English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
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I have a french friend who's brother has mental impairment. He was unable to speak untill age eight . He was taught to speak my lady over a period of few weeks.
Even so, his grammer is perfect even though he has no formal grammer lessions and is unable to read.
He is age 70
Even so, his grammer is perfect even though he has no formal grammer lessions and is unable to read.
He is age 70
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
BBC news readers saying President T...p, surely it should be U.S President T...p, he's not our President is he ?
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colin54 wrote:BBC news readers saying President T...p, surely it should be U.S President T...p, he's not our President is he ?
No one is going to mistake him as another president, or the president of somewhere else. Not even the Virgin Islands.
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Presumably Mr T can't have ever been there. Else they wouldn't be....Vorpal wrote:Not even the Virgin Islands.
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When did the sound "str" in a word suddenly become "shtr" as in shtrong,exshtra,shtriking etc.Annoys the hell out of me.
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+1
........... and free instead of three, and firty instead of thirty.
........... and free instead of three, and firty instead of thirty.
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So I rather like the new (?) habit of starting a sentence with *so*
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cyclop wrote:When did the sound "str" in a word suddenly become "shtr" as in shtrong,exshtra,shtriking etc.Annoys the hell out of me.
Comes from German like so much else
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People that say bin instead of been!
Hardly anyone seems to say been these days, just listen to any to program, even those that you would think should know better don’t seem to.
Hardly anyone seems to say been these days, just listen to any to program, even those that you would think should know better don’t seem to.
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People that start a sentence with…So.
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Vetus Ossa wrote:People that start a sentence with…So.
I really like that, even do it myself %)
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Anything Ant and Dec say...
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Vetus Ossa wrote:People that start a sentence with…So.
So, I really like that.
FTFY
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Mick F wrote:+1
........... and free instead of three, and firty instead of thirty.
Lots of people seem to have trouble with the 'xth' sound. They say 'sikth' instead of 'sixth'
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661-Pete wrote:Presumably Mr T can't have ever been there. Else they wouldn't be....Vorpal wrote:Not even the Virgin Islands.
Mr Branston the railway magnate is the President of the VI surely
I worked for an american company once, it had lots of Presidents and VPs, I think President translates to Department Manager in English
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