English Vocabulary

a whatsit, a thingy

Fugendichter

User since 2008
Posts: 588

4 March 2012

from what kind of dictionary did you chose those nice expressions, nice by their sounds, but what's their meaning?

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Fugendichter
User since 2008
Posts: 588
8 March 2012

That's great Sandy! I feel fully satisfied now. Hats off! Turkish people would say sey(the "s" should have a little tail), the Germans would say Dingsbums.
That's great Sandy! I feel fully satisfied now. Hats off! Turkish people would say sey(the "s" should have a little tail), the Germans would say Dingsbums.
Fugendichter
User since 2008
Posts: 588
4 March 2012

from what kind of dictionary did you chose those nice expressions, nice by their sounds, but what's their meaning?
from what kind of dictionary did you chose those nice expressions, nice by their sounds, but what's their meaning?
Gwendy
User since 2008
Posts: 253
5 March 2012

Qu'est-ce que c'est ce truc ?
Qu'est-ce que c'est ce truc ?
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
9 March 2012

Danke schön, Fugendichter.
Would you be Turkish, man?
Looking forward to reading you.
Sandy
Danke schön, Fugendichter. Would you be Turkish, man? Looking forward to reading you. Sandy
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
6 March 2012

Thank you, Gwendy, Gwendo, Gwendissimy. You are full of humour.

Dear Fugendichter, I didn't look up in any dictionary to "choose" (as you said) these expressions. I am used to hearing them or reading them.

Thingy, you should find out in any dictionary to point out something whose name has been forgotten or is unkown. I just looked up in my Oxford dico which says thingy is made of THING + meaningless suffix -y. Other forms would be thingummy, thingamy, thingumabob! Never heard such words.

The whatsit is more a slang word. I suppose it is made of the contraction of what-'s-it. I guess the author of your sentence in bad English would use it. A whatsit often comes to my lips to help me calling something I don't know the name in English.
Thank you, Gwendy, Gwendo, Gwendissimy. You are full of humour. Dear Fugendichter, I didn't look up in any dictionary to "choose" (as you said) these expressions. I am used to hearing them or reading them. Thingy, you should find out in any dictionary to point out something whose name has been forgotten or is unkown. I just looked up in my Oxford dico which says thingy is made of THING + meaningless suffix -y. Other forms would be thingummy, thingamy, thingumabob! Never heard such words. The whatsit is more a slang word. I suppose it is made of the contraction of what-'s-it. I guess the author of your sentence in bad English would use it. A whatsit often comes to my lips to help me calling something I don't know the name in English.

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