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Lady of Mystery wrote:I didn't realise that americans actually do spell night as nite, I just thought is was an abreviation. You learn something new everyday

I have never used rite as an abbreviation because its meaning is not the same as right. There is a right way to write right and rite is not the right way to write right unless you get a proper rite at the Scotish Temple. Am I right. I am really with you on this because I just can't see coming up with a great trick and then writing the instructions in slang or text message. It is sad that many have a command of the english language, but tend to lean toward doing things the easy way and end up with some bad habits.
For the record I think TM humour is the greatest and it isn't off colour. I also find that alot of great enter tainers come from England, like Benny Hill, he's my favourite.
Cheers
Al

Al Doty wrote:I also find that alot of great enter tainers come from England, like Benny Hill, he's my favourite.
Cheers
Al

You have taste young man!!!
Benny Hill is the funniest man to grace the earth. I recommend the region 1 box sets released by A&E in the US. Fabulous stuff.

Lord Freddie wrote:Benny Hill is the funniest man to grace the earth. I recommend the region 1 box sets released by A&E in the US. Fabulous stuff.

Yet for some reason, the equivalent British DVDs stopped at 1980.

We now return you to your scheduled programme.

The British DVD's are a rip-off in comparison. The A&E box sets (which you can get from Amazon marketplace sellers) are about £20 each and contain three discs with on average four episodes on each disc plus documentaries on the last one in each set. Excellent stuff.

Once again, the British public gets done over on DVDs (or CDs). *Sigh*

Anyway, in a vain attempt to be vaguely on topic, a Benny Hill gag (based on spelling).

"Beer - it'll be the urination of me."

ohhh lady of mystery you have made me laugh.But surely you would have to teach them........theres more to life than being really, really, really good looking

spudgun wrote:ohhh lady of mystery you have made me laugh.But surely you would have to teach them........theres more to life than being really, really, really good looking

Yes, just ask the Cheeky Girls, they can sing and dance too!
(I'll forgive them their poor English)

Lord Freddie's mention of Esperanto has just made me erupt into something that has been in my brain for nearly 50 years. Let me get it out of my system. I shall attempt to count to 10 in Esperanto.

Unu, du, tri, kvar, kvin, ses, sep, ok, nau, dek.

There. I feel better now. Mind you I can't remember anything else.

PS. Oh dear. I have just looked over the last three words and an awful thought has occured to me. I have a horrible feeling that they are Welsh instead of Esperanto. Serves me right for showing off.

Let me try it in Welsh and see if I have got it right or wrong. On second thoughts I have just changed my mind. I can pronounce it but cannot spell it.

Which of course brings us back where we started.

For an american I dont have that bad of grammar do I?

Btw i might be american but half my family is from uk

Welsh is easy Mark, you just remove all the vowels, boyo.

I find, when abroad, that adding an 'o' on the end of everything works a treat. "Whereo is-o the airporto?". And shouting. People who don't understand English understand you perfectly if you shout.

Lord Freddie wrote:Welsh is easy Mark, you just remove all the vowels, boyo.

As a Jones living in Wales, can I point out a strange fact...

There is no 'J' in the Welsh alphabet.

Therefore, from now on, I would like to be addressed as Chris Ones.

I may have got the Esperanto right after all. I shall now count to 7 in Welsh but I know the spelling will be all wrong. I cannot count to 10 since I have forgotten the Welsh for eight, nine and ten.

Een, Dai, Tree, Pedwar, Pimp, chweth, owth.

seige wrote:Therefore, from now on, I would like to be addressed as Chris Ones.

Don't worry, he's Ust Oking....

seige wrote:

Lord Freddie wrote:Welsh is easy Mark, you just remove all the vowels, boyo.

As a Jones living in Wales, can I point out a strange fact...

There is no 'J' in the Welsh alphabet.

Therefore, from now on, I would like to be addressed as Chris Ones.

Being half Welsh I can pronounce 'LLanfair...' etc. It's my claim to fame and the most exiting part of my show.

Lord Freddie wrote:Being half Welsh I can pronounce 'LLanfair...' etc. It's my claim to fame and the most exiting part of my show.

I get called a geek when I say 'the name of the station', or as we call it, Lanpulgwyn for short (well, in our house we do).