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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 19 Aug 20 1.50pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

OK, English is a dynamic language that changes over time.
I put up with Marvel comics in the 1970's that used words, such as 'color' and 'gasoline'

that is Colour and Petrol to us English.

And what really peeves me at the moment , is that the BBC are using the term "pedophile" (you know the case).
It's a f-cking Paedophile

And Illegal immigrant from the up to the 1980's, is now an economic migrant. Work it out

rant over

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (19 Aug 2020 1.51pm)

 


"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 19 Aug 20 1.58pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Garbage

 


Red and Blue Army!

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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 19 Aug 20 2.13pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

trash-talk

It really started to irk when the US invaded EEErack. Not to be confused with Iraq.

I shouldn't berate the US, as most UK citizens seem to have a minimal grasp of the language.

 


"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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View Jimenez's Profile Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 19 Aug 20 2.32pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

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.

 


Pro USA & Israel

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View PhuketEagle's Profile PhuketEagle Flag Phuket 19 Aug 20 3.35pm Send a Private Message to PhuketEagle Add PhuketEagle as a friend

This lead to that happening, for instance. It may be just bad use of the English language or yet another Americanism, but the word is LED, not lead. Jesus H.

 

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I just don’t want anyone British to say to me
‘’Can I get a.....’’

Unlikely but I don’t want anyone saying it to me. Hearing it in a queue is bad enough.

 


COYP

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View Apollofuzz's Profile Apollofuzz Flag On the edge of reason 19 Aug 20 5.22pm Send a Private Message to Apollofuzz Add Apollofuzz as a friend

Children now go to a "High school" Arrrrggghhhhh

 

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View Cucking Funt's Profile Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 19 Aug 20 5.24pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly

OK, English is a dynamic language that changes over time.
I put up with Marvel comics in the 1970's that used words, such as 'color' and 'gasoline'

that is Colour and Petrol to us English.

And what really peeves me at the moment , is that the BBC are using the term "pedophile" (you know the case).
It's a f-cking Paedophile

And Illegal immigrant from the up to the 1980's, is now an economic migrant. Work it out

rant over

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (19 Aug 2020 1.51pm)

'Color' is the original spelling, surprisingly. As American English evolved, the Yanks kept quite a few words and spellings that are now considered archaic in British English, such as them calling what we call Autumn 'Fall'.

 


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

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The influence of Americanisms has been apparent since at least WW2.
Picking up a few American phrases and pronunciations is the least of our problems I'd say.

I think I might be right in saying that using contractions like 'CAN'T and WON'T became more common due to American influence during the War and after.

 

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Originally posted by Cucking Funt

'Color' is the original spelling, surprisingly. As American English evolved, the Yanks kept quite a few words and spellings that are now considered archaic in British English, such as them calling what we call Autumn 'Fall'.

You can also add "Soccer" to that list. It was an english term for the "beautiful game" which came as a form of abbreviating "association football".

 

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View Tim Gypsy Hill '64's Profile Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 19 Aug 20 5.54pm Send a Private Message to Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Add Tim Gypsy Hill '64 as a friend

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

Schedule - skedule.

Privicy - pryvicy.

Controversy - contraversy.

As mentioned, Iraq/Iran - Eyeraq/Eyeran.

 


Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 19 Aug 20 6.45pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Watch old programmes and route rhymes with tooth.

Then it became route like out.

Today router sounds like outer.

 


the 'Net-We-had' at the Etihad....again

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