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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:41 PM Original message |
Short rant on quirks of British English which piss me off |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I see you have 'learnt' it well... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. We Americans say 'going to church' and 'going to school' |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Absolutely, the British teachers complete screw-up |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Richardo you magnificent bastard! Guys who know their grammar are HAWT!!! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Bunny! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's easy to solve |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Really? |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Pronouncing Thames as "tems", Leicester as "lester", Edinburgh as "Edinboro" |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Don't forget the alternate spellings of metals |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Damn them for putting letters in there that Americans had to take out! |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Oh Bloody Hell! Bugger off, you're the dog's bollocks, quite the nutter you are |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Good show, old bean. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I dunno. Mum doesn't sound so bad at all to me. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I got in trouble in school for spelling "axe" and "favourite". |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I had that same problem in Second Grade after I wrote "theatre" in an essay. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. I'm sure you "learnt" it |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Why put a "u" in favourite? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Why? Cause that's how it's spelled. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. heathen |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Grrrr, I been tol' off by a Spelling Nazi |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Any time, Pol Pot |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. Two peoples separated by a common language... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. 'lavatory' comes directly from Latin; 'colour', 'centre' etc. via French |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. The British are profligate consumers of extra consonants. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. This pisses you off? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. When are those damn Brits going to learn proper English? |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. If they can't speak the Queen's English, then they shouldn't have a queen! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. I enjoy the quirks of the English language |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I am not out to destroy local dialects. |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lieutenant pronounced as "Leftennent" or so n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. In future |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I do hope that the OP is just |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. I love 'knickers in a twist" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. I say, you are a cheeky bugger |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Ooo-err missus |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oy, chav, you're a real J Arthur, you are |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Actually I think what happened is that we sort of "fell off the language tree" when the English... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. STFU, n00b |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. STFU, u sUXXor!!!!!!1111 |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh stop your grizzling....:) |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well then you might enjoy this. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. LOL. Vunderful! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. As any fule kno. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
67. damn, that's funny |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. "an hotel" bugs me tremendously... |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I use it |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Obviously you hate America. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Never been there |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. Which "r" in idea? |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. The team were late. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I know an Englishman who pronounces "idea" with an r. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. So do a lot of New Yorkers |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. And pirates. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Arrr! Jumpin' the gun a little, ain'cha, me pretty wench? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. Any of the announcers on BBC radio |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
66. I have heard it too. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why do you have superfluous "u"s in your name? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. They walk funny too. |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. Being A Canadian............. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Duh. It's a 10 pointer |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
65. You mean "zee-not-zed" |
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cabraverde (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
56. I know someone who got in trouble for |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
59. Beats Low Southern Drawl |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
61. They should really learn to speak English, I mean, er, um... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. My Dad says "idea-r" |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
63. How about the way they say "Barack"? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Well, they have been told the correct way |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
64. I loved "V for Vendetta" |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
68. I read lots and lots of English lit when young and ended up |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
70. It's our language thank you. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
71. John Fitzgerald Kennedy used to talk about idears a lot. |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Idears about Cubar, that is... |
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