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  #111  
Old January 21st 12, 06:25 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
J J Levin
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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there are going to be many synonyms just coming from that.


We have many immigrants in this country, who add a lot to Am English. But
Britain has plenty of immigrants, too.

But I certainly know that Tweed's original
statement, that Am.E hasn't moved on, is *way* off.

Sorry to be so long-winded. We now resume our regular cat
programming...


Too late! Language threads are generally long-lived on this ng. We love
to geek on about it.


I did not make myself clear. What I meant was that English in the
motherland, so to speak, has moved on in a different way from "American"
which was once English and now is a derivative, very similar but not the
same any more as your language has moved on as well.
This is not meant to be insulting as some think, it's just a fact. You
spell things differently, like humor, color and have things called faucets
;-)
Tweed


No insult perceived or taken by me. I was in England more than once (I love
London!) , and I noticed that you DO have faucets. At least they had them in
my hotel room :-).

If you don't call them faucets, what are they?

Jay






  #112  
Old January 21st 12, 06:32 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
CatNipped[_4_]
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT

On 1/20/2012 11:25 PM, J J Levin wrote:
"Christina wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
there are going to be many synonyms just coming from that.

We have many immigrants in this country, who add a lot to Am English. But
Britain has plenty of immigrants, too.

But I certainly know that Tweed's original
statement, that Am.E hasn't moved on, is *way* off.

Sorry to be so long-winded. We now resume our regular cat
programming...

Too late! Language threads are generally long-lived on this ng. We love
to geek on about it.


I did not make myself clear. What I meant was that English in the
motherland, so to speak, has moved on in a different way from "American"
which was once English and now is a derivative, very similar but not the
same any more as your language has moved on as well.
This is not meant to be insulting as some think, it's just a fact. You
spell things differently, like humor, color and have things called faucets
;-)
Tweed


No insult perceived or taken by me. I was in England more than once (I love
London!) , and I noticed that you DO have faucets. At least they had them in
my hotel room :-).

If you don't call them faucets, what are they?

Jay


Taps?

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If you'd like you can email me your FB ident (my email here isn't
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  #113  
Old January 21st 12, 12:15 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT

Christina Websell wrote:

I did not make myself clear. What I meant was that English in the
motherland, so to speak, has moved on in a different way from "American"
which was once English and now is a derivative, very similar but not the
same any more as your language has moved on as well.


Can't argue with this. After a few centuries of being separate countries,
it's not surprising that our respective cultures and languages have
diverged some.

This is not meant to be insulting as some think, it's just a fact.


I didn't take it as an insult. I just thought it was wrong.

You spell things differently, like humor, color and have things
called faucets ;-)


LOL. How did a French word bypass the UK and come straight to the US?
(At least, I think it must be from French - looks like it.)

So what do you call them?

--
Joyce

Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own
sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker
  #114  
Old January 21st 12, 06:25 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
J J Levin
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT


wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

I did not make myself clear. What I meant was that English in the
motherland, so to speak, has moved on in a different way from "American"
which was once English and now is a derivative, very similar but not the
same any more as your language has moved on as well.


Can't argue with this. After a few centuries of being separate countries,
it's not surprising that our respective cultures and languages have
diverged some.

This is not meant to be insulting as some think, it's just a fact.


I didn't take it as an insult. I just thought it was wrong.

You spell things differently, like humor, color and have things
called faucets ;-)


LOL. How did a French word bypass the UK and come straight to the US?
(At least, I think it must be from French - looks like it.)





Naturally you piqued my interest, so here goes, courtesy of dictionary.com
(you were right, BTW):

Word Origin & History

faucet

c.1400, from O.Fr. fausset "stopper," perhaps dim. of L. faux, fauc-
"throat." Spigot and faucet was the name of an old type of tap for a barrel
or cask, consisting of a hollow, tapering tube, which was driven at the
narrow end into a barrel, and a screw into the tube which regulated the flow
of the liquid. Properly, it seems, the spigot was the tube, the faucet the
screw, but the senses have merged or reversed over time. Faucet is now the
common word in Amer.Eng. for the whole apparatus.

Jay














So what do you call them?

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Joyce

Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own
sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker



  #115  
Old January 21st 12, 07:49 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT


You spell things differently, like humor, color and have things called faucets


OK, what's the British translation of faucet??? I'm used to bonnets and
pillar boxes and other arcana.

Could it be "tap"? Remember the old Tom Lehrer song, "Pollution"?
"Turn on your tap, and get hot and cold running crud."

Art (fidgety and babbling after the club cycling got rained out today)

  #116  
Old January 21st 12, 09:42 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT

Art Shapiro wrote:


You spell things differently, like humor, color and have things called faucets


OK, what's the British translation of faucet??? I'm used to bonnets and
pillar boxes and other arcana.


Could it be "tap"? Remember the old Tom Lehrer song, "Pollution"?
"Turn on your tap, and get hot and cold running crud."


I thought of "tap", also. That's one that both countries use.

Art (fidgety and babbling after the club cycling got rained out today)


It must be raining pretty hard to cancel the ride! Where are you
again? LA area? If you're in CA, it's good news - we need the rain
badly. (It was very rainy and windy last night in San Francisco -
today it's overcast and doesn't look like it's over yet.)

--
Joyce

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.
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Old January 22nd 12, 12:08 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default Water and Education (was English; was I'm having new neighbour problems OT)

wrote in message
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Art Shapiro wrote:
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Art (fidgety and babbling after the club cycling got rained
out today)


It must be raining pretty hard to cancel the ride! Where are
you
again? LA area? If you're in CA, it's good news - we need the
rain
badly. (It was very rainy and windy last night in San
Francisco -
today it's overcast and doesn't look like it's over yet.)


Heh! Joyce's point above reminded me of a General Certificate of
Education (Ordinary Level) [1] Geography lesson I attended as a
pupil when visiting a famous British Public School [2, 3], back
in 1977.

The lesson was all about the problems of insufficient rainfall on
the West coast of California to sustain the needs of a public
water supply for an increasing population.The topic was very
relevant to all the students at the time - the Summer of 1976 had
seen Britain's worst drought since records began!

One of the solutions to the problem in CA included households
being banned from watering their lawns and gardens. As a result,
it was reported that some people were spraying green paint on
their lawns to maintain appearances!

[1] The British education system had examinations - "GCE O'
Levels" - taken in the final year of compulsory education at age
16.

[2] "Public" Schools in the UK are not State funded - so,
somewhat confusingly, they're also referred to as "Private"
Schools!

[3] I was fortunate to be selected as an "Exchange Student" from
a state Comprehensive school, and was educated at Eton College -
one of the foremost Public Schools in the UK - even if it was
only for three days.

PS - isn't it wonderful how conversation develops? From
neighbours to education, via topics about language and the
weather!

--
MatSav


  #118  
Old January 22nd 12, 03:14 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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[2] "Public" Schools in the UK are not State funded - so,
somewhat confusingly, they're also referred to as "Private"
Schools!


You mean *in England*, not *in the UK*. Private schools are never
called "public" in Scotland.

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Old January 23rd 12, 08:19 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT

In article , wrote:


It must be raining pretty hard to cancel the ride! Where are you
again? LA area?


I'm in Orange County, south of LA. Anything more than a drizzle will cancel a
ride; people are fairly wussy here. Even a drizzle will cut the attendance
way down. Have to admit that I'm not much for rain any more, whereas I never
let it stop me, even on hundred milers, when I was a bit younger. It was a
moderate rain on Saturday so I really didn't get too worked up, knowing that
Sunday would be clear.

It is raining again today, but I managed to get Giovanni back in after
breakfast and before I left for the salt mine. I figure the more I get him
outside, the less he'll spray all over the house. But he still nails
everything regularly - clothes, the bathroom throw rugs, plastic bags, etc.,
etc. He got another Depo shot about ten days ago (roughly $200, I think - I
told them not to show me the bill or receipt) in hopes of calming him down.
At least it's been over three months since he stayed out all night.

The others aren't really overwhelmed if they can't go outside; it's only
Giovanni that's the major problem.

Art

Art
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Old January 24th 12, 09:46 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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So what do you call them?

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Taps.


 




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