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a question of phonetics
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better duck
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Probably 'tomato -'tomaito' kind of discussion', or 'potaito' - 'potato'
But I'm curious too, as there are many words in Enlish that you simply have to have heard spoken out loud before you can pronounce them right.
So American cousins, let's have it!
But I'm curious too, as there are many words in Enlish that you simply have to have heard spoken out loud before you can pronounce them right.
So American cousins, let's have it!
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Anonymous
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pow keep sie or pukipsy? (as often mused over with an original a2 I owned.)
It not far from me and it is said pow-kip-see around here
deckatur or de kaay tur (painted a2 390th BG museum framlingham)?
I think this may be a play on words because it is spelt Decatur = Dee -kay -tur
RGds Jeff
It not far from me and it is said pow-kip-see around here
deckatur or de kaay tur (painted a2 390th BG museum framlingham)?
I think this may be a play on words because it is spelt Decatur = Dee -kay -tur
RGds Jeff
jack aranda
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I have always heard 'puh-KIP-see' , as well as 'deh-KAAY-tur', but, I'm not from either (eye-ther? ee-ther? 
place, so I may not be qualified to comment. One thing I do know, Tim, I will soon be corrected :lol:
place, so I may not be qualified to comment. One thing I do know, Tim, I will soon be corrected :lol:
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Anonymous
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Tim P said:
Does any one know where limey came from ,clue it goes back to sailors on sailing ships .
Rgds jeff
hacker
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I like your 'spelling' better!jack aranda said:I have always heard 'puh-KIP-see' , as well as 'deh-KAAY-tur', but, I'm not from either (eye-ther? ee-ther?
........you seemed to capture it. Just a hard thing to write out.BTW.......I always liked ee-ther better...but eye-ther way your correct :lol:
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Limey is an old American and Canadian slang nickname for the British, originally referring to British sailors. The term is believed to derive from lime-juicer, referring to the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy practice of supplying lime juice to British sailors to prevent scurvy. The benefits of citrus juice were well known at the time thanks to the acute observations of surgeon James Lind who noticed that the cabbage-eating Dutch had fewer problems with scurvy. Limes were used over lemons because limes were more readily available from Britain's own Caribbean colonies. The term is thought to have originated in the Caribbean in the 1880s
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the lime was so unpalatable to the tar at the time that the only way to assure consumption was to effect the expedient of painting 'officers only' on the barrel then leaving it untended.
thanks for the clarification guys. I was fairly sure but wanted it clarified. I know the correct spelling for all the words too.
thanks for the clarification guys. I was fairly sure but wanted it clarified. I know the correct spelling for all the words too.
dujardin
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it depends if it's an american from the north or from the south ????
also if it's an englishman from London or one of the highlands...
and now imagine if it's a frenchman or a belgian speaking.... or a spanish... or portuguesh'
and the one from Moscow....da
really complicated..... too complicated.
byeeeeeeeee marcel
also if it's an englishman from London or one of the highlands...
and now imagine if it's a frenchman or a belgian speaking.... or a spanish... or portuguesh'
and the one from Moscow....da
really complicated..... too complicated.
byeeeeeeeee marcel
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Anonymous
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Here is another saying from the same period as Limey .freeze the balls off a brass monkey?.Also to do with sailing ships .
Anyone know
Rgds Jeff
Anyone know
Rgds Jeff
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Anonymous
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dujardin said:
Dont ever call someone from the highlands English !.
All the best jEFF
DUBOWA2 said:
freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Statement about the temperature being very cold.
Background:
A brass monkey is a naval term for the holder that holds the cannon balls. It was made of brass and the cannon balls were not, so when it got cold enough, the two metals would contract by different amounts and the cannon balls would no longer fit properly in the holder and thus fall off.
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Anonymous
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David your right on both counts ,all ther best Jeff .
asiamiles
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Recently met someone from Poughkeepsie and, not suprisingly, discovered I'd been pronouncing the name wrong...though did I ever actually say it out aloud to anyone, or was it just how it sounded in my mind? I commented that it was sort-of "famous" as many leather flight jackets were made there, but despite the fact that he was wearing a dyed-black M-41 field jacket I don't think it meant much to him. I wonder if the vintage clothing stores there have had more than their fair share of A-2's over the years?
