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silent and gray

January 16, 2002, 09:07 PM

> We look to Los Angeles for the language we use.
that's called the american slanguage.

> I'd still like to go to England and spark up a joint with Prince Harry!
> Party on dudes!!!!!!!
i felt bad for the kid. i'm glad i didn't get my name in the paper every time i took a puff!

russ t

January 16, 2002, 09:53 PM

...get it right, sweetie.

And, for reference, pick on someone you can outwit next time.

Your defeat in front of an audience really doesn't fill me with much pride, to be frank. It's rather like watching a puppy squirming its last on a roadside after a fatal car smash.

Thank you.

> Just ask his pimp.

russ t

January 16, 2002, 09:59 PM

...sorry and all that, but it appears I'm a helluva lot more memorable than YOU are.

But thanks for your memories, anyway.

Next?

> Yeah, I remember you from our special education classes.

lol

January 16, 2002, 10:18 PM

Well see that's where you've got it wrong. I'm certainly not squirming here. In fact, I look forward to your next response (and god knows, based on your history, you WILL respond again. That's just your lack of self control though).

You must like the taste of shoe leather given how you repeatedly end up with your foot in your mouth.

lol

January 16, 2002, 10:21 PM

"helluva"? LOL. You pick apart the use of the English language in other people and then you come out with "helluva". Damn, what a hypocrite!

russ t

January 17, 2002, 10:38 AM

......and lack of self control is most certainly not the reason I resapond to you. Watching you lose these battles is like watching a car crash - you can't bear to look, can't bear to look away.

Nice try.

No cigar.

> Well see that's where you've got it wrong. I'm certainly not squirming
> here. In fact, I look forward to your next response (and god knows, based
> on your history, you WILL respond again. That's just your lack of self
> control though).

> You must like the taste of shoe leather given how you repeatedly end up
> with your foot in your mouth.

russ t

January 17, 2002, 10:43 AM

...and please, lol, quit the teeny internet language - 'LOL' - oh dear, it makes you appear desperately young and uneducated.

By the way, helluva is a frequently used slang phrase.

But quite why I'm attempting to educate pork like yourself is beyond me.

> "helluva"? LOL. You pick apart the use of the English language
> in other people and then you come out with "helluva". Damn, what
> a hypocrite!

Ruffian

January 17, 2002, 12:12 PM

> We look to Los Angeles for the language we use.

> I'd still like to go to England and spark up a joint with Prince Harry!
> Party on dudes!!!!!!!

So we talk end up talking Dr Dre American.. Compton... Inglewoood.. Homeboys.. I hope not..

Come here first then make your assertions..

lol

January 17, 2002, 01:56 PM

> ...and please, lol, quit the teeny internet language - 'LOL' - oh dear, it
> makes you appear desperately young and uneducated.

Just like the way "helluva" makes you look. Face it, you're boring, a hypocrite and you try too hard to impress. I'm afraid the only one you are impressing here is yourself.

LOL!

lol

January 17, 2002, 02:00 PM

Conversing with you is like a day at a home for retards. You try and try to talk sense but nothing gets through. At least you have a positive self-image (even though you're only fooling yourself regarding your greatness).

You crack me up!

> ......and lack of self control is most certainly not the reason I resapond
> to you. Watching you lose these battles is like watching a car crash - you
> can't bear to look, can't bear to look away.

> Nice try.

> No cigar.

Auntie T.

January 17, 2002, 02:28 PM

> that's called the american slanguage.
That is the best one I've read in a while...

russ t

January 17, 2002, 03:04 PM

russ t

January 17, 2002, 03:05 PM

...you score on this board like Norway does in the Eurovision, dear....

> Just like the way "helluva" makes you look. Face it, you're
> boring, a hypocrite and you try too hard to impress. I'm afraid the only
> one you are impressing here is yourself.

> LOL!

lol

January 17, 2002, 03:20 PM

> ...you score on this board like Norway does in the Eurovision, dear....

or like you do in real life.

lol

January 17, 2002, 03:41 PM

Sorry, I'm just not into contracting lice.

russ t

January 17, 2002, 03:59 PM

...and let's be honest.... I wouldn't get a look in with your arse - it's busier than Kew Gardens in Springtime.

But nice response, there, lol.

About time.

your arse > Sorry, I'm just not into contracting lice.

russ t

January 17, 2002, 04:00 PM

lol

January 17, 2002, 04:29 PM

> ...and let's be honest.... I wouldn't get a look in with your arse

That's ok, I'm not really into inserting toothpicks into my arse anyways.

lol

January 17, 2002, 04:31 PM

russ t

January 17, 2002, 05:01 PM

lol

January 17, 2002, 05:26 PM

Naso

January 19, 2002, 04:41 AM

> that's called the american slanguage.

American Slanguage is much more fun! Speaking 'Proper British English' can get a bit stuffy and boring.

Naso

January 19, 2002, 04:53 AM

> So we talk end up talking Dr Dre American.. Compton... Inglewoood..
> Homeboys.. I hope not..

God no, you're just hanging out in the wrong part of town!!

> Come here first then make your assertions..

Yes, you should come here.

http://www.beverlyhillscvb.com/images/cityhall.jpg

Grim

January 19, 2002, 08:54 AM

> American Slanguage is much more fun! Speaking 'Proper British English' can
> get a bit stuffy and boring.

Here, Here, damn good post old chap!

Grim

Little Miss Curious

January 19, 2002, 01:17 PM

> American Slanguage is much more fun! Speaking 'Proper British English' can
> get a bit stuffy and boring.

Are you saying the only English that British people talk is the Queen's English? You need to get out more, or at least out of the Radio 4 studio you're residing in.

LMC

Naso

January 19, 2002, 02:17 PM

> Are you saying the only English that British people talk is the Queen's
> English?

Oh no, LMC, forgive me if that's what you thought. Not all Brits sound uptight, of course they have their own slang as well. My only gripe with all the "slang" is the shit Brits give Americans over their use of English. Sort of unfair don't you think?

Ruffian

January 20, 2002, 10:54 AM

> American Slanguage is much more fun! Speaking 'Proper British English' can
> get a bit stuffy and boring.

You should hear my accent Naso.. straight out of the Brixton Academy. All over Battersea, some hope and depair for me to learn to talk proper yet though..

Little Miss Curious

January 21, 2002, 10:05 AM

> Oh no, LMC, forgive me if that's what you thought. Not all Brits sound
> uptight, of course they have their own slang as well. My only gripe with
> all the "slang" is the shit Brits give Americans over their use
> of English. Sort of unfair don't you think?

I think the main problem that British people have with the American language is that it is being viewed as the default English.. mainly that American English is 'English' and British English is a branch of that English.. and not the other way round, as it should be.

Personally, I'd don't give a damn about American slang.. there's loads of slang I don't understand which people use only a few miles away from me. I've never come across people taking the piss out of American slang, it's usually America's ever expanding (pardon the pun) obesity problems that are a target.

russ t

January 21, 2002, 05:32 PM

...IT'S FUNNY, BUT WHENEVER AN AMERICAN ACTOR PLAYS A BRITISH PERSON IN A MOVIE, THEY ALWAYS SPEAK THE 'POSH' ENGLISH, USING A 'CHELSEA' UPPER CRUST ACCENT.

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!! THERE ARE MANY MANY DIFFERENT ACCENTS IN BRITAIN, NONE OF THEM ALIKE. FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, EAST TO WEST, THEY'RE ALL HUGELY DIFFERENT ACCENTS.

I WONDER IF THESE PEOPLE REALISE THIS, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY HAVE NEVER SEEN AN AMERICAN ACTOR USE A GEORDIE, MANC OR WEST COUNTRY ACCENT IN A MOVIE.....

> I think the main problem that British people have with the American
> language is that it is being viewed as the default English.. mainly that
> American English is 'English' and British English is a branch of that
> English.. and not the other way round, as it should be.

> Personally, I'd don't give a damn about American slang.. there's loads of
> slang I don't understand which people use only a few miles away from me.
> I've never come across people taking the piss out of American slang, it's
> usually America's ever expanding (pardon the pun) obesity problems that
> are a target.

The Magic Fairy

January 21, 2002, 05:56 PM

> ...IT'S FUNNY, BUT WHENEVER AN AMERICAN ACTOR PLAYS A BRITISH PERSON IN A
> MOVIE, THEY ALWAYS SPEAK THE 'POSH' ENGLISH, USING A 'CHELSEA' UPPER CRUST
> ACCENT.

Yes. And "baddies" have to have that particular English accent. Americans must think we all go around talking like Hugh Grant. Very realistic!

TMF

russ t

January 21, 2002, 07:00 PM

...then again, can anyone tell Canadians and Americans apart unless they're Canadian or American?! Sounds the same to me......

> Yes. And "baddies" have to have that particular English accent.
> Americans must think we all go around talking like Hugh Grant. Very
> realistic!

> TMF

The Magic Fairy

January 21, 2002, 10:46 PM

> ...then again, can anyone tell Canadians and Americans apart unless
> they're Canadian or American?! Sounds the same to me......

Hmm, yes. The only American accents you hear are:

1. Tough New Yorkers, usually female prostitutes. Who always chew gum.
2. Red neck Southerners who have a penchant for wearing white dresses with hoods.
3. A.N.Other US person.

funny.

TMF

ultra critical

January 22, 2002, 03:24 AM

Canadians end each sentence with a rise in pitch which makes every sentence sound like a question. They also throw alot of "eh"'s at the end of sentences.

Deepdale Duck

January 22, 2002, 01:16 PM

> Canadians end each sentence with a rise in pitch which makes every
> sentence sound like a question. They also throw alot of "eh"'s
> at the end of sentences.

Ah yes! That was raised in the cartoon 'Bob and Margaret' (I wish wish wish that would come back on Channel 4, I adored it). They had some Canadian cousins to stay and everything they said was phrased like a question. Heh heh.

LMC