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PostPosted: 01/14/18 9:10 pm • # 1 
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These things that people use interchangeably drive me nuts:

This is a floor inside:

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This is the ground outside:

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This is a ceiling inside:

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This is a roof outside:

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So there! :b Not that the people who need to understand it will see it. :eyes Just needed to get it off my chest. :lol


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PostPosted: 01/15/18 3:06 pm • # 2 
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Que?


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PostPosted: 01/15/18 7:07 pm • # 3 
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I hear it all the time on news shows. "The victim was found laying on the ground in the hallway of the building" or "The first floor apartment had water coming through their roof".

Does that make it more clear? lol


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PostPosted: 01/16/18 11:54 am • # 4 
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Kinda.


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PostPosted: 01/17/18 7:06 pm • # 5 
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The distinction between roof and ceiling seems to be a hard one for a lot of Americans.
I usually let them run right in it. "Then you'll need to call a roofer, mam! I only fix ceilings."

There's way more what drives me insane, Roseanne.


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PostPosted: 01/17/18 8:14 pm • # 6 
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jabra2 wrote:
The distinction between roof and ceiling seems to be a hard one for a lot of Americans.
I usually let them run right in it. "Then you'll need to call a roofer, mam! I only fix ceilings."

There's way more what drives me insane, Roseanne.


Not just Americans jab. Canadians too!

LOL, I find the older I get the less patience I have with some things. Grammar is one, especially in the media. I admit that I don't always use proper grammar or the proper word, but I DO know the fucking difference between "than and then"......and "there, they're, and their". Sigh.

edited to add: "You're and your"

I think too much about these things.... :lol


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PostPosted: 01/19/18 3:10 pm • # 7 
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I'm pretty sure kiddo had a worksheet in kindergarten just like that. LOL


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PostPosted: 01/23/18 2:08 pm • # 8 
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What bugs me is that Americans can't even say "roof" properly. The way they say it sounds like a dog having a bad dream. "Ruuff"


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PostPosted: 01/23/18 7:27 pm • # 9 
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jimwilliam wrote:
What bugs me is that Americans can't even say "roof" properly. The way they say it sounds like a dog having a bad dream. "Ruuff"


And we don't say, "oot'n'aboot"... eh.


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PostPosted: 01/25/18 6:00 am • # 10 
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What I think is interesting is that Queenslanders (ie. the state north of NSW where I live) also use "eh" as a full stop in their sentences.

Yet, in every other way they are more comprable with the US deep South. They are our "Deep North".


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PostPosted: 01/29/18 10:20 am • # 11 
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Something that annoys me is the use of the word "so" to start a response. I've been hearing it a lot on U.S. TV.

Someone is asked a question and they start their response with "So...".


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PostPosted: 01/30/18 7:55 am • # 12 
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John59 wrote:
Something that annoys me is the use of the word "so" to start a response. I've been hearing it a lot on U.S. TV.

Someone is asked a question and they start their response with "So...".


Ouch! I do that a lot.


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PostPosted: 02/01/18 11:43 pm • # 13 
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oskar576 wrote:
jimwilliam wrote:
What bugs me is that Americans can't even say "roof" properly. The way they say it sounds like a dog having a bad dream. "Ruuff"


And we don't say, "oot'n'aboot"... eh.



I don't think I've ever said "oot'n'aboot" in my life. In fact I've never "Ooted" anything.


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PostPosted: 02/02/18 3:37 pm • # 14 
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Blast from the past.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pASE_TgeVg8


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