Losing our identity

JRH · Guru

RE: Losing our identity

Boroma577 · Guru

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 · Chief one feather

Boroma577 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:

I agree buddie
Stirrer....LOL

Have been known too on the odd occasion.

JRH · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

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 biggrin biggrin

JRH · Guru

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???? biggrin biggrin biggrin

Landfall · Guru

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. wink

Cobblers 2 yu 2.

Dusty biggrin biggrin biggrin

JRH · Guru

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!! biggrin biggrin biggrin

woody · Veteran Member

Well that opened a can of worms eh? What about Aussie entertainers singing with an American accent, wuld you like fries with that!

JRH · Guru

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 · The Master

I totally dislike (hate) the saying " You're not wrong" Where did that come from?
No!! You are right.

JRH · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

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. disbelief

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! wink

jimricho · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

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. hmm

jimricho · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

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 biggrin

Ya a real beaudy blue, don't get crook, stay on the frog and toad and thank ya Mum for the rabbits.

John

JRH · Guru

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 · Guru

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. smile

JRH · Guru

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 · Chief one feather

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 · Veteran Member

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)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! doh

Boroma577 · Guru

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 · Guru

Talk about spelling?

Why do Queenslanders call their beer XXXX?

Because they can't spell BEER!

Dusty biggrin biggrin biggrin

Pam · Guru

and whatever happened to patty cakes with icing on them??? Kids today seem to eat cup cakes with frosting .

shazartist · Senior Member

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