A Message For Our Friends In The U.S.

a reply to: nighthawk1954

Maybe if you are drinking a black tea but again only a maybe.

a reply to: nighthawk1954

What!? What did you just say? Fruit tea?

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

When I moved to the US, my mother, who is Dutch, was required to take a driving test in Houston, TX. While she spoke English well, there were a few words that escaped her. On approaching an intersection with an orange light she asked the evaluator, "When I get to the intercourse, do I stop or keep going?"

She passed...

originally posted by: JAK
a reply to: nighthawk1954

What!? What did you just say? Fruit tea?

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

That as bad as putting catsup/ketchup on a hotdog.

originally posted by: jrflipjr
When I moved to the US, my mother, who is Dutch, was required to take a driving test in Houston, TX. While she spoke English well, there were a few words that escaped her. On approaching an intersection with an orange light she asked the evaluator, "When I get to the intercourse, do I stop or keep going?"

She passed...

This type of behaviour is a direct result of the U.S. gaining independence from the British colonies.

Dash it, it's just not on. Totally bad form.

a reply to: JAK

Right! Own up. Who let the Australians in?

Howyagoing mate. If we bring the Esky beer and sheilas we can gatecrash any shindig; as long as the beer flows the cricket is playing on TV in the background and the Poms are nowhere to be seen,

Now stop being useless and throw another shrimp on the Barbie

a reply to: alldaylong

My avtar may give you a clue

Thats Monty Pythons John Cleese? About the only good thing that came out of England? Or is it British Isles? I always get confused

Tea is only good when you mix it with sugar and pour it over some ice. Maybe a slice of lemon, but hey, drink it how ever you want to over yonder.

THIS EXCEEDING TRIFLING WITLING, CONSIDERING RANTING CRITICIZING CONCERNING ADOPTING FITTING WORDING BEING EXHIBITING TRANSCENDING LEARNING, WAS DISPLAYING, NOTWITHSTANDING RIDICULING, SURPASSING BOASTING SWELLING REASONING, RESPECTING CORRECTING ERRING WRITING, AND TOUCHING DETECTING DECEIVING ARGUING DURING DEBATING.

Pladuim

a reply to: alldaylong
Truth is, I could care less.
Problem is, the situation does not rank high enough for me to care less anymore than I currently do.

Maybe its time we designated our global, international language with a different term rather than English.

I prefer 'Intra', Intra would allow for colloquial terms like, aussie, yank, or whinging pommy.

originally posted by: subtopia
... colloquial terms like, aussie, yank, or whinging pommy. .

Absolute fits.

a reply to: alldaylong

I could care less... but it would be difficult.

For all 'intensive' purposes (that one annoys me, too... it is 'intents and' for the curious) "sayings" are dead.

Sayings are so commonly mangled and with malapropisms also pouring from texts and the phones of the masses, we should just forget the whole thing and reduce our blood pressures to live another day.

Heck, I'm calling the 'cattle' black as I'm guilty, too.

a reply to: jrflipjr

When I get to the intercourse, do I stop or keep going?"

I hope the instructor said, "You definitely keep going."

And having known a few Dutch women... are you sure it was a mistake on her part?

I'm thinking everyone in this thread rode the "special" bus to school...

I could care less

originally posted by: alldaylong
I have seen members from The U.S. post on ATS threads the saying " I could care less"

STOP

The correct saying is " I couldn't care less"

www.worldwidewords.org...

Rant over.

"I could care less," could really just mean something along the lines of, "I care so little right now, but if I mustered up some effort I'm sure I could summon an emotional state where I could care even less than I do right now!"

Ever thought of that? Betcha didn't

a reply to: Baddogma

Wow, you're kinda freakin me out, cause my mom now lives in AZ...

Mom?

a reply to: jrflipjr

Nope... Dad.

Sorry... been busy.

Here is some really messed up English. Jive Talk


Crikey!!! Fair Suck of the Sav. Seppo's have buggered up the Queens English.

Bloody Drongo's

a reply to: JAK

Great poem

I am british, even though my maternal grandmother was hungarian and my paternal grandfather was native american