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America and its isms
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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As Eddie Izzard said
you say erbs - we say Herbs
cos there is a fucking H in it!
just been watching some reviews on a car actually and this dude said
ill take you on this rout
a rout is on a battlefield
a fuckin route is the path you take your car along!
i also get the rage at work when spellcheckers try and tell me i am missing a Z - no i am fucking not!
annnnd
its Moscow - as in Mos co
not Moss Cow
for fuck sake!
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really never understood why people get so wound up about how others pronounce words in different countries...as a canadian...who pronounces things all the same ways that seem to send you over the edge...excuse me for living...lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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in this country it can be just as bad.
listen to commentators on tv or radio say countrys like chile or cities like paris.
it becomes chila and paree.
for them yes not for us. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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another ism is gas
how did that ever come to be that one
you dont put gas in a car - well actually you do now - but its still lpg liquid! petroleum gas
though to be fair in the combustion action - then yeah i can see the gas term
but stop pumping gas - pump petrol!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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im no gonna start on football and soccer
you cant thieve rugby - allow forward passing - change it all jazz it all - then call that feckin foooootballlll!!!!!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"really never understood why people get so wound up about how others pronounce words in different countries...as a canadian...who pronounces things all the same ways that seem to send you over the edge...excuse me for living...lol"
I envy people like the OP, having absolutely nothing to worry about in his life other than how people pronounce words!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And before the yanks there were the Greeks, French, Italians (Latin), Angles, Saxons, Celts, and occasional north african... {amongst others } All keeping our mother tongue clear from violation...
We have one of the most inclusive and comprehensive languages on this earth...
Bring on the *isms* is what I say... IMHO  |
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"really never understood why people get so wound up about how others pronounce words in different countries...as a canadian...who pronounces things all the same ways that seem to send you over the edge...excuse me for living...lol
I envy people like the OP, having absolutely nothing to worry about in his life other than how people pronounce words! "
i like the OP for having a sense of humour (and for quoting Eddie Izzard  )
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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another ism is gas
how did that ever come to be that one
you dont put gas in a car - well actually you do now - but its still lpg liquid! petroleum gas
though to be fair in the combustion action - then yeah i can see the gas term
but stop pumping gas - pump petrol!
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It's funny how even here people call some cars gas guzzlers, never heard them being petrol guzzlers
Look at any language, they're all different, give me a few variations anyday than something you just don't understand  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I would quite like having a walk along the sidewalk ...doing a few blocks and eventually buying some aloominum for the thanks giving turkey.
Maybe on the way home i gets me fanny pinched while i smoke me fag .
sounds right nice .
Have a good day y,all
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"Gas = gasoline
UK Driving instructors seem to use the word Gas, to indicate more power to the engine, guess "power" would be just as good...."
I think they say Gas as Accelerator is too long to say in an emergency(well thats what my guy told me when learning) |
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By *orestersCouple
over a year ago
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ya have all been warned!!!!
* Blows raspberry.... and RUNS....*
I dont know these septic tanks are always the same i want to see his birth certificate "
Are you Listerine then? (Listerine - anti-septic).
According to my American friends, we speak British and they speak english. Apparently.
I can't explain, and nor can they, why they can't say "mirror" or "horror".
It comes out as murrrr or horrrrrr.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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lol wolfy this isnt a debate or argument into eh global issues and
america were far clever and wise to stall on the ww2 issue
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just on the quirks and isms - of the difference in english and english
and as well things like motorsport
why the fuck do you want to watch cars go round in an oval !
what the fuck is that all about! - no braking or barely - and just neeeeeeow neeeeeow for about a 100 odd laps
fuck me - thats not racing - have the balls to introduce some bends to your track
though basketball - well yeah we are shit at that so ill give em that
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