Danish poop word used as English term of endearment

[Dingbat]

Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet who think it means baby, sweetie etc.
Bae I love u so much

Brian, my bae

I just made a bæ
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae

There must be some way to politely say, 'No shit, please' to your dearly
beloved who addresses you with this term.

[spuorg...@gowanhill.com]

On Friday, 30 September 2016 07:46:45 UTC+1, Dingbat wrote:
> Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet
> who think it means baby, sweetie etc.

But in Glaswegian Scots you can cheerfully call someone[1] a daft c*nt and no offence will be taken.

Owain

[1] Not *everyone*. It is wise not to use this phrase to a judge or police officer.

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <be6704d0-9ab1-4f0b...@googlegroups.com>,

I suppose that LOL has some meaning in a language somewhere, besides the
Laughing Out Loud acronym, but so what?

Before Anyone Else is the meaning of BAE.

[CDB]

On 9/30/2016 7:58 AM, Horace LaBadie wrote:
> Dingbat <ranjit_...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the

>> internet who think it means baby, sweetie etc. Bae I love u so
>> much

>> Brian, my bae

>> I just made a bæ

>> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae

>> There must be some way to politely say, 'No shit, please' to your
>> dearly beloved who addresses you with this term.

> I suppose that LOL has some meaning in a language somewhere, besides
> the Laughing Out Loud acronym, but so what?

> Before Anyone Else is the meaning of BAE.

Ah. Damn. Might post this anyway -- good song:

*********************************
Cesaria Evora uses the phrase "Mam bia" in a couple of her songs in Capo
Verde Creole ("Rocha Scribida" and "Mam Bia e So Mi"). I haven't found
it translated, but I get a strong feeling from context that it means
"Dear Mother".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfUARGzNqY0

"Bae" seems to have been introduced through Black English, so "bia" or
some related (African?) word seems more interesting as a possible source
than a Danish word for shit.
*********************************

As do some other suggestions.

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:58:57 -0400, Horace LaBadie <hlab...@nospam.com>
wrote:

Before LOL was used for Laughing Out Loud it meant Little Old Lady.

I met it first in BrE, however:

LOL, n.1

Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of little old lady.
orig. U.S.

An elderly woman.

1960 H. Caen Only in San Francisco xi. 64 A traffic officer
bellowed at an LOL who didn't seem to know which way to turn her
car, ‘Use your noodle, lady, use your noodle!’
....

little old lady, n.

An elderly woman; esp. one characterized as being frail or benign.
Cf. LOL n.1

The use of LOL in online discussions has lead some non-young people who
were new to that world wondering why little old ladies were being
referred to so often and apparently irrelevantly.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

[Whiskers]

There's also a strain of humour based on the belief of some people that
LOL means 'lots of love'.

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

[bebe...@aol.com]

Le vendredi 30 septembre 2016 08:46:45 UTC+2, Dingbat a écrit :
> Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet who think it means baby, sweetie etc.

French has "ma crotte" (literally "my poo"), which can also be an endearing designation.

[James Hogg]

Orangemen may also have misinterpreted it.

--
James

[Mack A. Damia]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:15:51 +0100, "Peter Duncanson [BrE]"
<ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:58:57 -0400, Horace LaBadie <hlab...@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <be6704d0-9ab1-4f0b...@googlegroups.com>,
>> Dingbat <ranjit_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Bć/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet who

>>> think it means baby, sweetie etc.
>>> Bae I love u so much
>>>
>>> Brian, my bae
>>>

>>> I just made a bć

>>> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae
>>>
>>> There must be some way to politely say, 'No shit, please' to your dearly
>>> beloved who addresses you with this term.
>>
>>I suppose that LOL has some meaning in a language somewhere, besides the
>>Laughing Out Loud acronym, but so what?
>>
>Before LOL was used for Laughing Out Loud it meant Little Old Lady.
>
>I met it first in BrE, however:
>
> LOL, n.1
>
> Etymology: Initialism < the initial letters of little old lady.
> orig. U.S.
>
> An elderly woman.
>
> 1960 H. Caen Only in San Francisco xi. 64 A traffic officer
> bellowed at an LOL who didn't seem to know which way to turn her
> car, ‘Use your noodle, lady, use your noodle!’
> ....
>
> little old lady, n.
>
> An elderly woman; esp. one characterized as being frail or benign.
> Cf. LOL n.1
>
>The use of LOL in online discussions has lead some non-young people who
>were new to that world wondering why little old ladies were being
>referred to so often and apparently irrelevantly.

In the northern English (perhaps Lancashire) dialect,
LOL was a fairly common nickname for the name, LAWRENCE.

My Uncle Lol was quite the adventurer. He left England before WW2 and
moved to Brazil with his wife and two daughters. From there he moved
to Canada and eventually to Pennsylvania, where our branch of the
family caught up with him.

He held the patent for getting dye stuff to adhere to Rayon.

[Peter Moylan]

On 2016-Oct-01 01:15, Peter Duncanson [BrE] wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:58:57 -0400, Horace LaBadie <hlab...@nospam.com>
> wrote:

>> I suppose that LOL has some meaning in a language somewhere, besides the
>> Laughing Out Loud acronym, but so what?
>>
> Before LOL was used for Laughing Out Loud it meant Little Old Lady.

Except when signing a letter.

When young people started putting LOL at the end of every text message,
I thought at first that it was the same "lots of love" that we used to
use when writing letters.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

[grabber]

Most people are comfortable with the idea that some letter-patterns are
rude in some languages but not others (however entertaining they may
find this: see e.g. http://tinyurl.com/amusingproducts1).

In BrE, at least as I learned it, "poop" is just the sound made by a
motor car.

[RH Draney]

On 10/1/2016 6:15 AM, grabber wrote:
>
> In BrE, at least as I learned it, "poop" is just the sound made by a
> motor car.

Crossthread alert: when I was little, someone tried to tell me that
"booze" was the word for armpit hair....r

[Peter Moylan]

On 2016-Oct-01 23:15, grabber wrote:
> On 9/30/2016 7:46 AM, Dingbat wrote:

>> Bć/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet

>> who think it means baby, sweetie etc.
>> Bae I love u so much
>>
>> Brian, my bae
>>

>> I just made a bć

>> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae
>>
>> There must be some way to politely say, 'No shit, please' to your dearly
>> beloved who addresses you with this term.
>
> Most people are comfortable with the idea that some letter-patterns are
> rude in some languages but not others (however entertaining they may
> find this: see e.g. http://tinyurl.com/amusingproducts1).
>
> In BrE, at least as I learned it, "poop" is just the sound made by a
> motor car.
>

My ex-wife, a French speaker, used to be amused by the "No pets" signs
to be found at camping grounds.

[grabber]

On 10/2/2016 2:18 AM, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 2016-Oct-01 23:15, grabber wrote:
>> On 9/30/2016 7:46 AM, Dingbat wrote:

>>> Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet

>>> who think it means baby, sweetie etc.
>>> Bae I love u so much
>>>
>>> Brian, my bae
>>>

>>> I just made a bæ

>>> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bae
>>>
>>> There must be some way to politely say, 'No shit, please' to your dearly
>>> beloved who addresses you with this term.
>>
>> Most people are comfortable with the idea that some letter-patterns are
>> rude in some languages but not others (however entertaining they may
>> find this: see e.g. http://tinyurl.com/amusingproducts1).
>>
>> In BrE, at least as I learned it, "poop" is just the sound made by a
>> motor car.
>>
> My ex-wife, a French speaker, used to be amused by the "No pets" signs
> to be found at camping grounds.

I believe you have mentioned this before, but I still had to look up the
meaning of "pet" in French. Inexplicably, they did not teach it as part
of our O-level vocab.

[spuorg...@gowanhill.com]

On Saturday, 1 October 2016 14:15:11 UTC+1, grabber wrote:
> In BrE, at least as I learned it, "poop" is just the sound made by a
> motor car.

I thought it was Toot! or Parp!

Owain

[bebe...@aol.com]

FWIW, nor was "fart", which means "ski wax" in French, taught as part of "BEPC" (the former French equivalent certificate) vocabulary.

[musika]

Not if you are Mr. Toad.
--
Ray
UK