Thread: Americanisms are ****ing me off

So you bought a jeep

Sent from my HTC_PN071 using AULRO mobile app

Originally Posted by derpomz

...............They are thick, stupid and easily lead............

When my brother worked in the States he told them, "in Australia the sun goes down in the morning and comes up at night" .............. Many were amazed by that 'fact' apparently

Originally Posted by Greatsouthernland

And why do they persist with inches, feet and miles?.......................

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by vnx205

My recollection is that the easiest way to sort dates was YYMMDD. At least that was how my Microbee computer liked the dates expressed.

Year, month, day is logical for sorting as year is the primary key. I can't quite grasp how month, day, year would sort correctly. Can you give me a couple of examples?

Sorting DDMMYY will list as follows:

01 01 2014 01 Jan 2014
01 02 2014 01 Feb 2014
01 03 2014 01 Mar 2014
...
01 12 2014 01 Dec 2014
02 01 2015 02 Jan 2015

MMDDYY

01 01 2014 01 Jan 2014
01 02 2014 02 Jan 2014
01 03 2014 03 Jan 2014
...
01 12 2014 01 Dec 2014
31 12 2014 31 Dec 2014
01 01 2015 01 Jan 2015

That only works on MMDDYY because you didn't have different years.

Try sorting this list that way and see what you get.

01 01 2014 01 Jan 2014
01 02 2014 01 Feb 2014
01 03 2014 01 Mar 2014
01 04 2014 01 April 2013
01 05 2014 01 May 2012

there is/was a theory going around that the measuring system used in USA is the only one that fits evenly mathematically/harmonically into the light speed/time continuum calculations used in space travel and universal measurement.

metric measurements never fit evenly or harmonically into those calculations

do the other spacerace contenders use imperial measurement?

Just something I read a few years ago.....if it has merit then that may be why they keep their system in place.

Den

Americanisms began the day after tv was introduced here.
There were shows like 77 Sunset strip and a lot of other crap.
In that show there was this kid cookie ( ed byrnes I think ) that started the rot.
When I was in the Nashos there were fools going around daddyoing this and daddyoing that.

Come to think of it for a while we were responsible for claiming that we had the fastest potato on the table. A statement made by Tony Curtis.
Can you remember what that movie was ?

Originally Posted by chazza

You really need to read a bit of Australian history, if you think words such as the ones I have quoted have only been around since 1980!

Just as the Americans are proud of their country and their speech, I am proud of my country and the way we have developed in our speech, to become almost unique.

In the 1970's I remember an excellent letter in the paper from an American sailor visiting Perth, who said how much he enjoyed Australia and Australians but he was disappointed with how much we appeared to be Americans; he cited our then addiction for "Happy days"; Kentucky Fried Chicken, etc.

Two days ago, I chatted to to a Louisianan lady in London and delighted in her accent - I would be disappointed if I visited the U.S and found the locals speaking with an Australian accent!

Yes, language evolves but long-live the dialects and customs of various districts, States and countries; it is what makes the World's people interesting.

For the Canadian and U.S. readers of this post; please keep your customs and speech - I love them!

For Australians; preserve what we have, it is an essential part of what makes us interesting,

Cheers Charlie

See you'd be presuming that I care when "Ausrtalian Vernacular" was invented. But I don't

I don't believe holding on to old ways of speaking or doing things makes us more "interesting" either. I don't really need to find ways to make myself interesting to people from another country

You don't see English people holding onto Shakespearean language in an effort to appear more interesting to others. Their accents are generally enough.

Accent is important and interesting. Preserving old sayings isn't. IMHO of course

Here's something interesting regarding Pronouncing words clearly or correctly, using the correct pronunciation(by the way there is no correct way of pronouncing a word, it comes down to the accent apparently)

A language expert(for the life of me I cannot find the artical) explained that the way we(Australians) pronounce words(if spoken without slang) is supposed to be the clearest of all the English speaking countries

(EG)

"Dollar"

American Dictionary ('daa-lerrh')

English ("daw-le'")

Australian ("Doll-lah")

I wish I could find the artical, maybe someone else can try, it was a woman from one of the Universities in the UK.

Anyway, thought it may be of interest to someone

Baz.