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Ps103 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 10:09:35 PM)
What exactly does "whinging" mean? Or do I want to know?[:D]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 10:39:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ps103 What exactly does "whinging" mean? Or do I want to know?[:D] To complain, and keep on complaining and so get on everyone's nerves[;)] It makes the convicts feel better if they can whine about us[;)] Are you glad you asked Ps103?[:D]

nicole6598 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 10:52:05 PM)
LOL Aga [8D] Well I am certainly no convict, Dad was born here, his parents were born in Greece and Mum was born in Ireland. So I mostly get called a fiery redhead!

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 11:19:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: nicole6598 LOL Aga [8D] Well I am certainly no convict, Dad was born here, his parents were born in Greece and Mum was born in Ireland. So I mostly get called a fiery redhead! Excuses excuses[:D]... Nicole, we don't mind if you're convicts Nicole... at least we have the same Queen... unlike those Rebel Yanks[;)] (PS Just out of interest, have you ever read the biography on Mary Bryant? ~ it's totally fascinating.)

Ps103 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 11:47:19 PM)
So...whinging is whining with an extra g? [8D]

nicole6598 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 11:55:42 PM)
Yes that's it Ps103, silly huh? Hmm Mary Bryant, I think I saw a movie made about her.... I know of a Martin Bryant who went on a killing spree in tasmania few years ago... Not good!

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/2/2008 11:58:19 PM)
quote: Martin Bryant who went on a killing spree in tasmania few years ago... Not good! Ummm... nope, not good.

Love2Smile -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 12:11:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos ... unlike those Rebel Yanks[;)] I've enjoyed this thread! Rebel Yanks?! Southerners=Rebels, Northerners=Yank....Rebel Yanks= high treason![:D][;)] And since i'm born and raised yank and then southern, i have an identity crisis. [:D] But my southern inlaws don't hold it against me...whew! I was just teaching my son the other day how you English say petrol and other different words that mean the same as ours. He found it facinating. And what I find facinating is how Hugh Laurie from the t.v. show HOUSE can speak both accents flawlessly.

L5FanLady -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 3:35:51 AM)
First I was just a Yank.[&:] Now I'm a Rebel Yank.[:o] Oh my.... This thread is really degressing......[X(][:D]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 6:11:22 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Ps103 So...whinging is whining with an extra g? [8D] Technically an extra 'ge' (as in whingeing) [8D] I think actually that to whinge is more than to whine. I think whingeing goes on a bit more. [;)]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 6:14:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Love2Smile I was just teaching my son the other day how you English say petrol and other different words that mean the same as ours. He found it facinating. And what I find facinating is how Hugh Laurie from the t.v. show HOUSE can speak both accents flawlessly. Actually it's our words that are the original words - yours are the ones that are different but mean the same (mostly) as ours. [;)] Gotta love Hugh Laurie - wasn't keen on House, but loved him in Blackadder as Mad Prince George.[:D]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:16:51 AM)
quote: I was just teaching my son the other day how you English say petrol and other different words that mean the same as ours. He found it facinating. And what I find facinating is how Hugh Laurie from the t.v. show HOUSE can speak both accents flawlessly. You can buy really good English-American dictionaries now[;)] My favourite 'translation' story is of the Mormon missionary (he was American) who was sent into a menswear shop (by his companion) to buy some 'suspenders'. Only men don't call them that here... they're called braces. Suspenders are something women wear to hold their stockings up.[:)]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:29:09 AM)
agapetos Imagine how it was for me, not long got off the plane in Houston, and still feeling a bit queasy - driving by a KFC and being asked if I'd like "scones and gravy"?! [:'(][:'(] [;)] I knew if couldn't possibly be our kind of scones, but just politely declined anyway, lol.

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:36:51 AM)
I think I would too... I don't have a problem with scones and gravy, but it's probably not the best thing to eat when you feel queasy[&:]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:48:24 AM)
I wonder if our American (or other nationality) friends here have any favourite British slang expressions or ways of speaking? I'd be interested to hear them! I really do like "y'all" - it saves valuable energy, having only one syllable to say what would normally take two or even three! Except when it becomes "all of y'all" of course! [;)] Something Aussie which I quite like is the way of shortening words to their first syllable and adding "-o" - e.g. journalist becomes journo. [:D]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 8:56:49 AM)
And "uni"... As I recall with "y'all"/"all of y'all". "Y'all" is used when someone is asking one person a question "Are y'all going to the store" and "All y'all" is used when someone is asking a group of people something... That's how it was explained to me anyhow...

peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 9:37:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: Ps103 So...whinging is whining with an extra g? [8D] Technically an extra 'ge' (as in whingeing) [8D] I think actually that to whinge is more than to whine. I think whingeing goes on a bit more. [;)] well when you say that it makes me think of "cringe"....lol. quote: I really do like "y'all" - it saves valuable energy, having only one syllable to say what would normally take two or even three! Except when it becomes "all of y'all" of course! actually, if you say it right for certain parts of the south it can sometimes sound like two syllables. It comes from shortening "ye all"....so in some places (not texas) it is pronounced with a bit of the "E" sound in there still. Mostly up in the mountain backwoods places though. quote: As I recall with "y'all"/"all of y'all". "Y'all" is used when someone is asking one person a question "Are y'all going to the store" and "All y'all" is used when someone is asking a group of people something... depends on where you are. My parents grew up in TN....where the population is mostly from Scotch and Irish immigrants, so what they say there is vastly different then where I grew up which is the TX/LA border where the French immigrated and you get the French Cajun.

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 9:41:17 AM)
quote: well when you say that it makes me think of "cringe"....lol. If you whinge long enough to the same person, it makes them cringe[;)]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 10:03:34 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: peculiar_lady2 well when you say that it makes me think of "cringe"....lol. I am sure many Aussies think of us Brits as being cringe-worthy too! [:D]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 10:09:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: peculiar_lady2 well when you say that it makes me think of "cringe"....lol. I am sure many Aussies think of us Brits as being cringe-worthy too! [:D] Naturally the reverse can be true too[;)] I just noticed a thread about "Have you watched any foreign language movies?" and I was tempted to say that I watched them a lot... American and Australian (not to mention a couple of other countries[;)]).

peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 10:11:22 AM)
LOL One thing I love about the British English is the spelling...everything looks so much more formal or proper. (You just have no clue how many times I got marked off by one teacher in high school that thought that "grey" was the wrong spelling....finally I took it to the English teacher who informed that teacher that it was the CORRECT way to spell it....not with an "A" which to me looks weird!!!! I also prefer the spelling "Theatre" to the traditional "ER" American way of spelling it.)

Love2Smile -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 10:33:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos And "uni"... As I recall with "y'all"/"all of y'all". "Y'all" is used when someone is asking one person a question "Are y'all going to the store" and "All y'all" is used when someone is asking a group of people something... That's how it was explained to me anyhow... Haven't heard "Y'all" used as the singular, but us okies don't have the worst of the slang...well maybe not all of it. [:D] But, if you ever hear anyone say "yuns" they are from Pennsylvania or probably a close relative from there. (my mom) And of course the "yous or yous guys" is northern (another relative) ugh...American slang. I guess this could be one reason I enjoy sometimes reading inspirational novels with settings in England...the original english language used is so beautiful...assuming the author did his homework.

Ps103 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 10:50:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos And "uni"... As I recall with "y'all"/"all of y'all". "Y'all" is used when someone is asking one person a question "Are y'all going to the store" and "All y'all" is used when someone is asking a group of people something... That's how it was explained to me anyhow... No, no, Aga--Y'all is never singular, always plural. Whoever told you that had bad grammar[8D]. "All y'all" is a tautology.

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 11:06:02 AM)
quote: Whoever told you that had bad grammar Well they were from GA...

Mrs.X -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (3/3/2008 11:10:58 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: peculiar_lady2 LOL ! I also prefer the spelling "Theatre" to the traditional "ER" American way of spelling it.) LOL, I didn't know there wasn't a difference! I thought a theatre was a fancier theater, like a theatre would have operas and Broadway shows, but a theater just shows movies. LOL!

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