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isn't any different here there is a definate difference in english just 2 miles away from hereBeen evolving for over two thousand years Neil - but you can still travel just a few miles and not have a clue what someone is saying - and that's leaving out Russian, Polish, Urdu etc !!
want buy a few lakes we are sitting ar about 250000 in Ontario ,pitythe fool that counted themI am proud to be from the one place that pronounces english closest to Websters Dictionary, The place all the other states sent their newscasters to learn diction, yes, lowly Minnesota.
Land of 11,865 lakes, although it says "Land of 10,000 Lakes" on the licence plates, probably because "Land of 11,865 Lakes" would look stupid.
Mosquitoes big as a silver dollar, and 6 solid months of winter.
Left that Horrible place 40 years ago...
I am proud to be from the one place that pronounces english closest to Websters Dictionary, The place all the other states sent their newscasters to learn diction, yes, lowly Minnesota....
I have always admired the British variety of slang, but nobody beats the Aussies!What??? Minni"soatah"?????
Aussie speak... "whilst in my boardies watching Happy Days on the tellie, me and me mates were drinkin coldies and eatin snags from the barbie, some were eatin Tim Tams, we all learnt American"!
Ya gotta laff!
Maybe English has evolved , your starting to sound like France with its efforts to preserve the language in its pure form being how the majority of Emglish speakers have lived no where near the UK maybe we now have it correct and you've gone by the wayside
Académie française - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.In fact, having thought about it.. living in the 'north' of any country attracts the same riducule from those in the 'south'...even though those in the' north' of France are only 22 miles away from the 'south' of Britain...
Arrrrrrrrrrrragh
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it must be related to the polarity of the poles, because in the great south land, its generally the reverse......the further south you go the weirder they are. Just ask a tasmanian
You could be right there Michael. We lived in Ulverstone, Tas for 2 years..it was ok provided you didn't deride the Apple growers...
Or, mention Port Arthur.
John
Just watched a terrible flick called "Black Sheep". Made in N.Z. about two brothers, one that had a fear of sheep, the other was a mad scientist making geneticaly altered killer sheep. Really lousey story, make-up, special fx, acting,...
The only thing geneticaly altered on that show was Larry Hagmans liver!I thought you were talking about Dallas for a minute ML
John