Americanisms are ****ing me off

(2000) NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE

This "notice" was first released as fictiously being attributed to John Cleese


This is part of the Notice dealing with the English Language ...

1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour', skipping the letter 'U' is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters. You will end your love affair with the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise". You will learn that the suffix 'burgh is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed".

This site also has a number of different nationalities of origin and also some replies from the USA.


Accessed 16th of July .... not July 16, or 16 July! :mad: You know it is meant to have the "th" bit spoken or written on the end of the number of the date. Similarly for the 1st, 2nd or 3rd of a month not 1, 2 or 3. This corruption is even spoken on ABC News - Aunty how could you!

Oh Accessed 16th of July from
http://messybeast.com/dragonqueen/independence.htm

Kind Regards
Lionel

You don't get much more Australian than Henry Lawson, & Banjo Paterson.


Lawson's " Borderland"


Borderland - Henry Lawson


Paterson's reply, " In Defence of the Bush "


IN DEFENCE OF THE BUSH by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson (1864 - 1941)

All is not lost, the rear guard fights on, Bob




Modern Australian poetry | australia.gov.au


and, Australian slang


Australian slang - a story of Australian English | australia.gov.au

Hello All,

Our vocabularies are shrinking ... say researchers in the UK According to Catani, oral tradition is eroding because children and adults are spending more and more time glued to computer, tablet and smartphone screens. He conducted a study using 27 volunteers and asked them to remember made-up words. According to his research, hearing and verbally imitating the speech was integral to understanding new words.

Accessed 17th of July, 2014 from
Vocabularies Shrinking: Are Smartphones, Tablets, Other Internet Devices Making It Harder To Learn New Words? [REPORT] - International Science Times

Kind Regards
Lionel

The Channel 9 NRL commentators are absolute ******* with their use of American sporting terms I.e. "Touchdown", "Game On", "Ballgame" "Off...ence", "Deeefence", Now there are some true *******!
Steve

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Originally Posted by derpomz

I have no idea what the F you are talking about.
I wen to the USA once, absolutly a great country, if it wasnt for the people. They are thick, stupid and easily lead. No wonder they think the world revolves around them. Never ask for a lemonade, it takes a while to make it.

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Well you can't help that now can you old Limey :p

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Mate, I note you're ****ed off with the UK and that's why you're here. Then you start a post saying what's the point, Australia is goin down the gurgler. Now the above on the USA :eek: .

You should buy your own island somewhere so you've got nothin else to whinge about :nazilock:

While we're at it... (figuratively that is...)
the correct spelling is "Struth" or "strewth" from "God's truth"

No toilets, bathrooms or WCs please... the correct term is lavatory or as dinky- di Aussies call it simply "the lav".

thank you!

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Originally Posted by Hoges

While we're at it... (figuratively that is...)
the correct spelling is "Struth" or "strewth" from "God's truth"

No toilets, bathrooms or WCs please... the correct term is lavatory or as dinky- di Aussies call it simply "the lav".

thank you!

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Etymology
Corruption of God′s truth. Compare zounds, blimey.

Alternative forms
′strewth, streuth, strooth, struth, ’struth.

You're welcome :D

lav·a·to·ry [lav-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Show IPA
noun, plural lav·a·to·ries.
1.
a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
2.
a flush toilet; water closet.
3.
a bowl or basin with running water for washing or bathing purposes; washbowl.
4.
any place where washing is done.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English lavatorie < Late Latin lavātōrium washing-place, equivalent to Latin lavā ( re ) to wash + -tōrium -tory2

Again, you're welcome

Are the terms, "the John", or "the crapper" or "the ****house" or "the dunny" still in vogue for the lavatory??? I must admit I haven't heard these terms in years except amongst us old blokes!!!:D

It's easy to escape the americanisms.

turn off your tv

turn off your spellchecker

if you live on the east coast move out about 200km

if you live in Vic move out NW about 250km

if you live in SA move out North about 100km

If you live on the west coast go NE about 100km

anywhere else you should be fine....theres no phone reception and bugger all on telly.

if you hear an american accent , sell them a bridge.