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| Thread ID: 139744 | 2015-06-20 02:12:00 | Kiwi English under threat | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1403237 | 2015-06-20 04:00:00 | pffft...language never stops. ever. never has, never will.:+1: |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1403238 | 2015-06-20 04:55:00 | Railway line – railway trackGoods train – freight trainFreight trains run on railway lines. ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1403239 | 2015-06-20 05:06:00 | Toilet - Though in NZ it's refered to - or assumed to be a room with a object to be used, e.g. a dispensing lavatory. But wondering if that term originated in NZ, or it replaced another term, i.e. if it evolved from lavatory, latrine, urinal, water closet, or some other specific terminology. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1403240 | 2015-06-20 05:21:00 | Toilet - Though in NZ it's refered to - or assumed to be a room with a object to be used, e.g. a dispensing lavatory. But wondering if that term originated in NZ, or it replaced another term, i.e. if it evolved from lavatory, latrine, urinal, water closet, or some other specific terminology. I understand it is a French word taken into the English language the same as so many other French and other foreign words. I don't know the French meaning of the word but possibly "to do your toilet," that is to wash yourself and generally tidy yourself up. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1403241 | 2015-06-20 05:21:00 | I noticed 38 years ago when arriving in NZ that Kiwi English had already absorbed a fair amount of American English including pronunciations without Kiwis even knowing or noticing it. As Metla says it is an ongoing process, there is no way of stopping it, just lie back and enjoy it :clap |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1403242 | 2015-06-20 05:40:00 | As Metla says it is an ongoing process, there is no way of stopping it, just lie back and enjoy it :clap I quite agree that a living language is changing all the time, but I was not lamenting the changing of the language, I was saying that our Kiwi English is being replaced with American English - quite a different thing. We are loosing our own unique way of speaking. Soon we'll be sounding like the Yanks as well. How awful.:waughh |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1403243 | 2015-06-20 06:20:00 | Why do the papers say 'gunned down', when they mean 'shot'? Uses up more paper? Means they need to write less? Or was the victim hit by the gun, not the bullet. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1403244 | 2015-06-20 07:05:00 | But I think even in USA, some areas are taken over by foreigners, and their local dialects and culture. Clint Eastwood portrayed (as director, producer, and lead actor) this in a recent movie of his - Gran Torino, where he was the last white all american left in his neighbourhood. He does make a point - though perhaps in Clint's classic style - a few knockout well aimed facial punches, and of course his signature - aiming a hand gun. In NZ, not too worried about language dialect english idioms/changes, more worried about ethnic populations that could well take over within 50 or so years. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1403245 | 2015-06-20 08:14:00 | I quite agree that a living language is changing all the time, but I was not lamenting the changing of the language, I was saying that our Kiwi English is being replaced with American English - quite a different thing. We are losing our own unique way of speaking. Soon we'll be sounding like the Yanks as well. How awful.:waughh Corrected. I would regret "loosing" our ability to spell :lol: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1403246 | 2015-06-20 10:02:00 | What is an "all American"? Is it someone with two legs, two arms, not circumsised, all their teeth.... etc? Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
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