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Americans are angry with us for polluting their language
The Telegraph ^
| February 7, 2011
| Kath Hinton
Posted on 02/07/2011 5:08:46 AM PST by NCjim
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:08:48 AM PST
by
NCjim
To: NCjim
“boot” for trunk (of the car).........
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:13:46 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: NCjim
To: NCjim
And calling a cigarette a “fag” may just be a hate crime!
To: NCjim
My pet peeve is Americans using the Brit’s spelling. They are just trying to be cute.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:18:07 AM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: NCjim
Two peoples, separated by a common language.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:19:17 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(BO + MB = BOMB -- The One will make sure they get one.)
To: NCjim
I give the Brits a thumbs up for “bloody hell.”
As in “What the bloody hell did you do?”
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:20:03 AM PST
by
sergeantdave
(The democrat party is a seditious organization and must be outlawed)
To: NCjim
Not every American thinks British accents are charming, not those who know American or Irish history, for instance. And that accent can get old very fast if you’ve ever found out what’s behind some of the false smiles and deceptive politeness. Australians don’t swoon much to them either.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:21:36 AM PST
by
OldNewYork
(social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)
To: NCjim
Someone invented a subject so they can justify their paycheck.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:22:43 AM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
To: NCjim
It is one thing to welcome the British enriching the language with their usage but it will mark the ultimate decline of civilization if we permit them to have the slightest influence over our cuisine.
One has to go to former British colonies like New Zealand to get worse food. It is, no doubt, why we fought two wars in 1776 and 1812 and I can think of no more righteous casus belli.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:22:49 AM PST
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: NCjim
"perhaps Kath can provide a translator for the cockney accent. here's one for ya Kath....bullocks"
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:23:00 AM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: NCjim
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:23:09 AM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
To: caver
I believe Brit bias may have coloured your judgment.
To: NCjim
There is less of a seperation between British/ American english than ebonic/American english.
To: NCjim
Shortly after my now-deceased wife arrived in the States from her native Australia, we went into the PX here at Fort Hood to purchase some eraser tips for my mechanical pencils. We went back to stationary are looked around for awhile but couldn't find any, so my wife decided to go up to the front of the store and ask one of the cashiers where they were.
I was way near the back of the crowded store when I heard my wife's Australian-accented voice calling from the front cash registers ...
"Honey, the cashier says that the rubbers are in the pharmacy section."
It was only later that I found out that the Aussies (and the Brits, I guess) call "erasers" "rubbers" because, as my wife put it, "They rub out your mistakes."
It was awhile before I went back into that PX again.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:25:14 AM PST
by
BlueLancer
(Nuke Austin from orbit .... it's the only way to be sure.)
To: traderrob6
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:25:17 AM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: NCjim
Well, I read the thing, and all I have to say is:
Bob’s your uncle.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:28:59 AM PST
by
alarm rider
(The left will always tell you who they fear the most. What are they telling you now?)
To: caver
My pet peeve is Americans using the Brits spelling. They are just trying to be cute. At theatres and shoppes everywhere you look.
It's enough to send one to hospital.
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:29:25 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Of course Obama loves his country. The thing is, Sarah loves mine.)
To: NCjim
My favorite British-ism is “sod off.”
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posted on
02/07/2011 5:31:05 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Graybeard58
If I were to hear an American use a phase like "on holiday" or drop the "the" as in "going to the hospital", I would be willing to bet that the speaker is a liberal.
I don't see your average Conservative using such silly affectations.
It's a pride in one's own country thing.
Libs don't usually have it.
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