Spelling and Grammar!!

[redshift]

Tex: "An Aussie accent is like a British accent with balls!"

Eh, I dunno, sounds like they are trying too hard almost. Very colorful though...

And while we're on this, the English like to say "I don't have an accent, you have the accent!"

OK so why is it the non-accent disappears whenever a Brit sings?

Riddle me that!

[Marvin]

English people don't have an accent as they invented that language that we all know and love, with all its colourful expressions. It's everyone else that have the accents, as we invented the English language (with all the French, Germanic, Celtic, Latin and Scandenavian words that are in it), and so only we pronounce everything correctly (I'm in for some stick for this )...

Something that really bothers me is a lack of punctuation, especially where apostrophes are concerned. Some people never use them, and others cannot stop themselves from using them, except when they are actually in the correct place, at which point, they forget about them! Argh!

[PBO]

Originally Posted by redshift

Tex: "An Aussie accent is like a British accent with balls!"

Eh, I dunno, sounds like they are trying too hard almost. Very colorful though...

Too hard? I'd say it's more the opposite, we abbreviate everything down to it's shortest possible version or condense it to 1 word like;

Utility Vehicle = Ute

Have a good weekend = avagoodweegend

Rhyming slang is part of our vocab also

Tomato Sauce = Dead horse

Yank = Septic tank (seppo)

OK, you're right - it's colourful but at least we spell colour the right way!

[redshift]

Originally Posted by PBO

Too hard? I'd say it's more the opposite, we abbreviate everything down to it's shortest possible version or condense it to 1 word like;

Utility Vehicle = Ute

Have a good weekend = avagoodweegend

Rhyming slang is part of our vocab also

Tomato Sauce = Dead horse

Yank = Septic tank (seppo)

OK, you're right - it's colourful but at least we spell colour the right way!

See, there's more American efficiency for you, we just don't like 'u' in certain words...