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| Thread ID: 141752 | 2016-02-17 06:11:00 | Rant | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1416151 | 2016-02-17 20:58:00 | Here is a good diversity of views (American) about ask/axe etc www.grammarerrors.com And don't forget, as the Farmer's ads say, "there is always mo-er in sto-er" |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1416152 | 2016-02-17 21:00:00 | Maori suburbs, areas, etc spoken by many NZ's (generational kiwi's -not immigrant kiwi citizens) are not strictly pronounced properly. "pak- A- ranga vs Maori pronunciation - Paa - KU - rannga; or Waka-tane vs Whaka - tane. Maori vowel sounds are kind of elongated when spoken, and I was told from a bloke who traveled to Japan frequently similar to their sounds. In fact some Jap names look similar to maori names. If can speak maori, perhaps can easily learn Japanese. Another thing I noticed generally, you know (Ya know - was that once a common NZ slang term?) when a NZ women is singing on the radio. They generally sound flat, struggling to reach a raised pitch) as opposed to US women. except those that adapted like Shona Laing... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1416153 | 2016-02-17 21:05:00 | Oh, Stick-to-itiveness (with or without the dashes)... Why did some American feel the need to put this made up word in the dictionary when there are many better real words for the same thing, Tenacity, persistence, perseverance, and so on. I can understand someone coining it to start with, but it should never have made it into any dictionary |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1416154 | 2016-02-18 00:26:00 | I agree 100%. Lets keep the purity of our English language. God knows we want it to stop evolving & changing. So we will need to go back to how it was say 600 years ago, before it was bastardized by the commoners. Any changes after that, cant be used. . I am aware of the history, Old English, Middle English etc and the addition of foreign words. So? language evolves slowly, suddenly talking like an idiot and saying arks is not language evolution. Neither is adding "like" into a sentence every third word. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1416155 | 2016-02-18 00:33:00 | My pet hates: Nucular instead of nuclear Stastistics instead of statistics Bassic instead of basic Aloominum instead of aluminium Almost anything that John Key says is a mispronunciation, particularly if the word has an "s" in it (like Australian) - the s always comes out as a "sh". I can imagine my old English teacher's face if she heard his mangling of the English language... |
John H (8) | ||
| 1416156 | 2016-02-18 01:44:00 | I’ve never found Anglo-Saxon four letter words difficult to understand. | B.M. (505) | ||
| 1416157 | 2016-02-18 06:16:00 | Axed me fo tree fiddy. Damn you Loch Ness Monster! (South Park: Chef's parents) It's the evolution (or devolution - take your pick) of language. Media allows this to go global at a much faster rate than historical language changes, which historically couldn't spread across the world any faster than someone could walk from country to country, but it's going to keep happening, regardless. K? |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1416158 | 2016-02-18 10:20:00 | Inserting an "i" in mischievous so it's pronounced "miss cheev ious". Or inserting an "i" anywhere (ipad, iphone etc) :D I tend to morally support those who believe in inserting an "i" anywhere (ipad, iphone etc). Well, as long as it is kept between consenting adult fanbhoyz as a social gesture. Just like a secret handshake, it assists them to enlarge the circle of their acquaintances. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1416159 | 2016-02-18 19:55:00 | No it isn't. Some kiwis do it. I won't mention who they usually are. And watching a US program, several people on it, all from the same location, the one woman kept saying arks.... It's laziness, not accent.:+1: |
johcar (6283) | ||
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