When I was at school in the 50's and 60's, the English teacher would pull us up on they way we spoke, if we said 'aint, yeah, or nah! So we soon learned to speak a reasonable English so as not to be ridiculed in class! But today, as the song says, anything goes! I can't understand some of the local youngsters around here! Is it laziness? Do we not care about standards anymore? (that sounded terribly snobbish didn't it? ;)) LOL
I blame you Americans for this, for all the westerns and tv programs we were brought up on! S?P
Cheers Neville
When I was at school in the 50's and 60's, the English teacher would pull us up on they way we spoke, if we said 'aint, yeah, or nah! So we soon learned to speak a reasonable English so as not to be ridiculed in class! But today, as the song says, anything goes! I can't understand some of the local youngsters around here! Is it laziness? Do we not care about standards anymore? (that sounded terribly snobbish didn't it? ;)) LOL
I blame you Americans for this, for all the westerns and tv programs we were brought up on! S?P
In the 50s we were in the same boat and no it doesn't sound snobbish. One can understand a common language but when the words mean different things there is no understanding. We here accross the pond speak some semblance of American, not to be confused with English. Also, wh've been conditioned to accept the lowest common denominator when it comes to everything. Mediocrity Rules! In restaurants, I find myself starting at 20% and deducting, depending on service. You blame us? What about "The Vicar of Dibley"? But I do love "As Time Goes By"! Ouch, Dangling participle.
Let me throw a little more into the mix. We also absolutely LOVE "As Time Goes By."
As far as Australia goes, as a child, I started reading Neville Shute. He emigrated from England after the war but wrote most of his books about England. He did write a few about Australia. Anyway, he became my favorite writer and still is one of my favorites. I have every book he wrote, I think, and movies of the two that were made.
I picked up the term,"bloody" reading him and use it to this day.
Bob
:'( I apologize profusely for any confusion or misrepresentation, hijacking, changed meanings or animosities that may have occured as a result of my posts. I just responsed to what I thought was a statement with no intention of starting anything, especially a change to the headline even if you do like it. I especially apologize to Nigel for going off on a tangent!
That being accomplished, I have reread all my posts on this thread an nowhere can I find where I spelled by bye. If you can find it, please let me know!
Bob
In a sense "bye" does fit as so many of us are leaving this peice of rock for greater flying fields/circles.U GOT THAT RIGHT...