Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Jack Knight wrote: > Jim Kissel wrote: >> Chris Aitken wrote: >> > Sean, > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... > > I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way down on the list of annoyingizations of the language :) The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to >>> pronounce the letter H as Haitch. >>> >> As a "Connecticut Yankee in King Arther's Court", well actually an ex, >> as I've just moved back to the USA, it's "Hews-ton Texas, not "Whos-ton" >> > ... unless of course you happen to be in SoHo New York, which means > "South of Houston", but is pronounced HOWS-TON. Calling it Hews-ton is > to a New Yorker like an American calling Leicester Square "Lie-Sester" > Square to us. ;^)= > > On the subject of Haitch, my Dublin born Irish wife will gladly inform > you that Irish kids are taught to say it that way in school, as well as > pronouncing R as "ORR". > > jfk (Also in the USA at the moment) > > My two-penn'orth: the pronunciation of "nuclear" as if it were spelled "nucular" Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Jim Kissel wrote: > Chris Aitken wrote: > Sean, Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... >>> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way down on >>> the >>> list of annoyingizations of the language :) >>> >>> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to >>> >>> >> pronounce the letter H as Haitch. >> > As a "Connecticut Yankee in King Arther's Court", well actually an ex, > as I've just moved back to the USA, it's "Hews-ton Texas, not "Whos-ton" > ... unless of course you happen to be in SoHo New York, which means "South of Houston", but is pronounced HOWS-TON. Calling it Hews-ton is to a New Yorker like an American calling Leicester Square "Lie-Sester" Square to us. ;^)= On the subject of Haitch, my Dublin born Irish wife will gladly inform you that Irish kids are taught to say it that way in school, as well as pronouncing R as "ORR". jfk (Also in the USA at the moment) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Hi Vic,
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:34:39AM -, Vic wrote:
> I have a colleague who always claims he sets up a "dee em zee" on corprat
> networks.
Corporate networks built out of wood? They must be since they need
routers ("rowters")... :)
Cheers,
Andy
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Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Philip Stubbs wrote: > 2009/10/28 Sean Gibbins : > >> Chris Aitken wrote: >> >>> > Sean, >>> > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... >>> >>> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way >>> down on the >>> list of annoyingizations of the language :) >>> >>> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to >>> pronounce the letter H as Haitch. >>> >>> All Set. >>> >> The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee' >> instead of 'zed' while we're at it! >> >> > > And they still claim to speak English! :-) They can claim what ever they want, but I can tell you that after living for nearly 30 years in the UK and having just been back in the USA for 1 month, most Yanks, cannot understand me. It the shift in vocabulary they cannot cope with. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Sean Gibbins wrote: > Chris Aitken wrote: > >> > Sean, >> > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... >> >> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way >> down on the >> list of annoyingizations of the language :) >> >> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to >> pronounce the letter H as Haitch. >> >> All Set. >> > > The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee' > instead of 'zed' while we're at it! Being neither chalk nor cheese, I prefer "the DMZee" but also use "XYZed" -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Chris Aitken wrote: >>> Sean, >>> Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... >>> >> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way down on >> the >> list of annoyingizations of the language :) >> >> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to >> > pronounce the letter H as Haitch. As a "Connecticut Yankee in King Arther's Court", well actually an ex, as I've just moved back to the USA, it's "Hews-ton Texas, not "Whos-ton" -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Hi, I'm sure someone will be along with more examples momentarily. Cheers, Paul. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
> and also 'zee' instead of 'zed' while we're at it! I have a colleague who always claims he sets up a "dee em zee" on corprat networks. It only took about 30,000 long and painful explanations for him to realise that I know perfectly well what a DMZ is, and that my question "what's one of those, then?" wasn't actually trying to educe the same speech all over again... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
> > > > Sean, > > > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... > > > > I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way > > down on the > > list of annoyingizations of the language :) > > > > The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to > > pronounce the letter H as Haitch. > > > > All Set. > > The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee' > instead of 'zed' while we're at it! > > I'll admit to using Zee instead of Zed. I work for a US company, and our robots have a Z axis. As the majority of training is carried out in the US, some things tend to rub off. Especially when you've been over there for a while. Also # != £ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
2009/10/28 Sean Gibbins : > Chris Aitken wrote: >> >> > Sean, >> > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... >> >> I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way >> down on the >> list of annoyingizations of the language :) >> >> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to >> pronounce the letter H as Haitch. >> >> All Set. > > The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee' > instead of 'zed' while we're at it! > And they still claim to speak English! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Chris Aitken wrote: > > > Sean, > > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... > > I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way > down on the > list of annoyingizations of the language :) > > The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to > pronounce the letter H as Haitch. > > All Set. The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee' instead of 'zed' while we're at it! Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
> > > Sean, > > Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS... > > I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way down on > the > list of annoyingizations of the language :) > > The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to pronounce the letter H as Haitch. All Set. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
