(13-Jun-2017, 07:07 AM)Tom BD Bad Wrote: London is pretty similar on that front, accents from everywhere. South Africa is just hilarious though, the way the vowels get twisted over here makes for some classic misunderstandings. My wife and I were at her folks and had a couple of drinks because her sister was visiting, so we stayed over rather than drive home. My wife's brother Jeff, has his own place on their property, it has a small veranda with a single sleeper couch. So my wife was going to share a double with her sis, so her mum, twisting the pronunciation of the 'e' in deck, suggested "Tom can sleep outside on Jeff's dick!"
lol... yeah... that could be a bit of a problem...
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(12-Jun-2017, 06:24 PM)unseen Wrote: You would think that all these things would count against the language becoming the lingua franca of the planet, but far from it.
Lingua Franca is why English will never be Lingua Franca
I will freely admit I let automolest fiddle my words and sometimes I don't catch it, however if any of you ever see me use the word "bae" you are welcome to cause me harm...
There's bad grammar and then there's stupid abbreviations and nonsense like SMS/TXT speak in the innapporiate medium.
Had a minion a while back use some in a formal report at work... Yes he argued it was ok and wouldn't damage the reputation of our circa $1bn organisation...
Australian English is great fun, it doesn't translate to other countries well so generally we don't use it as much on the Internet.
As I learnt referring to a group of guys from Virginia standing around around with their automatic weapons as a "bunch of gun toting whackos" is more akin to insulting their mother and not a reflection of admiration for their prepper weapons stash.
And don't get me started on the F and C words which we weave into conversation very readily.
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