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Hakanisms

Back in the late 90's my dad was fortunate enough to work with a Turk named Hakan Karan at Advanced Energy. Of course Hakan, like many non-native-English speakers, had an affinity, or at least an enjoyment for trying to pick up on American idioms. Much to our entertainment, however, these came across completely mutilated, and so my dad started the "Hakanism of the Month" list, which was set up to deliver a new phrase every month. And so I present to you the exhaustive list below!

After that answer, he started back paddling! ~HOTM
Any one of us idiots could do it. ~HOTM
Are you ready to RAMBLE? ~HOTM
Are you saying, We had to use these parts, I had a gun on my head? ~HOTM
Can we do some cross-sectional training? [cross-functional training] ~HOTM
Can you gubble like a turkey? ~HOTM
Don't beat up around the bushes! ~HOTM
Don't kill your bridges. [burn your bridges] ~HOTM
Don't stir something that is not there yet. [Don't stir up the pot] ~HOTM
Don't throw the mud already on my face. [egg on my face? or mud slinging?] ~HOTM
Everything is Hanky-Dory? ~HOTM
For this problem, you're your own. ~HOTM
Guess who's going to drop on my lap. ~HOTM
He make me bend over and look what happened, I left a bunch of gas. ~HOTM
He thinks he runs on a high horse. ~HOTM
He was dressed for kill! ~HOTM
He was lying right in front of my eyes. ~HOTM
He's lying, his nose just got into my eyes. ~HOTM
He's not at fault, don't make him the escape goat. ~HOTM
His truck is shining right on my head! ~HOTM
I couldn't hear you. You were cutting off my phone. ~HOTM
I gonna kick your body! ~HOTM
I have no idea what you just said because my brain is over here. ~HOTM
I know this board like the back of my head. ~HOTM
I need to take a fifth for that one. ~HOTM
I never hold myself this long before. [held back this long] ~HOTM
I thought you'd know, right off your head. ~HOTM
I thought you knew off your head. [off the top of your head] ~HOTM
I would not pick that one inch from my butt. [when choosing a component length] ~HOTM
I'm already in the mud on my neck. ~HOTM
I'm going to get it out of my chest. ~HOTM
I'm going to stick my head for you. [I'm going to stick my neck out for you] ~HOTM
I'm not going to lose my insanity over this. ~HOTM
I'm putting my life on-line. ~HOTM
I'm so disappointed on you. ~HOTM
If anyone pukes my brain off, it's him. ~HOTM
If they're stuck with a papa-shop around the corner, then they are in trouble. ~HOTM
If you make something idiot proof, they will find a bigger idiot. ~HOTM
In three months, don't come cry on me. ~HOTM
It just drives me off the wall. ~HOTM
It never fit on my brain. ~HOTM
It was a pony and tail show [dog and pony]. ~HOTM
It was so slippery, I fell over on the ice. ~HOTM
It's not going to be nobody but Advanced Energy using this. ~HOTM
It's purchasable, but not available. ~HOTM
Just hold your hoses ~HOTM
Let's not get into a mud-wrestling match. [mud-slinging] ~HOTM
No susumu parts! We're no in the sushi business here. ~HOTM
Oh, that be so beauty. ~HOTM
On this issue, it's not worth shaking the boat. ~HOTM
That puts a smile in my head. ~HOTM
That's another thing that puked me off! ~HOTM
That's non-required. ~HOTM
That's the intermittant plan. [interim] ~HOTM
The China RoHS has been added into our plate. ~HOTM
The engineers have to get off their labs and smell the reality. ~HOTM
There is an unknown, I was in it all morning. ~HOTM
They make me so mad, I come off the glue [I come unglued] ~HOTM
They need to put the ear muffins on the kid, if he's around loud music. ~HOTM
They were dancing around the Bushes. ~HOTM
They're selling like pancakes. ~HOTM
This is just mind bottling. ~HOTM
This is not a "happy-unhappy" decision, this is a "business" decision. ~HOTM
This is so frustrating! I'm just pulling my hair off. ~HOTM
This issue just jumped on me when I looked at it. ~HOTM
This just drives me to nuts! ~HOTM
Three years later I'm still running these problems. ~HOTM
Wake up and smell the roses. ~HOTM
We go, chickens with heads cut off. ~HOTM
We have a don't ask, don't answer policy. ~HOTM
We have too much mud on our face on this issue. ~HOTM
We know where I'm stand now. ~HOTM
We need to go chop somebody's heads. ~HOTM
We will be looking at the cap first, before we jump off the ship. ~HOTM
We've been dancing around the bushes. ~HOTM
When there are all kinds of wars, people die. [translation of an old Turkish saying] ~HOTM
Will you quit dropping ears? [eavesdropping] ~HOTM
You are my saver. ~HOTM
You can use the wire if you want but as you see use your own risk!!! ~HOTM
You guys have to think outside the Lab ~HOTM
You sneeze them around and that capacitance will change. ~HOTM
You were wrong, and I was wrong, becuase you were wrong, because I was wrong. ~HOTM

Not a Googlewhack, but it's at least unique, I hope!

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