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Thread #124681   Message #2755910
Posted By: artbrooks
30-Oct-09 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
My wife and I were camped outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico a few years ago, and went into town for some breakfast. There was a couple from, I think, Yorkshire at the next table, and the man was becoming very frustrated trying to get the waitress to understand his needs. Finally Jenn, who was raised with a grandmother from Nottingham, told her that when he said "orf n'orf", he was asking for half and half for his coffee.

DeeCADE (the past tense of deCAY) is what garbage did.    The accent is on the 2nd sylLABle. DEHcade is 10 years.   One might occasionally hear a TV "comedian" say DEEcade or DEEfence in a misguided attempt at humor.