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  • D Dalek Dave

    USians speak something approximating English, but with curious spellings, appalling grammar and a quaint syntax! :)

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    Shog9 0
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    Dalek Dave wrote:

    a quaint syntax

    Ah, i think i see where the problem lies. See, there's a country over in the UK sometimes referred to as England, but it's a bit of a relic - the new version came out years ago, on a modern, east-facing coast, and filled with proper English-speaking people. Unfortunately, not everyone picked up on the upgrade, so there are some regressions that pop up from time to time...

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      Dalek Dave wrote:

      a quaint syntax

      Ah, i think i see where the problem lies. See, there's a country over in the UK sometimes referred to as England, but it's a bit of a relic - the new version came out years ago, on a modern, east-facing coast, and filled with proper English-speaking people. Unfortunately, not everyone picked up on the upgrade, so there are some regressions that pop up from time to time...

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      Dalek Dave
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      Hey, we've had upgrades! England became Great Britain, became United Kingdom, became the British Empire. Then we restructured and reverted to our core industries, out sourcing our old dominions into the hands of the natives. Generally it has been ok. It is just a shame that most of them want to operate in Blighty.com

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      • D Dalek Dave

        Real American Dictionary for the Letter C. California Chaps Charlton Heston Colt Commanche Cow Then it moves on to the letter D :-D

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        Jim Crafton
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        Yeah, that looks good except for California, which is, as we all know, the bastion of pinko-commie-liberals - I mean look at their governor, he can't even speak without an accent!!! In a real Jeffersonian Democracy, all leaders speak American without accent.

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        • R realJSOP

          Just checking to see if gotten is on the new "Banned Words in a Message Subject" list... It looks like Chris's head might explode with all of these instances of the word gotten in the Lounge.

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          modified on Monday, March 9, 2009 12:14 PM

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          Mladen Jankovic
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          I could have sworn that you changed you title to barely legal programmer when you realized that porn is more popular then outlaw programmers on the Internet. :)

          [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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          • D Dalek Dave

            Sounds better has nothing to do with it. He dived into the water. ENGLISH He dove into the water. MANGLED AMERICANISED ENGLISH The Clue to the Language is in it's name!

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            Lost User
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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            MANGLED AMERICANISED ENGLISH

            Manglish? :-D

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            • R Ray Cassick

              It sounds better than the alternative that I have heard... Getted This bugs me almost as much as those that cannot seem to simply 'ask' me a question, but feel the need to 'ax' me something instead. These are all up there with phrases such as 'more better'. UGH.


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              dandy72
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              Ray Cassick wrote:

              This bugs me almost as much as those that cannot seem to simply 'ask' me a question, but feel the need to 'ax' me something instead.

              According to Futurama, you're using the archaic form then... :-)

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              • J Jim Crafton

                Yeah, that looks good except for California, which is, as we all know, the bastion of pinko-commie-liberals - I mean look at their governor, he can't even speak without an accent!!! In a real Jeffersonian Democracy, all leaders speak American without accent.

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                Dalek Dave
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                Er...With an American Accent!

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                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                  MANGLED AMERICANISED ENGLISH

                  Manglish? :-D

                  Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                  Dalek Dave
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                  I like that term. Call the Heralds. Let it hence be the language of the forum! Manglish!

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Real American Dictionary for the Letter C. California Chaps Charlton Heston Colt Commanche Cow Then it moves on to the letter D :-D

                    ------------------------------------ "Will you marry me? Are you rich?, Don't answer in that order" Groucho Marx

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                    ResidentGeek
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                    Hey, you got Charlton Heston, but you forgot Chuck Norris! How could you?!?!?!? Trish

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Gotten is an old english word no longer used in its original manner. It meant gained. Today it is only used as an adjunct in terms like Ill-gotten or Mis-begotten. I know USians still employ it as a word, but there lies many a difference! :) Funnily it is not a word I disapprove of as it is still within the English Language. Dove as a past participle though! Urghhh! Dived please!

                      ------------------------------------ "Will you marry me? Are you rich?, Don't answer in that order" Groucho Marx

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                      MidwestLimey
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                      I still use it, in it's original intent. Does this mean I'm an old English git myself now?

                      Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                      • M Mladen Jankovic

                        I could have sworn that you changed you title to barely legal programmer when you realized that porn is more popular then outlaw programmers on the Internet. :)

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                        realJSOP
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                        I've always been just barely legal. :) I guess I could use "Naked Outlaw Programmer"....

                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                        • J Jim Crafton

                          Bah humbug! You're just jealous because we can spell with fewer letters than you!

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                          Russell Jones
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                          as witnessed by the English expresion Do we have any transport and in American Do we have any transportation (or should that be transportization) Russell

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                            Bah humbug! You're just jealous because we can spell with fewer letters than you!

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                            as witnessed by the English expression Do we have any transport and in American Do we have any transportation (or should that be transportization) Russell

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                              I've always been just barely legal. :) I guess I could use "Naked Outlaw Programmer"....

                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                              DaveyM69
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                              An image I didn't need in my head - thanks John X|

                              Dave
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                              • R Ray Cassick

                                It sounds better than the alternative that I have heard... Getted This bugs me almost as much as those that cannot seem to simply 'ask' me a question, but feel the need to 'ax' me something instead. These are all up there with phrases such as 'more better'. UGH.


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                                Russell Jones
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                                Ray Cassick wrote:

                                These are all up there with phrases such as 'more better'.

                                Has that ever been used as anything other than an unfunny joke? I remember someone who used to use the expression more betterer but it almost seemed to be used to poke fun at people who might say more better but I was unaware who those people might have been.

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                                • R realJSOP

                                  I've always been just barely legal. :) I guess I could use "Naked Outlaw Programmer"....

                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                  -----
                                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                  I could use "Naked Outlaw Programmer

                                  You could. but for all that is holy, Don't!

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    I see you were being satirical! I am not overly keen on it, but now I know Chris is anti-gotten I shall enjoin the zeitgeist! :-D

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                                    Eytukan
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                                    It's one of the old sarcasms that people keep carrying along here, using it whenever required. lol

                                    He never answers anyone who replies to him. I've taken to calling him a retard, which is not fair to retards everywhere.-Christian Graus

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                                    • R Russell Jones

                                      as witnessed by the English expression Do we have any transport and in American Do we have any transportation (or should that be transportization) Russell

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                                      realJSOP
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                                      In America, we would only have typed out that whole message one time.

                                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                                      • R realJSOP

                                        In America, we would only have typed out that whole message one time.

                                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                                        "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                        Russell Jones
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                                        lol without the corrected typo in the second submission, oops

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                                        • J Jim Crafton

                                          Of course not, everybody knows that Strove isn't even a word! But dove is an exception, surely?

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                                          Henry Minute
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                                          Jim Crafton wrote:

                                          everybody knows that Strove isn't even a word

                                          Are you sure? Didn't Virginia Wade beat Betty Strove in the Wimbledon Final in 1976?

                                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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