Unpopular opinions
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Giles, I've heard the same said of continental versus Canadian French. Those cunning linguists and their counterintuitive conjectures.
"Aluminum" actually predates "aluminium," in England and abroad; it's not our fault that crazy Limey couldn't settle on a spelling for the element he discovered.
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Oh you crazy Brits and Yanks - hassling each other over accents and pronunciation.
In Australia we like to pile shit on both of you! (in a charming, loving way, of course). We amuse ourselves by sending shitty things overseas to see if you like them….Fosters Lager, Savage Garden, et. al.... -
Giles, I've heard the same said of continental versus Canadian French. Those cunning linguists and their counterintuitive conjectures.
"Aluminum" actually predates "aluminium," in England and abroad; it's not our fault that crazy Limey couldn't settle on a spelling for the element he discovered.
Yes, but once Humphry Davy settled on a name trust you Yanks to keep using the wrong name
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It's a shame what the Limeys have done to the language…
What about some of these proper name suffixes y'all struggle to phoneticize?
-borough and -burg
-bury
-cester
-ham
-shire
-quay and quay (discovered the latter in Australia when I talked about "circular kway"
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-wich
-wick
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I really do love English accents and vocabulary, all in good fun mates.
Cheerio then you blokes!
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Americans who say 'erbs' or 'urbs', instead of 'herbs.'
Angers me to no end…Read "Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson. One of his assertions in that book, is that American pronunciation of English is truer to the way English used to be spoken by the English than the way the English themselves now speak
Thanks Giles, I needed a new book to read. Gonna pick it up today!
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While we're talking linguistics, I'd be interested to hear if y'all can understand this man's speech. Famously, much of the international audience could not. This is how we talk in my home state.
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Yup, easy. In the UK we have some pretty wild regional dialect, my family is from Newcastle which has one of the strongest accents in the UK (Geordie), I was born in Nottinghamshire so I do not suffer the affliction, I have more family from Glasgow in Scotland, and from Southern Ireland so I am more than familiar with some of the tougher regional vernaculars out there.
Giles is also from one of the places in the UK with the strongest accents, Birmingham, but he does not carry the accent either.
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I'll have to find some samples of those. I generally love English and Australian accents.
I love Mr. Faulkner's too, reminds me of my dad.
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Back on topic: Visvim, made in Korea using lightweight leathers and man made polymers, sold for ridiculous amounts. I know they get love, but I simply do not understand them at all.
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Bape used to be awesome, until Nigo went mad and started covering everything incartoon characters and making suits.
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Bape has a few cool things but is mostly horrid. I feel the same way about Comme des Garçons.
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Trust me, you only feel that way about Bape because when you think of Bape you think of the horror show of the last 7 - 8 years, before that it was awesome. Very simple military style stuff, very high spec, great use of the Planet Of The Apes concept, aka before "Baby Milo"
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With the possible exception of footwear, I can't stand Mr. Freedom. Great materials, great construction quality, unappealing style. I'm not a French factory worker in 1953, why would I want to dress like one?
