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Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 19 Aug 20 11.07pm
Ones I found strange when I first moved here were Faucets - Taps Orange Squash - they think it's a vegetable Trolley - Shopping Cart Jelly - Jam /Marmalade & is there nothing more cringe worthy than watching (actually listening) to an English speaking attempt at commentating on American Sports, Cue tons of Footballing terms to explain something in a different sport. Pro USA & Israel
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Jimenez

SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 19 Aug 20 11.07pm

Ones I found strange when I first moved here were
Faucets - Taps
Orange Squash - they think it's a vegetable
Trolley - Shopping Cart
Jelly - Jam /Marmalade
& is there nothing more cringe worthy than watching (actually listening) to an English speaking attempt at commentating on American Sports, Cue tons of Footballing terms to explain something in a different sport.

Pro USA & Israel

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croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 20 Aug 20 12.24am
Hell no!
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Any european country i fancy! 20 Aug 20 12.24am

Hell no!

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the.universal 20 Aug 20 7.19am
Originally posted by Jimenez Yep it swings both ways I'm afraid. You'll have a BBC presenter who can pronounce a village of 350 people in the foothills of Afghanistan perfectly to the vowel, yet insist on calling Los Angeles, Los Angelees. Wouldn’t it be more correctly pronounced Los Ang-hell-ez? If we’re going all the way back. Vive le Roy!
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the.universal 20 Aug 20 7.19am

Originally posted by Jimenez

Yep it swings both ways I'm afraid. You'll have a BBC presenter who can pronounce a village of 350 people in the foothills of Afghanistan perfectly to the vowel, yet insist on calling Los Angeles, Los Angelees.

Wouldn’t it be more correctly pronounced Los Ang-hell-ez? If we’re going all the way back.

Vive le Roy!

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JRW2 Dulwich 20 Aug 20 9.17am
Originally posted by Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Pronunciations are what bother me. U.S. pronounciation. Schedule - skedule. Privicy - pryvicy. Controversy - contraversy. As mentioned, Iraq/Iran - Eyeraq/Eyeran. Do you mean privacy? If so, then according to the Oxford Concise dictionary, both pronunciations are acceptable.
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Dulwich 20 Aug 20 9.17am

Originally posted by Tim Gypsy Hill '64

Pronunciations are what bother me. U.S. pronounciation.

Schedule - skedule.

Privicy - pryvicy.

Controversy - contraversy.

As mentioned, Iraq/Iran - Eyeraq/Eyeran.

Do you mean privacy? If so, then according to the Oxford Concise dictionary, both pronunciations are acceptable.

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Cannonball High in the Ozarks. 20 Aug 20 10.02am
Originally posted by Jimenez Ones I found strange when I first moved here were Faucets - Taps Orange Squash - they think it's a vegetable Trolley - Shopping Cart Jelly - Jam /Marmalade & is there nothing more cringe worthy than watching (actually listening) to an English speaking attempt at commentating on American Sports, Cue tons of Footballing terms to explain something in a different sport. When I first came to the states I went into Walmart and asked for some braces (for my overalls) and was told to go to an Orthodontist.It seems that braces here are known as suspenders. Touch my coffee and I will slap you so hard even Google won't be able to find you.
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High in the Ozarks. 20 Aug 20 10.02am

Originally posted by Jimenez

When I first came to the states I went into Walmart and asked for some braces (for my overalls) and was told to go to an Orthodontist.It seems that braces here are known as suspenders.

Touch my coffee and I will slap you so hard even Google won't be able to find you.

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Jacko1 Hastings 20 Aug 20 10.10am
Hey instead of Hi, drives me crazy.
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Hastings 20 Aug 20 10.10am

Hey instead of Hi, drives me crazy.

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doi209 Fighting for the weak and innocent... 20 Aug 20 10.20am
Originally posted by Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Pronunciations are what bother me. U.S. pronounciation. Schedule - skedule. Privicy - pryvicy. Controversy - contraversy. As mentioned, Iraq/Iran - Eyeraq/Eyeran. Reminds me of an episode of Countdown where that wonderful Janet Street Porter had a rant about people who cant get their pronounciations right. Stupid woman. ( Yes I watch Countdown, yes I am old).
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Fighting for the weak and innocent... 20 Aug 20 10.20am

Originally posted by Tim Gypsy Hill '64

Pronunciations are what bother me. U.S. pronounciation.

Schedule - skedule.

Privicy - pryvicy.

Controversy - contraversy.

As mentioned, Iraq/Iran - Eyeraq/Eyeran.

Reminds me of an episode of Countdown where that wonderful Janet Street Porter had a rant about people who cant get their pronounciations right.
Stupid woman.

( Yes I watch Countdown, yes I am old).

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Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 20 Aug 20 11.11am
. Edited by Cucking Funt (20 Aug 2020 11.12am) Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham
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Clapham on the Back 20 Aug 20 11.11am

Edited by Cucking Funt (20 Aug 2020 11.12am)

Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham

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mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 20 Aug 20 12.20pm
Originally posted by Cucking Funt . Edited by Cucking Funt (20 Aug 2020 11.12am) steady on now.... Glad All Over
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