As per the suggestion of my dear friend (well not really) RobS, I'm dedicating a new thread to why the American language is completely wrong, and the British and Australians speak and write proper English!
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As per the suggestion of my dear friend (well not really) RobS, I'm dedicating a new thread to why the American language is completely wrong, and the British and Australians speak and write proper English!
Well, it could be worse - I could start typing in Ebonics.... (woo-hoo! 1100)
Wassup wit dat?
Sheet dawg, dis message biz-ord iz whack, yo!
English :(
ROTF!
Yo thatz tricky gee, no wat I'm sayin'?
I just realised then - the title of this thread may confuse some Americans. A Yank is an American (Aussie slang for Yankee).
Hey, I never said the American language is completely wrong, there are parts of it I like and parts I don't, just like with the English language.
I'm just stirring mate, of course it isn't completley wrong :rolleyes:
How can all you Brits and Aussies even understand each other with those damn accents? :p
> A Yank is an American (Aussie slang for Yankee).
Well, thanks for clearing that up for us ignorant fools. :p Anyways, this is one piece of info I'd be interested in knowing more about - where did the term "Yankee" come from?
> mate
Mate is either something in chess or someone you have sex with :D
Not really expecting you to know, but I heard that Pommie comes from a pronouncing POHMIE, prosiner of his/her majesty in exile, but if that's true why does it refer to us Brits.
I hate text message speak utterly (long live predictive typing), can we all unite to destroy ppl who type lik ths. thnks 4 ur hlp.
What cause we don't roll our R's?
I have no idea about where the term Yankee came from.
> What cause we don't roll our R's?
What, and we do? I'm from the US, not France, for Chrissakes...
> destroy ppl who type lik ths. thnks 4 ur hlp.
15 th15 83773r?
>>Not really expecting you to know, but I heard that Pommie comes from a pronouncing POHMIE, prosiner of his/her majesty in exile, but if that's true why does it refer to us Brits.
POHM or POHMS - Prisoners her majesty. Yep its true. It came about when the convicts were sent here to Australia. I guess because most were English, it became synonymous when refering English people.