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AnnCardiff | Report | 28 Aug 2014 12:47 |
Hiya came into use in Cardiff when the American soldiers were stationed here back in the early forties |
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Guinevere | Report | 28 Aug 2014 12:43 |
I hate when they say 'erbs. Even though it is from the French. |
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Rambling | Report | 28 Aug 2014 11:20 |
I use both :-) |
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Guinevere | Report | 28 Aug 2014 11:14 |
Hiya as a greeting has been used in South Wales since I was little. Except they drop the aitch. |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 28 Aug 2014 11:07 |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Aug 2014 08:33 |
Namibia has taken English as it's national language but it has come to them via different routes so they use the words that have been brought to them. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 28 Aug 2014 00:51 |
Motown Girl, I didn't know that "Hello" was a comparativly new word either, till Steven Fry said so on QI. |
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Dermot | Report | 27 Aug 2014 19:04 |
Hey! I d'know. |
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RockyMountainShy | Report | 27 Aug 2014 18:55 |
OK,, How many people have exactly heard the term 'listen up' in conversion?? except on TV |
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Mayfield | Report | 27 Aug 2014 10:49 |
Went into the local bakers and asked for half a dozen rolls, the girl was mystified! :-S |
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Dermot | Report | 27 Aug 2014 10:07 |
Primitive peoples managed to communicate perfectly well. |
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Mauatthecoast | Report | 27 Aug 2014 10:01 |
We're always amused if a waiter/ress comes to serve us and says 'hi you guys' :-S :-) |
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Bobtanian | Report | 27 Aug 2014 09:46 |
If I recall correctly ,when on a day out in Germany, I thought I overheard the tour guide and bus driver discussing the time of departure of the bus, |
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RockyMountainShy | Report | 27 Aug 2014 00:13 |
Marmalade is sour, jam is sweet |
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MotownGal | Report | 26 Aug 2014 22:17 |
Really Tess, I didnt know that. I always say Hello, but maybe I am old school. When I depart I say Cheerio, cos that is what my Dad always said. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 26 Aug 2014 20:20 |
Dermot - |
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Dermot | Report | 26 Aug 2014 20:15 |
I’d hate to/too/two teach English language in foreign students classes - it cannot/can’t be an easy task for various reasons. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 26 Aug 2014 20:15 |
MotownGal |
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MotownGal | Report | 26 Aug 2014 19:50 |
Too many of a certain generation have watched Friends and adopted their form of addressing another. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 26 Aug 2014 19:37 |
Nothing yo stop us using the wprds we want to use. |
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