It's getting worse!!

[William]

Is it just me or is the English speaking world going to hell. If I hear.....
Al-umin-um instead of aluminium
Nuc-u-lar instead of nuclear
Eye-raq instead of Iraq
Zee instead of Z
Aks instead of ask
I'll snap a cap on the television:D :D :D :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Is it just me or is the English speaking world going to hell. If I hear.....
Al-umin-um instead of aluminium
Nuc-u-lar instead of nuclear
Eye-raq instead of Iraq
Zee instead of Z
Aks instead of ask
I'll snap a cap on the television:D :D :D :D

You need to ask (p38arover) Ron about the AULRO course in Internet Spelling.

I'm sure he can help you in finding blinkers,,,:p

[moose]

Is it just me or is the English speaking world going to hell.

A friend told me I was!:D :D

One that gets me is used all the time in news broadcasts "contr-A-versy" instead of "contr-OV-ersy"

[solmanic]

Is it just me or is the English speaking world going to hell.

It's got nothing to do with the English speaking world - it's the AMERICAN speaking world that's stuffing our language.

And don't get me started on grammar and punctuation... especially on this forum.







Yes people, I know I started that sentence with a conjunction. I was just trying to make a point.

[Ken]

If ya aks me eyerak needz a bomb wrapd in alumunum drooped on em wyle im katshun sum zees:D :D :D :D

[DiscoTDI]

My wife made me watch a movie that was set in the American Ghetto, Ill be buggered if I know what it was about or what they were saying but all I got out of it is they all seem very angry and every sentence is ended in "ho". I do not look forward to my kids having that language forced upon them:eek:

[Reads90]

Is it just me or is the English speaking world going to hell. If I hear.....
Al-umin-um instead of aluminium
Nuc-u-lar instead of nuclear
Eye-raq instead of Iraq
Zee instead of Z
Aks instead of ask
I'll snap a cap on the television:D :D :D :D


Yeah and never mind Yoghurt .
Its Yoghurt
Not Yooooo gert
:D :D :D

[Landroverterry]

Austrulliuh gets me every time, and this from a good newsreader.

Landroverterry
Series 3 V8:)
110 Station wagen:p

[RichardK]

and particuly insead of particularly

[Quiggers]

Sadly, it is...

language correction is tiresome and futile, language ignorance is pervasive

however i must 'correct' some previous 'errors'

just is jest, australia is straya, million is meyon, Land Rover is Lan Drover,

evolution is...

(and my favourite annoyance: decimated, which means to reduce by 10%, but is often confused with obliteration)

GQ

[Pedro_The_Swift]

white or red GQ?:angel:

[Quiggers]

whatever your shout is, pedro:D

GQ

[Pedro_The_Swift]

did I tell you I had a glass of '78 Grange recently?:angel:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

like Homer going up in the shuttle:D:D:D:D

[Quiggers]

pedro, so we can then share the rest of the bottle?:twisted:

the current poison is dencorub, that damn rat owes me, bigtime!

if it ever stops raining I just might fire up the boat and take it for a decent run

GQ

[Pedro_The_Swift]

last bottle all gone:(

even I knew it was good stuff:angel::ehigh5::banana::arms::misclock::clap2 ::woot::thumbsup:


you need a massage,,,

NOT a boat ride---

[Quiggers]

I'm just a revhead, Pedro.

Sixteen feet of classic american Mercury horsepower on a Bertram short dv hull, the big black donk on the back was recently rebuilt and is as sweet as.... noisy and thirsty by modern standards, but revs so well and goes like a bullet... there is a long reach of the Richmond river beside the Pacific Highway, where I pace the highway traffic at cruise speed:twisted:

I do Ballina to Woodburn on the water quicker than if I have to drive down there:D :D :D

The yanks built some real nice boats in the sixties and seventies and I'm lucky enough to have one of these old beauties:D

GQ

[Pedro_The_Swift]

this thread is useless without pics,,,

and gps co-ordinates
and the keys to the shed
and the keys---
:angel:

[Michael2]

Sadly, it is...Land Rover is Lan Drover GQ










Nooooooooooooo:o:(:mad:

[abaddonxi]

I'll add my favourites to the list of pointless colloquial irritations.

Feb-u-ary

Wensday

Myriad - usage depending on if you use the definition of myriad equals ten thousand or myriad equals a very large number.

Arcane - needs no explanation, just count how many times Tom Wolfe used it in The Right Stuff.

Cheers
Simon

[Quiggers]

Sorry Michael.....

A pic for your Pedro!

GQ

[Quiggers]

arcane:D :D :D what the blokes around here discuss when the sugar isn't paying:D :D :D... they're decimated..... g'day simon!
GQ

[abaddonxi]

arcane:D :D :D what the blokes around here discuss when the sugar isn't paying:D :D :D... they're decimated..... g'day simon!
GQ

I thought it was all macadamias up your way. Don't have any problem with the nut or the word. Bananas; that's another matter.

:D
Cheers
Simon.

[Frenchie]

Listening to my 5 yr old niece the other day -

"Look my dolly has a diaper on!" :mad:

"It's tom-ai-to, not tom-ah-to!" :mad: :mad:

Too much American TV.

[p38arover]

Car mags use "fender" instead of "mudguard" (at least A4WDM does). Australian newspapers use US spelling a lot of the time.

When I was growing up it was "railway station" not "train station" - I still use "railway station".

Only the ABC newsreaders pronounce "harass" correctly, i.e. not harass but more like "harris".


— USAGE The word harass is pronounced either with the stress on the har- or with the stress on the -rass; the first pronunciation, which is the older one, is considered by some people to be the only correct one, especially in British English.

Ron

[Greylandy]

... the hardships we have to deal with in a first world country!! :wasntme:

[Redback]

... the hardships we have to deal with in a first world country!! :wasntme:

Your just trying to make them feel bad Henry aren't you:angel:

Baz.

[solmanic]

When I was growing up it was "railway station" not "train station" - I still use "railway station".

And "moving picture house" instead of Cinema
or
"magic moving picture lightbox" instead of TV?

[p38arover]

And "moving picture house" instead of Cinema
or
"magic moving picture lightbox" instead of TV?

We went to the pictures, not the movies.

Ron

[William]

We better not even get started on kids these days with sms spelling:o I'll take comfort in the fact that most of the time......I are really good at sPelLing n' gramma;) :D :D

[Bigbjorn]

I'm just a revhead, Pedro.

Sixteen feet of classic american Mercury horsepower on a Bertram short dv hull, the big black donk on the back
GQ

In North Qld. Mercury outboards were called "dole bludger" outboards because they were hard to get started, didn't work very well or for very long, and were of a certain colour.

[sclarke]

Tomato, Tomato
Potato, Potato

Ahhhh Who cares.......lol

[dobbo]

We better not even get started on kids these days with sms spelling:o I'll take comfort in the fact that most of the time......I are really good at sPelLing n' gramma;) :D :D


I saw a three page report by a workmate a few months ago, it was all spelt like one would text. Personally I was disgusted

my personal hate is persons using "But" at the start and end of a sentence.

[Quiggers]

In North Qld. Mercury outboards were called "dole bludger" outboards because they were hard to get started, didn't work very well or for very long, and were of a certain colour.


Thanks Brian:D :D :D

you missed an important spec of these motors - thirsty - ;)

I once thought Mercs were pretty awful, but this donk has changed my thoughts... apart from its noise, drinking problem and oil leaks..... sounds like a Land Rover

GQ

[numpty]

There's always Lybry (library) or Pleece (police)
ARGHHHHHHH:p

[JDNSW]

My only extensive experience of outboards was in river work in Papua. Came to two conclusions:-
1. They are designed for playing with not working with
2. They don't like muddy river water .

Starting with new motors, after three months service, they were consuming an average of the price of a new motor in spares every month. (but we couldn't get new motors - repairs are tax deductible, and directly chargeable to the client - new motors are not).

And don't get me started on the misuse of English. My (non)favourite is nucular, popularised by the President of the USA.

But the basic problem is that English, as with other languages, continues to evolve, and because of their market size, the US variant is preferred by many - but consider that in ten years or less, the largest consumer market that speaks English will not be in North America - it will be in the Indian sub-continent.........

John

[RobHay]

Sadly, it is...

(and my favourite annoyance: decimated, which means to reduce by 10%, but is often confused with obliteration)

GQ

My Lieutenant Colonel once threatened to decimate my unit, we asked whether we could nominate the pogos for decimation:angel:

[abaddonxi]

Have no fear.

Uptalk is here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,555379,00.html

Unfortunate as it is, we are colonising the English language too.

Cheers
Simon

[Bigbjorn]

Thanks Brian:D :D :D

you missed an important spec of these motors - thirsty - ;)

I once thought Mercs were pretty awful, but this donk has changed my thoughts... apart from its noise, drinking problem and oil leaks..... sounds like a Land Rover

GQ
In future I will remember to add "thirsty" to that description.

[BigJon]

There's always Lybry (library) or Pleece (police)
ARGHHHHHHH:p

Ambliance

[Quiggers]

medsin - why cant medical people say medicine, maybe they need some - medsin:p

GQ

[100I]

Most word processors are set to US english by default and most kids rely on spellcheck.
supposubly.

[Chenz]

Thanks Brian:D :D :D

you missed an important spec of these motors - thirsty - ;)

I once thought Mercs were pretty awful, but this donk has changed my thoughts... apart from its noise, drinking problem and oil leaks..... sounds like a Land Rover

GQ

Talk about thirsty, I had a Chyrsler outboard that used 25 litres to go from gladesville to taronga zoo. The Merc I replaced it with goes all day on the same amount of fuel.

On the word thing I have to say that using like and ya-know twenty times in every sentence like gives me the shi*ts like ya-know

[numpty]

Talk about thirsty, I had a Chyrsler outboard that used 25 litres to go from gladesville to taronga zoo.

Heading back home were we Chenz:D:D:D

[Quiggers]

Talk about thirsty, I had a Chyrsler outboard that used 25 litres to go from gladesville to taronga zoo. The Merc I replaced it with goes all day on the same amount of fuel.

On the word thing I have to say that using like and ya-know twenty times in every sentence like gives me the shi*ts like ya-know


Given you know the patch, chenz, I had (new) a 70 hp Evinrude on the back of an 18ft Zodiac. Greenwich ramp to south head and back on the standard 23 litre tank - ran out under the harbour bridge on the return run - what a sucker.

Actually, this Merc isn't too bad, relatively... an easy day on the river, and the next top up is only ever about 20 litres. A bit of murphys law there methinks as I carry 62 litres in two tanks....

GQ

[Rosco]

Nah ... I reckon you've all missed the worst ... the absolute pits .........

Dude .......... :wallbash::soapbox::soapbox:

Most commonly found on those other uncommonly common forums

[Bushie]

Nah ... I reckon you've all missed the worst ... the absolute pits .........

Dude .......... :wallbash::soapbox::soapbox:

Most commonly found on those other uncommonly common forums


Prolly right with that one :mad::mad:


Martyn

[scrambler]

medsin - why cant medical people say medicine, maybe they need some - medsin:p

GQ
B.H! Medsin! I'll give you medicine! (Though, on second thoughts, I might just order it and get NM to administer it. Oh, the power!)

Still, around you're area, perhaps you are thinking of the medsin men, a.k.a. Shamens?

[Quiggers]

Yup, scrambler, plenty of them in these hills.

Want a 10ml bottle of magic water for $80?:D

GQ

[shorty943]

Solmanic, so right you are. It has been my contention that, Americans speak, not English, but, MANGLISH.

At last, some one who understands. Yes William, the American influence on the language, comprehension, grammar, syntax, you name it, it has all gone to hell in a hand cart.
Illiterates putting "ing" on the end of a noun, thinking that is a verb. Even school teachers are guilty of bastardising the language. So what will our kids ever learn properly, from teachers, who are seemingly, not up to standard themselves? At least not the standards that where held 40 or 50 years ago. When a lot of us on this forum started. Hell, I just realised, it is 47 years ago for me.:(

That's OK, I don't mind getting older. BUT, I am damned if I will grow up.:p

Shorty.

[GrahamH]

I want one of those Australian keyboards that kids have which, when you press Shift + 8, produces an Asterix - must be damned clever to draw a French cartoon character at a single stroke. My English keyboard only types asterisks.

[p38arover]

I want one of those Australian keyboards that kids have which, when you press Shift + 8, produces an Asterix - must be damned clever to draw a French cartoon character at a single stroke. My English keyboard only types asterisks.


:D :D

This arvo I was talking to a youth about 16-17 yo who was asking about my job. He wondered if he would be able to do it. I told him he should as there had been a young fellow straight out of high school on the same course I did. He asked about getting the job and told him he'd need to do psychometric testing (and explained that).

Then he told me he could hardly read or write!

I was shocked. Just what is he missing in the world?

Ron

[DarrenR]

Land Rover is Lan Drover,



Oh bugger, I've always hated that one.... "you drive a Lan Drover" ... no actually I drive a Land Rover.

Best regards
DarrenR

[abaddonxi]

Oh bugger, I've always hated that one.... "you drive a Lan Drover" ... no actually I drive a Land Rover.

Best regards
DarrenR

Yeah, Lan Drovers are IT guys who specialise in remote area work.

Cheers
Simon.

[JDNSW]

:D :D

This arvo I was talking to a youth about 16-17 yo who was asking about my job. He wondered if he would be able to do it. I told him he should as there had been a young fellow straight out of high school on the same course I did. He asked about getting the job and told him he'd need to do psychometric testing (and explained that).

Then he told me he could hardly read or write!

I was shocked. Just what is he missing in the world?

Ron

Ron,
I don't think that it is entirely new. There are a significant number of people who have great difficulty in learning to read and write (my younger son was one - brain damage due to very premature birth; but he managed to get a degree and now works at the National Library - he also often beats me at Scrabble, which we taught him as part of the learning effort), it is just that the number of occupations available that do not require good literacy have been falling for many years, so these people become more noticeable.

But at the same time there is a strong popular culture that looks down on anyone who is interested in or tries to do well at anything literary. Again, this is not new. I remember fifty years ago my parents were looking at houses prior to their first move since marriage, and were astounded at the number of houses with no signs in them of any reading matter - and this was before TV was common! With TV becoming more and more the standard means of communication, more and more people do less and less reading, despite the fact that it is more and more necessary in their work. There are even "Instruction Manuals" given as videos rather than on paper.

John

[DirtyDawg]

Is it just me or is the English speaking world going to hell. If I hear.....
Al-umin-um instead of aluminium
Nuc-u-lar instead of nuclear
Eye-raq instead of Iraq
Zee instead of Z
Aks instead of ask
I'll snap a cap on the television:D :D :D :D
its Busta-a-cap willy, wots wrong wit yall *****, jeez homie:p