Safe as Houses - translate please

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 12:43

If in the UK learn the following Estate Agents speak



Compact - size of a large broom cupboard



Bijou - small broom cupboard.



Much sought after area - snobby neighbours and overpriced



May need decoration - filthy



Ripe for renovation - falling down



Secluded - half way up a Welsh Mountain - single track road and no reception.



Convenient for transport - flight path of Heathrow



Close to schools - playground full of delinquents abuts back garden.



With character - mock "Tudor" beams with woodworm



Preservation Order - real Tudor beams with woodworm and dry rot



Breathtaking view - from the roof with a telescope



Sea view - falling off a cliff



Thames/Severn Valley - liable to flooding



Must be seen - we are desperate.



As seen- dont blame us.



Reduced for quick sale - on the market for l0 years and owner is desparate.



Ripe for development - subject to compulsory purchase order



THEN translate "Safe Title" into Turkish.

Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 19:29

Nice challenge there. As I don't speak Turkish I can't do it, but much of the estate agent jargon applies worldwide, doesn't it.

What do others think.

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
28/10/2011 01:25

These blatant distortions unfortunately apply to much advertising and promotion. Professional footballers jargon=



Good in the air - useless on the ground

Good motor - runs aimlessly

Left/right sided - can only kick with one foot

Utility player - tried in every position but useless in all

Goal poacher - goal hanger

Target man - too slow to run onto a pass

Good in the tackle - kicks out at anything which moves

Shot stopper - goalkeeper who can't catch a ball

Spreads himself well - goalkeeper who gets his angles wrong

Lightening pace - couldn't trap a bag of wet cement

Ball player - never knows when it is better to pass

Goalscorer - a player who claims this even if it was plainly an opposition own goal

Much travelled - a pain in the arse in every dressing room of his many clubs

Technically good - a poser on the ball

Match fit - he could be sober

Referee - sponsored by St Dunstans and Fergie

etc etc

Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
28/10/2011 23:16

Lov e it, . Showed my husband, an ex referee, and he loved it too. Thanks.

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
29/10/2011 02:14

Marion: that is what I was trying to imply! Glad you got it.



I used to know one for legalese, but the only ones I can remember are on a different tack -



Tort - see "Putty Tat"



Third Party - this wine is improving - thish glashs tastesh even better than the first two.