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PS Being a hot-rodder I do know what 'flathead'means! I suspect none of the other English posters do......
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February 09, 2006 06:14
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February 09, 2006 06:05
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Why do we tend to add y or ie to names e.g.Johnny, Freddie, etc. or to slang terms for things- wheel......
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February 04, 2006 12:48
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January 27, 2006 15:59
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A question to our American friends. What exactly does 'Your Mother'or 'Your Momma'mean?- it's usuall......
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January 27, 2006 07:29
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As arnie says we use curb as in 'curb your enthusiasm' but kerb for the edge of the pavement- 'sidew......
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January 22, 2006 00:03
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All right, so in Ashington they pronounce cub 'kerb' so how do they pronounce kerb,then?-'korb'!They......
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January 21, 2006 08:43
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The old mining communities were very close knit with very little contact with outsiders so I think t......
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January 21, 2006 00:13
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About 28 years ago when I first started drinking there was still a few of the old miners around. Now......
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January 20, 2006 16:48
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I'm always amazed by by my 1/2way compatriots! How much is it for a Pint or 1/2 litre there now- £7-......
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January 20, 2006 16:20
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Thanks Dianthus for those links- makes for interesting reading! I somehow have managed to make this......
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January 19, 2006 05:27
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Hi Caterwauller! Whilst I said similar I meant more the Canadian and the US accents as a whole. I've......
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January 18, 2006 11:48
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Gee, Mark, you'll be telling me Hagar the Horrible doesn't exist either! Actually I knew it wasn't......
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January 18, 2006 05:02
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I actually post as Bloodaxe on realbeer.com, Being of Anglo-Norwegian extraction I've heard all the ......
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January 17, 2006 14:07
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Hi, I'm Erik and I'm new here, although I will say hello to Richard English and Kalleh as I have pos......
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January 17, 2006 13:50
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I'll really like to whizz down for a few but as it is I'm taking the weekend of the 28th-30th off fo......
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July 20, 2006 09:48
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There's an Irish pub in North Shields which has both "whiskey" and "whisky" produced by Irish distil......
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July 20, 2006 09:45
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I was in my local pub for my occasional(!) half pint(!) of ale. They've a rather splendid reproducti......
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July 06, 2006 03:26
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Happy Independence Day!...
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July 04, 2006 09:15
The long 'f'.
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Why was the long 'f' used sometimes instead of a regular 's' in old documents e.g. "The Bofton Tea ......
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