| Author | Message | ||
     Trojan |
Some people are getting their knickers in a twist over Americanisms on the BBC web site today  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14201796 Awesome dude. I shall incentivize our colleagues in proper grammar without fail | ||
| Drkside79 |
I can empathize with a few of them but for the most part they seem just fine. I mean who use fortnight??? | ||
| Trojan |
I mean who use fortnight??? Me all the time (well at least once a fortnight). | ||
| Pwnzor |
My truck gets 500 furlongs to the hogshead, and that's the way I like it! Pardon me, I'm in a hurry to catch the 12:30 autogyro to the Prussian consulate in Siam. | ||
| Ustorque |
Best use of "Fortnight" ever! | ||
| Moxnix |
The odometer on my Rolls Canhardly is calibrated in furlongs per fornight. | ||
| Whatever |
True dat. LOLZ...  How about American Southernisms vs. Northernisms... 1. bubbler vs. water fountain 2. pop vs. coke/ soda 3. you guyz vs. y'all Never mind the proper pronunciation of words... which I could write a book on... | ||
| Jb2 |
And then there's Ebonics... wif = with dat = that dis = this din = then axt = asked ho = woman duh = the ... that's just the ones I figured out. | ||
| Strokizator |
We did a big job near Knoxville a few years ago. Had a local guy come up and ask our foreman "Can we borrow y'alls tow motor?" We're all thinking "WTF?!?" but tell him that if we have one he's welcome to it. Then we watch to see which piece of equipment he jumps up on. Turns out it was a forklift. Must be a local thing. | ||
| Barker |
Towmotor is a brand name that is used to describe an entire class of equipment. Like folks use Bobcat, Coke, Xerox machine, iPod etc. (Message edited by barker on July 20, 2011) | ||
| Barker |
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| Sparky |
... those are just the ones I figured out. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Ah speek awl five of the majer Redneck dialecktz Plus a liddle Coonass. | ||
| Slaughter |
So they were going to be doing the "Miss Urban USA" pageant. They KNEW they were in trouble when they announced Miss Idaho. | ||
| Ducbsa |
Barker - is that patina on the towmotor? | ||
| Blake |
Lots of comments about hurting teeth. What is that about Matt? | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
wow, they let the smallest of things annoy them the seasons of television - what do they expect it to be called? the 'zed' for Z, to me, is dumb and being mad at people for calling it a shopping CART instead of trolly. Freaking Brits man..... Though the last one is good - many people mess that saying up | ||
| Pwnzor |
Down here they call a shopping cart a "buggy". | ||
| Slaughter |
Let's not knock English - after all, it's the language in which the Bible is printed. If god wanted us to speak another language, it'd be printed in THAT language. THERE, that settled THAT! | ||
| Danger_dave |
You drongos are comin' the raw prawn or what. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Ref: The King Slaughter Edition. | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>I shall incentivize<< I shall 'incentivise'. | ||
| Pwnzor |
"Your trouble's on the dog" ...equals... "Your wife is on the phone" Trouble and strife rhymes with wife, you give a dog a bone and that rhymes with telephone. Yeah. | ||
| Danger_dave |
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| Cityxslicker |
"Let's not knock English - after all, it's the language in which the Bible is printed. " You might want to grab a dictionary, and hours of seminary - the original text was Greek from Hebrew traditions, the many primary translations of note were into Cyrillic, named after the cleric that did the work, converted the text, invented the text morphology. And Old Church Slavonic has some very different linguistic notions to some of the traditions in the 'Christian' faith. Fifty Rants and not a nod to LOL speak ? Pedantic. (Message edited by cityxslicker on July 20, 2011) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Slaughter's sarcasm has eluded you. I'm sure every British colony bitched about "Englishisms" in their time. Now none of them care what the British do or say. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
mmm - the FAIL is strong with me this afternoon  Sarcasm, much, has eluded to me when only in text. mmmm (see without the Yoda/Grover impersonated voice - it just loses something in the translation) PS 24 cases for a VERB!>? this is why the world hates us | ||
| Brumbear |
Barker you don't know the truth you post!!!!!!I hate hate hate when people do that!!!!! Yeah my towmotor is broke can you fix it. I can only say it's like somebody telling you that their Buell is giving them problems and showing up with a friggen Yamaha | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>Now none of them care what the British do or say.<< Feeling's pretty much mutual. Here you get to choose the best of both. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Feeling's pretty much mutual. Obviously it isn't; hence the article. |
