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No longer marvellous ...
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Barry_ | Report | 26 Aug 2014 11:45 |
... please read before we lose our English heritage forever ... |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 26 Aug 2014 12:14 |
Language, not just English, is changing all the time. That's what makes it so interesting and vibrant. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:11 |
Language evolves. We adopt/adapt words from other cultures and they ours. |
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Guinevere | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:14 |
I love our language and don't like the way American English is creeping into it. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:20 |
That article quotes Marmalade. We've a jar in the cupboard. What else are we supposed to call it? :-S |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:22 |
jam :-S |
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Graham | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:30 |
I find it confusing when americans call fairs carnivals. I don't know what they call carnivals. Perhaps they don't have them. :-S :-S :-S |
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Guinevere | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:32 |
Parades, Graham. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:33 |
AnnC - Orange jelly? But its got bits in, so its not what we understand as a jelly :-S |
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Graham | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:35 |
Jelly is what goes with ice cream. Jam is the stuff that goes on toast. |
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wisechild | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:46 |
Spanish word for jam is mermelada. |
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Graham | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:47 |
Perhaps it would be a good idea for Google Translate to be able to translate from American to English :-D |
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Graham | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:49 |
The Americans use a lot of Spanish words. Like using the Spanish spellings of words such as colour. |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 26 Aug 2014 13:55 |
When I lived in USA (briefly) I fell foul several times of our common language! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Aug 2014 14:13 |
fortnight - half the world do not know what a fortnight is |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 26 Aug 2014 14:48 |
What do they call flip flops in the States? |
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SueMaid | Report | 26 Aug 2014 14:51 |
Thongs :-D |
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Dermot | Report | 26 Aug 2014 15:00 |
'Words have been given to us to make our meaning clear & not to cloud the message in dishonest doubt'. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 26 Aug 2014 15:13 |
uh :-S :-S :-S |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 26 Aug 2014 15:15 |
I wonder why fortnight stayed in the general vocabulary but se'nnight went out of use |