new film - cannot wait...

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, BoliDan said:

Noah Webster... sorry, Daniel Webster was a secretary of state around the same time.

was not having a go at you for this. had not heard of either. you could have told me it was ozymandias webster and i would have believed you. 

 

1 minute ago, BoliDan said:

Point taken. Although, when are either of them not offended by each other?

true. 

1 minute ago, BoliDan said:

Incorrect, and another point that has you spiraling towards your Englishness... However, I do like Oz rules football. 

on this one, we will definitely have to disagree. as evidence, we go over there for a year or two in our twenties to explore, have fun, enjoy ourselves and travel. we come home. they come over here and stay. and stay. 

1 minute ago, BoliDan said:

It's true, on one hand it is sad how diminutive our speech has become. On the other hand, it is mostly cultural and not necessarily a reflection on intelligence of the speaker. 

sadly, i think you are half right. speech has gone that way everywhere. and yes, sad. but for me, the wave of an almost new language for texting and whatever kids are doing is going even further and will get worse. for me, it is most definitely not an indication of increasing intelligence. but then i am of the view that humans have not only stuffed this world, so many are determined to ignore or deny that, that the planet is doomed. so it hardly matters. not sure how we went from a little indie flick involving the boss to the end of civilisation and the destruction of the planet. 

 

1 minute ago, BoliDan said:

But you dress and talk like Mr. Hogan, right? Don't you ruin my vision of Ozzies, Ken! 

he copied me!

[westg]

1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

reflection

 

[Webbo]

12 hours ago, BoliDan said:

Sure, a bit. The Daniel Webster dictionary  was introduced as an intentional separation of  the language to establish national identity.  The differences from cambridge dictionary are mostly syllable placement but also some pronunciation. We clearly did not go the extent of not being able to understand each other. 

We also removed the frenchness in our spelling and spell things (mostly) phonetically rather than using a "re" for an "er" sound (ex. centre: wrong if read vs center: correct and someone learning the language would pronounce it properly). We removed the "ou" from words like colour, since "ou" is a hard "oo" sound as in "zoo" or "you", it is no longer used but also never adjusted for phonetically correctness. 

This is all ridiculous, of course, but I consider us to have Savage separatist English versus Queens, and much more proper as well as logical way of speaking/spelling for such an odd language that has seen more changes than possibly any other language in recordable history. 

So this all comes back to my point that you are basically just Eastern Brits. ? unconvincing, sure... This is why shouldn't argue while drinking. 

The argument will carry more weight when you start saying herbs instead of "erbs" and basil instead of "bayzel"

[Shelby07]

15 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

 

but the bad news i have for you is that like it or not, you guys also speak the queen's english. just a really bad version of it. 

 

My wife was born and raised in Dublin. She speaks the King’s English. 

I can assure you, I don’t.