Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Aitken
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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread 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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/28 Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk: 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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Aitken
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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Vic
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,

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Paul Stimpson
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)

2009-10-28 Thread Jim Kissel
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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Jim Kissel
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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Andy Smith
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 -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Jack Knight
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

Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

2009-10-28 Thread Ian Park
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,