DEEJAYKEG Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted April 28, 2012 I found this blog entry by English Independentjournalist Tom Greaney both amusing and informative. It highlights some differences of language and culture between the two dialects and countries that explain much. It may go some way to explaining why words like "liberal" and "socialist" are spoken and written with contempt by some Americans - briefly, they have been redefined and mean different things to Americans than they do to the rest of the world. Perhaps, if one were speaking of French words, one would call them "faux amis" (false friends) - words that look the same yet have greatly different meanings. And that filler word - "like"! Well, like, that, like, drives me, like, up the, like, wall, too, like! (My son, like, speaks, like this, like!) I would write more but I need another coffee and a fag... Shamu and hxtr 2 Awards
Yop Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 1719 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1982 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 518 Achievement Points: 12062 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29 Birthday: 04/03/1981 Device: Windows Posted April 28, 2012 good job Awards
Shamu Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted April 28, 2012 I would write more but I need another coffee and a fag... Clever blog and true. And like is often associated with the Valley Girl type from California, like. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleyspeak ) Also be careful of the American English use of "fag". People in America may get the wrong idea about you, unless of course if you really were going to get a................. well, you know what I am trying to say. DEEJAYKEG and BeerGoat 2
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted April 28, 2012 I would write more but I need another coffee and a fag... Clever blog and true. And like is often associated with the Valley Girl type from California, like. ( http://en.wikipedia....iki/Valleyspeak ) Also be careful of the American English use of "fag". People in America may get the wrong idea about you, unless of course if you really were going to get a................. well, you know what I am trying to say. American visitors to these shores should refrain from the use of the word "fanny" for similar reasons. Here it refers only to a certain part of a lady's anatomy (below the belt! ). TheLastColdBeer 1 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted April 28, 2012 Yeah, you just can't say "slap her on the fanny" in Ireland or the UK. Bunch of culchie bogtrotters you buggers are. BeerGoat 1 Awards
Shamu Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted April 28, 2012 We Americans can often get a chuckle from the Brits and Irish whel we refer to Petrol as Gas which has a generally distinct difference in Europe.
Shamu Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted April 28, 2012 I will be damned if I do not get pissed when I can't go back and edit one of my posts for a typo. As in the above post where I have "whel" when I meant "when". I know, I know............ be more careful. I still don't have to like it. We old people need a break for our loss of mental acumen. At least this one does.
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted April 28, 2012 We Americans can often get a chuckle from the Brits and Irish whel we refer to Petrol as Gas which has a generally distinct difference in Europe. You concern yourselves with filling up with it whereas we like to pass it, preferably noisily... BeerGoat 1 Awards
hxtr Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.93 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted April 28, 2012 like what the fuck are you like fucking like talking the fuck about like you know what the fuck like i mean? like fuck it... hahahaha sorry could not resist.
PimpedOutPete Posted April 28, 2012 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15031 Content Per Day: 2.59 Reputation: 8047 Achievement Points: 92232 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted April 28, 2012 Good post Dee ... lol Awards
Shamu Posted April 29, 2012 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted April 29, 2012 like what the fuck are you like fucking like talking the fuck about like you know what the fuck like i mean? like fuck it... hahahaha I did suspect you had a little Valley Girl in you. BeerGoat 1
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