from 80's): Sort of like "awesome", but also
> meaning either difficult and probably dangerous, or doing something
> difficult, and probably dangerous.
>
> Partial sample paragraph: Deeeuuuuddd, shooting that gnarly part
> of Sepulveda Pass today on my longboard, I ate it big time, so now I
> have roadrash from my chest to my toes. At least I didn't do a
> faceplant like last week. To forget my troubles, I went body surfing
> at
> Venice, caught a gnarly eight footer, and got maytagged. Now I'm
> stoked.
>
>
> Hey deeeuuuuddd, doooooncha understand English, maaaaan?

No, because it wasn't English :-)

American != English

Rowland