Slang - Aussie vs Brit vs Kiwi vs Yank
#37
Posted 20 September 2014 - 10:15 PM
Bonus points to any Brit, Aussie, or Kiwi who can explain that without going to Google.
#38
Posted 20 September 2014 - 10:25 PM
While this video might not resonate with you, it should give you some hope for the younger generation.
This group of young people collaborated to produce this video that lampoons atrocious grammar in YouTube comments. Damn funny, if you ask me.
Just to clarify:
"Labia bombing"....
Been there. Done that.
#39
Posted 20 September 2014 - 10:27 PM
Just yesterday, I was decked out in my Chuck Taylors at the lounge.
I was scopin' you out. You looked so fly in them Chuck T's!
#40
Posted 20 September 2014 - 10:48 PM
I was scopin' you out. You looked so fly in them Chuck T's!
When I was younger, I used to wear a white one, and a black one to match the black and white Kangol on my dome.
#41
Posted 03 October 2014 - 12:23 PM
While watching Ryder Cup news (I couldn't get a telecast of the matches here ), I was again struck by the different usage of plurals between British English and American English. I'm sure the Yank use of collective nouns and their verb forms (singular) grates on the British ear as much as their non-use of collective nouns grates on mine, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. To an American, to hear "Europe win" or "America lose" is startling. It was that usage that prompted my question about whether the Brits say, "The Earth revolve around the Sun" or "revolves". I'm still confused. From the newscasts, I know that "Europe" is considered to be plural when it's a team (such as the Ryder Cup team), but I wonder if it's the same when talking about the continent. In other words, do the English say, "Europe join the United States in ..." or do they say, "Europe joins ..."? We Yanks would use the singular in both instances, team and continent. After one of you answer that, please try to explain why you use that classy-sounding "a" pronunciation in words like "task" (like "tahsk") and "plant" ("plahnt"), but then use that nails-on-a-blackboard "a" in "pasta."
#42
Posted 03 October 2014 - 01:57 PM
I`m such a simple Kiwi.....Eh ! you buggers are just taking the piss because our lingo is slightly snarky !!
#43
Posted 04 October 2014 - 07:09 PM
I've always thought you guys sound a bit like pirates, or at least how Hollywood portrays pirates.I`m such a simple Kiwi.....Eh ! you buggers are just taking the piss because our lingo is slightly snarky !!
Arrrgh Matie! 😉
#44
Posted 05 October 2014 - 02:44 PM
I've always thought you guys sound a bit like pirates, or at least how Hollywood portrays pirates.
Arrrgh Matie!
The accent in NZ is pretty uniform.....apart from the bottom of the South Island where they definitely roll their R`s
Similar to Cornwall in England !!!
So hence I can understand the pirate connection
#45
Posted 06 October 2014 - 01:19 AM
I know some of us here enjoy The Lonely Island, so here's their take on the semicolon.
Not strictly on-topic, but who cares? .. Poor use of English grammar is everywhere
- Spyder Rocket likes this
Meum cerebrum nocet
#46
Posted 06 October 2014 - 07:02 AM
I know some of us here enjoy The Lonely Island, so here's their take on the semicolon.
Not strictly on-topic, but who cares? .. Poor use of English grammar is everywhere
The whole time I was watching that, I was thinking something is wrong; I'm glad the teacher schooled them.
Also, that was some great white boy rap!
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