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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Cymru : Wales Croeso i Gymru : Welcome to Wales. It's more like saying "A Gelephant" rather than "An Elephant". "Elephant" you could still look up in a English dictionary... You won't find "Gymru" in any Welsh dictionary, just Cymru and then it's mutations, including Gymru!

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    Johnny J
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    I didn't mean it works in exactly the same way - just that the basic idea is the same and thus not unique for Welsh (Loved her movies by the way :) ). But I get your point... ;)

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    • T Tom Delany

      Mike Hankey wrote:

      We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now

      Was that y'all over that a way? I woulda hollered at ya, but I reckon I didn't know it was y'all since y'all had yer shoes on and all.

      WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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      Mike Hankey
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      We warnt thar long, took the dogs out and got us a couple a critters and drank a little shine. I got a par a shoes from my cousin couple years back but I only war em to church.

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      • D Dalek Dave

        An Hotel A European Hmmm...Not always the case is it.

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        Ian Shlasko
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        Dalek Dave wrote:

        An Hotel

        Ahem... It's "A hotel". We pronounce our H's here in the States :)

        Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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        • I Ian Shlasko

          Dalek Dave wrote:

          An Hotel

          Ahem... It's "A hotel". We pronounce our H's here in the States :)

          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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          hairy_hats
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          We don't say An Hotel in the UK either (unless we want to sound like an outdated, upper-class prat).

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          • D Dalek Dave

            Did you bring back Critters and Varmints?

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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            Did you bring back Critters and Varmints?

            Yassir. Theys some big varmints in these here parts.. EDIT: Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

            WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

              Occur/Occurred Travel/Traveled :sigh:

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              Gregory Gadow
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              The rule that I remember from early grade school is that the final consonant is doubled if the word is longer than three letters and ends with consonant, vowel consonant. So as Dave pointed out, travel -> travelled. The few exceptions I can think of involve a final y, which is not considered a consonant for the purpose of this rule.

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              • D Dalek Dave

                Says all those countries in the world that use English as an official language. Although, to be fair, English is not an official language in the USA!

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                Chris Losinger
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                Dalek Dave wrote:

                Says all those countries in the world that use English as an official language.

                but how many say that British English is their official language ?

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Er...no. In English it is Travelled. Some foreigners, who speak a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English, do tend to mispell words, but the English, whose language it is, would never spell travelled with one L! Hope that helps.

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                  Slacker007
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                  :laugh: :laugh:

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                  • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                    Occur/Occurred Travel/Traveled :sigh:

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                    Slacker007
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                    Then it must suck for you to live in the U.S. since our bastardized language offends you. ;)

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Says all those countries in the world that use English as an official language. Although, to be fair, English is not an official language in the USA!

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                      Soulus83
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                      Woow! Too many times I've seen announcements in some establishments like :"Se habla español" XD But well, what do they really own that's not imported (and then hybridized and bastardized ;P ) from another country?

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                      • T Tom Delany

                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                        Did you bring back Critters and Varmints?

                        Yassir. Theys some big varmints in these here parts.. EDIT: Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

                        WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                        Tom Delany wrote:

                        Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

                        Better her critters then someone else's critters.

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          Guilty as charged, your honour, I shall berate myself for that!

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                          Slacker007
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                          50 lashings for you then off to bed you go. :)

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                          • D Dalek Dave

                            Says all those countries in the world that use English as an official language. Although, to be fair, English is not an official language in the USA!

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                            Slacker007
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                            Dalek Dave wrote:

                            English is not an official language in the USA!

                            you are right. the official language of the U.S. is Spanglish. It doesn't get any better than that. :laugh:

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                            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                              Occur/Occurred Travel/Traveled :sigh:

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                              Paul Watson
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                              *The* English *l*anguage *s*ucks.

                              cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                              • D Dalek Dave

                                An Hotel A European Hmmm...Not always the case is it.

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                                Dan Neely
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                                "A European" is only confusing if you forget the rule is first sound, not first character. Hotel, Honor, etc only cause confusion because some accents have the h silent and others do not. :rolleyes:

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                                • D Dalek Dave

                                  Er...no. In English it is Travelled. Some foreigners, who speak a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English, do tend to mispell words, but the English, whose language it is, would never spell travelled with one L! Hope that helps.

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                                  Er..yes and no Banana, if it followed "regular" English rules would be pronounced Baenaenah instead of Bahnahnah

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    Er...no. In English it is Travelled. Some foreigners, who speak a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English, do tend to mispell words, but the English, whose language it is, would never spell travelled with one L! Hope that helps.

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                                    Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                    As usual, I'm talking about your bastard son. Glad to know the mother tongue has it sound.

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                                    • T Tom Delany

                                      Dalek Dave wrote:

                                      Did you bring back Critters and Varmints?

                                      Yassir. Theys some big varmints in these here parts.. EDIT: Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

                                      WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                                      Joe Simes
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                                      Tom Delany wrote:

                                      Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

                                      Back in the day I wouldn't mind playin' with Ellie May's critters any ol' place! :-D

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                                      • P Paul Watson

                                        *The* English *l*anguage *s*ucks.

                                        cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                                        Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                        A title usually uses "Title Case". :)

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                                        • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                                          A title usually uses "Title Case". :)

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                                          Paul Watson
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                                          It's a subject, not a title. :P

                                          cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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