... busy looking up "nowt" :)
Tom (USA)
On 5/21/2021 2:17 PM, Rupert Reynolds wrote:
Being English by birth, I remember working in Holland, and meeting someone
with the nickname "Suzie Did It On The Roof" (I didn't ask what she did on
that roof :-) ). The short "oo" as in "woof" caught me by surprise. Every
day is a school day, etc.
But the UK/US one that gets me every time is "router". Here in England,
that's two words in one. A network router rhymes with fruit, boot, moot and
toot. With a woodworker's router, the "ou" is like gout, nowt, clout and
spout.
"Two nations divided by a common language?" I say no. But I borrow American
words and phrases. Everyone does--is it time to call it "American" and be
obviously proud of it?"
Roops
On Fri., May 21, 2021, 21:16 Paul Gilmartin, <
0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
On Fri, 21 May 2021 14:38:26 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote:
Heh. When I was in high school we moved from Minnesota (where "root"
rhymes with "foot") to Pennsylvania (where "root" rhymes with "boot"). The
kid who sat behind me in Biology class was named Scott Root. He thought I
was making fun of his name every time I said "root". I learned to adjust
to my new environment.
I'm reminded of a venerable signature file:
"Both Robert Root and Douglas Core (who keeps losing his Mail) have
accounts on my system, and I expect Susie Mailer-Daemon to sign up
any day now."
-- gil
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