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Dj O'Callaghan
The UKTA Triggerman



Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Northampton UK

Irish slang Arse sounds better then Ass, anyway whats wrong with the way Irish people speak?


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Mr.Mystery
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vantaa

It's not only English, though...

The level of writing skills is dropping all the time in EVERY language...

The more they teach, the less we learn...


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apri_peel
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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: vancouver

you guys say that it doesnt really matter if you cant type properly as long as you can speak it, you're wrong!!
maybe in high school you dont really have to type so much and writing stuff by hand is different so we tend to spell words more correctly. but wait till you get into college or into workforce where you will have to type papers, reports, etc ALL THE TIME, you cant afford to even put 'to' when you were supposed to use 'too'
lots of people don't even know the difference between the two

another HUGE HUGE mistake english speaking people make is write 'must of, should of'. those two may sound like there's an 'of' but its 'have'. it supposed to be 'must have, should have'

as for effect/affect those two are emphisized in high school english 12. along with patients/patience and some other words i dont remember

i agree with mystery, level of many languages is dropping. if any of you speak french here and have ever seen a quebec person type in chat rooms, you'll know what im talking about. dont know if thats the case for french and dutch tho

btw, gonna and wanna are accepted in the dictionary now

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whiskers
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: in your dreams

quote:
Originally posted by apri_peel
...as for effect/affect those two are emphisized in high school english 12...
...you'll know what im talking about.
btw, gonna and wanna...


i'm not trying to make fun of you, but somehow i noticed there are a LOT of spelling mistakes in this thread by people who are complaining about the spelling... (not saying that you're complaining either). weird!

as long as we're on the subject of bashing english, i want to add my .02.

i might be wrong, but why the hell are there so many words that mortal people have never ever heard before? why doesn't anyone in my Junior English class know what "penchant" or "doggerel" mean? and those are SAT words, people from the College Board say you're supposed know them! i mean, why would you ever use "gratuitous" instead of "unnecessary" or "pointless", uless you're on my frisbee team and you're trying to sound intelligent?


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Trancewave
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Toronto

quote:
Originally posted by tu_face

and arse is the BRITISH version of ass. ass is a shit word. arse flows better im gonna start a petetion to ban the use of ass and replace it with arse


Arse sounds so dorky, ass flows way better.

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Dj O'Callaghan
The UKTA Triggerman



Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Northampton UK

Nah Arse is a lot better, Ass sounds gimpish.


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ali92
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Fishtown, Philadelphia

Why when the British speak, they don't CLEARLY pronounce the sound that the letter "R" makes in words? I mean in words like "Car", "Arse", "Four", etc. When they say it, it sounds like they're saying "Ca", "Ass", "Foo", etc. In other words, it's like there's NO "R" sound IN it! Is the letter "R" in those words a SILENT letter like in the words "Know", "Kneel", etc.?

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kr00t0n
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Hibernating

I type the way I talk, and if its too much effort to put a misspelt word into context, then shame on you


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Hell_Copter
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: israel

quote:
Originally posted by Dj O'Callaghan
Nah Arse is a lot better, Ass sounds gimpish.


i have to disagree with u
Ass sounds a lot better
Arse is like... i don't know... like u say damn... and not like u r acting like a total arse (ass )


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evil_bastard
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Registered: Dec 2001
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Can I also take this opportunity to explain the use of bloody apostrophes!

If something belongs to one person you put the apostrohpe before the S. If it's a group, you put it after the S.

EXAMPLE:

If you are talking about one lass's tits you say "lass's". Or replace "lass" with her name.

If you are talking about the tits of more than one lass you say "girls'". With the apostrophe AFTER the S. That way, people know if you are talking about the girls (as in the group of lasses) tits rather than just one.

I thought that example might be appropriate for some people here.

So here it goes:

The boy's football
This means they are talking about the football owned by the boy.

The boys' football
This means they are talking about the boys, who have a football.

If you don't make this distinction, then we'll never know!!

Geez, I think my 9 year old brother knows this!

Also, what is the deal with so many people typing "teh" instead of "the"?


ONE MORE THING:

Ass sounds shit. Arse makes for a much better put-down. Say these out loud and tell me which sounds better:

"Get off your fucking arse and do something"
"Get off your fucking ass and do something"

or this:

"I'm going to fucking ram a spike up your arse if you do that again"
"I'm going to fucking ram a spike up your ass if you do that again"

Face it, "ass" sounds too South Parkish and childish. Only arseholes say ass

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evil_bastard
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Registered: Dec 2001
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quote:
Originally posted by ali92
Why when the British speak, they don't CLEARLY pronounce the sound that the letter "R" makes in words? I mean in words like "Car", "Arse", "Four", etc. When they say it, it sounds like they're saying "Ca", "Ass", "Foo", etc. In other words, it's like there's NO "R" sound IN it! Is the letter "R" in those words a SILENT letter like in the words "Know", "Kneel", etc.?


I'll answer this one.

All it is is accent.

The American close their 'r's. So when an American says it it sounds like "ahru" but with a tiny little sound on the end. Not quite a U but it's the closest I could think of. Perhaps "ahrr" would be the best way to spell it. Brits say 'r' and it sounds like "aah" but with a low toned A. We don't "close" the R. Well, it's hard to put into words, but it does sound right, to us. We treat R like it's a vowel in a way, unless it starts a word or something.

But listen to people from Liverpool (England). Their R's sound like Ls! They have a programme called Brookside. The rest of us would say "Brookside" but they would say "Blookside". I'm not kidding.

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webmeister
beats that go thump



Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Sydney Australia

I agree with evil_bastard on this one .. everybody speaks differently, and to chastise someone for their accent is just stupid.

Here in Oz we say "arse" and that's how we write it. Americans write "ass" because that's the way they pronounce it. Just remember that there are no "proper" accents - not better, not worse, just different.

But when I was in LA a few years back, a woman told me I was Aussie because she picked my accent. When I told her that she also had an accent, she looked mystified. I kid you not, she said "oh no no no I just talk normally!"

OMG


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