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English is a messed up language...

 
 
Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jan, 2003 11:39 am
Well if English is a messed up language, you guys are certainly doing your best
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Letty
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jan, 2003 12:12 pm
Hey, Steve,

Best in show! Laughing

outta wind, so I'll wind this up. Now is that a heteronym or a homograph? Whatever, it's been fun.
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mikey
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jan, 2003 12:55 pm
i don't haf tu try very hahd bein frum bahstun an all Steve ;-)
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sat 18 Jan, 2003 11:58 am
homonyphs or hetrographs? wow couldn't possibly answer without a little research.

Mikey that's ok. Very few of us speak the Queen's english. And certainly not the royal family. Any fish left?
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oldandknew
 
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Reply Sat 18 Jan, 2003 12:14 pm
Mikey == Like the accent brother. I can see the green shining thru.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 12:33 pm
Ah kin tell by the way y'all talks that ye ain't from aroun' here . . .
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 02:24 pm
Wel, I amn't, that's for sure...
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 02:27 pm
no wonder i feel alienated, i don't speak my own language.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 02:41 pm
Yes you do.... I think....
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oldandknew
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 03:02 pm
The English language is a lot like the company bicycle, everyones ridden it.
Anglosized, Busted, Corupted. ------- triffic language
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 03:04 pm
'Tis!
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 03:15 pm
tisnt
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 03:26 pm
T'ain't not never . . .
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 03:28 pm
't'are
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 03:29 pm
Awww . . . so's yer old man . . .
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 04:09 pm
now look, this is getting very silly.

....is this the 5 minute argument or have you booked a full half hour?

Right!

Of course its not! That would be ridiculous, and more to the point not cricket.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 04:14 pm
That's not argument, that's just simple contradiction . . .
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 05:03 pm
Would complex contradiction be more acceptable?

Like - I do not not disagree entirely with your proposal.
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oldandknew
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jan, 2003 05:42 pm
I think the variations not only from crountry to country, but as Steve knows, are almost from town to town in England, is great. Variety is the spice of life, regionalism rules, accents, dialects. And all these differences are spread throughout the world and it does annoy those non English speakers.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Tue 21 Jan, 2003 05:48 am
set

you want to argue about that?
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