Oh ye of the Aluminium nose...there is some good argument for the murkin
spelling but 'aloo-minum' - it sounds like a small potato curry.
And murkin cars have 'hoods' - so they can carry out bank robberies? Suck that
up your trunk.
"Brit' includes a wide range of voices, some so strong in dialect that they are
incomprehensible to people 50 miles down the road.
So which pertikular Brits were yew talkin' about?
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01/06/2011, at 12:19 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> I think this is another example of where the Americanisation of the
> English Language is a good thing. Take the word "Aluminum" as an
> example. The way the Brits way it hurts my ears. Do you honestly think
> that the good folks down at the Alcoa headquarters say it that way?
>
> Why do cars have bonnets? Pleeeeeease!
>
> I suppose that those ancient ways of saying certain words is a way for
> people to be able to speak while their noses are pointed up in the
> air.
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