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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:17 PM Original message |
When British people say shedjewal instead of schedule, does it drive you... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. 'Tiz a bit daft |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep, me too. Kind of cool. |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rush Limbaugh... |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ewwww.... |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's "neocontaminated" to you, wingnut. n/t |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. but did you mean |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, not really. nt |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. two nations |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. nope doesn't bother me a bit |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. It doesn't bother me. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. It makes me realize how much we - over here - have mutilated the English language. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Of course not. It's their language. |
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coyotespaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Well, if it's their language, |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think they are saying it correctly. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. We don't say 'shool' for 'school'....nt |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Maybe we should. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Or maybe we skouldn't |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. from the latin, no |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is that the 3 syllable version, or the British 'shedule' version? Eleanor Roosevelt used the Brit |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. No..not as much as how Americans have garbled and mutilated the English language.. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 03:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It DOES sound cute. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. ALUMINIUM for aluminum makes me want me to drop them in the |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Put that in your curriculum vitae and smoke it! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Absolutely and completely... I used to be an anglophile until I had to live with so many of them |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. LOVE IT! |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. to a certain extent |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Puts your knickers in a twist, does it now? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. I find it charming. But then, men with British accents make me swoon so of |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's only when Americans affect British pronunciations... |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Can they quit calling our football games |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. Other |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. At least you want hear this |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. British commentators do sound better on sports shows |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. They drive on the wrong side of the road too! |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Sometimes I slip up here |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. Like bob's my uncle, it bloody does! I heard that on holiday when I was in the Underground. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. doesn't bother me at all? |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. We have accents. Deal with it. |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Well, I only meant this as a joke. Sorry if I offended. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No offence... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. no. I like Brit pronunciations... |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
42. That doesn't bother me but... |
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yankeepants (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. Bodmin |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. They speak the original and proper English. We are the ones who bastardized it. |
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