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Posted on 08/21/2008 4:42:07 PM PDT by forkinsocket
‘The Mother Tongue’ is his usual writing style, he has a very dry understated sense of humour which is quite amusing, he has written quite a lot of stuff, mostly travel writing, which I have enjoyed.
His politics would be a little to the left of most people here but that shouldn’t put you off, check him out at Amazon.
The dictionary is a slim volume but quite helpful if you’re into writing correctly.
Originally from Ireland (Northern Ireland) currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Wow! So how did you come across Free Republic?
Ever spend any time in the states?
(Feel free to tell me to ‘MYOB’ at anytime...)
I’ve always been fascinated by politics and I love following US politics, I find it a lot more interesting and vigorous than politics back home (well actually politics in Northern Ireland when I was growing up in the 1980’s was a little bit too “interesting” but we’ll let that pass). I came across this site way back in 2004 when I was watching that year’s election and the whole Dan Rather thing came up, finding this site and LGF was a breath of fresh air.
Like most people here I was pretty much disgusted by the whole MSM slant on politics and I was delighted to find out that there were actually other people around the world who thought like me. I like to dip in every so often and I like to post articles from the British and Irish press that Freepers might find interesting but wouldn’t otherwise have read.
I spent two summers as a student in the 1980’s working in the New Jersey Cape (for some reason there were an awful lot of students from Ireland working there for the summer back then). I loved the States then and still do and I have been back to visit a couple of times, but now I’m married and settled down in Indonesia (long story) and through the fantastic medium of the internet I’m not completely out of touch with the rest of the civilised world (actually Indonesia is fairly civilised too, I am very fond of the place).
So what about you?
by Charles Battell Loomis
I'm taught p-l-o-u-g-h
Shall be pronounced “plow.”
“Zat’s easy w’en you know,” I say,
“Mon Anglais, I'll get through!”
My teacher say zat in zat case,
O-u-g-h is “oo.”
And zen I laugh and say to him,
“Zees Anglais make me cough.”
He say “Not ‘coo’ but in zat word,
O-u-g-h is ‘off,’’”
“Oh, ______! Such varied sounds
Of words make me hiccough!”
He say, “Again mon frien’ ees wrong;
O-u-g-h is ‘up’
In hiccough.” Zen I cry, “No more,
You make my t’roat feel rough.”
“Non, non!” he cry, “You are not right;
O-u-g-h is ‘uff.’”
I say, “I try to spik your words,
I cannot spik zem though.”
“In time you'll learn, but now you're wrong!
O-u-g-h is ‘owe’”
“I'll try no more, I s’all go mad,
I'll drown me in ze lough!”
“But ere you drown yourself,” said he,
“O-u-g-h is ‘ock.’”
He taught no more, I held him fast
And killed him wiz a rough.
No. The English pronunciation is with the "s", not a "z". Lack of enunciation led to the change across the pond.
I’m an info junkie. I’ll read anything and everything.
It was during the 2000 election that I started paying close attention to politics. I too was disgusted by the media but was ignorant as to other options available. Fresh air, indeed! LGF is great, I also like Gateway Pundit, Conservative Grapevine, NRO, Spectator, powerlineblog, american thinker... well, you get the picture!
I’m off to bed (just turned midnight here) but it was/is a pleasure to meet you! Best wishes to you and yours, and I’m sure our paths(threads) will cross again. Take care!
Good night (good morning here). It’s been great chatting to you too, it’s always nice to meet new people, don’t forget to check up on Bryson’s other stuff, just don’t take his politics too seriously.
All the best.
Will do (check up)!
And won’t (take too seriously)!
Thanks...
Not even the most priggish Brit pronounces it "standardiSSation."
And what's with "coloUr"? I know, I know, the Norman influence. But so little else about Britain reflects its unfortunate French heritage, why condemn your language to forever pay for that sin?
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