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Re: "Could care less is" a personal peeve of mine, too. Camilla Send a noteboard - 20/05/2010 03:45:40 PM
it's a message from the Queen!

Holding (down) the fort I'd not thought of, but he makes another good point there. And do Brits really say, "herb" the right way, instead of as if it only had three letters? Because that would really be rather amusing; the one place where most Americans (but not this one) drop their "h"s and even the people NOTORIOUS for doing so don't. No, we are not French, and neither are the Brits, and I quite agree it's past time we both started speaking accordingly. If we MUST speak a language that routinely employs letters no one ever uses, it's also past time we brought back the thorn, if only so people will stop pronouncing "Ye Olde Shoppe" "Yee... " instead of "the.... "


Most British people say "herb" with an h. I can't tell you all of them do, as there are some odd cookies around, but most...
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From David Mitchell: Dear America Camilla - 20/05/2010 03:16:38 PM 918 Views
He's got a point about plow, sidewalk, and trunk. *NM* PhotoJim - 20/05/2010 03:29:59 PM 494 Views
definitly. *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/05/2010 03:32:32 PM 253 Views
As a non-native Eng-spleaking person... Bramhodoulos - 20/05/2010 03:32:14 PM 595 Views
Where did you learn to spleak Eng? *NM* Tim - 21/05/2010 12:54:52 AM 284 Views
Wablief? *NM* Bramhodoulos - 21/05/2010 05:30:37 AM 268 Views
this isn't funny for one simple reason LadyLorraine - 20/05/2010 03:36:26 PM 649 Views
"Could care less is" a personal peeve of mine, too. Joel - 20/05/2010 03:43:08 PM 602 Views
Re: "Could care less is" a personal peeve of mine, too. Camilla - 20/05/2010 03:45:40 PM 542 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 20/05/2010 04:08:23 PM 719 Views
So you don't say it like "Ace of Basil"? *NM* Tom - 20/05/2010 04:33:10 PM 249 Views
Heh. It's more like, Razzle, dazzle BASIL! *NM* Avendesora - 21/05/2010 02:32:58 AM 276 Views
You say "basil" like Basil Exposition from Austin Powers? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 20/05/2010 09:51:16 PM 258 Views
YES! nossy - 21/05/2010 02:52:05 AM 607 Views
American English contains a lot more mistakes than that. Tom - 20/05/2010 03:58:42 PM 585 Views
Oh, and for the record: the use of "table" as a verb in politics still confuses me for about 5 sec. Tom - 20/05/2010 04:38:35 PM 626 Views
Nice one, though I've been guilty of that on occasion. *NM* Legolas - 20/05/2010 10:27:23 PM 279 Views
What a grating accent Larry - 20/05/2010 10:41:38 PM 574 Views
what grammatical conventions? Camilla - 20/05/2010 11:11:10 PM 549 Views
Subjunctive, reflective pronouns, things like that Larry - 20/05/2010 11:26:09 PM 569 Views
His main two points had nothing to do with all that, though... Legolas - 20/05/2010 11:39:28 PM 676 Views
I know. I just merely said I disliked the accent and that the divergent dialects were just that Larry - 20/05/2010 11:59:25 PM 602 Views
How does that apply at all? Camilla - 20/05/2010 11:43:49 PM 573 Views
Different rules for different dialects Larry - 21/05/2010 12:03:31 AM 703 Views
.... dialects? Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:06:03 AM 660 Views
Yes, dialects Larry - 21/05/2010 12:20:09 AM 658 Views
Re: Yes, dialects Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:24:25 AM 545 Views
Perhaps Larry - 21/05/2010 12:54:49 AM 642 Views
Re: Perhaps Camilla - 21/05/2010 12:56:18 AM 585 Views
It really depends Larry - 21/05/2010 01:03:13 AM 746 Views
Re: It really depends Camilla - 21/05/2010 01:05:21 AM 723 Views
But it isn't inconsistent Larry - 21/05/2010 01:14:32 AM 545 Views
Re: But it isn't inconsistent Camilla - 21/05/2010 11:30:55 AM 815 Views
It's not his accent, it's his voice. *NM* Rebekah - 21/05/2010 12:26:18 AM 247 Views
It's both Larry - 21/05/2010 12:54:04 AM 618 Views
Tickling the fort sounds like fun! *NM* Birdeye - 21/05/2010 02:37:03 AM 279 Views
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