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It's both Larry Send a noteboard - 21/05/2010 12:54:04 AM
I am closer to being an Anglophobe than an Anglophile, if that helps explain why I dislike the sounds/patterns I was hearing
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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From David Mitchell: Dear America Camilla - 20/05/2010 03:16:38 PM 763 Views
He's got a point about plow, sidewalk, and trunk. *NM* PhotoJim - 20/05/2010 03:29:59 PM 425 Views
definitly. *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/05/2010 03:32:32 PM 190 Views
As a non-native Eng-spleaking person... Bramhodoulos - 20/05/2010 03:32:14 PM 453 Views
Where did you learn to spleak Eng? *NM* Tim - 21/05/2010 12:54:52 AM 188 Views
Wablief? *NM* Bramhodoulos - 21/05/2010 05:30:37 AM 201 Views
this isn't funny for one simple reason LadyLorraine - 20/05/2010 03:36:26 PM 505 Views
"Could care less is" a personal peeve of mine, too. Joel - 20/05/2010 03:43:08 PM 450 Views
Re: "Could care less is" a personal peeve of mine, too. Camilla - 20/05/2010 03:45:40 PM 409 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 20/05/2010 04:08:23 PM 583 Views
So you don't say it like "Ace of Basil"? *NM* Tom - 20/05/2010 04:33:10 PM 185 Views
Heh. It's more like, Razzle, dazzle BASIL! *NM* Avendesora - 21/05/2010 02:32:58 AM 202 Views
You say "basil" like Basil Exposition from Austin Powers? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 20/05/2010 09:51:16 PM 195 Views
YES! nossy - 21/05/2010 02:52:05 AM 433 Views
American English contains a lot more mistakes than that. Tom - 20/05/2010 03:58:42 PM 461 Views
Oh, and for the record: the use of "table" as a verb in politics still confuses me for about 5 sec. Tom - 20/05/2010 04:38:35 PM 458 Views
Nice one, though I've been guilty of that on occasion. *NM* Legolas - 20/05/2010 10:27:23 PM 208 Views
What a grating accent Larry - 20/05/2010 10:41:38 PM 446 Views
what grammatical conventions? Camilla - 20/05/2010 11:11:10 PM 423 Views
Subjunctive, reflective pronouns, things like that Larry - 20/05/2010 11:26:09 PM 441 Views
His main two points had nothing to do with all that, though... Legolas - 20/05/2010 11:39:28 PM 550 Views
I know. I just merely said I disliked the accent and that the divergent dialects were just that Larry - 20/05/2010 11:59:25 PM 471 Views
How does that apply at all? Camilla - 20/05/2010 11:43:49 PM 444 Views
Different rules for different dialects Larry - 21/05/2010 12:03:31 AM 558 Views
.... dialects? Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:06:03 AM 517 Views
Yes, dialects Larry - 21/05/2010 12:20:09 AM 517 Views
Re: Yes, dialects Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:24:25 AM 408 Views
Perhaps Larry - 21/05/2010 12:54:49 AM 503 Views
Re: Perhaps Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:56:18 AM 433 Views
It really depends Larry - 21/05/2010 01:03:13 AM 610 Views
Re: It really depends Camilla - 21/05/2010 01:05:21 AM 569 Views
But it isn't inconsistent Larry - 21/05/2010 01:14:32 AM 412 Views
Re: But it isn't inconsistent Camilla - 21/05/2010 11:30:55 AM 667 Views
It's not his accent, it's his voice. *NM* Rebekah - 21/05/2010 12:26:18 AM 183 Views
It's both Larry - 21/05/2010 12:54:04 AM 484 Views
Tickling the fort sounds like fun! *NM* Birdeye - 21/05/2010 02:37:03 AM 211 Views
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