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Old 05-21-2009, 04:43 PM   #106
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a third!? what's the spinoff for this one?
Again, with the UKers not speaking regular English. When they say "series," we say "season."
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Old 05-21-2009, 04:44 PM   #107
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In terms of oddities of pronunciation, my favourite observation is the fact that 'FISH' could be written 'GHOTI'. That is 'gh' as in "tough", 'o' as in "women", and 'ti' as in "nation".

nb. I remembered this from reading it somewhere but had to look it up to confirm my memory - popularly attributed to George Bernard Shaw apparently.

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Old 05-21-2009, 04:45 PM   #108
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a third!? what's the spinoff for this one?
ok you have had torchwood series 1 and series 2 right?
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Again, with the UKers not speaking regular English. When they say "series," we say "season."
Ah right a third SEASON - cause series is just English sorry lol

and before you say it Dixie it took us centuries to steal that English language from all the other latin races

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Old 05-21-2009, 04:47 PM   #110
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Again, with the UKers not speaking regular English. When they say "series," we say "season."
True, but there is a third show. It's called The Sarah Jane Adventures.
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Besides some of the differences already mentioned, I quite like the way Brits use aluminium rather than aluminum.
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True, but there is a third show. It's called The Sarah Jane Adventures.
And we all love Sarah Jane and K9
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Old 05-21-2009, 04:51 PM   #113
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Ah right a third SEASON - cause series is just English sorry lol

and before you say it Dixie it took us centuries to steal that English language from all the other latin races
Or import it from the Vikings!

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True, but there is a third show. It's called The Sarah Jane Adventures.
[shudder] Don't remind me! And btw, it is still on my DVR, waiting for a new season of that to pop up and be recorded. I like Sarah Jane and K-9, but the kids.... cringe...
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Besides some of the differences already mentioned, I quite like the way Brits use aluminium rather than aluminum.
Yeah, I was under the impression for a long time that this was just illiteracy on the part of Americans but I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that 'aluminum' was the more historically correct spelling.
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For an example of an extreme divergence of pronunciation, my boss' wife is a Brit. She belongs to a club of British Ladies here, they get together and drink. While we call July 4 "Independence Day," their club meets and pronounces it as "Happy Riddance Day."


EDIT: I changed pronounciation again, can't seem to stop misspelling it.

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Yeah, I was under the impression for a long time that this was just illiteracy on the part of Americans but I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that 'aluminum' was the more historically correct spelling.
Aye, I think it was the scientific community who decided it, I just like the way the UK version rolls off the tongue.
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And we all love Sarah Jane and K9
Really? I haven't seen it yet; I watch on DVD. The little bit I saw was from last season's Dr. Who finale. From what i saw it looked like utter dreck.
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For an example of an extreme divergence of pronounciation, my boss' wife is a Brit. She belongs to a club of British Ladies here, they get together and drink. While we call July 4 "Independence Day," their club meets and pronounces it as "Happy Riddance Day."
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