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difference between British English & American English

 
 
layman
 
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Reply Mon 11 May, 2015 09:59 pm
@farmerman,
Quote:
It was like posting something funny about a Nash Rambler.


Ya tryin to say that there aint nuthin funny about a Rumbler, Farmer? I must disagree, there.

But, you do have a point, I guess. That incident occurred back quite a spell, now that I think about it.
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roger
 
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Reply Mon 11 May, 2015 10:06 pm
@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:



“Don’t call ’em stories!” he roared.

Our heads snapped back. Our eyes widened. Huh? Wha?

“They’re articles,” he said. “They’re true. Stories are something you make up!”


[/quote]

He's right, you know. Or was back in the day when we had journalists. Anyway, he should have been right.
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Lordyaswas
 
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Reply Mon 11 May, 2015 11:31 pm
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:

read the Grqmmqrist qnd show me a rose or leave me alone.
You Brits always seem to come up with the silliest sounding forms of words.

I would like to see you do a Morris Daance, now that you mention it.




'Twas you who first raised the issue, incorrectly referring to it as a "euro" anomaly.
I was merely stating my opinion that mathematicS leans towards the plural, and "maths" follows suit. The Oxford Dic and others have it down primarily as plural, and to our Brit, Oz, NZ, and many other Mother Tongue inhabitants ears, we find it weird that North America makes it sound singular.

No need to get your knick in a twist over it, just saying.

See what I did there?
Lordyaswas
 
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Reply Mon 11 May, 2015 11:53 pm
@Lordyaswas,
Sorry, just realised that the penultimate line of my last post would probably be misinterpreted by those in the US.

Knicks over there, I've just remembered, is the name of a Sports Team of some kind, rounders, basketball or that padded rugby type game you have.

Knicks over here are girl's panties.

Sorry once more.

Wilso
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 12:56 am
@Lordyaswas,
Knickers
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 01:33 am
@farmerman,

Quote:
You Brits always seem to come up with the silliest sounding forms of words.


But we never utter the word panty-hose, and we never will.
roger
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 02:42 am
@McTag,
If you did, you would have them in a twist, too.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 06:01 am
There is more silly bullshit in this thread than i've seen in a very long time.
Lordyaswas
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 06:31 am
@Setanta,
Yes, isn't it wonderful!

I am now back from the shops, and intend spending some time with a warm bacon sammie whilst trawling for more obscure manure to get fm and osso going.
Chips/crisps have been done to death. Mayo or vinegar, etc......ooh, I vaguely remember reading somewhere how the English invented pasta. Maybe that's worth a review......



Just an aside. I saw a batch of baby grass snakes wiggling out of my compost heap just now. About twenty of them, each the size of a pencil. They were lucky, as I am about to dig out the heap at the weekend and spread it on the borders.


All together now......aaah....


http://www.kingsdykenaturereserve.com/wp-content/gallery/images-sent/baby-grass-snake.jpg
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 06:44 am
I had more of an ironic reaction . . . so many people taking the piss, and the rest seem to actually expect to be taken seriously . . . but hey, how 'bout the BoSox, huh?
Jeedd
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 09:30 am
Well, British English sounds like chewing a lemon when AE sounds like fox' growling. I guess.
layman
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 09:43 am
@Jeedd,
Quote:
British English sounds like chewing a lemon


Exactly. Or a lime, maybe.
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 10:16 am
@Setanta,
The Sox suck this year,as we A.E. speakers would say.
MontereyJack
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 10:16 am
@Setanta,
The Sox suck this year,as we A.E. speakers would say.
farmerman
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 10:34 am
@MontereyJack,
Phillies are out of contention before Memorial Day. Do the math.
Ragman
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 11:04 am
@farmerman,
They need more cheesesteak or scrapple.
Ragman
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 11:11 am
@MontereyJack,
Speaking of lemons (Red Sawx).
farmerman
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 12:02 pm
@Ragman,
Quote:
They need more cheesesteak or scrapple


Id settle for a couple hitters doing more than 0.100
ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 12:25 pm
@Ragman,
Lemonheads. Best thing I ever learned about from my American A2k friends.

Too bad they don't carry them at the Bulk Barn (I made McGentrix walk-through a Bulk Barn today Smile )
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2015 03:35 pm
Just to set the record straight, i am not now, nor have i ever been a fan of the Red Sox.
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