I think that Ken was joking. I hope that Ken was joking.
If Ken wasn't joking and really thinks that Americanisation is a good thing,
I'll mention the truly ugly word "vocalise" as an example of how horrid such a
tendency can be . . .
;-)
Chris
On 1 Jun 2011, at 11:07, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Oh ye of the Aluminium nose...there is some good argument for the murkin
> spelling but 'aloo-minum' - it sounds like a small potato curry.
> And murkin cars have 'hoods' - so they can carry out bank robberies? Suck
> that up your trunk.
> "Brit' includes a wide range of voices, some so strong in dialect that they
> are incomprehensible to people 50 miles down the road.
> So which pertikular Brits were yew talkin' about?
> Andrew Fildes
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>
>
> On 01/06/2011, at 12:19 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>> I think this is another example of where the Americanisation of the
>> English Language is a good thing. Take the word "Aluminum" as an
>> example. The way the Brits way it hurts my ears. Do you honestly think
>> that the good folks down at the Alcoa headquarters say it that way?
>>
>> Why do cars have bonnets? Pleeeeeease!
>>
>> I suppose that those ancient ways of saying certain words is a way for
>> people to be able to speak while their noses are pointed up in the
>> air.
>
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