Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Brian, I'm not a native English speaker and live outside the USA. But pimp my ride is very well known here in the Netherlands. It really is very popular. I think it is on MTV here. Actually it is very normal now to say you've pimped something. I guess the word pimping will be in the next version of our national dictionary. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Brian Reid wrote: > About 10% of LUG members are not native speakers of English, and most of > them also live outside North America and hence are not exposed to North > American television. Can you explain the phrase "pimp my ride" to > someone for whom "pimp" is not known as a verb and "ride" is not known > as a noun? > > (And then there's the series currently running in Doonesbury, "pimp my > gimp". Don't even try...) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >