And do Brits really say, "herb" the right way, instead of as if it only had three letters?
We do... I didn't realise until fairly recently that Americans didn't but it does grate on my ears without the "h".
We also say "basil" correctly rather than as "Bay-zil"
*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
From David Mitchell: Dear America
20/05/2010 03:16:38 PM
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As a non-native Eng-spleaking person...
20/05/2010 03:32:14 PM
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"Could care less is" a personal peeve of mine, too.
20/05/2010 03:43:08 PM
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Mine also
20/05/2010 04:08:23 PM
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Oh, and for the record: the use of "table" as a verb in politics still confuses me for about 5 sec.
20/05/2010 04:38:35 PM
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What a grating accent
20/05/2010 10:41:38 PM
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what grammatical conventions?
20/05/2010 11:11:10 PM
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Subjunctive, reflective pronouns, things like that
20/05/2010 11:26:09 PM
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His main two points had nothing to do with all that, though...
20/05/2010 11:39:28 PM
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I know. I just merely said I disliked the accent and that the divergent dialects were just that
20/05/2010 11:59:25 PM
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How does that apply at all?
20/05/2010 11:43:49 PM
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Different rules for different dialects
21/05/2010 12:03:31 AM
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.... dialects?
21/05/2010 12:06:03 AM
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Yes, dialects
21/05/2010 12:20:09 AM
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Re: Yes, dialects
21/05/2010 12:24:25 AM
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Perhaps
21/05/2010 12:54:49 AM
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Re: Perhaps
21/05/2010 12:56:18 AM
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It really depends
21/05/2010 01:03:13 AM
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Re: It really depends
21/05/2010 01:05:21 AM
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