Country Barriers

[Bubbles]

ok so there's a HUGE country barrier thing, so I'm talking on behalf of Australia when I say:

the following words ARE correctly spelled:

metre
centre
favour
flavour
neighbour

and some explanations:

jam = the stuff you spread on bread
jelly = the stuff that's like crystal powder and you mix it with water to make a dessert
thong = the shoes... flip flops do NOT exist
g string = the underwear
petrol station = the place where you fill up your car... gas stations does NOT make sense since you're filling your car up with petrol, not gas
soft drink = all the drinks, lemonade, pepsi, coke, mountain dew, sprite, seven up... sodas don't exist

I just want people to describe what they say in their countries... why? I have no idea :lol: but fighting about this stuff is fun (I know from past experience)

 

[Lemon-Krumpitz]

Here some that I say (I live in America)

Flip flops- sandals

Gas Station- place where you fill up your car

Pop- Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc.

 

[noggi16]

Pop- music or cherryade. Not coke though because thats coke.

Flip-flops things your where before or after swimming or at a beach. so called because they make a noise.

 

[Alias_Fan0202]

hmm, well, these words are spelled right:

meter (but who uses meters, anyway?)
center
favor
flavor
neighbor
rumor

and MY explanations...
jam and jelly: the same thing, i think. jam is a little more solid than jelly.
flip-flops: the shoe/sandal
gas station: the place where you fill up your car... and gas station does make sense because you are putting gas in the car.
soda: any kind of soft drink. with the bubbles.

lol, this is fun! this topic should be titled BATTLE OF THE COUNTRIES!

beth!

 

[i'm an aliasaholic]

jelly = the stuff that's like crystal powder and you mix it with water to make a dessert
thong = the shoes... flip flops do NOT exist

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ok so Ju i'm with u on the spellings

I would like to add the correct pronouncation of aluminum!!!!

Jelly is also made from jelly cubes!!! so much better than crystalls!

and flip flips are a kind of sandel hun, hate to break it to you but it's only ur neck of the woods that call it a thong- that is a kinda pant- which is underwhere not trousers!

and it is fun to debate these things

like it's a holiday not vacation....

 

[i'm an aliasaholic]

hmm, well, these words are spelled right:

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I believe you mean spelt

 

[Bubbles]

YES!! vacation not holiday!

and it's "al-yoo-min-eeh-uhm"

not "al-ooh-min-uhm"

 

[Alias_Fan0202]

[quote name='i'm an aliasaholic' date='May 15 2005, 03:04 PM']I believe you mean spelt

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spelt? i've never used spelt before.

but i say vacation, not holiday.

AND JUJU I CAN'T TELL HOW YOU SAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY ALUMINUM :rotflmao:

i've been sitting here trying to figure it out!!! heehee :lol:

i say a-loo-min-um.

beth!

 

[mrs.marshal030791]

for california

flip flops/thongs- the sandals

jello- the gelatin that comes in powder but adding water turns it into jelly

jelly/jam- strawberry or grape marmalade

g string/thong the underwear that has a string that goes up your ass

gas station- where you get gas and like snacks for the road

soda - anything with bubbles

vacation- where you get away from where you live for like 2 weeks

holiday- like christmas and stuff

break- ex spring christmas, where you get school or work off for like a week or two

 

[Bubbles]

ok... aluminium..

so the "al" bit... think of al... like the "al" in "alice"

and the u bit... like you... not me, you

and the min bit... the first bit of the word "minute"

the i bit... like E.. the letter e so an "eee" sound

and um.. like "um" as in the thing you say when you can't think of what so say

so:

al-yoo-min-eeh-uhm

 

[noggi16]

jelly/jam- strawberry or grape marmalade

Thats jam. strawberry jam and we don't have grape. Marmalade is different and its made from oranges. Thats not jam. Its marmalade

 

[cinders]

right
loo- a toilet,
dustbin- where u put rubbish
lift- something which transports you through floors (not an elevator)
tony blair- the stupid guy with the huge ears, you see leading our government although, he's resigning at the end of the year :angry:

 

[i'm an aliasaholic]

yes that's the right wasy to say it JuJu!

and cinders you forgot that it's a boot not a trunk in the car and that it's Zebra not Zeeeebra

 

[cinders]

yeh thanks louise, how about date-a not datt-ah

 

[Sabella]

I'm sorry but it really gets to me the way american's spell things like Honour wrong and say it Honor and then say they're right but excuse me but we were the people who put you on the map in the first place, we came up with the English language so do you mind paying us the common courtesy of when using our language actually using it correctly :angry:

 

[cinders]

too right sab, plus, please add in letters, dont be lazy, hence the do ugh nuts

 

[Sabella]

And what is wrong with american's spelling do you not get taught English in school or something???

 

[cinders]

precisely, and please pronounce words properly, yes, there are other consenants which sound different to d

 

[m<o>j]

He he...I love this.

And Sabella, pssst, I think they teach them like that...

Yeah, I always though sark would have been perfectly British sounding if he didn't say darta instead of dayta...

 

[cinders]

lol, yeh i still dont think he quite cuts it, i still dont get the whole when american put on british accents we all seem to be like someone

whos drinking ginger beer on the way to play croquet, darling