StormFi Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 These Celtic-speaking peoples were the original inhabitants of Britain, but then come the English... Pretty funny history in 10min... atleast for us who have other than english as our mother language How was English Language Developed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 ROFL! Simple, everyday things, like a WEREWOLF! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aronoiiel Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 LOL that was quite hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvinandmommy Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Haha love it! "pizza, pasta, and mafia....just like mama used to make it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laine Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Okay, I'll be the one to ask... Is that British English or Real (aka American) English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Okay, I'll be the one to ask... Is that British English or Real (aka American) English? LOL - British English. I'm not sure which system Canada uses. I think its a combination of both, but we don't use all the weird terms like 'nappies'...but we spell COLOUR the right way. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 LOL - British English. I'm not sure which system Canada uses. I think its a combination of both, but we don't use all the weird terms like 'nappies'...but we spell COLOUR the right way. LOL Hey, I always say keep it simple, lol! Why in the world add in any more extra, unnecessary letters than you absolutely have to?! Funny video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Good vid. Elyse made me think tht they need to do a vid on how certain words have different meanings depending on whether it is British English or American English e.g. chips/crisps or the dreaded word "rubber". Years ago I worked for a very prim and proper OCD American and working out some finance asked him to pass me the rubber. He went bright red and was stuttering. I hadn't a clue what was wrong so asked him what the problem was. It took him about five minutes to explain stuttering all the way. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Good vid. Elyse made me think tht they need to do a vid on how certain words have different meanings depending on whether it is British English or American English e.g. chips/crisps or the dreaded word "rubber". Years ago I worked for a very prim and proper OCD American and working out some finance asked him to pass me the rubber. He went bright red and was stuttering. I hadn't a clue what was wrong so asked him what the problem was. It took him about five minutes to explain stuttering all the way. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLOBOx Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laine Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Good vid. Elyse made me think tht they need to do a vid on how certain words have different meanings depending on whether it is British English or American English e.g. chips/crisps or the dreaded word "rubber". Years ago I worked for a very prim and proper OCD American and working out some finance asked him to pass me the rubber. He went bright red and was stuttering. I hadn't a clue what was wrong so asked him what the problem was. It took him about five minutes to explain stuttering all the way. LOL So, did he ever pass you the rubber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormFi Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Good vid. Elyse made me think tht they need to do a vid on how certain words have different meanings depending on whether it is British English or American English e.g. chips/crisps or the dreaded word "rubber". Years ago I worked for a very prim and proper OCD American and working out some finance asked him to pass me the rubber. He went bright red and was stuttering. I hadn't a clue what was wrong so asked him what the problem was. It took him about five minutes to explain stuttering all the way. LOL :oops1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 too funny, or funnius maximus as the romans used to say. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 It made my remind of something I read in my English book on my secondary school. English is a strange language There's no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple, English muffins weren’t invented in England, nor do French fries come from France. Sweetmeats are candies, sweetbreads aren‘t sweet nor meat. Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square, and guinea pigs are neither from Guinea nor pigs. Writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham. If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, two geese. One moose, two meese? One index, two indices? You can make amends but not an amend? If you get rid of all your odds and ends save one, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? People recite at plays and play at recitals, ship by car and send cargo by ship, and have noses that run but feet that smell. How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? Your house can burn up as it burns down, you fill in a form by filling it out, and alarms go off by going on. When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. How can inflammable and flammable mean the same thing? And when a car slows up, it slows down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Good grief, that's enough to put anyone learning English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormFi Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Thats so true BlueWolf! English is strange if you think it that way, very strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormFi Posted December 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Original video was removed, but found a copy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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