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Post by patapin on Mar 14, 2016 14:50:54 GMT
Hi, Peanuts fans! Here are 4 new strips I don't really understand, would you help me to, please? 1. Schmuckle and schmush
I guess they are invented funny words, meaning nothing here (even if schmuckle exists in the urban dictionnary) 2. What does Sally say in the last picture? 3. What does Franklin talk about in the last picture? 4. What are these annoyances Sally evokes?
Thank you by advance
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Post by dancelover on Mar 14, 2016 16:00:36 GMT
1 Lucy is inventing words, and confusing Charlie Brown. Note: any "English" words begining with "schmu" are invented, poorly defined, and probably nonsense. Second Note: Such words might be from Yiddish, but more likely imitation Yiddish. Example: Words, Shmurds, as long as they are in the Roman Alphabet (then they are OK). (Indians would say "words, vurds, as long as they are Devanagiri!) 2 Sally is reciting a children's prayer, the very first prayer that American children learn. The point is that she was asked to lead some older children in prayer, but that is the only one she knows. The Group Leader has asked too much of her. 3 "All these newfangled gadgets make things worse, not better!" 4 Cheap, frequent, easy ones. Perhaps she meant to say "petty." Dancelover Hi, Peanuts fans! Here are 4 new strips I don't really understand, would you help me to, please? 1. Schmuckle and schmush
I guess they are invented funny words, meaning nothing here (even if schmuckle exists in the urban dictionnary) 2. What does Sally say in the last picture? 3. What does Franklin talk about in the last picture? 4. What are these annoyances Sally evokes?
Thank you by advance
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Post by patapin on Mar 14, 2016 21:00:04 GMT
Hi dancelover, thanks for your reply. Very interesting (especially words beginning with Schmu, and the prayer). For "penny", I also thought she meant "petty", but of course I was not sure.
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Post by Dil Bert on Mar 15, 2016 0:36:21 GMT
1. Yes, Lucy is inventing a word from two existing words, like brunch (from breakfast and lunch), which in some way combines the meaning of the two words. Here it is schmush and knuckle [ball]. I've only recall seeing schmush spelled smoosh www.dictionary.com/browse/smoosh?qsrc=2446 I'm not sure urban dictionary is the best source for Peanuts; you may want to try a traditional dictionary and an American slang dictionary. 2. Already explained. 3. Cars used to be a lot less reliable. The strip may also have been written when the concept of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence was becoming known to the public. 4. Yes, the actual word is petty. peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Sally_Brown 'Sally has a lot of trouble in school. For one thing, she has a problem with malapropisms, both in speech and writing. For example, she says "violins broke out" rather than "violence broke out," or "controversial French" instead of "conversational French".' The set phrase is "Thank you in advance". You're welcome; these are fun.
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Post by patapin on Mar 15, 2016 9:30:35 GMT
Hi Dil Bert, thank you for these precisions, and the sources you gave. You and dancelover are very precious for me, to improve my English comprehension. And in French, we say "by advance", so I translated it word for word, without verifying. I am glad you corrected it. When I was 12, in the late 60's, for my second year of English courses, my mother bought me some Peanuts comics, so that was the very first books I read in English. I am not sure I understood everything, but I always kept them deep in my heart. And now I am so pleased to read them again. So, thank you one more time to clear up all these idioms.
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Post by NewLaura on Mar 26, 2016 2:58:23 GMT
Hi, Peanuts fans! Here are 4 new strips I don't really understand, would you help me to, please? .2. What does Sally say in the last picture? In addition to dancelover's explanation for #2, I'd just add that the children's prayer is one children were taught to say at bedtime ("Now I lay me down to sleep..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_to_Sleep). Sally didn't want to go to the discussion group, said she never understood what they talked about, so she expects to be bored and go to sleep.
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Post by patapin on Mar 26, 2016 10:27:50 GMT
Hi NewLaura, your precision is important, and gives me a new clue to understand this strip. Be thanked for that. You know, in France, Church and State are officially separated since 1905, but there are families where children say prayers before going to bed. Not in mine, so I don't know really well these traditions. Everyone is free to practise a religion, or nothing (we call this "laïcité". Do you say "securalism" or "securality"?). For example, our President is not obliged to swear on the Bible for his investiture. "To pray or not to pray", that is the question!
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Post by dancelover on Mar 26, 2016 16:20:53 GMT
"Secular" and "secularism." The USA constitution says that a President or other officer may "swear" or "affirm." Herbert Hoover affirmed. He was a Quaker, so did not swear. Dancelover Hi NewLaura, your precision is important, and gives me a new clue to understand this strip. Be thanked for that. You know, in France, Church and State are officially separated since 1905, but there are families where children say prayers before going to bed. Not in mine, so I don't know really well these traditions. Everyone is free to practise a religion, or nothing (we call this "laïcité". Do you say "securalism" or "securality"?). For example, our President is not obliged to swear on the Bible for his investiture. "To pray or not to pray", that is the question!
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Post by patapin on Mar 27, 2016 9:37:34 GMT
Interesting, thanks for this shade of nuance. And I was thinking wrong about USA: I thought the Bible and "So help me God" were compulsory, but after having searched on the web to read the Constitution, I found that in the very first Amendment, you find freedom of religion: "Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." John Quincy Adams placed his hand on a book of U.S. laws, and Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use the Bible. So it's only due to the tradition that Presidents use the Bible. Sorry for my false belief US and France share the same desire of freedom, I guess.
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Post by dancelover on Mar 28, 2016 19:10:11 GMT
Particularly in 1954, certain "religious people" pushed American leaders towards professing faith in religious beliefs as a means of showing opposition to the "Godless Commies" (both Soviets, and the CPUSA). It was then that "In God We Trust" was put onto our coins, and "under God" was inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance. Neither was there when I was born. The United States had survived for 176 years without them. Howard "Dancelover" Wilkins Interesting, thanks for this shade of nuance. And I was thinking wrong about USA: I thought the Bible and "So help me God" were compulsory, but after having searched on the web to read the Constitution, I found that in the very first Amendment, you find freedom of religion: "Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." John Quincy Adams placed his hand on a book of U.S. laws, and Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use the Bible. So it's only due to the tradition that Presidents use the Bible. Sorry for my false belief US and France share the same desire of freedom, I guess.
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Post by patapin on Mar 29, 2016 10:09:15 GMT
Thanks, Howard! "In God we trust" is better than "In drug we truss"!!! have a nice day
Pascal "Patapin" POLIET
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Post by dancelover on Mar 29, 2016 20:34:08 GMT
The Romans trusted their geese. D Thanks, Howard! "In God we trust" is better than "In drug we truss"!!! have a nice day Pascal "Patapin" POLIET
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