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iano Member (Idle past 1940 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
I am this bloke A person who would say "bloke" (working class English) would say "I'm this bloke" never "I am this bloke" (upper class English). But you would have to have your eyes well-peeled in order to spot a flaw in your English Pars This message has been edited by iano, 03-May-2006 11:38 PM
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
A person who would say "bloke" (working class English) would say "I'm this bloke" never "I am this bloke" (upper class English). That's why I said it the way I did. I'm not a working class bloke, I am a gorgeous upper class woman. I used the word 'bloke' because I was expressing someone else's idea of me. (Yours perhaps?)
But you would have to have your eyes well-peeled in order to spot a flaw in your English Pars That's very nice of you to say, dear. But it comes naturally.
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iano Member (Idle past 1940 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
From whence:
{AbE} Algemeen Beschaafd Engels
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CK Member (Idle past 4127 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: |
How would you know? You are irish!
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iano Member (Idle past 1940 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
How would you know - with a name like Charles Knight?
Or should I call you Chas (and its "yer Oirish" for yer information)This message has been edited by iano, 04-May-2006 12:12 AM This message has been edited by iano, 04-May-2006 12:13 AM
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
We were talking about *moi*, remember?
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Algemeen Beschaafd Engels I think "Received Pronunciation" is the term you want. And from what I've heard when I had to visit the Netherlands (these Star Trek conventions are so demanding you know), they leave out the "Beschaafd" from "Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands" nowadays. They think it isn't very civilized to call themselves 'civilized'. This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 04-May-2006 12:22 AM
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iano Member (Idle past 1940 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
They think it isn't very civilized to call themselves 'civilized'. So very Dutch. So eager to be anything but exclusive that the "dat mag niet" become "alles mag" Quaint. Personally (its late so my fellow faith aloners might not be watching my sin: quick look at the attendee bar "nah! Faith will be sluggin' it out somewhere else") I used to get an erection when I heard the dulcit-toned female ABN-er recite the flight safety instructions on the Aer Lingus flight home to Holland. I wouldn't mind, but it was a tape...
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1404 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
{A Bonair Effect}?
This message has been edited by RAZD, 05*03*2006 09:59 PM
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Wounded King Member Posts: 4149 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Joined: |
I also try and eschew the use of abbreviations.
TTFN, WK
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New Cat's Eye Inactive Member |
If you can't express your thoughts correctly in plain English, why should I believe that you are on top of the subject you are talking about? What about Stephen Hawking? He's a good example of someone who can't express their thoughts correctly in plain English but is still on top of the subject they are talking about. Other smart people are just lazy. They could be very well on top of their subject but just don't want to take the time to dumb it down to 'plain English' so people will believe they know what they're talking about. Or maybe they are so far out there that proper english is the difficult part. Why not just judge people by the way they look instead of the way they communicate? Its an easier form of prejudice.
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
OT-Old testament
NT-new testament WWJD-what would Jesus do? lmao-laugh my ass off wtf-well, you know
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lfen Member (Idle past 4677 days) Posts: 2189 From: Oregon Joined: |
Robin,
It's Brad's long standing amusement to take the English language where it's never gone before and then bend, twist, contort and just generally free style into some wild abstract art. It's literature beyond even the great Joyce! And even more incomphrehensible. It's just a singularly odd endeavor on his part. lfen
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lfen Member (Idle past 4677 days) Posts: 2189 From: Oregon Joined: |
Or is that asking too much? On the internet? Ask away but you won't get it. These practises go way back to Usenet and early email and are thus deeply rooted in the culture. Don't know how they can be changed. Perhaps it has to do with wanting to speed up typing as we attempt as human beings to emulate the speed of the machines? lfen
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1404 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
or the speed of thought.
we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
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