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Topic: Linguistic Pet Peeves
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 4 of 164 (150466)
10-17-2004 9:17 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Rrhain
10-17-2004 6:46 AM
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It hasn`t crept into Aussie lingo yet, but I find a real teeth-grinder (is that good English? :-))in the expression 'my bad'. My bad what? Bad humour? Bad English? Bad breath?
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 9 of 164 (150553)
10-17-2004 8:01 PM
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Reply to: Message 8 by NosyNed
10-17-2004 1:32 PM
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Re: Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Ned, should that be 'eats,roots,shoots, and leaves'? :-P
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 32 of 164 (150685)
10-18-2004 8:38 AM
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Reply to: Message 15 by Tony650
10-18-2004 4:11 AM
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Thanks for clearing that up, Tone. Of course, having the Aus Govt. Style Manual handy means we are safe from the infidels.:-)
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 55 of 164 (150901)
10-18-2004 7:46 PM
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Reply to: Message 53 by 1.61803
10-18-2004 5:54 PM
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Hi, 1.6, don`t forget the classic Aussie 'Owyergoinmatedidjahavagooweekend?'
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 79 of 164 (151183)
10-19-2004 7:19 PM
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No way, no sirree, are you you going to get me to analyse, our one and only, the gem in EVC`s crown, Brad`s sentence construction. :-)
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Re: Less vs. Fewer
Sometimes a rule is (it's) own exception, Rrhain. Woohoo, Para, sticking your neck out there,'specially in a Pet Peeves thread. :-) Edited to escape a noose This message has been edited by Nighttrain, 10-27-2004 09:10 AM This message has been edited by Nighttrain, 10-27-2004 09:12 AM This message has been edited by Nighttrain, 10-27-2004 09:14 AM
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4020 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 148 of 164 (154312)
10-29-2004 11:22 PM
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How widespread is the pronunciation 'An-TAR-tica' for the Great South Land? Even our ABC radio announcers (once a national standard for spoken English)seem to have forgotten the Anti-Arctic source of the word. And then there`s secka-tree.
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