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I think it's "ay ay ay ay ay" in Spanish and "aïe aïe aïe aïe aïe" in French.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:03:44 PM EST
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Oh... he may be going for "ay yi yi"?
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:06:55 PM EST
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Ay yi yippy yippy yi?
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:08:05 PM EST
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"Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker"?
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:08:55 PM EST
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And now I get called a motherfucker? :-(
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:12:41 PM EST
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I'm sorry, is that sexist? ;-)

I'll try to refrain from quoting 20-year-old action flicks from here on out.  It's not very ladylike.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:14:18 PM EST
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Is it sexist? I don't quite know. It's not very complimentary for my mother, and it's not very complimentary for me either. Cuts both ways.

But, yes, I think you should be careful... ;)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:19:11 PM EST
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I certainly mean no harm to your mother.  I shall tread carefully through old movie scripts.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:22:38 PM EST
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Nah, as long as no one starts quoting "Clerks" at length I think we're all good. "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" is about the only line that doesn't contain any profanity...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:21:20 PM EST
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The beginning of Speedy Gonzales?
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:10:04 PM EST
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Yes, I think mig and stormy are on the right track

I think it's "ay ay ay ay ay" in Spanish and "aïe aïe aïe aïe aïe" in French.

and

"ay yi yi"?

I think the five "ays" (or aïes) are really a bit more exclamatory and intense than the three "ay yi yi", which is more like, "oh my gawd <hits head with hand>", but really not so intense. But..of COURSE I wouldn't think to consider that it is spelled differently in different languages...and probably has other cultural comnnotations too... "ay yi yi..."

(Well, I am sorta in pain...pain from boredom of not being able to move around to easily...not so much knee pain, though that is there too. Anyway, thus the thoughts of long walks on long beautiful beaches. fantasy, all fantasy.)

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 01:35:35 PM EST
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But..of COURSE I wouldn't think to consider that it is spelled differently in different languages

Just write what you want to say using the IPA and we can then figure out how to render it with the conventions of various languages.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 04:33:25 PM EST
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