Help me learn how to say "bad monkey" in 13 more languages before September 7!
A list of the languages I've already attained is here: http://badmonkeylog.blogspot.com/. If you think you have a language I haven't already got, please check this list first -- I do already have Pig Latin, thanks awfully, most kind really! But there are SO MANY I haven't got yet, and from those, I only need 13 more to make it to 100 before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I's birthday next Monday!
Here's a list of some languages I don't yet have:
Chinese Variants:
Wu
Yue
Min Nan
Jinyu
Xian
Hakka
Gan
Arabic Variants:
Algerian
Moroccan
Saidi
Sudanese
North Levantine
Mesopotamian
Javanese
Tamil
Malayalam
Kannada
Oriya
Sunda
Eastern and Western Punjabi
North and South Azerbaijani
Bhojpuri
Maithili
Burmese
Awadhi
Yoruba
Sindhi
Uzbek
Malay
Amharic
Igbo
Nepali
Saraiki
Cebuano
Assamese
Chittagonian
Madura
Sinhala
Haryanvi
Marwari
Magahi
Chhattisgarhi
Deccan
Belarusan
There are many others I don't have as well; will try to post a bigger wish list when time presents. A list of top 100 languages by population appears at http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html .
Cheers for any new "bad monkeys" you can send my way!
Showing posts with label Bad Monkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bad Monkey. Show all posts
Monday, August 31, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Bad Monkey Quest Needs Your Help!
Friends, fellows, fans and Phooligans, I need your help.
As you may or may not have heard, my latest hobby is collecting the words "bad monkey" in every language in the world. The rules of my collection are as follows:
1. I can't just look up the translations online or in reference materials; I have to be told the translations by actual humans.
2. Fictional languages are all right, but actual evolved human languages are preferred.
3. It's best when I'm taught the words by native speakers of the languages, but I welcome students of foreign languages as well.
I keep track of the languages I've learned so far at http://badmonkeylog.blogspot.com/, so you can see what I've already acquired.
My goal is to acquire 100 different languages for saying "bad monkey" (not including English, "bad English," or any dialects, pidgins or creoles of English which are linguistically similar enough to the root to still be considered English by linguistic anthropologists) by Her Majesty's Birthday, September 7, closing day of our amazing show.
Here's How You Can Help:
If you meet any people during the day who speak languages besides English, please ask them to find me, or bring them to me yourself, if you can!
Even if you think I may already have their language, Jane the Phoole is extremely British regarding nationality, and, like any good English subject, believes foreigners to be very nearly a different species. But she's curious about them, and she's excited to learn what life is like on the other side of the world, where people walk upside down.
Plus it's just fun to suddenly say "bad monkey" to someone in their own language -- the look of shocked surprise earns a year's worth of angel's pay. I've found that many foreign guests who wouldn't speak English to anyone else will try to speak it with me after I say "bad monkey" to them in their language -- I start building a little bridge to them, and they seem to develop confidence in their own attempts at English.
What else do you give the woman who has everything? It's true you should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening -- but I think giving Her Grace 100 languages for "bad monkey" will at least be a gift full of memorable laffs. Be a part of Jane the Phoole's Monkey Quest -- and be a part of "bad monkey" history!
As you may or may not have heard, my latest hobby is collecting the words "bad monkey" in every language in the world. The rules of my collection are as follows:
1. I can't just look up the translations online or in reference materials; I have to be told the translations by actual humans.
2. Fictional languages are all right, but actual evolved human languages are preferred.
3. It's best when I'm taught the words by native speakers of the languages, but I welcome students of foreign languages as well.
I keep track of the languages I've learned so far at http://badmonkeylog.blogspot.com/, so you can see what I've already acquired.
My goal is to acquire 100 different languages for saying "bad monkey" (not including English, "bad English," or any dialects, pidgins or creoles of English which are linguistically similar enough to the root to still be considered English by linguistic anthropologists) by Her Majesty's Birthday, September 7, closing day of our amazing show.
Here's How You Can Help:
If you meet any people during the day who speak languages besides English, please ask them to find me, or bring them to me yourself, if you can!
Even if you think I may already have their language, Jane the Phoole is extremely British regarding nationality, and, like any good English subject, believes foreigners to be very nearly a different species. But she's curious about them, and she's excited to learn what life is like on the other side of the world, where people walk upside down.
Plus it's just fun to suddenly say "bad monkey" to someone in their own language -- the look of shocked surprise earns a year's worth of angel's pay. I've found that many foreign guests who wouldn't speak English to anyone else will try to speak it with me after I say "bad monkey" to them in their language -- I start building a little bridge to them, and they seem to develop confidence in their own attempts at English.
What else do you give the woman who has everything? It's true you should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening -- but I think giving Her Grace 100 languages for "bad monkey" will at least be a gift full of memorable laffs. Be a part of Jane the Phoole's Monkey Quest -- and be a part of "bad monkey" history!
Monday, July 20, 2009
65 Bad Monkeys: Bristol Renaissance Faire '09 Weekend 2
I'm humbled and giggling over your devotion, Phoole Friends! I had the most amazing time, including a Special Sunday, this past weekend. I met 30,000 completely amazing, hilarious people, "became famous" thousands of times, and acquired five more languages for "bad monkey." During some brief offstage moments, too, I received mind-boggling compliments from A-list superstars and legendary long-time shopkeepers -- I'm astounded that I'm even on these people's radar.
I hope to festoon the blagues with pictures and narratives of the weekend's exploits later, after coffee and work and laundry and a nap.
Extra-special gratitude to the many Phoole Fans who came forward in support of Characters Who Truly Love and Listen To the Audience. You keep me going, and you keep me coming back! "For thy swete love remembrd suche welth brings/that then I skorne to chaunge my state with kings."
I hope to festoon the blagues with pictures and narratives of the weekend's exploits later, after coffee and work and laundry and a nap.
Extra-special gratitude to the many Phoole Fans who came forward in support of Characters Who Truly Love and Listen To the Audience. You keep me going, and you keep me coming back! "For thy swete love remembrd suche welth brings/that then I skorne to chaunge my state with kings."
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
"Bad Monkey" in Many Languages
If you would like to know how to say "bad monkey" in a non-English language, I might be able to help you! I'm compiling a list of a few, partly for laffs, partly because I'm writing a book for children and other blazing geniuses about ways to say "bad monkey," and many of you have asked me to post it on the Inter-Tubes.
Because you all delight me so greatly, I have complied with your wishes. Visit http://www.phoole.com/ and then click " 'Bad Monkey' in Many Languages" under "Linkie-Dinkie-Doo" on the left-hand side. Enjoy, all you bad monkeys!
Because you all delight me so greatly, I have complied with your wishes. Visit http://www.phoole.com/ and then click " 'Bad Monkey' in Many Languages" under "Linkie-Dinkie-Doo" on the left-hand side. Enjoy, all you bad monkeys!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Quickies! 8th Weekend, Bristol Renaissance Faire 2008
Time to muster the moxie to persuade the "Barbarian Battles" King to declare his allegiance to Jane the Phoole! I’ve started collecting barbarian hordes, just as a hobby. I’ve got three now. If I can acquire Clan Iron Wolf, I’ll have a monopoly. Do they qualify as a barbarian horde? I shall have to do some research.
And I can now say “Bad Monkey” in 25 different languages – 28 if you count Serbian, Croatian, Latvian and Montenegran as separate languages, even though they say “Bad Monkey” the same way. A patron hypothesized that perhaps the four nations only have one bad monkey between them, so there’s no point in differentiating terms.
If I haven't yet regaled you with the tale of the Prince of Sweden and "Bad Monkey," I need to do so. It's vital.
Met a family of Actual British People. And they were Delightfully Nice. Usually when I meet Brits at the show, I can tell they’re British before they even speak -- I can see how they cringe in embarrassment at my attempts at their dialect.
But this large family approached me and asked to have their picture made with me (the process of which, as most of you know, is called "being made famous with me"), and during the ensuing chatter, I listened to the sounds their voices made, and to the apparent Mum in the family I said, “I just adore people from outside the Home Counties. Madam, is your entire family from the North?”
“Well spotted!” said she, smilingly. “I’m from Cumbria. But not me hoosband.”
He grinned. “I’m from London, actually, like you, Jane. I’m from the South, my wife’s from the North, and now we live right in the middle!”
“Oh, God,” I gasped, “I’m talking to actual British people. You shall see through my shallow ruse.” Laughs. And then:
The father in the family said, kindly, “Actually, you sound lovely. We’ve been here all day, and we’re just amazed how good people sound.”
A daughter piped in, “You need to say ‘Brilliant!’ more often. You already say it a lot, but you need to say it more.”
“Brilliant brilliant brilliant,” I replied, grinning my face off.
Mum said, “We’ve noticed the quality of dialect increases with the quality of clothes – yours are fantastic, by the by. Is there a correlation?”
I said I figured people who spent more time and money making themselves look perfect probably felt obliged to get all of the details right.
And we chatted away for a while, and another audience assembled around all of us, and it was a delightful way to pass a balmy summer afternoon.
And I can now say “Bad Monkey” in 25 different languages – 28 if you count Serbian, Croatian, Latvian and Montenegran as separate languages, even though they say “Bad Monkey” the same way. A patron hypothesized that perhaps the four nations only have one bad monkey between them, so there’s no point in differentiating terms.
If I haven't yet regaled you with the tale of the Prince of Sweden and "Bad Monkey," I need to do so. It's vital.
Met a family of Actual British People. And they were Delightfully Nice. Usually when I meet Brits at the show, I can tell they’re British before they even speak -- I can see how they cringe in embarrassment at my attempts at their dialect.
But this large family approached me and asked to have their picture made with me (the process of which, as most of you know, is called "being made famous with me"), and during the ensuing chatter, I listened to the sounds their voices made, and to the apparent Mum in the family I said, “I just adore people from outside the Home Counties. Madam, is your entire family from the North?”
“Well spotted!” said she, smilingly. “I’m from Cumbria. But not me hoosband.”
He grinned. “I’m from London, actually, like you, Jane. I’m from the South, my wife’s from the North, and now we live right in the middle!”
“Oh, God,” I gasped, “I’m talking to actual British people. You shall see through my shallow ruse.” Laughs. And then:
The father in the family said, kindly, “Actually, you sound lovely. We’ve been here all day, and we’re just amazed how good people sound.”
A daughter piped in, “You need to say ‘Brilliant!’ more often. You already say it a lot, but you need to say it more.”
“Brilliant brilliant brilliant,” I replied, grinning my face off.
Mum said, “We’ve noticed the quality of dialect increases with the quality of clothes – yours are fantastic, by the by. Is there a correlation?”
I said I figured people who spent more time and money making themselves look perfect probably felt obliged to get all of the details right.
And we chatted away for a while, and another audience assembled around all of us, and it was a delightful way to pass a balmy summer afternoon.
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