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Old January 31st 05, 07:46 PM
Sally Swindells
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:28:38 GMT, escape
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It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm not
too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would much
prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English
accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you Brits
for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film, "My Fair
Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes?

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Old January 31st 05, 07:56 PM
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Nowadays - the present day
Oxford Concise Dictionary.

Yes, we have a lot of regional accents, some of which are completely
unintelligible to outsiders, although television seems to have ironed
out some of the really strong ones, especially in the young.

Sally

It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm not
too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would much
prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English
accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you Brits
for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film, "My Fair
Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes?



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Old January 31st 05, 07:57 PM
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yes it's a proper word http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/nowadays
Jan
"escape" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:47:46 GMT, "Pat P"
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Come off it, Caryn, even you have to admit that we English have the
monopoly
on CORRECT English!!! (Even if we don`t always demonstrate it!!!) We
haven`t been invaded since 1066 either. We`re talking about standard
English, as used nowadays in any case - and VERY few countries have never
assimilated words from other languages. That`s not really the point.

Pat P



It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm
not
too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would
much
prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English
accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you
Brits
for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film,
"My Fair
Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes?

v





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Old January 31st 05, 08:54 PM
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Is this a joke about willies????
Dawne


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Pat P wrote:
"Darla" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:09:43 GMT, "Pat P"
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"Darla" wrote in message
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On 29 Jan 2005 13:51:09 -0800, "


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I can spell and have been known to punctuate correctl=ADy, when it


actually matters.
It should *always* matter, particularly in an interna=ADtional

forum,
wherein we should be setting an example for non-nativ=ADe speakers


of
English.
Darla



How po-faced is that! LOL!



This is just a dead-casual,often leg-pulling - and near=ADly always
spontaneous
newsgroup, for heaven`s sake - not an exercise in Oxfor=ADd English.


If that
was the criterion, no-one would ever bother to voice an=AD opinion!



Pat P
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Ah, but Pat, Oxford English isn't correct!!



hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! nyah nyah nya=ADh
Darla
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LOLOLOL! It`s certainly more correct than the language y=ADou

Americans


laughingly refer to as English! ;-P



Certainly there is no such thing as perfectly proper Engli=ADsh. Many
countries speak their own versions of the language, each c=ADlaiming

their
own is correct.



Historically, English has stolen words and phrases from ma=ADny other
languages (largely due to the fact that the Isle was invad=ADed many

times
over the centuries).



For any one person to try to control the way English is us=ADed here

is,
at the very least, a bit arrogant.



Caryn




Come off it, Caryn, even you have to admit that we English h=ADave the
monopoly
on CORRECT English!!! (Even if we don`t always demonstrate i=ADt!!!) We
haven`t been invaded since 1066 either. We`re talking about =ADstandard
English, as used nowadays in any case - and VERY few countri=ADes have
never
assimilated words from other languages. That`s not really t=ADhe point.

Pat P

Invaded no, but you did have Kings and Queens more foreign than English
in the interim! LOL

I seem to recall some German ones that didn't even speak English....

It is driving me nuts, I know there is a quote about the way English as
a language has borrowed or stolen from other languages, but it keeps
eluding me.

My English teacher mom will probably remember, if I can just get her to
respond to the email I sent asking! lol

I was brought up to use proper American English in school or in
situations when it was important, but Mom also realized that the use of
slang and occasional bad grammar is part of any spoken language. Let's
face it, even in England conversational English (which is what most
people also use on the newsgroups) is not the same as "proper" English!
Caryn

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Old January 31st 05, 09:44 PM
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As Pat said 'This is just a dead-casual, often leg-pulling =AD- and
nearly always spontaneous newsgroup, for heaven`s sake - not=AD an
exercise in Oxford English. If that was the criterion, no-on=ADe would
ever bother to voice an opinion!'

So how is that trying to control the way English is used her=ADe? I
thought all versions as well as the Queen's English were acc=ADepted.


Sally


I was not referring to Pat's teasing about Oxford English, but about
Darla's tendency to correct the grammar of others. It's a pet peeve of
hers, people posting with mispellings or grammatical mistakes,
sometimes she lets them slide, other times she pounces.

Caryn

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Old January 31st 05, 10:16 PM
Pat P
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"Sally Swindells" wrote in message
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On 31 Jan 2005 06:10:47 -0800, "
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Pat P wrote:
"Darla" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:09:43 GMT, "Pat P"
wrote:

"Darla" wrote in message
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On 29 Jan 2005 13:51:09 -0800, "


wrote:


Sacred cows make great hamburgers.
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Ah, but Pat, Oxford English isn't correct!!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! nyah nyah nyah
Darla

LOLOLOL! It`s certainly more correct than the language you Americans
laughingly refer to as English! ;-P



Certainly there is no such thing as perfectly proper English. Many
countries speak their own versions of the language, each claiming their
own is correct.

English a. & n. (language) of England

The Oxford Guide to the English Language published by the Oxford
University Press is the authoritative guide to the language, and
'Oxford English' is definitely correct.

Our language may have been adopted and modified by other countries,
but these are versions and not the 'real McCoy'.

Historically, English has stolen words and phrases from many other
languages (largely due to the fact that the Isle was invaded many times
over the centuries).


Obviously all my history books are wrong (even the Oxford History of
Britain). I thought we always won.

For any one person to try to control the way English is used here is,
at the very least, a bit arrogant.
Caryn


As Pat said 'This is just a dead-casual, often leg-pulling - and
nearly always spontaneous newsgroup, for heaven`s sake - not an
exercise in Oxford English. If that was the criterion, no-one would
ever bother to voice an opinion!'

So how is that trying to control the way English is used here? I
thought all versions as well as the Queen's English were accepted.

Sally
On her way to look under the bed for an invader.


LOLOL! Did you find one, Sally? If so, send up a rocket - we might just
see it from here. We can see Orford Light flashing and that`s not very far
from you! Mind you, we`d have to be down on the sea-front to do that - and
it`s a bit parky down there at present.

Pat P



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Old January 31st 05, 10:16 PM
Pat P
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"Sally Swindells" wrote in message
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Nowadays - the present day
Oxford Concise Dictionary.

Yes, we have a lot of regional accents, some of which are completely
unintelligible to outsiders, although television seems to have ironed
out some of the really strong ones, especially in the young.

Sally


Now you`ve hit on one of my bugbears - the attrocious way people speak in
children`s programmes these days. Surely it`s not wrong to hope that they
speak as well as possible, and not inflict broad dialect and sheer lack of
articulation on us? No wonder youngsters are so verbally impoverished,
since they emulate what they see and hear on tv and few can express
themselves properly.

"I was jus` gonna, like, get me bike,like"........ sort of thing! Ugh!

They don`t need to speak with cut glass accents - just a reasonably clear
grammatic one. I suppose it goes with the mindless humour which is never
thought to be really "with it" unless people are getting deluged in slimy
goo or smacked in the face with custarsd pies. Occasionally it can be
funny, but when it comes on just about every children`s programme you see,
it`s pathetic.

I love regional accents, but don`t think we need to hear them in EVERY
children`s programme (usually at maximum rate of decibels), exeptt where
relevant to a play, for instance, or a news report from a region.

Pat P


It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm
not
too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would
much
prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English
accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you
Brits
for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film,
"My Fair
Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes?



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http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html




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Old January 31st 05, 10:28 PM
Pat P
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Invaded no, but you did have Kings and Queens more foreign than English
in the interim! LOL

I seem to recall some German ones that didn't even speak English....

It is driving me nuts, I know there is a quote about the way English as
a language has borrowed or stolen from other languages, but it keeps
eluding me.

You`ll find that so has every other language! And yes, of course we had
foreign Kings and Queens, through marriage mostly, to strengthen alliances.
Don`t forget that at one time we owned three quarters of France, too.

Pat P




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Old January 31st 05, 10:31 PM
Pat P
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"Dawne Peterson" wrote in message
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Is this a joke about willies????
Dawne


What ARE you on about, Dawne - or did I miss something? My server has been
upgrading things which means that I had a couple of hours where NOTHING
downloaded - and when it did, I got everything three times over!

Pat P


 




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