I have also noticed that if you listen to, particularly some of the teenagers speaking these days, you can hear American accents creeping in.........Things like the word "Car" being said as "Cahrrrr" for instance along with other things......... Terms like "Good Jarrrb" instead of "well done" or plain old "congratulations".
It just seems to get worse as each year goes by. Most of our TV programmes are from America and our Labour Party spell their name Labor where is it going to end?
Boroma577 said
01:31 PM Dec 14, 2011
Gary wrote:
I thought we were a dieing breed, but at least it's nice to know that we are not alone in our thinking. Gary
Definitely not Gary.....you get my vote mate.
Dougwe said
01:48 PM Dec 14, 2011
Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
JRH said
02:04 PM Dec 14, 2011
Dougwe wrote:
Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
My spoon is attached to the side of my soapbox and spends a lot of it's time in the shed unless I take it out for an airing on occasions.
Zoomtopz said
02:44 PM Dec 14, 2011
Went to th 1st MucDung , th 2nd day it opened .
Hume hwy(Liverpool Rd) Yagoona . Asked for a burger with th lot .
No , you Have to have one of those , as she points up .
No , I might be ignorant , arogant , etc , but I'm th customer &
I am right . She , all of 14-15 told me I had to have one of th
above . I says forget it & I ain't gunner be back . Guess what .
I ain't been back . Was even broken down at Sutton Forrest for
2 days . Went hungry , rather than eat MucDung . Have Never taken
my kids there , ever . My 15y/old son has MucDung , maybe once a
year , can't remember how long ago he went , I got him well trained.
Richo
Landfall said
03:44 PM Dec 14, 2011
Dougwe wrote:
Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
If you guys are going to stir, at least get the spelling rite, it's BUDDY or BUDDY's.
Geesh, can't you use the spell chek.
Dusty
JRH said
03:48 PM Dec 14, 2011
Landfall wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
If you guys are going to stir, at least get the spelling rite, it's BUDDY or BUDDY's.
Geesh, can't you use the spell chek.
Dusty
Wot be dat den cobber????
Landfall said
04:03 PM Dec 14, 2011
JRH wrote:
Landfall wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
If you guys are going to stir, at least get the spelling rite, it's BUDDY or BUDDY's.
Geesh, can't you use the spell chek.
Dusty
Wot be dat den cobber????
Hey, don't use that tone of thread with me.
Cobblers 2 yu 2.
Dusty
JRH said
04:07 PM Dec 14, 2011
Landfall wrote:
JRH wrote:
Landfall wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
If you guys are going to stir, at least get the spelling rite, it's BUDDY or BUDDY's.
Geesh, can't you use the spell chek.
Dusty
Wot be dat den cobber????
Hey, don't use that tone of thread with me.
Cobblers 2 yu 2.
Dusty
From memory Cobbler makes good eating Hey!!
woody said
05:09 PM Dec 14, 2011
Well that opened a can of worms eh? What about Aussie entertainers singing with an American accent, wuld you like fries with that!
JRH said
05:21 PM Dec 14, 2011
woody wrote:
Well that opened a can of worms eh? What about Aussie entertainers singing with an American accent, wuld you like fries with that!
I'll have some nice hot chips but the fries can go back to Yankyland hey.
Australia seems to be becoming more and more Americanised as the days go by, damned shame it is.
Happywanderer said
05:34 PM Dec 14, 2011
I totally dislike (hate) the saying " You're not wrong" Where did that come from? No!! You are right.
JRH said
05:41 PM Dec 14, 2011
Happywanderer wrote:
I totally dislike (hate) the saying " You're not wrong" Where did that come from? No!! You are right.
I don't know the origin of that saying but I have always associated it with America and yes I hate it also.
It would seem yhat the younger generation are only too happy to embrace anything American and are steadily developing a whole new language, one that in a few years we will not be able to understand. I wonder did we do similar with the advent of Rock & Roll in the 50's?
Cruising Granny said
06:00 PM Dec 14, 2011
Spelling!!! What the heck has happened to our spelling? My teachers went to great lengths to teach us how to spell the English we know and love, and now I have to argue with an electronic gadget about how to spell the words I write. Grammer, pronunciation and spelling are my pet peeves, especially in the written word. I don't want to disappoint all those teachers and waste all those cracks across the knuckles. Ouch! The young now speak with "like", using this word instead of commas and other words they can't think of. eg: "I thought it was, like, a new car, but it was, like, an old one, like, with a new, like, paint job." Please do what you can to keep the English we learnt, and spelling to make it simpler, if we can keep English simple. It's complications are part of its charms, and I have a lot of fun with the multiple meanings of similar sounding words. Please keep English as it was "wrote."
jimricho said
06:25 PM Dec 14, 2011
While we're overdosing on pedantic pills (yours truly included) I should point out that the plural of buddy is "buddies" not "buddy's". The use of the apostrophe signifies the possessive case, not the plural.
The exception to this is the pronoun "it", the possessive is "its" (no apostrophe), "it's" is a contraction of "it is".
Now that I've put my pedantic pills to good use so I'll go and take the antidote, a stubby (not "stubbie") or two of XXXX!
jimricho said
06:41 PM Dec 14, 2011
Confession: I respond to a "Thank You" with "You're Welcome". I know it's American in origin but I think it's a much nicer response than the cringe-worthy "No Worries" or "No Probs"
JRH said
06:45 PM Dec 14, 2011
jimricho wrote:
Confession: I respond to a "Thank You" with "You're Welcome". I know it's American in origin but I think it's a much nicer response than the cringe-worthy "No Worries" or "No Probs"
I do the same but I didn't realise that it has it's origins in America.
Gerty Dancer said
06:52 PM Dec 14, 2011
JRH wrote:
jimricho wrote:
Confession: I respond to a "Thank You" with "You're Welcome". I know it's American in origin but I think it's a much nicer response than the cringe-worthy "No Worries" or "No Probs"
I do the same but I didn't realise that it has it's origins in America.
I usually respond with "Thats OK" or "Thats fine" and I've just realised they are both american sayings.
jimricho said
06:53 PM Dec 14, 2011
That's just an assumption on my part John as that's where I picked it up. Don't take it as "gospel".
PS: I've almost finished the first XXXX
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 06:56:05 PM
Cruising Granny said
06:59 PM Dec 14, 2011
What really gets my goat is the term, "You's guys". eg: "How are you's guys?" What happened to, "How are you?" Bloody hell, what's happening to our language?
rockylizard said
07:01 PM Dec 14, 2011
Gday...
I thought the phrase "You're not wrong" came from the old Mavis Bramston show in the 1960s - "You're not wrong, Narelle" .... the two cleaning ladies gossiping with a cuppa and a smoke.
Please feel free to thrash me to within an inch of my life with over-cooked spaghetti if I am wrong
Ya a real beaudy blue, don't get crook, stay on the frog and toad and thank ya Mum for the rabbits.
John
JRH said
07:08 PM Dec 14, 2011
jimricho wrote:
That's just an assumption on my part John as that's where I picked it up. Don't take it as "gospel".
PS: I've almost finished the first XXXX
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 06:56:05 PM
I have almost finised my second Carlton Dry, but please don't hold that against me, I used to drink Swan or Emu but since they sold the brewery it just doesn't taste the same so I eventually found Carlton Dry and quite liked it so I have stuck with it.
justcruisin01 said
07:13 PM Dec 14, 2011
JRH wrote:
jimricho wrote:
That's just an assumption on my part John as that's where I picked it up. Don't take it as "gospel".
PS: I've almost finished the first XXXX
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 06:56:05 PM
I have almost finised my second Carlton Dry, but please don't hold that against me, I used to drink Swan or Emu but since they sold the brewery it just doesn't taste the same so I eventually found Carlton Dry and quite liked it so I have stuck with it.
When you are on a good thing , stick with it.
I'm with you.
JRH said
07:16 PM Dec 14, 2011
justcruisin01 wrote:
JRH wrote:
jimricho wrote:
That's just an assumption on my part John as that's where I picked it up. Don't take it as "gospel".
PS: I've almost finished the first XXXX
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 06:56:05 PM
I have almost finised my second Carlton Dry, but please don't hold that against me, I used to drink Swan or Emu but since they sold the brewery it just doesn't taste the same so I eventually found Carlton Dry and quite liked it so I have stuck with it.
When you are on a good thing , stick with it.
I'm with you.
Thanks mate I'll stick with the Carlton it is a good drop in my opinion for what that is worth.
I'll give the Mortein a miss though.LOL
Dougwe said
07:31 PM Dec 14, 2011
Oooops, I have been told off twice tonight once here an the second on another posting. I think I should quit hey. Thought I'd add that last word as it leads me into, you know the saying I really hate? When people say something and end with HEY, i.e. It's been a great day HEY. Speaking of you know what I hate, it reminds me of a Rodney Rude joke of which I will definitely not say here.
Back on the being naughty I apologise if I have upset anyone I am unaware of any conditions or rules for the Forum so if anyone can tell me where I can find them I will read them so I don't do the wrong thing. Few! this is turning into a novel, I'm gone. Have a great night all.
woody said
07:37 PM Dec 14, 2011
Cruisin Granny you are spot-on. My daughter ,who is now 37 yrs old , came home one day when in High School with her , currculum, I said what about English, she said it is not compulsory , so i am doing (something else) instead. I couldn;t believe it. But maybe that is the root of the problem.
At least we don't call our bum a fanny (yet)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boroma577 said
07:52 PM Dec 14, 2011
jimricho wrote:
Confession: I respond to a "Thank You" with "You're Welcome". I know it's American in origin but I think it's a much nicer response than the cringe-worthy "No Worries" or "No Probs"
Me too, I do exactly the same thing.
Landfall said
08:43 PM Dec 14, 2011
Talk about spelling?
Why do Queenslanders call their beer XXXX?
Because they can't spell BEER!
Dusty
Pam said
09:18 PM Dec 14, 2011
and whatever happened to patty cakes with icing on them??? Kids today seem to eat cup cakes with frosting .
shazartist said
10:35 PM Dec 14, 2011
If we as a nation stopped watching so much TV..we would not include so much American slang....We use it, the American people do not force us to...We have adopted it.....A lot of Australian slang is English in origin anyway. I loath the stupid adds and idiot soapy's...but people watch them, and habits form and language sticks.
Language is evolving and changing all the time. We change it.
Most of our lovely colloquial language came from the bush.....and many of them still talk that way...
It just seems to get worse as each year goes by. Most of our TV programmes are from America and our Labour Party spell their name Labor where is it going to end?
Definitely not Gary.....you get my vote mate.
Have been known too on the odd occasion.
My spoon is attached to the side of my soapbox and spends a lot of it's time in the shed unless I take it out for an airing on occasions.
Went to th 1st MucDung , th 2nd day it opened .
Hume hwy(Liverpool Rd) Yagoona . Asked for a burger with th lot .
No , you Have to have one of those , as she points up .
No , I might be ignorant , arogant , etc , but I'm th customer &
I am right . She , all of 14-15 told me I had to have one of th
above . I says forget it & I ain't gunner be back . Guess what .
I ain't been back . Was even broken down at Sutton Forrest for
2 days . Went hungry , rather than eat MucDung . Have Never taken
my kids there , ever . My 15y/old son has MucDung , maybe once a
year , can't remember how long ago he went , I got him well trained.
Richo
If you guys are going to stir, at least get the spelling rite, it's BUDDY or BUDDY's.
Geesh, can't you use the spell chek.
Dusty
Wot be dat den cobber????
Hey, don't use that tone of thread with me.
Cobblers 2 yu 2.
Dusty
From memory Cobbler makes good eating Hey!!
Well that opened a can of worms eh? What about Aussie entertainers singing with an American accent, wuld you like fries with that!
I'll have some nice hot chips but the fries can go back to Yankyland hey.
Australia seems to be becoming more and more Americanised as the days go by, damned shame it is.
No!! You are right.
I don't know the origin of that saying but I have always associated it with America and yes I hate it also.
It would seem yhat the younger generation are only too happy to embrace anything American and are steadily developing a whole new language, one that in a few years we will not be able to understand. I wonder did we do similar with the advent of Rock & Roll in the 50's?
My teachers went to great lengths to teach us how to spell the English we know and love, and now I have to argue with an electronic gadget about how to spell the words I write.
Grammer, pronunciation and spelling are my pet peeves, especially in the written word. I don't want to disappoint all those teachers and waste all those cracks across the knuckles. Ouch!
The young now speak with "like", using this word instead of commas and other words they can't think of.
eg: "I thought it was, like, a new car, but it was, like, an old one, like, with a new, like, paint job."
Please do what you can to keep the English we learnt, and spelling to make it simpler, if we can keep English simple.
It's complications are part of its charms, and I have a lot of fun with the multiple meanings of similar sounding words.
Please keep English as it was "wrote."
While we're overdosing on pedantic pills (yours truly included) I should point out that the plural of buddy is "buddies" not "buddy's". The use of the apostrophe signifies the possessive case, not the plural.
The exception to this is the pronoun "it", the possessive is "its" (no apostrophe), "it's" is a contraction of "it is".
Now that I've put my pedantic pills to good use so I'll go and take the antidote, a stubby (not "stubbie") or two of XXXX!
I do the same but I didn't realise that it has it's origins in America.
I usually respond with "Thats OK" or "Thats fine" and I've just realised they are both american sayings.
That's just an assumption on my part John as that's where I picked it up. Don't take it as "gospel".
PS: I've almost finished the first XXXX
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 06:56:05 PM
Bloody hell, what's happening to our language?
Gday...
I thought the phrase "You're not wrong" came from the old Mavis Bramston show in the 1960s - "You're not wrong, Narelle" .... the two cleaning ladies gossiping with a cuppa and a smoke.
Please feel free to thrash me to within an inch of my life with over-cooked spaghetti if I am wrong
Ya a real beaudy blue, don't get crook, stay on the frog and toad and thank ya Mum for the rabbits.
John
I have almost finised my second Carlton Dry, but please don't hold that against me, I used to drink Swan or Emu but since they sold the brewery it just doesn't taste the same so I eventually found Carlton Dry and quite liked it so I have stuck with it.
When you are on a good thing , stick with it.
I'm with you.
Thanks mate I'll stick with the Carlton it is a good drop in my opinion for what that is worth.
I'll give the Mortein a miss though.LOL
Oooops, I have been told off twice tonight once here an the second on another posting. I think I should quit hey. Thought I'd add that last word as it leads me into, you know the saying I really hate? When people say something and end with HEY, i.e. It's been a great day HEY. Speaking of you know what I hate, it reminds me of a Rodney Rude joke of which I will definitely not say here.
Back on the being naughty I apologise if I have upset anyone I am unaware of any conditions or rules for the Forum so if anyone can tell me where I can find them I will read them so I don't do the wrong thing. Few! this is turning into a novel, I'm gone. Have a great night all.
Cruisin Granny you are spot-on. My daughter ,who is now 37 yrs old , came home one day when in High School with her , currculum, I said what about English, she said it is not compulsory , so i am doing (something else) instead. I couldn;t believe it. But maybe that is the root of the problem.
At least we don't call our bum a fanny (yet)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too, I do exactly the same thing.
Talk about spelling?
Why do Queenslanders call their beer XXXX?
Because they can't spell BEER!
Dusty
If we as a nation stopped watching so much TV..we would not include so much American slang....We use it, the American people do not force us to...We have adopted it.....A lot of Australian slang is English in origin anyway. I loath the stupid adds and idiot soapy's...but people watch them, and habits form and language sticks.
Language is evolving and changing all the time. We change it.
Most of our lovely colloquial language came from the bush.....and many of them still talk that way...
Cheers Sharon