British words/expressions you DON'T like
#31
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Emphasis on the second syllable at all times, I am slowly weaning myself off it.
#32
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So he pronounced the name the way Australians pronounce it? Sounds like that's the correct way to say it then.
#33
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Well (a few seconds into this report) it's not pronounced that way by the Aussies.
#34
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'Fall' pregnant.
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'cheap as chips'
nuff said
nuff said
#38
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExihO...eature=related
Well (a few seconds into this report) it's not pronounced that way by the Aussies.
Well (a few seconds into this report) it's not pronounced that way by the Aussies.
#39
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"From the get go" is an expression that drives me dingy but not sure if it is said in the UK or just in North America.
Oh, and another one is putting "yeah" at the end of a sentence, e.g. So I was on the bus, yeah....
Oh, and another one is putting "yeah" at the end of a sentence, e.g. So I was on the bus, yeah....
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People who say 'literally' ie, 'he literally lives next door', hmmm so he just lives next door then?
'Seriously', a girl at work says this all the time. She'll say things like 'seriously, you like that band?', no Sherlock I listen to music I hate
'Innit', is a tricky one for for me as I'm from Somerset and we've said it that way for years and years. (I don't 'cos I iz serfistikated world traveller innit) But I hate the way it's crept into the south east urban yoof vocabulary.
'Seriously', a girl at work says this all the time. She'll say things like 'seriously, you like that band?', no Sherlock I listen to music I hate
'Innit', is a tricky one for for me as I'm from Somerset and we've said it that way for years and years. (I don't 'cos I iz serfistikated world traveller innit) But I hate the way it's crept into the south east urban yoof vocabulary.
#41
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"axed" (asked), "nucular" (nuclear), and other lazy pronunciations of English are just a sign of the times. It's not uncommon to hear TV presenters mis-pronounce all kinds of words these days. It's embarrassing that many Europeans speak English better (more clearly, technically more correct) than we do.
Ah well, it will give me something to complain about in my old age.
Ah well, it will give me something to complain about in my old age.
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H= 'hach' is another one that has me reaching for my Glock.
#44
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As "y'all" (sorry, I love that one) know, I work in academia. I'm surprised at the extent to which colleagues almost proudly use misprounciations () like "haich" and "mines" (as in not the plural of mine, but the grammatically incorrect first person possessive - "My radiator isn't working". "Aye, mines has been cold for days", or "My new Kindle is fantastic". "Aye, I love mines, too").
#45
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExihO...eature=related
Well (a few seconds into this report) it's not pronounced that way by the Aussies.
Well (a few seconds into this report) it's not pronounced that way by the Aussies.
So I then watched a youtube of Obama/Gillard so I could understand and it sounded more like he was saying Galah.
And oooohhhh those Australian accents sounds SOOOO alien to me now after 8 months of living here.