Well, as Keyan Sark pointed out, we should really get down with writing up that "funny pulp terms & phrases" collection. I thought we could handle it as follows: I´ll write up a post including various sections, and we use the thread to discuss stuff, and you could add suggestions, which I could then incorporate - especially for french and spanish terms...
A nod to the mod: If you think this should be put into the "Open talk" section, feel free to move it there.
Section One: Exclamations (positive)English: Jolly Good! Fabulous! Marvellous!
German: Hervorragend! Grossartig! Fabelhaft! Ausgezeichnet!
Dixie Lingo: Yee-haw!
Section Two: Exclamations (negative)English: Damn! Those damn (...)!
German: Verdammt! Zum Teufel! Teufel! Verflucht! Himmelherrgott!
Dixie Lingo: Tarnation! Aw, shoot! Dagnabbit! Damnation!
Section Three: Exclamations (general)English: I say! Steady on now! Crikey! Pip-pip! Rather! (with a very long 'a') Tally-ho!
German: Schäferhund!
Dixie Lingo: Golly! Hoooo dawgies!
Well shut my mouth!
Get your cotton pickin' hands off me! (not politically correct)
Well Gaawwwwllllyyy!
eeewwwheee!
What in tarnation!
Dang Fool!
Dadburn!
Dagnabbit!
I declare!
Shut my mouth and call me silly!(happy,goofy,dopey)
Section Four: Technical TermsEnglish: English: Boffin (scientist), Kite or Crate (aeroplane), Adding turbo, dynamo, multi-phase type word in a long string of electrical/machinery type equipment*
German: Todesstrahl, Gefliegentersaucen/Flugscheibe/Rundflugzeug/Kampfuntertasse, Unterseeboot, Panzerwagen, Kampfroboter
Section Five: AnalogiesEnglish:
German:
Dixie Lingo:
Hotter than a tin roof on a blacksmith shack in August!
Faster than a hungry dog after a rolling steak!
Louder than a preacher in a thunderstorm!
Messier than a mad cat in the molasses!
Sadder than a lame mule at the Steeplechase!
Well, that for starters! If you go brainstorming and include new ones, feel free to post!
Cheerio, Schäferhund!
*: See below for a more thorough explanation