BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:48 PM

I uthed to thuck my thumth...

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:45 PM

Hmmm. Nice.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:42 PM

And how does one pronounce "Sade" (the singer)?

Delectable.

You'd be in the ball park with 'Shaad, eh?' ;o)

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:23 PM

I thought Tudor was pronounced "TYU-door".

Bert, you are a rascal. Don't try to, like, tell us Canadians how to talk, eh? You would've, like, been in biiiig trouble if we had not built alla them Mosquito planes for youse guys back in the war, eh? And tested out them defences at, like, Dieppe, eh? You'd all be speakin' German!

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:18 PM

"why do they put an "r" sound on the end of the word "saw", a word which contains no "r"?"

It's to compensate for "rs" left OFF of other words...

"Would you like a drink of wo-tah, my deah?"

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Helen
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:16 PM

LH,

Some years ago I saw abrilliant tv series called The Story of English co-written & presented by Canadian Robert MacNeil - of MacNeil Lehrer Newshour fame. It was a fascinating bit of detective work tracking back English as it is spoken in various parts of the world, including specific areas of the U.S. and comparing it to the part(s) of England where people had migrated from. So there was Jamaican English, pidgin English, Oz English, etc and I remember that there was one area of the U.S. which was compared to a specific part of England in the north west, and the similarities were obvious.

BTW, Aussies often say "draw-ring" for "drawing", "idear" etc, but we say Pe-tah for Peter so if a girl is named Peta we can't pronounce it any differently than Peter.

I had an American friend who was living out here. She asked me where a street was which I had told her about. She said, "I can't find Chew-dah St in the street directory. I spelt it out for her as Tudor. She said, "You mean "Two-Door-r"? "Yes, that's what I said, Chew-dah."

Also in the north eastern state of Oz called Queensland, they often end their sentences with "eh". I don't know where they pikced that up from, eh?

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: GUEST,Bert
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:10 PM

The definitive form of a language is that which is spoken in the capital city.

Like Parisian French is the definitive form of French. Therefore Cockney is the defifnitive form of English.

So LH. You bloody Colonials should spend your time learning English rather than trying to make your regional dialect the norm.

So watch it mush or you'll get a bunch of fives.   

Bert **Grinning feindishly**

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:07 PM

Oh, I see. Well, that's reasonable.

And how does one pronounce "Sade" (the singer)?

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: GUEST,Bert
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:05 PM

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:04 PM

Math is short for mathematic and Maths is short for mathematics, it's that easy.
Don't ask me about Mathis, it could take until the 12th of never to answer that one.

G ☻

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 03:01 PM

Yeth, but can you do your thumth?

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:59 PM

I saw a (somewhat diminished) Big Band in Victoria a few years back and the bandleader introduced the next number as "Take the A Train ... or as we say in Canada, "Take the Train, eh?"

And a local DJ STILL mispronounces Sade as Shar-day ... he must have heard an English person say it and assumed he was dropping an 'r' ...

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:59 PM

I'm a good Catholic, and I go to Maths every Thunday....


Sorry you athked?

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:58 PM

The Brits also say "al-you-MI-ni-um" instead of "a-LU-min-um". Very odd.

John Kennedy said "shit down" instead of "sit down" too, didn't he? The "sh" sound was more subtle than it is in the common rude word, but it was there.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:54 PM

We DON'T do that, eh?

Oops.

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:43 PM

Also, why do they put an "r" sound on the end of the word "saw", a word which contains no "r"?

Only (and only some people, sometimes,) when it preceeds a vowel: my saw [r] isn't sharp enough ...

Why do Canadians put an A on the end of every sentence? ;o)

Subject: RE: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:34 PM

Give a listen to what US Northeasterners say, Little Hawk. I was amazed the first time I heard a Massachusetts man say 'drawRING' for drawing, not to mention 'idear' for idea. A friend of mine named Martha says that in the northeast she is frequently called 'Marther'.

President Kennedy said 'Cuber'.

Subject: BS: 'Math' or 'Maths'
From: Little Hawk
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 02:22 PM

We in North America say "math". The British say "maths". Why?

Also, why do they put an "r" sound on the end of the word "saw", a word which contains no "r"?

Are they totally mad...or do they just do it to be annoying? ;-)