After 30+ years!
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Re: After 30+ years!
Jim's beginning to pick up the inflection at the end of his sentences thing, (which drives me mad) and sometimes for ease of understanding I'll pronounce things the 'Canadian way'. Luckily I work with a lot of South Africans and Brits - so I get to speak 'proper' at work and exercise my sense of humour too!
The one that gets me the most is buoy, promounced 'boo-ee' -not that it comes up in conversation particularly often.
Judy, I have to go off-topic here - I haven't been on BE for ages and I've just seen your new avatar. OMG - you look the spitting image of my MIL - quite scared me for a minute.
The one that gets me the most is buoy, promounced 'boo-ee' -not that it comes up in conversation particularly often.
Judy, I have to go off-topic here - I haven't been on BE for ages and I've just seen your new avatar. OMG - you look the spitting image of my MIL - quite scared me for a minute.
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Re: After 30+ years!
I have a feeling, but I am not positive that Carmel in California is pronounced car-MELLE. However, I was just watching a cooking show with Anna Olson and she definitely said car-a-mel sauce!! So maybe its just the folks out west that call it car-mel.
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Re: After 30+ years!
One thing I've noted in convewrsations is the use of 'me either' instead of 'me neither'. Does it come from 'not me either' or what?
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Re: After 30+ years!
Yes, all the time on TV its boo-ee!
Don't know about the either/neither thing. I don't know that I've ever heard me either but perhaps I never noticed.
My neighbour always got mixed up between "soffits" and "fawcetts". Don't know why because hardly anybody calls taps "fawcetts" around here.
Don't know about the either/neither thing. I don't know that I've ever heard me either but perhaps I never noticed.
My neighbour always got mixed up between "soffits" and "fawcetts". Don't know why because hardly anybody calls taps "fawcetts" around here.
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Re: After 30+ years!
Yes, all the time on TV its boo-ee!
Don't know about the either/neither thing. I don't know that I've ever heard me either but perhaps I never noticed.
My neighbour always got mixed up between "soffits" and "fawcetts". Don't know why because hardly anybody calls taps "fawcetts" around here.
Don't know about the either/neither thing. I don't know that I've ever heard me either but perhaps I never noticed.
My neighbour always got mixed up between "soffits" and "fawcetts". Don't know why because hardly anybody calls taps "fawcetts" around here.