WW2talk or WW2f ?

Discussion in 'Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback' started by Ron Goldstein, Aug 6, 2010.

  1. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    The cheeky blighters are calling us a 'sub-forum'...That's like referring to British English as a 'regional dialect'

    American cultural imperialism...we must be constantly on our guard.;)

    Well, considering how much the language has changed over there since your precipitous departure in 1781, it is a wonder we can even can even have a intelligible conversation today.:lol:
     
  2. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    Well, considering how much the language has changed over there since your precipitous departure in 1781, it is a wonder we can even can even have a intelligible conversation today.:lol:

    Yes indeed Jeff, it's a wonder that we can even can even do anything...

    I think that you've reduced your keyboard to an apoplectic stammering !

    Truth to tell, I've been out of the UK for more than fifteen years and most of my reading is of seventy year old diaries and periodicals and my English useage is now bordering on the archaic.

    I struggle to understand the Yoofertoday.:unsure:

    I do what I can to help stem the tide. My nippers aren't allowed Coca-Cola and they've never entered a MacDonalds...
     
  3. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    We must always remember, that there are many diverse forms of the English Language.
    Easily categorised into two main groups:

    1: The Queen's English.
    2: Wrong
     
  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    I do what I can to help stem the tide. My nippers aren't allowed Coca-Cola and they've never entered a MacDonalds...

    We're more a Pepsi and Dr. Pepper crowd ourselves, although being from the Deep South, we tend to call any carbonated beverage a "coke" regardless of what it actually is.
    "Yontah a coke?"
    "Yeah."
    "Whut ki?n." <that is a long "I" sound
    "How 'bout a Sprite or a Sebemup."

    We must always remember, that there are many diverse forms of the English Language.
    Easily categorised into two main groups:

    1: The Queen's English.
    2: Wrong
    Whew...thought I was in trouble. We don't speak the Queen's English. We speak Mer-can.
     
  5. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    My nippers aren't allowed Coca-Cola and they've never entered a MacDonalds...
    [​IMG]

    :D
     
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  6. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    Oh no, Za, I likes infernal combustion engines ! and I be afeard of 'orses ! Both ends can kick and one can bite as well.

    ...and despite my best efforts, I can't keep them away from Disney channel. Noisy Americans dubbed by noisy Dutch, Horrible !

    The American way of life, as shown in American high-school teenage programmes is, quite frankly, rather scary.
     
  7. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    ...and despite my best efforts, I can't keep them away from Disney channel. Noisy Americans dubbed by noisy Dutch, Horrible !
    Disney Channel.....yeeeeech! Where is Daniel Boone on that channel?
    The American way of life, as shown in American high-school teenage programmes is, quite frankly, rather scary.
    Those shows are beyond dreadful and I can assure you that they do no show the American way of life.
     
  8. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

  9. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    Those shows are beyond dreadful and I can assure you that they do no show the American way of life.

    I think that the now cancelled TV show "My Name Is Earl" and the movie "Joe Dirt" does a pretty good job of it.
     
  10. gunbunnyB/3/75FA

    gunbunnyB/3/75FA Senior Member

    hey von poop, just about 60 miles from where i live, there were many people who still used remnents of the Queens english (elisabeth the 1st) that is.
     
  11. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

  12. urqh

    urqh Senior Member

    British TV however gives usa a great insight into our own culture...After all we did export X factor. No need to thank us..Its a plan to dumb you all down then we open the Chinese tunnels they've been digging for all these years...

    Then there's Eastenders...Dont watch the BBC overseas channel yanks...You'll see Britian at its greyest best. Take a razor blade with you if you must watch. And some valium.
     
  13. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    Well, I watch the Antiques Roadshow... :)
     
  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    British TV however gives usa a great insight into our own culture...After all we did export X factor. No need to thank us..Its a plan to dumb you all down then we open the Chinese tunnels they've been digging for all these years...

    Then there's Eastenders...Dont watch the BBC overseas channel yanks...You'll see Britian at its greyest best. Take a razor blade with you if you must watch. And some valium.

    Hi there, I confess that I don't really understand exactly what your post means, but I sure do like Faulty Towers:

    Fawlty Towers - Don't mention the war.mpg - YouTube

    Dave
     
  15. urqh

    urqh Senior Member

    Dave...dont know how but A58 got us onto American tv progs...I dont really understand either..but then again A58 hit his head a few times when he para dropped in Alaska. Bound to affect his thinking process.
     
  16. L J

    L J Senior Member

    Dave...dont know how but A58 got us onto American tv progs...I dont really understand either..but then again A58 hit his head a few times when he para dropped in Alaska. Bound to affect his thinking process.
    :lol::lol:
     
  17. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    I have no idea what y'all are yacking about.
     
  18. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    You live down there among them, Bobby. Are you proficient with the Yat dialect?
     
  19. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    We must always remember, that there are many diverse forms of the English Language.
    Easily categorised into two main groups:

    1: The Queen's English.
    2: Wrong
    What do we do with the Queen's English when Charles/William ascends the throne? How does the Kings English differ from the Queens English?


    :)
     
  20. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    What do we do with the Queen's English when Charles/William ascends the throne? How does the Kings English differ from the Queens English?
    :)

    It's surely put in a box in The Tower until next time.
    It has a slightly deeper timbre? :unsure:
     

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