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| posted by Gum Tree 1152 days ago |
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I still reckon it is a phrase used mostly on the net/email rather than in speech. But bloke - do you find your email correspondence is usually formal english or do you get both?
"Marooned on a rock with 80,000 and now 90,000 alcoholics and counting"
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 1152 days ago |
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Quite like "my bad".
One that really got on my tits was when Britain went "bonking" bonkers in the 80s. Shagging seems to have superceded it now.
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by Azrael 1152 days ago |
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Wagwaan? This thread is jokes. Y'all need to cotch, be a bit more waffy. Fo sho it's all a bit bizzurd, but ya dun wanna be a clappin sala now, do ya? Nim nim nim!
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. 
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| posted by Gum Tree 1152 days ago |
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Azrael - where you bin?
"Marooned on a rock with 80,000 and now 90,000 alcoholics and counting"
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| posted by Azrael 1152 days ago |
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I'm a bit on & off here. I had exams in June, and then I went off on holiday for a few weeks. Back now, but lots going on.
[:D]
PS. Apologies for that last post...I'm with HKBloke on this one, although it's SMS-speak that gets my goat up.
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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| posted by life 1152 days ago |
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Jayzus! Azrael, what countries slang are you speaking?
Sometimes I think a lot of slang is developed in certain countries because people can not quite understand what they heard on TV (or what a person said in person) and speak what they think they heard, which is really not what was said.
Take for instance "dun". I'll bet that is Don't, but when spoken in a sentence by a fast english speaker.. "you don't want to be" a non english speaker or one not familiar with the accent hears "Ya dun wanna be".
As for my bad, GT, it is spoken in the US.
I'm bored, I'm pi*sy, and, I have no shame.
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| posted by life 1152 days ago |
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Wow.. and ya'll complain about american english!
I'm bored, I'm pi*sy, and, I have no shame.
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| posted by sabi 1152 days ago (edited 1152 days ago) |
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Question for the complainers: Would you prefer to go to a foreign country and have them speak bad English or to learn their language (like Turkish) and speak it just as badly?
Think of all the NETS/esl jobs here and elsewhere not to mention tertiary education services in UK/Aust, etc. at stake if no one wants to bother with English (or if they spoke perfect English for that matter).
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| posted by barbie 1151 days ago |
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Azrael, that's a really interesting BBC article re the origins of some of this 'in' language.
I think the UK certainly uses a lot more of it..prolly (!) because of the diverse cultural mix.
I wait for the day when schools have all the funding they need and the airforce has to have a cake stall to raise money for a new bomber.
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