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English was I'm having new neighbour problems OT
"Christina Websell" 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 |
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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? BTW, Jay, did you want to get an invitation to the rpca Facebook page? If you'd like you can email me your FB ident (my email here isn't munged), and I can ask one of the administrators to send you an invitation. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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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.) 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 |
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wrote in message ... 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? -- Joyce Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker |
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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) |
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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. -- Edward Abbey |
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Water and Education (was English; was I'm having new neighbour problems OT)
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... Art Shapiro wrote: ... 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 |
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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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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wrote in message ... So what do you call them? -- Taps. |
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