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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I don't get the adding in the r in a word that doesn't have an r, like bought. bought - bawt wash - wawsh Plough is spelled and pronounced plow. Yes, that means the term snow plow has two different pronunciations of "ow." David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
oot aboot |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. Reality Internet Personality |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
I don't get the adding in the r in a word that doesn't have an r, like bought. lol Yes, I've played charades, but bought doesn't sound like bort. ;-) |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. Please pass the Worcey sauce. :-D |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. I pronounce it "Worstersheer"... TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
@ES99 -Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. In Canada they don't seem to know what brown sauce is. They have HP sauce. Reality Internet Personality |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. I actually do this, every chance I get. It can be great fun, eh. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
@ES99 -Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. We don't have brown or HP sauce; it might be in some stores, but it's not widely popular. Wusstersher, with the U sounding the same as in tush. (I have ancestors from the area of Worcester, Massachusetts.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
@ES99 -Just try getting an American to say Worcestershire sauce. Depends on the Canadian. My wife usually has at least two types of Worcestershire in the cupboard, plus HP. We also have Katsup, from Holland, which is nothing like ketchup. And Maggi, from Holland as well. I know this is a brand name for a lot of stuff, but we use the term in our house to refer to their brown sauce, which is closer to soya sauce then to HP. Mr dearly departed mother-in-law would sometimes refer to soya sauce as "that Chinese Maggi". All this shows the beauty and at the same time the difficulty in English. We freely adapt terms from other languages, along with their spellings and pronunciations. Makes for a colourful, but confusing, language. It also means that all the local dialects of English are quite legitimate, eh. Noo doobt aboot it, as Celt would say. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Beauty eh? |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
TAKE OFF EH. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Hoser? Edit: Keep your stick on the ice..... |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Chris, I take it your source is not Canadian. Everybody knows it came from "hose bag", which came from ... well, I don't want us to get moderated. Back when I first started hearing "hoser" most ice rinks didn't involve a hose. That was just for the rich kids in big cities. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Hoser is both a slang term and a derogatory term, originating from Canada and used primarily by those imitating Canadians. The term "hoser" gained popularity from the comedic skits by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (also known as Bob and Doug McKenzie) in SCTV’s "The Great White North" segments. Moreannus, or more anus? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Chris, I take it your source is not Canadian Where the Canadians get their beer. Mouse pee. LOL. I am kidding, of course. Some other comedians, not me. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Where we really get our beer. OMG, Bill. I have several old Firesign Theatre albums. I never heard them mentioned here before just now. They were very off the wall humourists. At times, even I did not think them that funny. But I bought about 4 of their albums before I figured that out. Yeah, Bear Whiz Beer. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
John Chrzastek Send message Joined: 28 May 12 Posts: 45 Credit: 29,723,112 RAC: 0 |
I have yet to see a chief of police who didn't have at least 4 stars. I'm sure they work hard and deserve to be where they are but for crying out loud ... |
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