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Thread #25235   Message #296266
Posted By: GUEST, Banjo Johnny
13-Sep-00 - 02:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mangling the English Language
Subject: RE: BS: Mangling the English Language
A couple more Midwesternisms, and a question for Brits.

It's never simply "eye", but eye-ball. Never "pen", but always ink-pen.

A strange turnabout: instead of, "let's see if we can find the key," it's "let's see if we can't find the key."

For Brits ... I have been watching a Britcom called Last of the Summer Wine, about some old folks in a village. They are using words like "summat" for something, and "tha" for you. What part of Britain would this be??

Johnny in Oklahoma City