# The official language thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524 "2018-04-03T11:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/182 "2018-04-30T11:22:25Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Thinking of this? No, just saw you typing and assumed 😜 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/183 "2018-04-30T11:23:17Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > just saw you typing So you have a drone over my house too! 👀 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/184 "2018-04-30T11:24:23Z")
RETRACT THE DEVICE! RETRACT THE DEVICE! WTAF. Discourse is now trying to correct my grammar. Do you know who I am? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/185 "2018-04-30T11:24:53Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > Do you know who I am? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/186 "2018-04-30T11:25:14Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > WTAF. Discourse is now trying to correct my grammar. Do you know who I am? Or your browser? ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/187 "2018-04-30T11:26:57Z")
> [@Ema](#): > > My ex boss was an unintentional genius in mangling common sayings This reminds me of the (in)famous Trapattoni quote. There’s an obscure Italian saying - “non dire quattro se non l’hai nel sacco”, literally “don’t say four if you don’t have it in the bag”, which obviously means “don’t publicize results you didn’t fully achieve yet”. However I guarantee that 95% of the Italians only know the “cat” variant, “don’t say cat if you don’t have it in the bag” (_non dire gatto se non l’hai nel sacco_) which is actually a misquote by Italian football coach and professional gaffeur Giovanni Trapattoni. The quote has been made famous by an Italian TV show focused on funny stuff from the world of sports, and it stick so strong because the original saying wasn’t well known to begin with. So the misquote was even funnier for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/188 "2018-04-30T11:27:12Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > > [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > > WTAF. Discourse is now trying to correct my grammar. Do you know who I am? > > Or your browser? No, Discourse. It doesn’t like my use of an incomplete sentence. I guess it’s to try and weed out spam. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/189 "2018-04-30T11:28:36Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > It doesn’t like my use of an incomplete sentence. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/190 "2018-04-30T11:28:53Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > > [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > > It doesn’t like my use of an incomplete sentence. > > What gives? Seems to work for me… ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/191 "2018-04-30T11:29:43Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > However I guarantee that 95% of the Italians only know the “cat” variant, “don’t say cat if you don’t have it in the bag” (non dire gatto se non l’hai nel sacco) which is actually a misquote by Italian football coach and professional gaffeur Giovanni Trapattoni. That’s like our ‘she let the cat out of the bag’, which means ‘she revealed the secret’. I wonder if the two got mixed, resulting in the misquote? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/192 "2018-04-30T11:30:56Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > ‘she let the cat out of the bag’ Literally the same in german, btw. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/193 "2018-04-30T11:30:59Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Seems to work for me… Really? That’s odd. It comes up with a message when I try and post it. How did you test it without posting it? Edit: oh, you mean with your example? That’s kind of a question though so it probably doesn’t mind that. ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/194 "2018-04-30T11:31:00Z")
I highly doubt Trapattoni knew about an English saying. I mean, he’s the guy who created “ich habe fertig”. Ask the Germans. ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/195 "2018-04-30T11:31:26Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > “don’t say four if you don’t have it in the bag”, which obviously means “don’t publicize results you didn’t fully achieve yet”. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/196 "2018-04-30T11:31:28Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > … a misquote by Italian football coach and professional gaffeur Giovanni Trapattoni. Oh, he left some very famous common sayings in Germany. 🙂 For example the wrong “Ich habe fertig.” (It has to be “Ich bin fertig.” = “I have finished”) or "Schwach wie eine Flasche leer!“ (“Weak like an empty bottle” - I have no idea what he meant with that :)). ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/197 "2018-04-30T11:31:45Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > How did you test it without posting it? Is “what gives?” a complete sentence? ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/198 "2018-04-30T11:31:56Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > which is actually a misquote by Italian football coach and professional gaffeur Giovanni Trapattoni. Are you sure about that? Anyway a funny clip [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5cgLqfdAgK4/hqdefault.jpg "Trapattoni - conferenza stampa Bayern - Strunz con sottotitoli in italiano.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cgLqfdAgK4) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/199 "2018-04-30T11:32:36Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > oh, you mean with your example? That’s kind of a question though so it probably doesn’t mind that. That odd ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/200 "2018-04-30T11:33:28Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > > [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > > oh, you mean with your example? That’s kind of a question though so it probably doesn’t mind that. > > That odd Discourse hates me 😭 is this the equivalent of a horse’s head in my bed? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/201 "2018-04-30T11:33:50Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > No, Discourse. It doesn’t like my use of an incomplete sentence. I guess it’s to try and weed out spam. Ah, yes. I had that too. AFAIK it works only with one simple inclomplete sentence? (Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to post in this forum… 😉 ) [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524.md?page=9) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524.md?page=11)