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Another Language Debate, AmE or BrE
- Thread starter trenzterra
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aluminum and laboratory. I should get that nickname trademarked....too many people call me that....
in Laboratory, we actually say the 'o' but it's so indistinct that you cant hear it most of the time.Originally posted by Jan
okay how do you justify your butchering?
lab-rah-tore-ee -laboratory....where is the o in your pronunciation?
uh-loo-min-um -aluminium....you butcher the second i
Like in the french phrase (please excuse my horrible french spelling)
toute de suite
It sounds like "toode sweet". the second T is almost totally left out.
And for alumin(i)um, the american spelling is aluminum. No second I.
http://dictionary.com/search?q=aluminum
Yankies are the dudes up north. Like Bruce.
We're just southerners, coon@$$es (one choice phrase made by many northerner people I know, referring to us Cajuns. I find it insulting but my father takes it as a joke)
Yes, to us that would be correct, but to her, and Brits as well, Yanks refer to any Americans. Strange how they change the meaning of every term isn't it?
Also, what the hell is up with "cheque"? Does it even sound like that? It sounds like "check" so it should be spelled like check.
Looks like a combined form of check and queue. Maybe they have problems waiting in line to cash a check
Czech is a country. That doesn't count.Originally posted by Jan
Sure cheque sounds like check, and Czech also
what is tt ahh? I dunno leh...
Tell me lah.
Quote from Bruce:
Her-----ment [a lot to me] lol. Her @--- meant a lot to me HAHA. ROTFLMAO
And Ben, lab-rah-tore-ee sounds totally alien to me. I pronounce it as lab-bor-rer-try.
uh-loo-min-um, I pronounce it as ai-low-mi-nium
Quote from Bruce:
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Originally posted by Jan
Sure cheque sounds like check, and Czech also
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Oh, really?
I was under the impression you guys pronounced it "check-you" or something...
nah cheque is check here, and I dont know how to pronounce Czech.
Looks like a combined form of check and queue. Maybe they have problems waiting in line to cash a check <--Singapore's banks are very organised.
No, everyone should use "check". That way there would be less words, and since the human race would be one word dumber then someone like Archbob could take over the planet. I don't know how that's good, though....Originally posted by GRiN
Everyone should use "cheque" just so that it's different from "check."
Why should two words be spelled the same way but have different meanings?
so the british are smarter than the americansOriginally posted by Ben
No, everyone should use "check". That way there would be less words, and since the human race would be one word dumber then someone like Archbob could take over the planet. I don't know how that's good, though....
