Newspeak

[LewisM]

See now there is the rub el capitan - if we introduce the CORRECT spelling as you have, the ninnies will pronounce it kilom-e-tre ...

You are a bad influence Mr. Ward

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by Rainmaker

Having had to learn several new languages in my lifetime I can understand the difficulties people face but one thing that annoys me is media discussing “Warder” and “Warder sports” when the are referring to H2O.....

Is a Warder sport where we take Peter and give him some gip?

[Wavytone]

Nah... it’s definitely “killer-meter”.

Many more:

“our”, “hour” or “ours” etc... mysteriously acquiring an extra W to rhyme with “shower”/“showers”

“Cool” and “school” becoming “kewel” and “skew-well”,

“Girl” becoming “grill”...

Take a train trip on the Bankstown line mid afternoon (say 3-4pm) and keep your ears open. It’s sad to hear such mangled English, yet that from lot the next generation of teachers will be spawned.

Whatever happened to good ol’ ‘strine.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Is a Warder sport where we take Peter and give him some gip?

You nut !

[raymo]

I can forgive the 7 slashers, as most European languages do that.
raymo

[Wavytone]

Originally Posted by raymo

I can forgive the 7 slashers, as most European languages do that.
raymo

No.. those who are catholic...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Is a Warder sport where we take Peter and give him some gip?

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by ngcles

Hi Peter & All,

The one that makes me chuckle loudest is the word "evacuated" used in the media, frequently in the following way

"Fifteen people in Smithtown today were evacuated when a fire broke-out in ..."

No. No. No.

They weren't evacuated in Smithtown, they were evacuated from Smithtown -- unless of course there was a large industrial-strength sucking machine that was attached to the individuals in question, removing their inside-bits.

I bemoan the apparent disappearance of sub-editors.


Best,

L.

Of course there is the line in Spike Milligan's "Rommel? ... Gunner who??" where the reader is told that 'captured German underpants revealed that they were evacuating all along the line'. I believe that is termed self-evacuation and it doesn't involve sucking.

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by raymo

I can forgive the 7 slashers, as most European languages do that.
raymo

Yep, actually Australia is one of the FEW countries that traditionally DON'T slash the 7.

USA, Russia, Canada, most of Europe slash the 7 for the most part. My wife does (as well as the wavy upper stroke of the 7).

[billdan (Bill)]

When I first joined the RAAF in the 1968, we were told to put a slash through a zero (0), so it could not be confused with the letter O.

[billdan (Bill)]

That advert for Uber Eats featuring Magda Szubanski is not helpful when she says the correct way to say Nice is "Noise".

[LewisM]

Since when did ANYONE listen to Magda Szubanski? Just another worthless has-been/never-was "celebrity"

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Since when did ANYONE listen to Magda Szubanski? Just another worthless has-been/never-was "celebrity"

Don't hold back...

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Don't hold back...

Me? Hold back? That's like calling you "Amateur vert"

I know I likely offended the Magda Fan Club. I should be banned again

[Peter Ward]

Ah..the dumbing down continues.....

None other than the SMH ran a headline today announcing the Army Reserve were "Chewing at the bit"

The correct expression is "champing at the bit".

[The_bluester (Paul)]

What I detest in the way of signs of the times is even the abc descending into clickbait’y link titles.

“Blablablabla, here’s what you need to know” etc

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by The_bluester

What I detest in the way of signs of the times is even the abc descending into clickbait’y link titles.

“Blablablabla, here’s what you need to know” etc

Oh how I hate that too Paul...

[The_bluester (Paul)]

The other current ABC gripe is how often they often now have multiple links to the same story on one page, with different titles so you click on two and wonder why you are reading the same story again.