Stop saying "Demond" !!!
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bristolracer said:
In Brizzle people have good ideals instead of ideas and they shop at some place called ASDAWL. "'Ere me babbers, I got an ideal. I'll pop down Asdawl and get some.".
That's the Bristol dialect. Allegedly, that's how "Brigstowe" became "Bristol".When my daughter was very young I almost succeeded in persuading her that there were special cars for people who lived in Bristol, models such as the Vauxhall AstraL and the Ford SierraL.
Mercury00 said:
I thought this was going to be a thread about Received Pronunciation and those t
ts on the news that pronounce Afghanistan as Afghaniston. You can't pronounce one A different to the rest!!!
"Different from". You wouldn't say "this thing differs to that thing".ts on the news that pronounce Afghanistan as Afghaniston. You can't pronounce one A different to the rest!!!Why do Americans say "bring" when they mean "take", and vice versa? "Good morning wife. Did you sleep well? I'm just about to bring our children to school.". I'd love to know how that originated.
"Hung" instead of "hanged", as in "He was hung for murder.". Luckily, that one doesn't often come up in conversation.
"It was a mistake on my behalf.". When I win the lottery, I too will employ someone to make my mistakes for me.
"I" for "me" and "me" for "I". "Did you see Dave and I earlier today?". "Dave and me" for God's sake. You would never say "Did you see I", would you? (OK, you might say that in some local dialects, I suppose.)
I was recently reviewing a quote from a local builder, and he had typed -£500.00 to remove and replace Falls Sealing.
It took me a while to work out that he was referring to a False Ceiling, but what intrigued me was, that after 30 odd years in the industry and countless trips to Builders merchants, he'd not once read something like 'Suitable for both walls and ceilings' on a tin of paint and said ' Oh! So that's how you spell it'
It took me a while to work out that he was referring to a False Ceiling, but what intrigued me was, that after 30 odd years in the industry and countless trips to Builders merchants, he'd not once read something like 'Suitable for both walls and ceilings' on a tin of paint and said ' Oh! So that's how you spell it'
Issi said:
I was recently reviewing a quote from a local builder, and he had typed -£500.00 to remove and replace Falls Sealing.
It took me a while to work out that he was referring to a False Ceiling, but what intrigued me was, that after 30 odd years in the industry and countless trips to Builders merchants, he'd not once read something like 'Suitable for both walls and ceilings' on a tin of paint and said ' Oh! So that's how you spell it'
That's just brilliant, WTF It took me a while to work out that he was referring to a False Ceiling, but what intrigued me was, that after 30 odd years in the industry and countless trips to Builders merchants, he'd not once read something like 'Suitable for both walls and ceilings' on a tin of paint and said ' Oh! So that's how you spell it'
I used to work with a Plumber who always referred to the ceiling as a roof, I could never understand someone in the building trade getting that wrong....
One of my English teachers, at a school in Dundee, spent hours trying to enthuse us about po-yittry and po-yums. Given that she refused to coutenance using the works of McGonnagall or McCorrisken as examples, she was on a hiding to nothing.
Meanwhile, I continue to search for someone who can conjugate the verb "to of" for me. I fear my education must of been incomplete
Meanwhile, I continue to search for someone who can conjugate the verb "to of" for me. I fear my education must of been incomplete
marshalla said:
One of my English teachers, at a school in Dundee, spent hours trying to enthuse us about po-yittry and po-yums. Given that she refused to coutenance using the works of McGonnagall or McCorrisken as examples, she was on a hiding to nothing.
Meanwhile, I continue to search for someone who can conjugate the verb "to of" for me. I fear my education must of been incomplete
I ofMeanwhile, I continue to search for someone who can conjugate the verb "to of" for me. I fear my education must of been incomplete
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rohrl said:
Einion Yrth said:
northwest monkey said:
"Choritho" on every fking cooking programme.
Given that it's a Spanish sausage and that's how it's pronounced. What would you prefer?king cooking programme.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff