I cringe whenever I read someone's efforts to correct another person's "grammer"
Actually, I do understand the frustration associated with the butchery of the English language.
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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
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Indeed it is. They took liberties with our language those colonials, lol.
Rami, indeed, but I did read that the US English is the correct pronunciation of Aluminum, but was probably written by an American.
Lest we forget bouy:
UK pronounced 'boy' and in the US pronounced Boo-ee (wtf!!).
Route, properly pronounced as root, liberties taken to pronounce rowt. A rout is an entirely different thing, lol. but so is a root I guess.
Best we not mention pants and fannies!!
ATB
Jamie
Whut difrence does it maek? All everone speeks iz textese an pidgin anywhey!
Alan
Alan
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Jamie,
The quote about "buoy" may be correct. But then you get to miss out on a good ol' double entendre joke.
If you're on a boat with a beautiful, er..."well-endowed" woman, and you decide to cop a feel, the joke, "no, I said hand me the Bou-ees" line doesn't really work.
If it was "hand me the boys," well, that would have a really different / pedophilia ring to it.
And yes, I grew up saying "rout," because that's how you pronounce it in certain parts of the Midwest.
Lest we forget bouy:
UK pronounced 'boy' and in the US pronounced Boo-ee (wtf!!).
Route, properly pronounced as root, liberties taken to pronounce rowt. A rout is an entirely different thing, lol. but so is a root I guess.
ATB,
Jamie
Jamie,
The quote about "buoy" may be correct. But then you get to miss out on a good ol' double entendre joke.
If you're on a boat with a beautiful, er..."well-endowed" woman, and you decide to cop a feel, the joke, "no, I said hand me the Bou-ees" line doesn't really work.
If it was "hand me the boys," well, that would have a really different / pedophilia ring to it.
And yes, I grew up saying "rout," because that's how you pronounce it in certain parts of the Midwest.
LOL! That was good!
You can do a lot by moving just one comma. A Czarina in Russia many years ago saved her lover from the Czar's revenge by moving one comma in the Czar's instructions re: the interloper.
The Czar had written, "Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia."
The Czarina just changed it to read, "Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia." And the rascal walked.
The Czar had written, "Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia."
The Czarina just changed it to read, "Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia." And the rascal walked.
I hadn't heard this before. Pronunciation is wildly inconsistent in every human language, not just English.
Just to stir the pot ha ha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz4Ps55Rx40
wombat666
Administrator
Which is the motto of all Wombats with one small addition......... 'Eats, Roots, Shoots and Leaves', understandable to most Aussies.
Could be why legal documents have no punctuation?
BTW, who said 'Two nations separated by a common language'?
Keith
Sir Winston Churchill, for one.
Mickey D
SOH-CM-2024
Erm....we haven't spoken the King's English since 1952. Does it take that long for news to reach the US?
