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Old 03-22-2010, 10:37 AM   #76
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I'm so confused I'm not reading this thread for a while or I'll start answering in French!
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:40 AM   #77
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I'm so going to be all about using that phrase at work tomorrow.

But only to annoy people
Oh, NO!
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:41 AM   #78
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I'm so confused I'm not reading this thread for a while or I'll start answering in French!
And even then you'll probably still be speaking better English than most Americans!
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:43 AM   #79
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As someone learning English, I find this ise/ize confusing since it's virtually impossible to find any references on this...
Hang on a tick - you're learning English? From how you type it, I'd've guessed that if you weren't brought up bilingual then you at least learned it at a fairly early age!
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:47 AM   #80
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Hang on a tick - you're learning English? From how you type it, I'd've guessed that if you weren't brought up bilingual then you at least learned it at a fairly early age!
I can pretty well guarantee he's not taking lessons from this guy.

Am, I was surprised also. I assumed from the way yvanleterrible writes that he'd spoken the language all his life. Instead it turns out that he's another one of the many folks here at MobileRead who have a clear talent for more than one language. I would have never suspected he was not a native speaker had he not told us.
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Old 03-22-2010, 10:48 AM   #81
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And even then you'll probably still be speaking better English than most Americans!
Thanks Tom!

I've learned English first from television but I thought learning from reading would have given me a more accurate appreciation of the language. I see now that most writers should learn more of their own language...
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Old 03-22-2010, 11:47 AM   #82
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there must be a canadian version of french to annoy the (erm) French!
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:19 PM   #83
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there must be a canadian version of french to annoy the (erm) French!
Yes, there is a slang called "Joual" which is a deformation of the word "cheval"/(horse).
I never use it when writing but it dominates conversations so I'm a staunch defender of it as a Quebecois identity. Especially the swear words; there is such a diversity of them that they're a language in themselves!
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:50 PM   #84
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My personal vote for a word (or, in this case, 2 words) that should be outlawed goes to "Big Brother." An over-used term good only for fear-mongering, and for taking an otherwise-erudite conversation straight into the gutter.
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:51 PM   #85
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I'd like to add -- the practice of adding "speak" as a suffix.
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:56 PM   #86
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My pet hate, as in setting teeth-on-edge-hate, is when people use 'you' when they mean to write 'your', as in
'Make you mind up'
or
'choose you subject'
AAAarrrghhh!
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:56 PM   #87
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My 8 year old daughter tends to overuse the term "dude." I am starting to get annoyed dude.
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Old 03-22-2010, 01:39 PM   #88
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"Ax."

As in "I wanna ax you a question."
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Old 03-22-2010, 02:02 PM   #89
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2. awesome - ditto (may the ancient Greek gods smite those misusing this one)
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dude/dudette
d00d! you guys are totally dissing ski instructor speak! I can't hardly describe that most gnarly run! got awesome air!

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To make it into the real world, no longer use the word "Redskin/s". Very derogative to Native Americans.
in my experience this one is not one that they are all that hung up on. there are plenty of others however that get that honor

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"Ax."

As in "I wanna ax you a question."
you just took the words out of my mouth... or maybe it is "aks". I have never been able to figure out how that gets so twisted
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My 8 year old daughter tends to overuse the term "dude." I am starting to get annoyed dude.
My son had his friend (both are 7) over on Saturday afternoon. Every sentence either started with, contained, or ended with "dude".

"Dude that is cool toy you have."
"I know dude, I got it at Burger King."
"Cool dude"
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