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It's 'tyre' and 'kerb' my dear old thing as Trans will confirm.
Trans also puts his groceries in the boot, and thinks that he doesn’t have a fanny, so I don’t think we can rely upon his judgment for this one.
Although I do agree that Americans don’t use enough “U”s. For myself, I am glad that Technology means that I no longer have to write cheques, and the last letter of the alphabet is correctly pronounced zed.
You are correct. Colour, flavour and neighbour need the U and tire has an I and curb doesn't have either a k or a E.
I improve my English from with the BBC news site and US American sites like this, with some North English dialekt. These differences used to nerve me, now it is sausage to me.
Last edited by Harry Diogenes; 11-01-2018 at 04:46 AM..
Reason: Used a better word.
I improve my English from with the BBC news site and US American sites like this, with some North English dialekt. These differences used to nerve me, now it is sausage to me.
Your English is excellent. It took me quite some time to realize that it isn’t your native language, and that only because you made some sort of reference to it.
Is the phrase “now it is sausage to me” a German idiom? I know what you are saying of course, but it is an unusual construction that I haven’t seen before.
Trans also puts his groceries in the boot, and thinks that he doesn’t have a fanny, so I don’t think we can rely upon his judgment for this one.
Although I do agree that Americans don’t use enough “U”s. For myself, I am glad that Technology means that I no longer have to write cheques, and the last letter of the alphabet is correctly pronounced zed.
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Originally Posted by Harry Diogenes
I improve my English from with the BBC news site and US American sites like this, with some North English dialekt. These differences used to nerve me, now it is sausage to me.
You're not going to improve your English by listening to American sites Harry. You'll end up saying... 'He had came', 'she had went' and 'centrifugal' instead of centrifugal
You're not going to improve your English by listening to American sites Harry. You'll end up saying... 'He had came', 'she had went' and 'centrifugal' instead of centrifugal
Oh the horrors of saying al-oo-minum as opposed to al-oo -min-ium.
Don’t forget the mangled “she could of gone”, or the confusion between tenants and tenets.
Maybe I should have continued my German classes back in university.
It's 'tyre' and 'kerb' my dear old thing as Trans will confirm.
Indeed, A Tyre (other than a city that was quickly rebuilt, in spite of the prophecy) is something to put on cars to stop them making a horrible clanking noise when they drive past, and it is not to get shagged out. A Kerb is something to have on the edge of a pavement (not a sidewalk, which is what a crab does) so you have something to trip over when you cross a road. It is not effective in curbing for instance a car bouncing up to park on the pavement to ensure that the pedestrian has to step into the road where he is mowed down by two -wheeled terrorists in leather jackets.
Seriously though, all kidding aside, I love American English and enjoy using some of those idioms. I am less likely to say "Have you taken leave of your senses?" than to say "Have you gone smack out of your tiny mind?"
Ah ... the direct no -nonsense American who cuts through the British crap and waffle and says it like it is.
Your English is excellent. It took me quite some time to realize that it isn’t your native language, and that only because you made some sort of reference to it.
Thank you. My English half brother came over with many books and DVD's so I have been busy these last months improving my English. But sometimes I have problems trying to say what I mean in English, especially when we are talking about something I do not normally read about. And I still want to put verbs in their correct place, and put capital letters on every noun.
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Is the phrase “now it is sausage to me” a German idiom? I know what you are saying of course, but it is an unusual construction that I haven’t seen before.
Das ist mir Wurst. (That’s sausage to me). It means I do not care at all. It is ironic when you think how much we Germans like our Sausages.
But back to the subject, if I had no sausages, I may talk to the god of my childhood not because I really believe but because it is something I was taught to do as a child.
I improve my English from with the BBC news site and US American sites like this, with some North English dialekt. These differences used to nerve me, now it is sausage to me.
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You'll end up saying... 'He had came', 'she had went' and 'centrifugal' instead of centrifugal 
You mean I really do?
