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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:28:38 GMT, escape
wrote: It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm not too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would much prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you Brits for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film, "My Fair Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes? v Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Nowadays - the present day
Oxford Concise Dictionary. Yes, we have a lot of regional accents, some of which are completely unintelligible to outsiders, although television seems to have ironed out some of the really strong ones, especially in the young. Sally It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm not too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would much prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you Brits for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film, "My Fair Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes? Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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yes it's a proper word http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/nowadays
Jan "escape" wrote in message ... On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:47:46 GMT, "Pat P" opined: Come off it, Caryn, even you have to admit that we English have the monopoly on CORRECT English!!! (Even if we don`t always demonstrate it!!!) We haven`t been invaded since 1066 either. We`re talking about standard English, as used nowadays in any case - and VERY few countries have never assimilated words from other languages. That`s not really the point. Pat P It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm not too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would much prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you Brits for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film, "My Fair Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes? v Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Is this a joke about willies????
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Pat P Jan 31, 6:47 am show options
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.needlework From: "Pat P" - Find messages by this author Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:47:46 GMT Local: Mon, Jan 31 2005 6:47 am Subject: THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND IT REALLY WORKS! Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse wrote in message oups.com... - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Pat P wrote: "Darla" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:09:43 GMT, "Pat P" wrote: "Darla" wrote in message . .. On 29 Jan 2005 13:51:09 -0800, " wrote: I can spell and have been known to punctuate correctl=ADy, when it actually matters. It should *always* matter, particularly in an interna=ADtional forum, wherein we should be setting an example for non-nativ=ADe speakers of English. Darla How po-faced is that! LOL! This is just a dead-casual,often leg-pulling - and near=ADly always spontaneous newsgroup, for heaven`s sake - not an exercise in Oxfor=ADd English. If that was the criterion, no-one would ever bother to voice an=AD opinion! Pat P Sacred cows make great hamburgers. Picture Trail Gallery: www.picturetrail.com User Name: Condorita www.sisquoc.blog-city.com Get naked to respond. Ah, but Pat, Oxford English isn't correct!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! nyah nyah nya=ADh Darla Sacred cows make great hamburgers. Picture Trail Gallery: www.picturetrail.com User Name: Condorita www.sisquoc.blog-city.com Get naked to respond. LOLOLOL! It`s certainly more correct than the language y=ADou Americans laughingly refer to as English! ;-P Certainly there is no such thing as perfectly proper Engli=ADsh. Many countries speak their own versions of the language, each c=ADlaiming their own is correct. Historically, English has stolen words and phrases from ma=ADny other languages (largely due to the fact that the Isle was invad=ADed many times over the centuries). For any one person to try to control the way English is us=ADed here is, at the very least, a bit arrogant. Caryn Come off it, Caryn, even you have to admit that we English h=ADave the monopoly on CORRECT English!!! (Even if we don`t always demonstrate i=ADt!!!) We haven`t been invaded since 1066 either. We`re talking about =ADstandard English, as used nowadays in any case - and VERY few countri=ADes have never assimilated words from other languages. That`s not really t=ADhe point. Pat P Invaded no, but you did have Kings and Queens more foreign than English in the interim! LOL I seem to recall some German ones that didn't even speak English.... It is driving me nuts, I know there is a quote about the way English as a language has borrowed or stolen from other languages, but it keeps eluding me. My English teacher mom will probably remember, if I can just get her to respond to the email I sent asking! lol I was brought up to use proper American English in school or in situations when it was important, but Mom also realized that the use of slang and occasional bad grammar is part of any spoken language. Let's face it, even in England conversational English (which is what most people also use on the newsgroups) is not the same as "proper" English! Caryn |
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As Pat said 'This is just a dead-casual, often leg-pulling =AD- and
nearly always spontaneous newsgroup, for heaven`s sake - not=AD an exercise in Oxford English. If that was the criterion, no-on=ADe would ever bother to voice an opinion!' So how is that trying to control the way English is used her=ADe? I thought all versions as well as the Queen's English were acc=ADepted. Sally I was not referring to Pat's teasing about Oxford English, but about Darla's tendency to correct the grammar of others. It's a pet peeve of hers, people posting with mispellings or grammatical mistakes, sometimes she lets them slide, other times she pounces. Caryn |
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"Sally Swindells" wrote in message ... On 31 Jan 2005 06:10:47 -0800, " wrote: Pat P wrote: "Darla" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:09:43 GMT, "Pat P" wrote: "Darla" wrote in message . .. On 29 Jan 2005 13:51:09 -0800, " wrote: Sacred cows make great hamburgers. Picture Trail Gallery: www.picturetrail.com User Name: Condorita www.sisquoc.blog-city.com Get naked to respond. Ah, but Pat, Oxford English isn't correct!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! nyah nyah nyah Darla LOLOLOL! It`s certainly more correct than the language you Americans laughingly refer to as English! ;-P Certainly there is no such thing as perfectly proper English. Many countries speak their own versions of the language, each claiming their own is correct. English a. & n. (language) of England The Oxford Guide to the English Language published by the Oxford University Press is the authoritative guide to the language, and 'Oxford English' is definitely correct. Our language may have been adopted and modified by other countries, but these are versions and not the 'real McCoy'. Historically, English has stolen words and phrases from many other languages (largely due to the fact that the Isle was invaded many times over the centuries). Obviously all my history books are wrong (even the Oxford History of Britain). I thought we always won. For any one person to try to control the way English is used here is, at the very least, a bit arrogant. Caryn As Pat said 'This is just a dead-casual, often leg-pulling - and nearly always spontaneous newsgroup, for heaven`s sake - not an exercise in Oxford English. If that was the criterion, no-one would ever bother to voice an opinion!' So how is that trying to control the way English is used here? I thought all versions as well as the Queen's English were accepted. Sally On her way to look under the bed for an invader. LOLOL! Did you find one, Sally? If so, send up a rocket - we might just see it from here. We can see Orford Light flashing and that`s not very far from you! Mind you, we`d have to be down on the sea-front to do that - and it`s a bit parky down there at present. Pat P |
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"Sally Swindells" wrote in message ... Nowadays - the present day Oxford Concise Dictionary. Yes, we have a lot of regional accents, some of which are completely unintelligible to outsiders, although television seems to have ironed out some of the really strong ones, especially in the young. Sally Now you`ve hit on one of my bugbears - the attrocious way people speak in children`s programmes these days. Surely it`s not wrong to hope that they speak as well as possible, and not inflict broad dialect and sheer lack of articulation on us? No wonder youngsters are so verbally impoverished, since they emulate what they see and hear on tv and few can express themselves properly. "I was jus` gonna, like, get me bike,like"........ sort of thing! Ugh! They don`t need to speak with cut glass accents - just a reasonably clear grammatic one. I suppose it goes with the mindless humour which is never thought to be really "with it" unless people are getting deluged in slimy goo or smacked in the face with custarsd pies. Occasionally it can be funny, but when it comes on just about every children`s programme you see, it`s pathetic. I love regional accents, but don`t think we need to hear them in EVERY children`s programme (usually at maximum rate of decibels), exeptt where relevant to a play, for instance, or a news report from a region. Pat P It sure sounds sexier coming from British, than from American mouths! I'm not too sure "nowadays" is an actual word, is it? Truly curious. I would much prefer when Kate Winslet speaks in American film that she use her English accent. She does American well, but her's is so much nicer. I envy you Brits for your proper "sounding" speech. However, as illustrated in the film, "My Fair Lady," you do have your fair share of blathering speakers. Yes? Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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wrote Invaded no, but you did have Kings and Queens more foreign than English in the interim! LOL I seem to recall some German ones that didn't even speak English.... It is driving me nuts, I know there is a quote about the way English as a language has borrowed or stolen from other languages, but it keeps eluding me. You`ll find that so has every other language! And yes, of course we had foreign Kings and Queens, through marriage mostly, to strengthen alliances. Don`t forget that at one time we owned three quarters of France, too. Pat P |
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"Dawne Peterson" wrote in message ... Is this a joke about willies???? Dawne What ARE you on about, Dawne - or did I miss something? My server has been upgrading things which means that I had a couple of hours where NOTHING downloaded - and when it did, I got everything three times over! Pat P |
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