Grammar Discussions

[esseeeayeenn]

So I'm multilingual now...I read and write English as well as American

Well I'm yet to be conviced of that!

 

[Foreigner]

Well I'm yet to be conviced of that!

...

Bocsánat?

 

[coco50]

So I'm multilingual now...I read and write English as well as American

I am trying to teach my Texan son-in-law who has just moved to Melbourne with my daughter not to go to the AFL on the weekend and root for his team. And I have warned him not to pat anyone on the fanny or to chuck his trash on the sidewalk. Drink only from a bubbler, not from a drinking fountain. To take "zee" out of his vocabulary and spelling and to put a "u" before the "r" in words he thought ended in "or".

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I am trying to teach my Texan son-in-law who has just moved to Melbourne with my daughter not to go to the AFL on the weekend and root for his team. And I have warned him not to pat anyone on the fanny or to chuck his trash on the sidewalk. Drink only from a bubbler, not from a drinking fountain. To take "zee" out of his vocabulary and spelling and to put a "u" before the "r" in words he thought ended in "or".

Maybe "bubbler" is a NSW thing.
I have lived in QLD and WA (and part time in SA) and have always referred to them as drinking fountains.

 

[love_the_life]

I grew up in Victoria and we had bubblers in the schoolyard.

 

[prozac]

I grew up in Victoria and we had bubblers in the schoolyard.

I think that esseeeayeenn must be a gen Y'er.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I grew up in Victoria and we had bubblers in the schoolyard.

It's more of a NRL term for players' behaviour than AFL?

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I think that esseeeayeenn must be a gen Y'er.

I wish!





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[coco50]

Maybe "bubbler" is a NSW thing.
I have lived in QLD and WA (and part time in SA) and have always referred to them as drinking fountains.

I forgot to mention also teaching him greetings. How to say G'Day instead of Howr y'all

 

[Foreigner]

I forgot to mention also teaching him greetings. How to say G'Day instead of Howr y'all

Who's teaching him the automobile?

 

[coco50]

Who's teaching him the automobile?

He's already pretty good at that.

 

[TheRealTMA]

He's already pretty good at that.

What about the pronunciation of a Netgear device used to distribute internet around the house?

 

[esseeeayeenn]

What about the pronunciation of a Netgear device used to distribute internet around the house?

The French say that* best.


*Actually the French say everything best.

 

[JessicaTam]

Bubbler is a new one to me.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Bubbler is a new one to me.

Don't look further! Good to see you are not up with the shenanigans of our over hyped "heroes' in the NRL!

 

[CaptJCool]

Yes, they're a lot of try-hards. Definitely not heroes

 

[coco50]

The French say that* best.


*Actually the French say everything best.

C'est vrai!

 

[coco50]

Bubbler is a new one to me.

Not to be mixed up with "bubbly"!

 

[TheRealTMA]

The French say that* best.


*Actually the French say everything best.

Well, choose

"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"

vs

"Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi"

vs

"Stop the Boats! No cuts to Education, Health or the ABC."

 

[anat0l]

Well, choose

"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"

vs

"Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi"

vs

"Stop the Boats! No cuts to Education, Health or the ABC."

Where'd you dig up the non-English quotes?