[Regia-NA] Mostly incomprehensible
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Thankfully=20we=20still=20manage=20to=20understand=20both=20the=20English=20=
(POMES)=20and=20American=20(YANK)=20versions=20of=20the=20
language,=20hell=20we=20even=20understand=20the=20Cockneys,=20Hmmm=20could=
=20be=20there=20is=20a=20vacancy=20here=20for=20Aussie=20
interpreters?=20LOL.
Sandy
I=20just=20see=20it=20as=20us=20Brit=20following=20the=20Yanks=20again.Whi=
ch=20ever=20way=20you=20look=20at=20it=20the=20English=20language=20is=20f=
ull=20of=20
Americanisms=20nowadays.Which=20is=20no=20bad=20thing=20because=20it=20hel=
ps=20us=20to=20be=20able=20to=20communicate=20in=20business=20&=20
speak=20a=20forgeign=20{to=20Americas}=20language=20in=20private=20convers=
ation,although=20writing=20"disavo"=20make=20me=20cringe
{disavo=20=3D=20this=20afternoon=20in=20Liverpudlian}.I=20still=20don't=20=
totally=20understand=20Cockney=20rhyming=20slang=20even=20though=20i=20
only=20live=20a=20couple=20of=20hundred=20miles=20from=20London=20&=20i=20=
refuse=20to=20speak=20pure=20Scouse=20though=20i'm=20only=2010=20miles=20
away=20from=20Liverpool.
The=20English=20speaking=20bloke=20who=20still=20had=20to=20look=20up=20qu=
ite=20a=20few=20words=20in=20the=20dictionary=20to=20write=20this=20mail
{shame=20on=20me}
Mik
rmhowe=20<MMagnusM@bellsouth.net>=20wrote:
And=20Encyclop(a)edia=20Britannica=20finally=20took=20on=20an=20American=20=
Advisor.
It=20seems=20American=20English=20is=20dominant=20on=20the=20world-wide=20=
scene
these=20days,=20or=20so=20it=20said=20in=20a=20news=20article=20I=20saw=20=
on=20telly=20in
the=20last=20year.=20The=20new=20American=20member=20was=20being=20accompa=
nied
through=20the=20doors=20of=20Britannica=20by=20the=20older=20members.
Funny=20how=20when=20you=20get=20older=20days=20go=20faster=20and=20years=20=
compress.
Just=20the=20opposite=20of=20childhood.=20Perhaps=20the=20size=20of=20the=20=
body
has=20some=20sort=20of=20time=20factor=20effect=20that=20is=20inverse=20to=
=20gravity.
Magnus
Wulfhere=20se=20Treowryhta=20wrote:
>=20I=20used=20to=20work=20for=20a=20group=20of=20gentlemen=20from=20the=20=
UK.=20We=20often=20found=20
>=20ourselves=20in=20need=20of=20an=20American-to-English=20dictionary.=20=
I'm=20sure=20
>=20Parisians=20and=20Canadians=20have=20the=20same=20problem=20as=20do=20=
Puerto-Ricans=20and=20
>=20Spaniards.=20The=20linguistics=20are=20the=20first=20cultural=20detail=
=20to=20fade.
>=20
>=20
>&
=20gt;=20.....We=20have=20the=20word=20"rucksack"=20which=20seems=20to=20b=
e=20equal=20to=20your=20word=20
>>=20"ruck"
>>
>>=20I=20apologise=20for=20being=20transatlantically=20incomprehensible.=20=
However,=20
>>=20once=20when=20asked=20to=20examine=20something=20owned=20by=20a=20mem=
ber=20from=20Germany,=20I=20
>>=20unthinkingly=20replied=20that=20I=20would=20"have=20a=20butchers"=20-=
=20which=20got=20met=20by=20
>>=20a=20blank=20stare.=20I=20can't=20help=20it=20if=20I've=20got=20an=20e=
ast=20london=20Dad,=20a=20home=20
>>=20counties=20Mum,=20and=20got=20brought=20up=20in=20the=20black=20count=
ry=20;-)
>>
>>=20Steve
>>
>>=20P.S.=20For=20the=20uninitiated:=20Rhyming=20slang.=20Butchers=20hook=20=
=3D=20look
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=20versions=20of=20the=20language,=20hell=20we=20even=20understand=20the=20=
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Sandy<BR>
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I=20just=20see=20it=20as=20us=20Brit=20following=20the=20Yanks=20again.Whi=
ch=20ever=20way=20you=20look=20at=20it=20the=20English=20language=20is=20f=
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=20it=20helps=20us=20to=20be=20able=20to=20communicate=20in=20business=20&=
=20speak=20a=20forgeign=20{to=20Americas}language=20in=20private=20convers=
ation,although=20writing=20"disavo"=20make=20me=20cringe{disavo=20=3D=20th=
is=20afternoon=20in=20Liverpudlian}.I=20still=20don't=20totally=20understa=
nd=20Cockney=20rhyming=20slang=20even=20though=20i=20only=20live=20a=20cou=
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The=20English=20speaking=20bloke=20who=20still=20had=20to=20look=20up=20qu=
ite=20a=20few=20words=20in=20the=20dictionary=20to=20write=20this=20mail{s=
hame=20on=20me}<BR>
Mik<BR>
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<B><I>rmhowe=20<MMagnusM@bellsouth.net></B></I>=20wrote:<BR>
And=20Encyclop(a)edia=20Britannica=20finally=20took=20on=20an=20American=20=
Advisor.<BR>
It=20seems=20American=20English=20is=20dominant=20on=20the=20world-wide=20=
scene<BR>
these=20days,=20or=20so=20it=20said=20in=20a=20news=20article=20I=20saw=20=
on=20telly=20in<BR>
the=20last=20year.=20The=20new=20American=20member=20was=20being=20accompa=
nied<BR>
through=20the=20doors=20of=20Britannica=20by=20the=20older=20members.<BR>
<BR>
Funny=20how=20when=20you=20get=20older=20days=20go=20faster=20and=20years=20=
compress.<BR>
Just=20the=20opposite=20of=20childhood.=20Perhaps=20the=20size=20of=20the=20=
body<BR>
has=20some=20sort=20of=20time=20factor=20effect=20that=20is=20inverse=20to=
=20gravity.<BR>
<BR>
Magnus<BR>
<BR>
Wulfhere=20se=20Treowryhta=20wrote:<BR>
>=20I=20used=20to=20work=20for=20a=20group=20of=20gentlemen=20from=20th=
e=20UK.=20We=20often=20found=20<BR>
>=20ourselves=20in=20need=20of=20an=20American-to-English=20dictionary.=
=20I'm=20sure=20<BR>
>=20Parisians=20and=20Canadians=20have=20the=20same=20problem=20as=20do=
=20Puerto-Ricans=20and=20<BR>
>=20Spaniards.=20The=20linguistics=20are=20the=20first=20cultural=20det=
ail=20to=20fade.<BR>
>=20<BR>
>=20<BR>
>&<BR>
=20gt;=20.....We=20have=20the=20word=20"rucksack"=20which=20seems=20to=20b=
e=20equal=20to=20your=20word=20<BR>
>>=20"ruck"<BR>
>><BR>
>>=20I=20apologise=20for=20being=20transatlantically=20incomprehensi=
ble.=20However,=20<BR>
>>=20once=20when=20asked=20to=20examine=20something=20owned=20by=20a=
=20member=20from=20Germany,=20I=20<BR>
>>=20unthinkingly=20replied=20that=20I=20would=20"have=20a=20butcher=
s"=20-=20which=20got=20met=20by=20<BR>
>>=20a=20blank=20stare.=20I=20can't=20help=20it=20if=20I've=20got=20=
an=20east=20london=20Dad,=20a=20home=20<BR>
>>=20counties=20Mum,=20and=20got=20brought=20up=20in=20the=20black=20=
country=20;-)<BR>
>><BR>
>>=20Steve<BR>
>><BR>
>>=20P.S.=20For=20the=20uninitiated:=20Rhyming=20slang.=20Butchers=20=
hook=20=3D=20look<BR>
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