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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-15 16:40:06(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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They've added the second night at Radio City Music Hall - April 1st.
The tickets were supposed to go on sale today at 11 am... I was waiting, refreshing the page and so on...

11:00 - no tickets available!
11:10 - no tickets available... and so on   :-(

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MBFPosted at 2016-01-15 18:22:20(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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Aww, that's too bad!  :-*

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-15 22:35:44(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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It's a total bummer...

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MBFPosted at 2016-01-15 22:45:42(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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jonesnataly wrote:

It's a total bummer...

You're picking up the American language very well young Nat. I hope it hasn't affected your Russian...! :D

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-16 01:40:33(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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I hoped it's more of a 'British' expression. Like bonkers for example  :D

British slang and swear words are so elegant... Americans don't talk like that, they only have an F-word to express the range of their emotional palette  B)

And it does affect my Russian! When I finally speak Russian, I swear more for some reason...  :?  :D  :D  :D

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MBFPosted at 2016-01-16 10:18:13(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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jonesnataly wrote:

And it does affect my Russian! When I finally speak Russian, I swear more for some reason...  :?  :D  :D  :D

Hahahaha! Lovely jubbly, nice one Nat! So much for SCB's vision of a принцесса!  :-)

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MBFPosted at 2016-01-16 10:44:31(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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jonesnataly wrote:

I hoped it's more of a 'British' expression. Like bonkers for example  :D

Err, no, in this context I'd have said that it's definitely an American English one (possibly derived from the German Bummler which means "loafer" and the verb "Bummeln", "to loaf" which can also mean in English that someone wasting their time, not as in "bread" - don't panic, I'm not that intelligent, Google rules!!) but it really does depend on the context that it's used in over here.

The word "bummer" isn't used much here as it has a totally different connotation in our English to American English. In America it's used to describe disappointment or perhaps someone lazy (my Dad used the shortened version, 'bum' in this way, loafer too). However, over here 'bum' means something totally different; it's what you sit on so 'bummer' or 'bum', well, you can guess the rest... ;)

So, in England to say "that was a bit of a bummer" is acceptable as will be understood that it is a description of your disappointment in something that did not go well for you. To say "He's a real bummer" definitely does not mean that he's lazy nor does "What a bum"!! The first one will be taken to mean his sexual orientation, the second well, it's a compliment potentially! LOL :-)

However, we'll very happily use the word "Bonkers". Dizzee Rascal even sang a song about it! :D

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paperdragonPosted at 2016-01-16 11:27:55(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)
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Bummer is American, and for that matter, so is bonkers, though it's now archaic in the States and still in use in the UK.

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Americans don't talk like that, they only have an F-word to express the range of their emotional palette

Sure, if you discount the 10,000 or so other words use for that purpose...


...and then my mind split open.
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MBFPosted at 2016-01-16 11:59:11(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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Thanks for the clarification pd as I wasn't aware that bonkers was also an imported American expression...

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-16 14:28:47(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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paperdragon wrote:

Sure, if you discount the 10,000 or so other words use for that purpose...

Well, now I'm curious!
:D

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-16 14:32:21(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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MBF wrote:

So, in England to say "that was a bit of a bummer" is acceptable as will be understood that it is a description of your disappointment in something that did not go well for you. To say "He's a real bummer" definitely does not mean that he's lazy nor does "What a bum"!! The first one will be taken to mean his sexual orientation, the second well, it's a compliment potentially! LOL :-)

Alright, now I will be careful with it!  8)
But thanks for the clarification, I enjoy learning these little things  O:-D

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MBFPosted at 2016-01-16 15:15:56(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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Alright, now I will be careful with it!  8)

You only need to be careful with using it if you ever visit the UK so feel free to continue to use it in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave! ;)

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-17 04:47:42(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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MBF wrote:

You only need to be careful with using it if you ever visit the UK so feel free to continue to use it in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave! ;)

There's nothing free in this land (ambiguity is intentional  ;) )

"If I never see the English evergreens I'm running to..."  :-(  I want to see London. And British countryside... Sigh.

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paperdragonPosted at 2016-01-17 06:40:44(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)
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Bummer came into wide use in the US in the 60's. To be disappointed was to be "bummed out." Anything that bums you out is a bummer. It really has nothing to do with the shorter 'bum' which is a pejorative for a lazy person, or more accurately a hobo, and has been in use for a couple of centuries.


...and then my mind split open.
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MBFPosted at 2016-01-17 10:23:43(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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jonesnataly wrote:

I want to see London. And British countryside... Sigh.

Well, you're a little closer to England now then you were when you lived in Siberia!  :-)

paperdragon wrote:

Bummer came into wide use in the US in the 60's

Thanks pd! I like the way that language evolves as the years go by. For example, today (so I'm told) "well sick" is not "I am really sick (i.e. ill) but "Wow! That's is really good!".

Young people eh..?!  :D

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-18 05:57:05(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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young people = sick people ?  :-)  :D  :P


MBF wrote:

Well, you're a little closer to England now then you were when you lived in Siberia!  :-)

Not so much... Now I'm separated by the ocean!  8o

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MBFPosted at 2016-01-18 15:21:51(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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jonesnataly wrote:

young people = sick people ?  :-)  :D  :P

Maybe...;)

Ah, занудный. You fly all the way from home to New York and you can't do half the journey across the Pond? Shame on you! :D

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jonesnatalyPosted at 2016-01-20 05:09:09(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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Ah, занудный. You fly all the way from home to New York and you can't do half the journey across the Pond? Shame on you! :D

Haha, you're picking up Russian way too fast!  8o

Actually, I've had a connection at Heathrow once... Does that count?  :D
(I have to confess, my heart was jumping out of my chest when the plane was going around the city for landing and I saw all those London landmarks, even that weird cucumber-like building that everybody hates... I am so British in my heart  O:-D God save the Queen! Ooops, I mean Putin, God save Putin :D )  

:-)

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toneblokePosted at 2016-01-20 05:53:55(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)
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Nat, in all seriousness I don't want to get political here but need to say Putin HAS TO GO! He is stupid enough to start WW3.


"Look up here, I’m in heaven
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen"
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MBFPosted at 2016-01-20 07:59:01(484 wks ago) (Bowie General / The Music of David Bowie - tribute/memorial concert)


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Actually, I've had a connection at Heathrow once... Does that count?  :D

You mean like the Tom Hanks film? Yes, that counts... :-)

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