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10-01-2005, 12:43 AM
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 Alice's Restaurant.  Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Group W bench
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 Hell, I just call it the john. (No offense Boss Man  )
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10-01-2005, 06:41 AM
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 Miz Smarty Britches  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: drinkin' muddy water, sleepin' in a hollow log Age: 49
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 I also thought of something else about being Southern-- why use one word when two will do? You know, "hose pipe" instead of hose (the garden thing, not stockings!) or "ink pen" instead of "pen". Then again, the way we pronounce "pen", people won't know whether we need an "ink pen" or a safety pin if we don't specify.
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10-01-2005, 08:17 AM
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| Alice's Restaurant. Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Group W bench
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Yes, I have used an outhouse many times. 
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10-01-2005, 08:40 AM
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| Dorito, Nacho flavor Dad.  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: At home Age: 52
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10-01-2005, 09:11 AM
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| NI FORT fan  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: N.Ireland
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| There are names that we here from the US that I've never heard a Brit called. Briana is one that I have never heard and another is Randy, for obvious reasons. On another tack, Demi and Kylie have appeared in the last 15 yrs, Miss Minogue and Moore have a lot to answer for!
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10-01-2005, 12:19 PM
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| FORT Fogey  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: back in "The Big Smoke"
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| Okay, I have one...why do Americans call it a "tunafish sandwich" , we just say tuna 'cause we know it's not "tuna-elephant", eh? lol, lol. |
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10-01-2005, 02:18 PM
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| Dorito, Nacho flavor Dad. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: At home Age: 52
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10-01-2005, 02:37 PM
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| Big Brother Obsession!!  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Age: 18
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except one thing I dont say is "eh"... I am canadian too... like I think it is one of the most annoying sounds / words / anything ever... and people always say "well you obviously say it but just dont know it"... well i dont... never have....... neither do i like "y'all" half because listening to april on Big Brother 6 killed me... and half cause I dunno... With speaking, I am weird that way! | |
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11-05-2005, 09:10 PM
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| volcano goddess  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: about to erupt
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| I had to go digging for this thread, but I'm really curious. Living in New England, grew up in Ohio... thought I had caught all the linguistic differences after 25 years. When I tell people here I'm going to Africa "this summer", they all correct me - You mean "next summer"? When I've said "this summer" to people back home, they all get what I mean. Can anyone verify that this is a regional thing?
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11-05-2005, 09:21 PM
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| Alice's Restaurant. Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Group W bench
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| Gut, I was born in Tennessee, lived there for 23 years and have lived in Ohio for the last 32 years. (Yikes, I just disclosed my age ) I would normally say "this summer" if it was actually the summer season. I can see it going both ways. This time of year I would say next summer.
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