| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:37 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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What the Americans have done to the English language?
In some cases you have made it better, spell it as it sounds i.e.
Armory instead of Armoury
In some cases you have made it worse i.e.
Fanny instead of Bum
You don't want to know what fanny means over hear 
Same words, different meanings. i.e
Americans say Rubber
English say Rubber
The English version means Eraser
The American version means...... well! I am sure you know 
I am curious to know how many more differences people can come up with, these could be single words as in the above examples or they could be phrases.
Disclaimer:
Just in case I have worded something not quite right, I would like to say this is all in fun, and I do not for one second mean to suggest that anyone has taken the English language (which in itself has stolen and changed words from other countries) and done anything to it.
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:41 PM |
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kattsmeow
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I always seem to put o's and u's together. Must be my English/Scottish heritage.
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:47 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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Yeah, not just O's and U's. We have some funny place names too Like:
Keighley in West Yorkshire, pronounced Keethly. Even a lot of English people not from yorkshire pronounce it Keely.
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:50 PM |
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Pete73052
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We turn things counter-clockwise, you turn them anti-clockwise. I don't know which is better.
For us, a bonnet is something a little girl wears - it doesn't belong on my fancy sportscar.
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:51 PM |
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kattsmeow
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Thats like the word Armour huh? Or is Armor?
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:54 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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a bonnet is something a little girl wears - it doesn't belong on my fancy sportscar LOL - Just as I expect to see a trunk on an elephant not on the back of my car. COme to think of it I wouldn't expect to see a hood on my fancy sports car either   
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:56 PM |
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Pete73052
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You would if you spelled tires with a y... Tyres, what's up with that? Sounds like a river in France or something... 
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:57 PM |
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spongebob777
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I wear a boot on my foot.
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 8:57 PM |
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SunBabe
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In some cases you have made it worse i.e.
Fanny instead of Bum
You don't want to know what fanny means over hear
 I know what it is 
Oooo, I've got one!
hear and here 
(couldn't help myself...YankChicks are brazen hussys ~grin~)
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 9:02 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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I'm loving this already, I never new the tyres one, ooops! tires 
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 9:09 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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SunBabe where'd you get the smiley with the union flag?
I want one 
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 9:23 PM |
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UnconventionalCreativity
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I like my Canadian way of spelling things. 
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 9:29 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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I like my Canadian way of spelling things OK! Let's open this up then, let's not be racist. The differences do not have to be English/American, they can be English/Canadian, American/Canadian etc. etc.
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 9:33 PM |
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SunBabe
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Yeh, like out and oot 
No # Man, STEAL it, silly! Here ya go: ...it's a gif to you.
OK ----> What's this guy holding? 
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 9:45 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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Look! It's raining, that must be an English smiley too. We get a LOT of that here
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 10:07 PM |
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sealacamp
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User SunBabe got that emoticon here. BTW we spell new knew here when we are taling about something we know.
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http;//img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/SunnyGmani/smilies/IPB%20smilies/england.gif
[Edited on 8/15/2006 10:09 PM]
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 10:08 PM |
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UserNameWithoutAnyNumbers
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Fanx SunBabe - you made me find out how to put graphics in my post so I went an' got me own smiley
Now back to the thread:
We have cars with Automatic and Manual gears
you have Automatic and Stick Shift
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 10:11 PM |
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Palomino
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Well...I learned from my English friend NOT to say that I'm off to take a nappy-poo....which to ME meant.... 
He was wondering why I wanted to steal a dirty diaper! 
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 10:11 PM |
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sealacamp
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Stick refers to the type of shifting required. The gears are still manual and it is not included in the shift name. Now do you guys move the gears with your hand or do you have a lever?
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| Aug 15, 2006 @ 10:29 PM |
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kinglouis2005
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well in england if you are caught smoking a fag...
and in the US if you are caught smoking a fag........
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