Mr. Natural Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 If an American says a person is "cranky" it means they're out of sorts and/or hard to deal with in general. Is it the same meaning in English? Is there another typically English expression for such a person?Thankin' y'all in advayunce...SORRY THIS GOT POSTED TWICE! I WOULD DELETE THIS ONE BUT I DON'T SEE ANY WAY TO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Cranky is, I believe, taken from the German, in English it could also mean eccentric or strange.Or, in the case of Mr Natural, a bit Crummy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewitts Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 The use of the word "cranky" to mean out of sorts or grumpy is also an expression widely used in Australia. Often used with children "who's a cranky pants today"Off to work to see how many are "cranky pants" today! It is raining again and they will all have "cabin fever".By the way, we are getting the series "Grumpy Old Men" thing is, neither me or my old man remember submitting the script, because I am sure we wrote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpprh Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 HiIn most Germanic languages Kranke means sick.Krankenhous (sp) is hospital in German, as opposed to Sjukhus in Swedish !If you want useless info : just mail me !Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Last summer whilst partaking of tea on Dinard's main beach, "Jimmy Kranky" walked past and we had a wee chat..............I know, so what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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