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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
PS Being a hot-rodder I do know what 'flathead'means! I suspect none of the other English posters do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
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Discussion Topic  Why oh Y? (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
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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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
A question to our American friends. What exactly does 'Your Mother'or 'Your Momma'mean?- it's usuall......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old Dialects. (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
As arnie says we use curb as in 'curb your enthusiasm' but kerb for the edge of the pavement- 'sidew......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old Dialects. (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
All right, so in Ashington they pronounce cub 'kerb' so how do they pronounce kerb,then?-'korb'!They......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old Dialects. (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
The old mining communities were very close knit with very little contact with outsiders so I think t......
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Discussion Topic  Old Dialects. (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
About 28 years ago when I first started drinking there was still a few of the old miners around. Now......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
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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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Thanks Dianthus for those links- makes for interesting reading! I somehow have managed to make this......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Hi Caterwauller! Whilst I said similar I meant more the Canadian and the US accents as a whole. I've......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Gee, Mark, you'll be telling me Hagar the Horrible doesn't exist either! Actually I knew it wasn't......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
I actually post as Bloodaxe on realbeer.com, Being of Anglo-Norwegian extraction I've heard all the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
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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Discussion Topic  RE: Hey Realbeer Folk! (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
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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Discussion Topic  RE: Noah (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
There's an Irish pub in North Shields which has both "whiskey" and "whisky" produced by Irish distil......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The long 'f'. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
I was in my local pub for my occasional(!) half pint(!) of ale. They've a rather splendid reproducti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Independence! (in Potpourri) by Erik Johansen
Happy Independence Day!...
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Discussion Topic  The long 'f'. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Erik Johansen
Why was the long 'f' used sometimes instead of a regular 's' in old documents e.g. "The Bofton Tea ......
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