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Re: the language barrier!!!
I always speak more quickly for ease of comprehension. I find slowly spelling stuff out gets the Canuck's stumped!
But don't start me on the pronunciation of "regulatory" |
Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by Tuppence
(Post 5895140)
But don't you get a T4 every year here, and only get a P45 when you leave? :confused::blink::)
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Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by oldbag
(Post 5895136)
Hi Judy -
Giro...pronunciation already explained, but not what it is....it's short for Girocheque a measn by which payment of state benefits is made; when I worked in the Department of Employment, more years ago than I will confess to, they were a fairly new idea....a piece of paper (cheque) which the claimant clutched in his/her hand, then toddled to the local post office to exchange for real money. It was deemed a safer way to pay claimants. P45 - a tax form issued to an employee, by an employer, when said employee has terminated his/her job. It shows the amount of money earned and the amount of tax paid up to that point, along with one of the great mysteries of English Life....the Tax Code. :) |
Re: the language barrier!!!
And what about "aluminium"??;)
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Re: the language barrier!!!
And what about "aluminium"?? |
Re: the language barrier!!!
I once had a boss with a Brummie accent who used to pronounce the word "database" as "dah-tabase".
We used to have conversations about said database where he would determinedly say "dah-tabase" and I would equally determinedly reply, "oh yes, the day-tabase...". It marginally brightened up otherwise terribly dull conversations about databases, of which I know absolutely nothing, except how to pronounce one. |
Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
(Post 5895809)
I once had a boss with a Brummie accent who used to pronounce the word "database" as "dah-tabase".
We used to have conversations about said database where he would determinedly say "dah-tabase" and I would equally determinedly reply, "oh yes, the day-tabase...". It marginally brightened up otherwise terribly dull conversations about databases, of which I know absolutely nothing, except how to pronounce one. My relatives deliberately find ways to the make me say "garage", so they can laugh hysterically; I'm getting paranoid about using the word. :o |
Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by daft batty
(Post 5895730)
maybe thats the T2?
The one I get stuck with is schedule. Is it shed-ule or sked-ule? |
Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by JonboyE
(Post 5895922)
The T2 is your tax return.
The one I get stuck with is schedule. Is it shed-ule or sked-ule? |
Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by JonboyE
Is it shed-ule or sked-ule?
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Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by JonboyE
(Post 5895922)
The T2 is your tax return.
The one I get stuck with is schedule. Is it shed-ule or sked-ule? Maybe it depends on whether you went to shool or skool? |
Re: the language barrier!!!
I have had an elderly deaf patient ask me if we were speaking the same language as she could not understand a word I was saying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was said at maximum volume much to the amusement of my fellow nurses and Doctors. :o:o:o Sarah |
Re: the language barrier!!!
I told my Canadian mentor that I would be back in a fortnight :eek: she visibly stepped back and looked amazed til and older Canadian lady explained what I said - I couldn't stop laughing she looked so shocked :rofl:
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Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by JonboyE
(Post 5895922)
The one I get stuck with is schedule.
Is it shed-ule or sked-ule? |
Re: the language barrier!!!
Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
(Post 5895809)
I once had a boss with a Brummie accent who used to pronounce the word "database" as "dah-tabase".
We used to have conversations about said database where he would determinedly say "dah-tabase" and I would equally determinedly reply, "oh yes, the day-tabase...". It marginally brightened up otherwise terribly dull conversations about databases, of which I know absolutely nothing, except how to pronounce one. |
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