Personally,I'm chuffed to see Brazil fucking Musk over and hope to see much more of it from other countries.As with any SM platform,when those running it promote voices that dovetail with their views while stifling voices that oppose them,it's deffo time to ditch.
#Vocabulary
I learned the meaning of chuffed today.
Thanks to @FrankCannon
@NorthernInvader Really? Never knew that. @Priestess
Unlike America we did not toss the Brits out of our country nor did we deliberately go out of our way to extinguish British colloquialisms and spelling. 🤣British comedy shows (radio and TV) have always (in my day at least) been popular here because we didn't need an interpreter :) I loved the Goon Show (Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers for those who don't know it), Monty Python and more.
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@Pat_Walrond Definitely heard and saw the carry on gang here. I sort of remember Sid James from a few old movies ;like the Lavender Hill Mob, and Kenneth Williams from the Carry On gang - but only barely
@Pat_Walrond Nimmo was a wonderful person. @NorthernInvader @Priestess
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I don't know why the USA changed the spelling of such words as specialise.
Not my fault.
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@Priestess I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who created a new dictionary.
@NorthernInvader Showing in the process that he couldn't spell a lot of words properly.🤷♂️🤣 @Priestess
@FrankCannon @NorthernInvader @Priestess
U.S.: We don't need so many extra letters in one word.
U.K.: Those letters add distinction. We will have extra letters in our words, necessary or not.
France: Tiens ma bière...
@grayman I'd be found with French beer in my hand more often than US beer.😂 @NorthernInvader @Priestess
@FrankCannon @grayman @NorthernInvader
I just looked up the history of an introduction to American dictionaries.
“The Drinkers Dictionary,” published by Franklin in January 1737, features terms like 'nimptopsical' and 'cherubimical' as synonyms for 'drunk.'
In 1806, Noah Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language . In 1828 he published An American Dictionary of the English Language.
@Priestess But still couldn't spell.🤣🤣
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@FrankCannon @grayman @NorthernInvader
My favorite is Belhaven Ale ... it's a great Scottish ale I can no longer find in the states.
@Priestess I'd love a pint of Theakestones but will deffo have to wait. @grayman @NorthernInvader
@Priestess It's always flummoxed me. @NorthernInvader
"flummoxed" is a word I'm familiar with. Most of my family tree is from Yorkshire.
I always think of it as a synonym for "baffled".
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It was important to stand up to King George III. He was a tyrant. Taxation without representation is tyranny.
But I do love British humor!
@Priestess And look at the mess you made of it by putting us out.😂@NorthernInvader
I personally had nothing to do with it,.... but my ancestors who could no longer stick around jolly old England left there in 1634 and sailed to Boston, where my later ancestors had the pleasure of helping to dump tea in the harbor.
So were Liverpoolians also "scoundrels" or were they only 'scouses'?
@Priestess We're permanent scoundrels!!😂 @NorthernInvader
@NorthernInvader The Goons were so far ahead of their time.Canadians didn't dump us because they have excellent taste.👍😂 @Priestess
@NorthernInvader Derek Nimmo, Sid James, Kenneth Williams and the Carry On crew were among my favourites
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