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Started by Kaysea, March 13, 2007, 05:43:29 PM

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Jane

#15
March 13, 2007, 08:27:47 PM
Quote from: "Bree"But... that doesn't answer my question. Which was... why do y'all care? *g*

Well I don't care what you use, I'm just gob-smacked.  I read a lot of American stuff, too.  Are you sure using autumn isn't a *new* thing for you?

On the positive side - you do apparently really use "y'all", so that's one myth that doesn't need busting.

PastMember

#16
March 13, 2007, 08:28:09 PM
I miss living somewhere where I could be happy with swamp cooling. *cries*

Kaysea

#17
March 13, 2007, 08:30:38 PM
*falls off chair laughing*

I was showing off, I speak bilingual....and that was the proof!

I guess I'm just so used to translating out temp and weights I guess the seasons just got added....

;)
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Kaysea

#18
March 13, 2007, 08:56:28 PM
anyway, all of that is moot, since I now have Air Con and my house is nice and cooooool!!

*needs an icicle wearing emoticon*
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Mikel

#19
March 13, 2007, 09:00:10 PM
The Crazy Aussie has always been cool!
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Mikel
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Bree

#20
March 13, 2007, 09:04:15 PM
Actually, Jane, it's sort of the other way around. Autumn is an old word for us, and whether or not you use it probably depends a lot on where you live. (Just like y'all... which my parents would probably have heart attacks if they heard me saying!)

A good read on the subject: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2001/7/2001_7_22c.shtml

If you really wanna get a good argument going, let's discuss Pop vs Soda vs Coke. :D All of which are NICE AND COOL in the theme of Kaysea's new AC!
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Kaysea

#21
March 13, 2007, 09:08:05 PM
Quote from: "Mikel"The Crazy Aussie has always been cool!

Yeah? Tell that to my kids! LOL
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Kaysea

#22
March 13, 2007, 09:09:44 PM
Quote from: "Bree"If you really wanna get a good argument going, let's discuss Pop vs Soda vs Coke. :D

Or the old Pepsi Vs Coke debate...

*Is a Coke girl from wayback*
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Bree

#23
March 13, 2007, 09:13:56 PM
No, no. Down around where I live now, there are a great many people who refer to every carbonated beverage as coke, whether it's coke, pepsi, sprite... everything!

And those pesky Minnesotans and mid-westerners call it pop!
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Kaysea

#24
March 13, 2007, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: "Bree"And those pesky Minnesotans and mid-westerners call it pop!

The poms call it pop as well, and all we ever see on the TV is yanks calling it soda or soda pop....

TV has a lot to answer for...
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Jane

#25
March 13, 2007, 10:35:23 PM
Quote from: "Bree"A good read on the subject: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2001/7/2001_7_22c.shtml
"After the Revolution, British usage began shifting to the more Latinate term, influenced perhaps by Continental usage or upper-class striving for refinement. Americans, much less affected by such influences, stuck with their Yankee ancestors' simple and direct term."

No bias or stereotyping there, huh?

But here's the Wiki version, which I find more palatable:

"During the 17th century, English immigration to the colonies in North America was at its peak and the new settlers took their language with them. While the term fall gradually obsolesced in Britain, it became the preferred term in North America, at least in conversation."

New Zealand has some words that have died out in the UK but have stayed in common use here.

Eimi

#26
March 13, 2007, 10:51:32 PM
QuoteThe poms call it pop as well, and all we ever see on the TV is yanks calling it soda or soda pop....


*psst* "Yankees" are people from the north eastern part of America.  I am not now, never have been, nor ever will be a Yank ;)  I'm a Washingtonian.

Jane

#27
March 13, 2007, 11:13:02 PM
Quote from: "Eimi"*psst* "Yankees" are people from the north eastern part of America.  I am not now, never have been, nor ever will be a Yank ;)  I'm a Washingtonian.
Kiwis call all Americans 'Yanks'.  We don't have sub-divisions for you ... all.

Eimi

#28
March 13, 2007, 11:35:31 PM
QuoteKiwis call all Americans 'Yanks'. We don't have sub-divisions for you ... all.

Yeah, I know, I get it all the time.  Then I subject all my friends to an American history lesson and they never call me that again :naka:

After all, I'm from Mariner country.  We don't like them damn Yankees XD

(Baseball teams and serious rivals  :aufsmaul: )

emma

#29
March 14, 2007, 12:37:36 AM
Quote from: "Kaysea"
Quote from: "Bree"And those pesky Minnesotans and mid-westerners call it pop!

The poms call it pop as well, and all we ever see on the TV is yanks calling it soda or soda pop....

TV has a lot to answer for...

You're all Septics (Septic Tanks=Yanks - ain't cockney rhyming slang great)! This Pom does not whinge, we will win the Cricket world cup.  You down under may have the Ashes, but we'll fight back!

Oh and Coke comes ina red can/bottle and says Coca Cola on the side.  Anything else is pop/fizzy drink...
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