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Is it off putting to you... [message #31129]

Thu, 20 April 2006 00:48

pimple

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To read 'English' in a story when your native tongue is 'American'? (And the flip if you are from that little island made habitable by the gulf stream)

A couple of words that really set my teeth on edge: 'whilst' and 'wank' 'wanker' and all other derivations. It could be just me. I don't have trouble relating to the settings, just some of the vocabulary.

If it is also the case with you, which words are like fingernails on a chalkboard to you?

Regards
Simon

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		Is it off putting to you... By: pimple on Thu, 20 April 2006 00:48
		Don't start me off on this one ... By: cossie on Thu, 20 April 2006 01:57
		So, twenty pages and a few wee drops later By: pimple on Thu, 20 April 2006 02:04
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Nigel on Thu, 20 April 2006 08:18
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: pimple on Thu, 20 April 2006 12:16
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 13:54
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 10:55
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 11:26
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Nigel on Thu, 20 April 2006 13:04
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: timmy on Thu, 20 April 2006 13:11
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 14:10
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: jaycracker on Thu, 20 April 2006 14:35
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: timmy on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:26
		No Boss By: pimple on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:55
		Re: No Boss By: Deeej on Fri, 21 April 2006 00:09
		This is called a 'Pissing Match'! By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 00:12
		Sources By: Deeej on Fri, 21 April 2006 12:23
		Re: No Boss By: jaycracker on Fri, 21 April 2006 12:26
		Re: No Boss By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 01:16
		Re: No Boss By: timmy on Fri, 21 April 2006 18:55
		Aluminininium By: E.J. on Wed, 26 April 2006 02:15
		Oi! By: cossie on Wed, 26 April 2006 02:50
		Re: Oi! By: Brian1407a on Wed, 26 April 2006 03:44
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: pimple on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:45
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: timmy on Sat, 22 April 2006 00:04
		English can't be mangled? By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 14:38
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 15:19
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 15:52
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 16:19
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 16:49
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 17:20
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 17:51
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 18:42
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 20:17
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 20:58
		Re: English can't be mangled? By: NW on Thu, 20 April 2006 18:46
		English, language of the gods (after translation) By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 20:46
		OK Brian, I'll bite... By: pimple on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:25
		Re: OK Brian, I'll bite... By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:41
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Deeej on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:37
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Brian1407a on Thu, 20 April 2006 23:51
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 00:08
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Deeej on Fri, 21 April 2006 00:11
		You puppy!!!! By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 00:13
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: electroken on Fri, 21 April 2006 06:31
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: Deeej on Fri, 21 April 2006 13:06
		Re: Is it off putting to you... By: electroken on Fri, 21 April 2006 15:41
		Cossie, I'd appreciate your input! By: Deeej on Fri, 21 April 2006 16:29
		Yay! Another fat consultancy fee! By: cossie on Sat, 22 April 2006 01:37
		Re: Yay! Another fat consultancy fee! By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 14:20
		Re: Cossie, I'd appreciate your input! By: electroken on Sat, 22 April 2006 23:00
		Re: Cossie, I'd appreciate your input! By: Brian1407a on Sat, 22 April 2006 23:18
		Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: pimple on Sat, 22 April 2006 23:52
		Resistors By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 00:04
		No- Google does! By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 00:09
		Re: No- Google does! By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 00:25
		Does information so easily gained By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 00:44
		Non-stick frying pans By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 00:56
		And what is your view on the last half of my tirad? By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:01
		That I was tired and was hoping you wouldn't ask By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:33
		We need to have this conversation again By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:45
		We need to have this conversation again By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:51
		Deeej - I'm waiting By: pimple on Mon, 24 April 2006 03:09
		Re: Resistors By: Brian1407a on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:21
		Re: Resistors By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:42
		Re: Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: Brian1407a on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:16
		Re: Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:29
		Re: Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: Brian1407a on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:32
		Re: Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: Brian1407a on Sun, 23 April 2006 01:30
		Resistors.... By: grasshopper on Sun, 23 April 2006 13:41
		Re: Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 14:27
		Re: Don;t get your nouns in a knot! By: electroken on Sun, 23 April 2006 14:52
		Ken, please explain! By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 14:08
		Re: Cossie, I'd appreciate your input! By: electroken on Sat, 22 April 2006 23:22
		This is silly By: Deeej on Sat, 22 April 2006 23:59
		Hey Ken, I think there's some confusion here! By: cossie on Sun, 23 April 2006 03:29
		Someone mentioned the "Great Vowel Shift" By: JFR on Sun, 23 April 2006 07:21
		Isn't nostalgia great? By: kupuna on Sun, 23 April 2006 12:36
		Nostalgia isn't what it used to be By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 12:49
		Re: Nostalgia isn't what it used to be By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 15:03
		Re: Hey Ken, I think there's some confusion here! By: electroken on Sun, 23 April 2006 15:04
		Re: Hey Ken, I think there's some confusion here! By: electroken on Mon, 24 April 2006 16:40
		Just my twopenn'rth By: JFR on Sun, 23 April 2006 07:05
		Your previous contributions to the discussion ... By: cossie on Tue, 25 April 2006 01:44
		Cossie, I love you too By: JFR on Tue, 25 April 2006 05:01
		Vowel shift By: Nigel on Tue, 25 April 2006 07:40
		Re: Cossie, I'd appreciate your input! By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 14:52
		Re: Cossie, I'd appreciate your input! By: timmy on Sun, 23 April 2006 10:10
		I don't think so, Timmy By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 12:31
		Re: I don't think so, Timmy By: JFR on Sun, 23 April 2006 13:10
		Re: I don't think so, Timmy By: timmy on Mon, 24 April 2006 07:31
		I still don't think so By: Deeej on Mon, 24 April 2006 11:22
		Gotta leap to the support of Deeej here! By: cossie on Tue, 25 April 2006 01:17
		Re: Gotta leap to the support of Deeej here! By: JFR on Tue, 25 April 2006 04:52
		Re: I don't think so, Timmy By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 15:27
		Re: I don't think so, Timmy By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 15:45
		Hey, Simon, that was a bit harsh ... By: cossie on Fri, 21 April 2006 01:49
		A non-linguistic difference is that we tend to tease more By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:06
		Ooh, Ta! I do so like primroses! By: cossie on Sat, 22 April 2006 01:58
		Afterthought ... By: cossie on Sat, 22 April 2006 02:03
		From the early days of CompuServe By: pimple on Sat, 22 April 2006 04:26
		I guess that 'whilst' seems pretentious to me. By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:08
		Babies have butts By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:12
		Re: Babies have butts By: Brian1407a on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:29
		Babies have bottoms By: Deeej on Fri, 21 April 2006 12:36
		Re: Hey, Simon, that was a bit harsh ... By: Brian1407a on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:22
		Brian- what an opening for rude and nasty comebacks! By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:28
		Re: Brian- what an opening for rude and nasty comebacks! By: Brian1407a on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:33
		Re: Brian- what an opening for rude and nasty comebacks! By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:47
		Re: Brian- what an opening for rude and nasty comebacks! By: Brian1407a on Fri, 21 April 2006 04:08
		Re: Brian- what an opening for rude and nasty comebacks! By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 12:35
		Re: Brian- what an opening for rude and nasty comebacks! By: Handyman on Sun, 23 April 2006 16:00
		Nasty is nasty By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 16:31
		Me Too!! By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 16:58
		Re: Me Too!! By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 17:11
		Re: Me Too!! By: pimple on Sun, 23 April 2006 17:16
		Oh By: Deeej on Sun, 23 April 2006 17:34
		Am I obvious - or are you obtuse? By: pimple on Mon, 24 April 2006 02:50
		Nah, that's not a pterodactyl ... By: cossie on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:37
		Re: Nah, that's not a pterodactyl ... By: Brian1407a on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:48
		Ten points to Brian, I think! By: cossie on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:54
		POINTS!! By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:59
		Don't judge it too harshly By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 03:03
		Re: Nah, that's not a pterodactyl ... By: pimple on Fri, 21 April 2006 02:55
		What an interesting thread! By: JFR on Fri, 21 April 2006 04:13
		Thank Goodness for the Time Difference! By: JFR on Fri, 21 April 2006 04:29
		Re: Hey, Simon, that was a bit harsh ... By: Nigel on Fri, 21 April 2006 07:45
		Nigel, you know that, and I know that ... By: cossie on Sat, 22 April 2006 02:00
		Re: Nigel, you know that, and I know that ... By: Brian1407a on Sat, 22 April 2006 05:28

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