in reply to Perl in the pole position

With much help from Babblefish, I think I got the gist of most of it, but one phrase cropped up a couple of time that is obviously a literal translation of something, slang possibly, that left me in the dark even with the aid of context.

What is/are talking moon operating systems?

Cor! Like yer ring! ... HALO dammit! ... 'Ave it yer way! Hal-lo, Mister la-de-da. ... Like yer ring!

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Re: Re: Perl in the pole position
by dada (Chaplain) on Oct 22, 2002 at 09:49 UTC
    What is/are talking moon operating systems?

    I guess talking moon refers to Redmond (Mond == moon, reden == to talk).

    cheers,
    Aldo

    King of Laziness, Wizard of Impatience, Lord of Hubris

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      Talking Moon - I love it. One the best euphemisms for the "Evil Empire" I've run across.

      This can't be an accident. Please say it isn't an accident.

      Cheers;

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      I was pretty sure that it was referring to MS some how from the context, but I could not make the connection between MicroSoft and talking moon. The Redmond connection didn't even cross my mind. Thanks.

      Cor! Like yer ring! ... HALO dammit! ... 'Ave it yer way! Hal-lo, Mister la-de-da. ... Like yer ring!
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