What language do they speak,it aint English
 

Been here a year now and am still amaized and sometimes confused at some of the terms and expretions i hear..have you heard some strange things ???
And as to the grammer they use:ohmy::ohmy:

Kitty corner:confused::confused: my boss said that to me whilst giving dirrections.. " its kitty corner the parking lot " :blink:
It means diagonaly across from some where.

You will never hear a North American say " Susan and i went shopping"
it will allways be "Me and Susan " :eek: this from the President and Prime Minister down...the uncouth yobs

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Geez who p*ssed in your cornflakes this morning.:sneaky:

Pot kettle black, I've highlighted some of your own mistakes, uncouth yob. :p:):rofl:

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I'm not really a nasty old bitch but I am terrible and I cannot ignore a post about English when the English in the post itself is not correct.


I won't say anything more as I know we all type very quickly and with mistakes, especially when we are annoyed - but at the risk of sounding condescending I agree with what you say and personally hate a lot of mistakes that now seem to be the norm.

My personal pet hate is ...... I would of - I could of ..... instead of HAVE !!!!

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No one Steve.. i just find how the Kanuks and Yanks use our langauge quite amusing some times and very misleading... i spent 30 mins driving arround the tiny town of Emerson trying to find Kitty Corner:curse: the Tom Tom didnt help either:mad:

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sorry to be picky.....being an uncouth yob to be.....but check your spelling mate!:eek:

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Ooh, my turn!

Berk.

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In my deffence i,m a truck driver,,only just scrapped an O level in English together, but speak and write three langauges, German and Swiss and English badly.
So do you have any examples of North American English ???

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Try moving to Newfoundland - that'll open your eyes (or ears?!?)

Some day for weather b'y.

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Duhh !!!!!

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My favourite thing I ever heard from a Newfie was a guy describing someone who was sick by saying he had "a wee touch of the AIDS".

(sorry I know it's in really bad taste but it still made me laugh)

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I have no problems with typos ....... I do loads of them, but I have noticed a huge amount of "too" instead of 'to' and as I said before - "of" annoys me instead of 'have'.

I know it sounds that way when we are speaking but it's not correct to write that way.

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One time I was in the launderette doing washing and an older guy (70's) came to speak to me. I think I got about 1 word in 10 - did a lot of smiling and nodding my head!

The Newfoundland accent generally sounds a lot more Irish than Canadian, and has a whole pile of words and sayings that I am slowly picking up.

touch of the AIDS! :rofl::rofl:

Elaine - hows life back over the pond?

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All good over here thanks:thumbsup: Although I guess my accent is a little screwed up I've had a few people ask me where I'm from and this is the town I grew up in:eek:

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heard this on a radio advert for car sales..
"payments can be made bi-weekly ":confused: this to a north American means once every two weeks:eek:

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And 'fortnight' makes more sense?