Hi James,
Much is made in the UK about the way our language gets modified/adulterated
call it what you will. The critics cite America as the evil influence. I
read a lot of emails and chat regularly to many Americans on IRC L*ica and I
hear much, by way of expressions, that amuses and impresses me.
Just to let you know that I will be adopting 'ration of crap' with immediate
effect and will do my best dovetail it into common usage. I doubt that it
will ever be heard during the BBC news but the English spoken there is
almost as far from the language I speak as the English spoken in the Bronx.
Go figure :-)
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 01 December 2004 08:57
Subject: [OM] Re: Philips; cross-point; posi-drive; Robertson
>
> A friend of mine who grew up in Seattle pronounces Washington with the "r"
> and routinely receives a ration of crap for it. /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Timpe, Jim
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:53 PM
> To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [OM] Re: Philips; cross-point; posi-drive; Robertson
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>
>
> and some people in Washington state pronounce
> it as "War-shington,"
>
>
> Garth
>
>
> NO TRUE NATIVE WOULD BE CAUGHT DEAD PRONOUNCING IT THAT WAY......
>
> Sorry, that's a pet peeve of mine.... Need to take it out for a walk
every
> once in awhile.
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