Originally posted by huntingbearGeorge Carlin once said that the only intelligent thing the British ever did was to put the driver's side by the curb. Then, of course, they moved the curb over to the other side of the road 😛.
What's worse than the other side of the road is the other side of the car! At least, it was for me. I've yet to actually stray back onto the right side of the road, but many times I've tried to enter my car on the passenger side, and at first I hit a lot of curbs on that side too.
As for the car's anatomy, I cannot bring myself to say the car has a ...[text shortened]... the guesses I get tend to be Canadian, Irish, South African, English, and once even Swedish 😕🙂
Speaking of language pet peeves, have any other Aussies here noticed the younger generation's (around my age, 21, and lower) recent tendency to pronounce arse "ass"? People commonly misspell it, but mispronounce it?? They'll be chatting away using an Aussie accent, which tends to leave the mouth half closed and almost prone (it's said our accent developed because of the abundance of blowies here) and then suddenly their mouth will open wide and an "Assss" will fly out. Nothing annoys me more. ðŸ˜
Originally posted by dylsome people are offended by swear words,
Speaking of language pet peeves, have any other Aussies here noticed the younger generation's (around my age, 21, and lower) recent tendency to pronounce arse "ass"? People commonly misspell it, but mispronounce it?? They'll be chatting away using an Aussie accent, which tends to leave the mouth half closed and almost prone (it's said our accent developed b ...[text shortened]... en suddenly their mouth will open wide and an "Assss" will fly out. Nothing annoys me more. ðŸ˜
some peoplee are offended by mispronounced swear words !
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I blame Bill Gates.
Before Word, before spell checker - how would I have known or cared that Americans spell colour as color or realise as realize, its only when you have to spend 30 mins hitting the ignore button becuase some idiot in your company set the spell checker to American English that it really grates.
In Europe you only have to drive about 30 miles and meanings and dialects change. I come from SE England , I say "dinner" meaning evening meal, my lady from NW England says "dinner" meaning lunch. The main thing is we all understand each other, not who speaks the correct English. Its what you say, not how you say it 😉
Andrew
Originally posted by dylAs far as speech is concerned, what annoys me the most is when someone says every sentence to sound like a question (ie with a rising intonation at the end). Stop it! ðŸ˜
Speaking of language pet peeves, have any other Aussies here noticed the younger generation's (around my age, 21, and lower) recent tendency to pronounce arse "ass"? People commonly misspell it, but mispronounce it?? They'll be chatting away using an Aussie accent, which tends to leave the mouth half closed and almost prone (it's said our accent developed b ...[text shortened]... en suddenly their mouth will open wide and an "Assss" will fly out. Nothing annoys me more. ðŸ˜
Originally posted by latex bishopWhat annoys me even more, even after setting the spell checker in word to English English, it still wants to use the American dictionary to check your document! Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I blame Bill Gates.
Before Word, before spell checker - how would I have known or cared that Americans spell colour as color or realise as realize, its only when you have to spend 30 mins hitting the ignore button becuase some idiot in your company set the spell checker to American English that it really grates.
In Europe you only have to drive a ...[text shortened]... h other, not who speaks the correct English. Its what you say, not how you say it 😉
Andrew
Why do Americans drop the letter "u" & swap "s" for "z"?
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Originally posted by gregofthewebwell that does depend on your accent or dialect. Do not Americans use silent "p"'s? as in pneumatic (new-mat-ic)
Because labor is pronounced lay-ber and color is pronounced kuh-ler and realize isn't pronounced ree-all-lice but ree-all-lize.
heh.
Andrew