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Old 03-09-2004, 04:12 PM
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Default Can any of you English ex-pats translate this into American?...

"Looks like the pies have arrived on Moss Side on a saturday night to me."
Old 03-09-2004, 04:20 PM
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Default Umm...

Moss Side - a suburb of Manchester
pies - pies

As for the meaning...beats me!
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no idea - but if we knew the question or statement which provoked the response we could perhaps help
Old 03-09-2004, 04:26 PM
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Default Re: no idea - but if we knew the question...

I posted the pic here yesterday and also on the UK TT forum. As of this writing, it's the last response in the thread.<ul><li><a href="http://www.tt-forum.co.uk/ttforumbbs/viewtopic.php?t=23245">UK TT Fourm</a></li></ul>
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pies (as Lloyd says = pies)
Moss = Manchester (does have slightly rough areas)

So they are saying the pies have arrived in Moss and they are rioting for food.
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Ok, now I've got it. I wish some of those fellows would learn to speak English! :-)
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Default Wait a minute: you're talking about the language where...

first you chop a tree down and then you chop it up!
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Took a while for them to get the joke
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Moss Side is also the "bad" area of town... but I have no clue either...
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Default Actually just got it!!!!!!!

pies=Magpies...
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