octave Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Vegan VW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Vegan VW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 On 19/01/2024 at 3:02 PM, facthunter said: Nearly the same speed as normal.. You see what you expect to see. . Nev When the average person can read that, it makes you wonder why the Americans have to dumb down English language spelling and pronunciation to a level where they can comprehend it. They struggle with basic diphthongs; if it's not phonetic, forget it. They're an odd bunch; so dumb in many ways and also very clever at times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 The PROPER spelling contains word meaning information which is lost if you go straight phonetic. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I struggle to decide which is correct, "-ise" or " -ize". It makes it hard when I have to decide whether to "plagiarise" or "plagiarize". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I have no trouble with size rise, sizzle or rissole. The use of ZEE might be more prevalent in the US eh! Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 9 minutes ago, facthunter said: The use of ZEE might be more prevalent in the US eh! Nev True. The USofA has the letter ZEE but our alphabet doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 A bit of research and the answer is that if you want to use the Mother Tongue, it is "S". I also figured out why the Yanks use the other letter. It is quite clear when the letter is written. Z is a backward S, and we know how backwardness fills the bill in the UZA. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I blame ebonics for all the American spelling and pronunciation problems. I've even seen "aline" for "align" in a WW2 technical manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Wot is a 'shizzle', bro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Well, as African-American slang, it can have more than one meaning. https://time.com/3932402/oxford-dictionary-fo-shizzle-masshole-hot-mess/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 15 hours ago, onetrack said: https://time.com/3932402/oxford-dictionary-fo-shizzle-masshole-hot-mess/ Interesting to learn the etymology of the word "portmanteau" from that reference. In Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty explains that a portmanteau is a word with two meanings packed into one. In truth, a “portmanteau” is itself a portmanteau! Its name is derived from combining the French words porter (meaning “to carry") and manteau (meaning “cloak”). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I went to school in QLD for part of my childhood, remember they called schoolbags "ports" there. Not sure how that bit of French made it into the QLD vernacular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Depending where you went to school, you carried your books and lunchbox in a "port" - probably a contraction of "portmanteau". Or you could be using a "satchel" if there was a strong English cultural heritage where you lived, since satchel is commonly used to describe a small leather bag carried by a long over-shoulder strap. Then, if you were practical you called it a school bag. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 When I went to school a port was the rectangular brown Globite job. At Wagga Wagga High, the boys all had them. When I moved to Broken Hill only girls had them and I copped a lot of abuse. So I wrapped mine in lots of stripes of different coloured insulation tape, making it a bit of a showpiece, and the abuse ended. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Show how tough you are and keep using a Port. I think it was mainly a NSW thing. Wagga wagga had a Teacher's College. I eventually I had a leather school bag that made the tomato and banana sandwiches squishy and unattractive. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Learn the history of the Globite school case here: https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/an-interesting-cases/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 At different times I had a Gladstone bag and a briefcase.I still have the briefcase, handy for carrying the laptop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I certainly don't remember having one, in fact I can't even remember what I used as a school case, it must have been a pretty ordinary case. Now I think back, it might have been an Everlite, similar to the Globite. All the railway workers at the WAGR, and the Midland Railway Workshops, had Gladstone bags, though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I think I used an army disposals shoulder strap bag Khaki with brass clips, (miscellaneous items for the carrying of) in Primary School. Nev 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 8 minutes ago, facthunter said: shoulder strap bag Khaki with brass clips, (miscellaneous items for the carrying of) In the late 60's to early 70's these formed an essential part of the hippy uniform. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Don't think anyone knew what a hippy was in 1952. Anyhow I didn't. I'd just gotten by first Model Plane engine.. A Frog 150. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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