Oh jeez it's been 6 years since I took it. Hence the vergessen!!! I always use the term es tut mir leid, in examples of why translations are not entirely accurate though.
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I don't speak lig patin, but am famliar with Runny Babbit Talk:
"So if you say, 'Let's bead a rook
That's billy as can se,'
You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,
Just like mim and he."
--Shel Silverstein, "Way Down in the Green Woods" from Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook--
"So if you say, 'Let's bead a rook
That's billy as can se,'
You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,
Just like mim and he."
--Shel Silverstein, "Way Down in the Green Woods" from Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook--
I would take a wild guess at langweile. "Ich bin langweile"?
edit-I was wrong, but close gelangweilt or angebohrt
http://www.ultralingua.net/
edit-I was wrong, but close gelangweilt or angebohrt
http://www.ultralingua.net/
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Aw heck! I have enough problems trying to figure out what some people are trying to say in "english" and you all go and really mess me up!!! 
I only know "zimmer" "danke" "gesundheit" and the word in my sig.
But thought some might get a kick out of this. There's more, but retyping it from a 20 year old photocopy was making me cross-eyed.
Motoring Guide to Germany
English = German
Car = Der Volkeswagen
Throttle = Der Vowardeflinger
Power Brakes = Die Schtoppinwerken mit Edbangerondevindscreen
Turning Signals = Die Blinkenlichten mit tickenfurturnen
Speedometer = Der Egobooster und lineschootinbackeruppen
Horn = Das Lautenboomen
Twin Horns = Die Earenschplitten Lautenboomen
Air Horns = Die Vatdehellvosdat Klaxonfanfaren
Windshield Wipers = Die Flippenfloppenmuckschpreden schticken
Exhaust = Die Spitzenpoppenbangentuben
Puncture = Das Pflatt mit Dammenblasten
Mini = Das Buzzenboxen mit der trafficweaven und nicht schtoppen ausen den trafficlichten mit die zwei finger raisin
Gas = Das Kostlijoos fur Geddengreesenoffendentrausen
Driver = Der Schteerinweelwerker
Learner Driver = Dumkopf mit Elplatz
Major Road = Die Biggernbetterstrasse mit biggensthicken traffikjam
One-way Street = Das Warinhimmel was das sign? Und “Guten Morgen Offizier”
T-junction = Das furgutnessakesdontgostraiton Korner
Low Bridge = Das Makengrossenbus in Singeldekker
Speed Limit = Das Softpeddlen und Mirrorgazen fur den Paddywagen
But thought some might get a kick out of this. There's more, but retyping it from a 20 year old photocopy was making me cross-eyed.
Motoring Guide to Germany
English = German
Car = Der Volkeswagen
Throttle = Der Vowardeflinger
Power Brakes = Die Schtoppinwerken mit Edbangerondevindscreen
Turning Signals = Die Blinkenlichten mit tickenfurturnen
Speedometer = Der Egobooster und lineschootinbackeruppen
Horn = Das Lautenboomen
Twin Horns = Die Earenschplitten Lautenboomen
Air Horns = Die Vatdehellvosdat Klaxonfanfaren
Windshield Wipers = Die Flippenfloppenmuckschpreden schticken
Exhaust = Die Spitzenpoppenbangentuben
Puncture = Das Pflatt mit Dammenblasten
Mini = Das Buzzenboxen mit der trafficweaven und nicht schtoppen ausen den trafficlichten mit die zwei finger raisin
Gas = Das Kostlijoos fur Geddengreesenoffendentrausen
Driver = Der Schteerinweelwerker
Learner Driver = Dumkopf mit Elplatz
Major Road = Die Biggernbetterstrasse mit biggensthicken traffikjam
One-way Street = Das Warinhimmel was das sign? Und “Guten Morgen Offizier”
T-junction = Das furgutnessakesdontgostraiton Korner
Low Bridge = Das Makengrossenbus in Singeldekker
Speed Limit = Das Softpeddlen und Mirrorgazen fur den Paddywagen
kveeti, somehow I don't think those are the exact translations, but close enough.
"mirror-gazing for the paddy waggon"?
"mirror-gazing for the paddy waggon"?
