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May 27th 2011, 1:07 am

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Re: Language observations....

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Originally Posted by Rambi

Ah! This is a good one.

http://www.gaycakes.com.au/all-cakes...a-day-cake.jpg

It's like the flag the army used to use?

Classic!!

May 27th 2011, 11:22 am

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Re: Language observations....

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Fruit cake. Heterosexual? You're kidding

I'd had a bottle of wine by the time I'd typed that, after weeks of abstaining. I'm just amazed anything I wrote made any sense whatsoever

May 27th 2011, 4:02 pm

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Re: Language observations....

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Originally Posted by sammax

And they also say oction instead of auction, imbecyle instead of imbeceel (imbecile)
pedophile instead of paedophile and uryneinstead of urin (urine) and dayboo instead of daybyoo (debut)!!

ok, so what about maroon and marone??

May 27th 2011, 5:46 pm

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Re: Language observations....

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Originally Posted by sammax

ok, so what about maroon and marone??

Post No 69. Answer on Post No 70.

May 27th 2011, 6:31 pm

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Re: Language observations....

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Originally Posted by sammax

ok, so what about maroon and marone??

Is it really any different to how some words are pronounced in the UK? Berkshire/barkshire, St-John/Sinjun, that's only two, because I'm slightly hungover and too tired to think of more

Words are what they are - if we started pronouncing everything it way it should be pronounced we probably wouldn't have a clue what anyone was saying - I give you 'ough' m'lud.

May 27th 2011, 6:47 pm

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Re: Language observations....

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Originally Posted by Dreamy

Is it really any different to how some words are pronounced in the UK? Berkshire/barkshire, St-John/Sinjun, that's only two, because I'm slightly hungover and too tired to think of more

Words are what they are - if we started pronouncing everything it way it should be pronounced we probably wouldn't have a clue what anyone was saying - I give you 'ough' m'lud.

Exactly. Seriously, do people not have anything important to get their knickers in a knot about? How about butter? A Geordie talking about butter to a home counties bod - they'd have no idea what the other was talking about (or why when you think about it).