"How do you say it in English?"

Some other ways to say "How do you say it in English?"

Some versions:
What's that (word) again?
What's the (English) word for ...?
What's the (English) expression for...?
This word. In English. How(do you say)?
What's the English equivalent of ....?
Ooops what's that word uh?
What's the name of that watchamacallit?
What in the hell is it in English?
How would you ask/say .....?
How do you pronounce this? An English equivalent is?

Government official version:
By means of what expression would you render the following in English?

Shakespeare version:
Prithee, I beseech your worship to discover to me of what nature be this word in English?

Bible version:
Sayeth it in English or burn in hell for eternity? :-)

Old English:
how dost thou say it in English

Tukang (作工)

Just the other day when I watched Phua Chukang, I keep thinking that maybe this name is a pun on Bad Worker. Or maybe I am wrong, since Hokkien is not my language. However I know that in Hokkien, Tso Kang (作工) is to work and n Malay Tukang means someone who is expert in doing something:
Tukang bakso - meatball peddler
Tukang nyontek - cheating expert
Tukang kayu - carpenter
Tukang becak - a rickshaw driver

Just a thought though that Tukang and Tso Kang may have related etymology.

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言葉遊び

道に導かれた未知な道夫

蕪をがぶがぶ兜に被ってる甲虫

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inom, minum, and nomu

Tagalog inom, indonesian minum, and japanese nomu has probably the same root.
The stem of nomu is actually nom, if it conjugates, it will change to nomimasu, nonderu, nomanai, etc depending on speech. Indonesian minum, might change to minuman, meminum, etc and tagalog inom can change to uminom, umiinom, etc.

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-ed and het

hakka het has resemblance with english -ed
example in hakka, si het, means died.
si is to die, and het is the the particle that suggest it has been completed.


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Too many captain leads the vessel up the mountain

Too many captain leads the vessel up the mountain is my direct interpretation of Japanese expression 船頭が多くて山を登る。
In English proverb, this would be equivalent to Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Ref: http://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/Too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth

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Teratur gag

a: Kamu Kuliah apa？
b: Inggris, Literatur, kamu?
a: Gue Kuliah Mundur teratur :)

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最近I got hooked with this nonsensical 寿限無。

寿限無、寿限無　jyugemu jyugemu

五劫の擦り切れ gokou no surikire

海砂利水魚の　kaijyari suigyou no

水行末 雲来末 風来末 suigyoumatsu unraimatsu fuuraimatsu

食う寝る処に住む処 guunerutokoro sumutokoro

やぶら小路の藪柑子 yaburakouji no burakouji

パイポパイポ パイポのシューリンガン paipo paipo paipo no jyuringan

シューリンガンのグーリンダイ jyuringan no gu-rindai

グーリンダイのポンポコピーのポンポコナーの gu-rindai no ponpokokopi-no ponpokona-no

長久命の長助　cyoukyumei no cyousuke

これもあるって：

へーとこへーとこへまのこよめかめかかみたかかみのちょのたばたばちょんぎりこのちんぎりこのすすらのすらのてんもくもくぞうすってんどんいんやのほーん