A Shotgun Wedding

"Shotgun Wedding" -- Pernikahan karena hamil duluan

Meaning: A wedding that is arranged to avoid embarrassment due to an unplanned pregnancy.
-- Kita mengenal istilah MBA (Married By Accident) untuk mengggambarkan pernikahan yang disebabkan karena si pengantin perempuan hamil terlebih dahulu.

The phrase is based on the situation that the father of the pregnant daughter must resort to using coercion (such as threatening with a shotgun) to ensure that the man who impregnated her follows through with the wedding.
-- Istilah ini berasal dari sebuah keadaan di mana ayah dari perempuan yang hamil harus menggunakan kekerasan atau mengancam - dalam budaya barat menggunakan senjata api (dalam budaya Indonesia menggunakan golok) - agar si laki-laki yang menghamili anak perempuannya mau menikahi anaknya.

Examples:
• Looks like it's a shotgun wedding for those two.
• When she told her parents that she was pregnant, her father forced her into a shotgun wedding.
• After a shotgun wedding at 20, she had 3 children before divorcing from her husband.


"My phone is broken" or "My phone is out of order"

Don’t say:

The telephone is “broken”.

When you say “my phone is broken”, your listener might think you just dropped your phone on the floor and now it’s broken (shattered) to pieces.

Say:

The telephone is “out of order”.

When something, for examples, telephone, ATM, toilet, vending machine, elevator, etc., is not in working condition, say “it’s out of order”, or just simply say “it’s not working.”

Examples:

• The elevator was out of order and we had to walk to the tenth floor.

• We couldn’t use the telephone because it was out of order.

When you say “my phone is dead”, it means the battery is dead; your phone needs charging.

Ditto

Ditto ['dit-oh] (n, adj) -- sama, juga, idem, sama dengan yang di atas

Ditto or ditto mark is a mark that you write immediately under a word in a list to indicate you're repeating whatever is above; same as above.

Example:

Apple $2.00 a kilo

Pear      −”−  a kilo

Ditto mark ( −”− ) means the price list on second item is the same as the price list on the item above.

⇒ Tanda 'ditto'  ( −”− ) artinya idem; sama dengan yang (disebutkan) di atas.

You can also use the word ditto informally to describe repetition, the same, likewise.

⇒ 'Ditto' dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu pengulangan kata/kalimat yang sama.

Example:

Barry: I love you, honey.

Julie  : Ditto

Ditto in the dialog means "I love you too" dalam dialog artinya "Saya juga cinta kamu".

Also it can be used to say that you have exactly the same opinion as someone else.

⇒ 'Ditto' bisa berarti sama atau juga.

Example:

A: I hated school when I was young.

    ⇒ Saya benci sekolah dulu waktu saya masih muda.

B: Ditto.

    ⇒ Sama.

Ditto in the dialog means "me too" or "I second you".

⇒'Ditto' dalam dialog mempunyai pengertian "saya juga" atau "saya setuju dengan kamu".


WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU

I know it’s not yet Valentine’s Day, but I’m feeling kind of romantic now, also a bit silly. So today I’m going to spread my love virus to you. I’m warning you, it’s contagious! ;)

There are so many different ways to tell someone that you love them, but the problem is there are so many phrases that seem to have the same meaning, and you can’t decide which one is more appropriate and sound more romantic than the others. Oh, boy! Telling someone you love them in English can be so challenging! :D

Here are some ways to say “I love you” without actually saying it:

1. You mean the world to me.

2. I need you to make me feel alive.

3. You are the one for me.

4. Me and you. Always.

5. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.

6. I’m so into you.

7. I’m yours.

8. I adore you.

9. You to me are everything.

10. Me minus you equals blue.

And sometimes adding humor often helps convey your feelings even better. Here are a few examples:

• You’re the reason I get up in the morning… Just kidding, I have to pee.

• Loving you is like having diarrhea… I just can’t hold it in!

• Let’s grow old and miserable together.

• I love you more than coffee (or maybe a really close second).

• I knew I loved you when I farted you didn’t run away.

I know they are cheesy and corny, but hey, I like them! :D If you think you have a better way to say “I love you”, please share it in the comment. I’d like to hear it.