How do you say "gate" in English?

[arkeo]

hence why i believe the closest would be the grating, as in not smooth, not fast and easy, but grating , slowly or as some said upstairs. a snail, slug.....

OK, but would you use "grating" in everyday language when talking among friends about a crap bike? I am curious about the words conveying the same or similar ideas in both languages, and I don't expect necessarily they are similar. One of the reasons why I am not too present in the forum as writer is that many words are similar but have quite different meaning. Unless one knows enough the language, it is easy to write bullshit Example: "morbido" in Italian means soft/smooth/etc, I let you imagine what may happen if one doesn't pay attention in words usage...

[george formby]

Morbido, how nice. Like "my new quick shifter is morbido"? Or, "I knocked up a morbido custard for pudding last night" Yum.

[arkeo]

Morbido, how nice. Like "my new quick shifter is morbido"? Or, "I knocked up a morbido custard for pudding last night" Yum.

OK but... would you eat a morbid pudding? Would you allow your girlfriend use a bike with a morbid shifter?

OK, I am afraid that I am stretching the tiny wings of my English; it is difficult to figure out which kind of impression can produce this kind of puns...

[george formby]

OK but... would you eat a morbid pudding? Would you allow your girlfriend use a bike with a morbid shifter?

OK, I am afraid that I am stretching the tiny wings of my English; it is difficult to figure out which kind of impression can produce this kind of puns...

Yup, I see the connection & admit to having had morbid girlfriends & morbido ones, none of whom would have had a clue what a quick shifter was. I've even succumbed to the midnight charms of a shed.... But when you say it, morbido, particularly if you really pout on the O at the end sounds much, much betterer than morbid. It's going to be my word of the day, cheers.

[Madness]

I've never heard the Shed thing before. I'd personally use words like Lemon, Dog, Lifan & Pig to describe an under-performing bike.

[george formby]

I've never heard the Shed thing before. I'd personally use words like Lemon, Dog, Lifan & Pig to describe an under-performing bike.

It's an Engrish word, like chav or cooncil. Cooncil means cheap & nasty.

Dog sums it up pretty well though, as would minger or if it had crash damage it could be a munter. Where's Steven Fry when you need him, ay?

[Fast Eddie]

Honda Rider = Gay fulla

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haha aw i threw up a little bit in my mouth..

.. still wont make me give up the fireblade.. might just peel the honda sticker off tho...

[george formby]

haha aw i threw up a little bit in my mouth..

.. still wont make me give up the fireblade.. might just peel the honda sticker off tho...

Aw, you know what they say about black......

[Fast Eddie]

Any old dunga, car, bike etc is a "shed". I would guess because sheds do not move very fast...

lol, call em sheds cause thats where they spend all their time not going

[george formby]

lol, call em sheds cause thats where they spend all their time not going

Good call, off too urban dictionary we go..... hi ho.



15. Shed 4 up, 4 down

Brit. slang for a crappy car, usually a hatchback, driven by a "Barry Boy".

A popular choice of the acned teen as their first "wheels", sheds are often "done up" with bits of nasty body kit, aftermarket exhausts and - in urban settings - a thumping uprated music system.

Shed owners often can't afford to put petrol in their cars so are commonly spotted on Friday nights meeting other non-driving shed owners in supermarket car parks to exchange advice on the best make of gaffer tape to stop bits of chrome and trim falling off their creations.

See also acronym SOTW (Shed of the Week), a popular spot on the Barry Boys web site.
Gav: "Wotcha got?"
Kev: "58 plate Saxo." "Tmoz I'm gunna slam it and install a sub the size of your sista's ass".
Gav: "Too sweet, I thought you were gunna get a Shed like a 106 ... needin an air dam for the front though"
Kev: "Already ordered, as well as some pimpin side rails".
Gav: "OMG ... your ride FTW"

Ok, I was only two wheels out.

Who would have thought their were so many meanings,

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shed

[Fast Eddie]

Aw, you know what they say about black.....

you never go back?

[george formby]

you never go back?

Best we stop there & stay on topic me thinks......

[ellipsis]

....where I am, the word gate could be construed to have grown a little...I seldom hear the word 'gate'...it's usually "your turn to open the 'fucking gate'..." "close the 'fucking gate'..." "who didn't close the 'fucking gate?'..." "get the 'fucking gate'..." "there's the 'fucking gate', now fuck off..."

...there is english and then there's colloquial kiwi english...and never the twain shall meet...it would be a little bit like pushing shit through a 'fucking gate' with a pointy fucking stick...

[merv]

A slow bike, guys my vintage say its a bit of a slug. Can't say I've used shed in my life to refer to a bike, nor gate for that matter.

Slugs are slow like snails.

[Berries]

Shithouse is a good one.