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I'm sorry to post this. I can't help myself -- it's an OCD moment. I spent my career as a magazine editor and writer, and my inner proofreader sometimes overpowers my social skills. So I'll do this once and never again.
Apologies to those betrayed by auto-type or spell check.
road = a surface we ride on
rode = past tense of "to ride"
break = to screw something up
brake = what slows us down, or the act of slowing down
lead = (soft e) a heavy, malleable metal, or (hard e) to ride at the front of the group
led = past tense of "to lead"
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Must already be Winter in Colorado :laugh:
I prefer the English spellings and or pronunciations of certain words .
for MI dable instead of for ma da bel , tyre , aluminium , etc .
Dusty
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I love reading about how quite an exhaust is.
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The one that gets me is "marquee"
1.
NORTH AMERICAN
a rooflike projection over the entrance to a theater, hotel, or other building.
2.
BRITISH
a large tent used for social or commercial functions.
used when "marque" (a make of vehicle, as distinct from a specific model) is really what was meant.
And is it really so hard to type "Guzzi" instead of "MG" (Morris Garages)? :wink: :laugh:
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Here's one: Using "fitment" to mean "fit" or "installation", as in "I have a question about proper fairing fitment."
From the Meriam-Webster site:
Definition of fitment
chiefly British
:furnishing 2, fixture, cabinetry �usually used in plural
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Yeatyet = Did you eat yet
Momnem =Mom and them
Sup= What is up
Monn=Come on
And the we have two, too, to and 2.
Residence or resident?
We speak fluid Southern Indiana Redneck round these parts.
Sometimes it is the message, other times it is the messenger that makes the point.
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It seems to be normal that people generally type "guage" when they describe a "gauge" in the diverse technical fora. Be it an instrument or a measure.
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Eye fynd itt youseful two naught wurry abowt howe uthers rite wurds , its moar emportant two no watt thay mean .
Dusty
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Ok!
But it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
:grin:
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If you like learning grammar, there's a good podcast called Grammar Girl, you can send her questions as well.
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Ok!
But it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
:grin:
Know , tath is uhnother izzue .
Dusty
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you forgot to publish the difference between "sale" and "sell"
not to mention the correct use of "their"and "there"
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And then there are those pathetic satin worshippers :evil:
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Deal is fellas , there are a lot of very intelligent people who have a hard time spelling . Occasionally it is because English isn't their native language , sometimes it's because their 3 year old is editing .
Heck , ever tried to read Chaucer ? :laugh:
Dusty
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I always have a hard time writing color instead of colour which shows up as a miss-spell
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yes testarossa i'm with you on this. i have to confess though that i am a sloppy keyboardist. i often let misssspellings go. the stuff that bugs me though is more grammatical. the absolute implosion of subject-verb agreement is like fingernails on the blackboard to me. the disappearance of HAVE, WERE and ARE be annoying. i blame the schools. there are legions of school kids these days who are being taught to the test and the test doesn't stress subject-verb agreement. alas. soon everything will be "they has lots of apples" "we is going to the store" and "they was all like super aggro about my grammer."
finally, i mourn the loss of the word "fewer." "less" has replaced "fewer" in all things. there is a great scene in GoT from 2 seasons back wherein there is a meeting of the crows to talk about all things john snow. at one point a lesser crow uses "less" when he should use "few" and one of the higher up crows corrects him as an aside. the erring crow then turns to him and "wha?" the higher crow just shrugs and says "never mind." this one little scene had me double over giggling. to each their own.
they say language is plastic and one of the joys of the Firefly TV series was the way in which they mashed up words from various languages to make a contemporary whole. i am old and crotchety though and the abuse of some forms of grammar manufacturers lingering irkitude in me.
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My bike has tyres, not tires.
Mudguards not fenders.
I don’t mind you guys using our language instead of developing your own, but don’t abuse something you are borrowing. If we took it back what would you be left with? Rap?
AndyB
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So for all of you who are demanding the correct use of the English language , some of you are confusing grammar and mechanics , so there :laugh:
"Hey brah , you like beef?" Anyone want to take a stab at what that means ?
Dusty
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Deal is fellas , there are a lot of very intelligent people who have a hard time spelling . Occasionally it is because English isn't their native language , sometimes it's because their 3 year old is editing .
Heck , ever tried to read Chaucer ? :laugh:
Dusty
In Germany every so often they take note of how people are mis-pronouncing and misspelling and alter the rules to suit. Obviously a lot of people complain when the misspellings become spellings and bang on about it so much that after a few years every one knows the words that were misspelt and they change the spelling back again, all the time emphasising that spelling really is an expression of personality and no one should get to hot and bothered if others do not spell the way they do.
Not that I got hot and bothered about spelling, look I already made at least one mistake above but I do have some confusion about dove as the past tense of dive. Where did dove come from?
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The worst is your and you're no spellcheck will help with that one.
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In Germany every so often they take note of how people are mis-pronouncing and misspelling and alter the rules to suit. Obviously a lot of people complain when the misspellings become spellings and bang on about it so much that after a few years every one knows the words that were misspelt and they change the spelling back again, all the time emphasising that spelling really is an expression of personality and no one should get to hot and bothered if others do not spell the way they do.
Not that I got hot and bothered about spelling, look I already made at least one mistake above but I do have some confusion about dove as the past tense of dive. Where did dove come from?
Because it is easier to pronounce than divven ? :shocked: :laugh:
Language is incredibly fluid , English has gone thru (see) several changes over the last 300 years, what we speak and write today would seem strange to even an early American , and certainly an Englishman or Australian is completely comfortable using words , spellings , and phrases that a Yorkshireman from 1860 might find odd .
Dusty
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it's vs. its
then vs. than
mischievous vs. mischievious (no such word)
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"I thank God that I spel like a gentilman and nott a pedant"
... Sir Francis Drake
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it's vs. its
Yes, it's = "it is"
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I'm glad to see that everyone has sore points. The other thing that galls me (not gauls me) is pronouns. "Me and her went swimming" makes me cross-eyed. Simple courtesy suggests that the speaker give the other party precedence, as in "She and I went swimming." It's a prejudice of course, but when I hear pronouns misused I think "This cretin was too dumb to pass fourth grade."
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Owing to the rain, the cricket was cancelled.
Not, "Due to".
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Don't loose your cool over this.
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U r rite, ewe no.
In jest
Pop
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I'm glad someone who is not a ready target brought this up.
If I'd raised it, someone would have torn me a new one. But a couple of days ago, it was so bad I thought the poster was taking the piss... I actually wondered if English was not their first language so therefore it would have been understandable.
But....Jeeezzzz !
(I better proof read everything I post now for the next 5 years.)
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Well said Lumpy.
Try to fit a capital in at the start of your sentence if you could mate..
BTW, I'm going to let "misssspellings" go, (this time).
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Thanks, Lumpy. I have the same allergy to less vs fewer. Also to lowering. We lower things (taxes for instance) now instead of reducing.
Ambiguous terms. Sanction for instance can mean to bless or approve -- or to punish. Nearly opposite meanings. Why use the word at all?
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Miss Spellings , she worked in the local men's store here .
Fellas , some folks have a hard time spelling . Some of us have the ability to spell and structure sentences in a way that everyone understands , but whose math skills are incredibly lacking .
Ease up , the person I know who has the greatest mechanical ability can barely spell his own name.
Dusty
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Miss Spellings , she worked in the local men's store here .
Fellas , some folks have a hard time spelling . Some of us have the ability to spell and structure sentences in a way that everyone understands , but whose math skills are incredibly lacking .
Ease up , the person I know who has the greatest mechanical ability can barely spell his own name.
Dusty
Bugger it...!
Your write again !
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Dampener vs Damper.
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Dampener vs Damper.
Yep...
I reckon eye've bean guilty of that won !
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"Hey brah , you like beef?" Anyone want to take a stab at what that means ?
Dusty
No one even has any idea what this question means ?
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I'm sorry to post this. I can't help myself -- it's an OCD moment. I spent my career as a magazine editor and writer, and my inner proofreader sometimes overpowers my social skills. So I'll do this once and never again.
Apologies to those betrayed by auto-type or spell check.
road = a surface we ride on
rode = past tense of "to ride"
break = to screw something up
brake = what slows us down, or the act of slowing down
lead = (soft e) a heavy, malleable metal, or (hard e) to ride at the front of the group
led = past tense of "to lead"
Actually none of those words are misspelled, you are describing the incorrect use of a homonym :D .
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Actually none of those words are misspelled, you are describing the incorrect use of a homonym :D .
Of coarse :laugh:
Dusty
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No one even has any idea what this question means ?
A haoli pretending to be native hawaian asking someone if they want to fight?
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Would have, could have, should have.
Would of, could of, should of.
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A haoli pretending to be native hawaian asking someone if they want to fight?
I had to strain my memory , the real quote is ; "Eh haole boy , you like beef ?" It is pidgin English as spoken in the Hawaiian Islands . I heard a different pidgin spoken in the Philippines and on Trinidad Tobago .
Dusty
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I had to strain my memory , the real quote is ; "Eh haole boy , you like beef ?" It is pidgin English as spoken in the Hawaiian Islands . I heard a different pidgin spoken in the Philippines and on Trinidad Tobago .
Dusty
Pidgin English is classified as a type of Creole English. Even if you don't understand it in written form. You'll get the drift when someone decides to communicate with you non-verbally. Which reminds me of some advice my dad gave me. "Make sure that they're no witnesses." :grin:
https://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/hce.html
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I had to strain my memory , the real quote is ; "Eh haole boy , you like beef ?" It is pidgin English as spoken in the Hawaiian Islands . I heard a different pidgin spoken in the Philippines and on Trinidad Tobago .
Dusty
I'm not that well traveled, but several of my Yankee buddies moved to Hawaii and every one of them came back with the the tired old " shakka brah" :wink:
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Yes, homonym misuse is one of my pet peeves:
sight/site/cite
their/there/they're
https://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/CommonlyMisusedWords.pdf
Dan
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What next , diagramming sentences . Is that a dangling participle , oh noes :grin:
Dusty
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"My dad took Jimmy and I to the ice cream shoppe"
<grrrrrr>
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Ok!
But it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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interesting.
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Dampener vs Damper.
Like it or not, the dictionary says both are correct for your lower photo. I like "damper" better because it isn't ambiguous. Or is it, since a damper can also be an adjustable valve in a chimney?
How about "I feel badly about what happened"?
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Ok!
But it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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How true! I was struck by how easy that was to read. Interesting.
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We're not even gonna get into ad hominem and add homonym , so donut go there, 'kay .
Dusty
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How true! I was struck by how easy that was to read. Interesting.
Well said Alan. I was also surprised, the brain must adjust and correct for errors "on the fly" as it were.
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Well said Alan. I was also surprised, the brain must adjust and correct for errors "on the fly" as it were.
Something about when reading the first and last letter and the length and shape of the word is what is recognised rather than each individual letter. Point in case some years ago two motorcyclists when down the local highway for a bit of a run been on the biggest and fastest things available at the time (NGC) their progress was fairly rapid.
Now this was stupid on a number of levels partly because this highway runs between to two major population centres and is fairly heavily patrolled, on top of that this place been literally 1.5 times the size of Texas with a fraction of the population there are a lot of places you can go and there will be no one to notice let alone anyone who can write a ticket.
They went past people who could write a ticket at very high speed but only one of them was caught latter after the Police got his numberplate on the way past. It was a personalised numberplate with a word on it the police were able to catch that one as they went past. The guy with the regular plate which is a random assemblage of letters and numbers was never caught as the police didn't manage to get a positive ID on the way past.
Similar to the overly complex looking instrument panels of a multi engine aircraft back in the analogue days of flight engineers the engineer doesn't read the number each instrument is reading they look for the position of the needle and familiarity of the layout tells them what the instrument actually reads.
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Yep Murray.
We're a weird mob !
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One that really really gets me is misspelt
NFI how anyone can't look that up, bit like a gallon, can't change it by crossing the Atlantic you know
misspell
mɪsˈspɛl/Submit
verb
past tense: misspelt; past participle: misspelt
spell (a word) wrongly.
"‘siege’ had been misspelt as ‘seige’"
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Yep Murray.
We're a weird mob !
Yes, but we're entertaining if nothing else.
John Henry
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Would have, could have, should have.
Would of, could of, should of.
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Everyone knows that's wuddacuddashudda
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Probably has 6 or more spellings that one can enjoy confusing the auto correct with
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I'm not that well traveled, but several of my Yankee buddies moved to Hawaii and every one of them came back with the the tired old " shakka brah" :wink:
Just as "tired" as the rock-n-roll "shakka" with the tongue hanging out. :grin:
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interesting.
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I am slightly dislexic and I could read it perfectly.
Pop
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Now that is funny!
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I am slightly dislexic and I could read it perfectly.
Pop
Yes mate you are, but only slightly.
That'd be dyslexic.
Funny though, maybe we all have a bit of dyslexia but in your case, your brain is quicker because it does not perceive the anomaly as readily since (as you suggest), your dyslexia is slightly more pronounced.
I just can't help but cringe when I see supposedly learned types getting it wrong.
Maybe I have a bit of ODC !
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^^^
Maybe ?
Dusty
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:grin:
^^^
Maybe ?
Dusty
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:grin: :laugh:
Always good to have a sense of humor about yourself :laugh:
I like things to come in even numbers , is that weird ? :shocked: :laugh:
Dusty
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Always good to have a sense of humor about yourself :laugh:
I like things to come in even numbers , is that weird ? :shocked: :laugh:
Dusty
YOU LIKE EVEN NUMBERS !!!!
That's odd.... :wink:
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YOU LIKE EVEN NUMBERS !!!!
That's odd.... :wink:
Two write it is
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Two write it is
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My bike has tyres, not tires.
Mudguards not fenders.
I don�t mind you guys using our language instead of developing your own, but don�t abuse something you are borrowing. If we took it back what would you be left with? Rap?
AndyB
Out of all the "English" speakers out there I prefer the OZ accent and vernacular over all the rest. Cockney is fun but I gotta have subtitles for those boys. Bring on Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins.
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https://youtu.be/8g_GeQR8fJo
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I'm unable to keyboard the word " normal ".
First I reflexively type " norman ", then I back up and do it properly.
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Within reason, your grammar or spelling doesn't matter to me....it's important that you can get your thoughts understood without going on and on....
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Out of all the "English" speakers out there I prefer the OZ accent and vernacular over all the rest. What a surprise. Thanks for the compliment :smiley: Cockney is fun but I gotta have subtitles for those boys. OMG, I can relate to that :cry: Bring on Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins.
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Out of all the "English" speakers out there I prefer the OZ accent and vernacular over all the rest.
Do you watch Rake and/or the Doctor Blake Mysteries? We get a kick out of Blake saying "yaaays" for "yes". On Rake, I had to explain to my wife that "deekhead" isn't very shocking down under, kinda like "dumbass" here.
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Triple Jim,
You like those two :grin: Just wait 'til you see "Glitch" :evil: :thumb:
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Well then, I'll look into it right away.
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Triple Jim,
You like those two :grin: Just wait 'til you see "Glitch" :evil: :thumb:
^^^
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Within reason, your grammar or spelling doesn't matter to me....it's important that you can get your thoughts understood without going on and on....
:1:
Tom
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Out of all the "English" speakers out there I prefer the OZ accent and vernacular over all the rest. Cockney is fun but I gotta have subtitles for those boys. Bring on Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins.
have
Have you tried understanding a Geordie? Newcastle is only ninety miles from here, and I need a translator. See if you can find any episodes or outtakes from “Auf Wiedersehn Pet” online, then come and tell me you could understand more than any three words out of ten.
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have
Have you tried understanding a Geordie? Newcastle is only ninety miles from here, and I need a translator. See if you can find any episodes or outtakes from �Auf Wiedersehn Pet� online, then come and tell me you could understand more than any three words out of ten.
I had to check YouTube for that one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIR36Tmcrg
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3tklaMNH7IA
That’s the link to the TV show Dusty mentioned, bloody good show and not too hard to understand for me .
But we speak English here in EnZed and I’m married to an English lass [emoji43]
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My bike has tyres, not tires.
Mudguards not fenders.
I don�t mind you guys using our language instead of developing your own, but don�t abuse something you are borrowing. If we took it back what would you be left with? Rap?
AndyB
Yes; language is sacred, innit?
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Not only mis spelled, but also mis pronounced. Frequently heard , from certain groups, in the UK.
Asked gets turned into arkskd .
However, going by Judge Judy,as shown over in the EU, Burglars, in the USA, do not Burgle places, no, they Burglarize them ? Which is strange, because, nobody in the USA is Muggerized , Robberized or Carjackized ??
Or is that the next step ? With the current wave of feminist accusations, all men will be found guilty of raperizing or assaulterizing?
Fun, innit ? :boozing:
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I mentioned to my wife that I was looking at byeing a Guzzi * Too pricey she says! I replyed it only has one price. I'm confused! :blank: :blank: (The obligitorial duo-etto.
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Sitting here thinking how much the bar has moved since I began riding motorcycles. Started out with kickstart bikes, and clothes that stunk of oil and gasoline. My friends and I spoke in monosyllabalistic grunts and quaffed copius amounts of cheap booze and white crosses. Filterless smokes, dirty hands, low rent blues and rock tunes in the background. A "Job" consisted of prolonged use of a jackhammer, burning torch, or other implements of torture. :wink: :boozing:
Now we discuss grammar, high end yuppie liquor, and the gastronomic qualities of fine quiche. What a long strange trip :grin:
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From the beginning, motorcycling has harbored literate as well as unwashed people ( these are of course not mutually exclusive). I cite among many others TE Lawrence, Pirsig, Dylan, Oliver Sacks, Matthew Crawford.
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Sitting here thinking how much the bar has moved since I began riding motorcycles. Started out with kickstart bikes, and clothes that stunk of oil and gasoline. My friends and I spoke in monosyllabalistic grunts and quaffed copius amounts of cheap booze and white crosses. Filterless smokes, dirty hands, low rent blues and rock tunes in the background. A "Job" consisted of prolonged use of a jackhammer, burning torch, or other implements of torture. :wink: :boozing:
Now we discuss grammar, high end yuppie liquor, and the gastronomic qualities of fine quiche. What a long strange trip :grin:
Thanks for the reminding me Shorty. I shudder to think of the Lucky Strikes, Chesterfields and rollies made with pipe tobacco that was sucked in to my lungs. Yet here I am. my lung capacity is very good and so is my hearing in spite of all the loud noises inflicted on my ears. Who'da thort :shocked:
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Sitting here thinking how much the bar has moved since I began riding motorcycles. Started out with kickstart bikes, and clothes that stunk of oil and gasoline. My friends and I spoke in monosyllabalistic grunts and quaffed copius amounts of cheap booze and white crosses. Filterless smokes, dirty hands, low rent blues and rock tunes in the background. A "Job" consisted of prolonged use of a jackhammer, burning torch, or other implements of torture. :wink: :boozing:
Now we discuss grammar, high end yuppie liquor, and the gastronomic qualities of fine quiche. What a long strange trip :grin:
Yeah brings back memories Shorty. But do you really want to go back to the days where your couch smelled like dog piss and if you weren't first to the shower you got a cold one and the thunderbox (toilet), was outside with newspaper for bum fodder...
Bugger that...
And at least topics like correct use of grammar and proper application of cintacs, mercifully remain encased within threads like this one.
I for one am literally packing my daks at the thought that I may make a mistake in my spelling or grammar, gunna be great when this thread finally goes arse up...
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Yeah brings back memories Shorty. But do you really want to go back to the days where your couch smelled like dog piss and if you weren't first to the shower you got a cold one and the thunderbox (toilet), was outside with newspaper for bum fodder...
Bugger that...
And at least topics like correct use of grammar and proper application of cintacs, mercifully remain encased within threads like this one.
I for one am literally packing my daks at the thought that I may make a mistake in my spelling or grammar, gunna be great when this thread finally goes arse up...
Cintacs...sounds like a set of breath mints...I suppose you meant syntax? :thumb: :thumb:
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Cintacs...sounds like a set of breath mints...I suppose you meant syntax? :thumb: :thumb:
Yes, I actually did... :embarrassed:
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Cintacs...sounds like a set of breath mints...I suppose you meant syntax? :thumb: :thumb:
Both wrong. Sin Tax is the price of drinking booze on Sunday in Pennsylvania. Er, legal booze, that is. :wink:
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Both wrong. Sin Tax is the price of drinking booze on Sunday in Pennsylvania. Er, legal booze, that is. :wink:
Good one!!
Can you even buy liquor on a Sunday...I thought the Blue Laws didn't permit the sale of liquor except perhaps beer on Sundays?
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The indiscriminate, interchangeable use of QUIET (without noise) and QUITE (adverb, intensifier) is very common among those who write in American English. Either variant can be used for either meaning.
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Or misspelt... :wink:
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Good one!!
Can you even buy liquor on a Sunday...I thought the Blue Laws didn't permit the sale of liquor except perhaps beer on Sundays?
Beer is sold in bulk at beer distributors Monday through Saturday. Wine and Spirits are sold (by the bottle or case) at the "State Store" only during the same hours. I think you can order a Sunday drink at a bar that also has a restaurant attached. You can take out up to a 12 pack(?) of brew. Bars close about 2 am. Plenty of opportunity. :boozing:
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See this thread. http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=93155.0
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The indiscriminate, interchangeable use of QUIET (without noise) and QUITE (adverb, intensifier) is very common among those who write in American English. Either variant can be used for either meaning.
Really ?
Is there any chance of giving an example whereby either variant is being used to give either meaning.
The use of "quiet" in two different sentences.
Are you suggesting something like the following?
My new Honda is quite quiet.
My new Honda is quiet quite.
Either variant has been used for either meaning... Are both sentences correct ?
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See this thread. http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=93155.0
Ouch !!!
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Ouch !!!
Take it in stride. :grin: I've gotten "nailed" on posts here too. In a brief moment of levity. My high school honors English teacher told us. "If it ain't right, it could be left." :laugh: First time she ever showed any "fun" to us Hawaiian kids. :shocked: Very out of character. I survived with a C+ for her class. :undecided: Made me a better student for college classes and future private/government service.
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Take it in stride. :grin: I've gotten "nailed" on posts here too. In a brief moment of levity. My high school honors English teacher told us. "If it ain't right, it could be left." :laugh: First time she ever showed any "fun" to us Hawaiian kids. :shocked: Very out of character. I survived with a C+ for her class. :undecided: Made me a better student for college classes and future private/government service.
The "ouch" was a reference to the painfully incorrect use of language by the posters.
One surprised me a bit !
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Okay.....I'd take it back but it's in quotes. :shocked: :grin: :grin:
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The indiscriminate, interchangeable use of QUIET (without noise) and QUITE (adverb, intensifier) is very common among those who write in American English. Either variant can be used for either meaning.
One of the computer techs I worked with always got that wrong it’s quite here today for eg. I gave up trying to edumicate him.
People get pissed off when you correct their grammar I find.
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it's official, the winter posts have started. :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu
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it's official, the winter posts have started. :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu
It may come as a shock Yogi, but the U.S. Is not the centre of the known universe. It's almost Summer here in the best country in the world !
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:wink:It may come as a shock Yogi, but the U.S. Is not the centre of the known universe. It's almost Summer here in the best country in the world !
this may come as a shock, but at least 325 million people disagree with you :wink:
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OK fellas , let's NOT get into a hoo haw waving contest over which country is best . Thanks .
Dusty
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It's perpetual Summer out here and It's American. :grin:
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this may come as a shock, but at least 325 million people disagree with you :wink:
Nah, knowing where they come from, stops it from being a shock...
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OK fellas , let's NOT get into a hoo haw waving contest over which country is best . Thanks .
Dusty
You're right again Dusty.
I should be grateful and not gloat. Good point...