Torking Proply an' 'at

[scottycelt]

After coming acoss the following article I could hardly resist the temptation to revive this thread ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686

Torking Equality, it would appear, is now being introduced on both sides of the, er, Pond ... innit?

[Pabmusic]

After coming acoss the following article I could hardly resist the temptation to revive this thread ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686

Torking Equality, it would appear, is now being introduced on both sides of the, er, Pond ... innit?

A bi'v aw'righ'.

[salymap]

I've only read the last few posts but surely it's the other way round.We are using far more Ameericanisms than in the past.

And when previously new to us American relatives visited they DID think we were fairly posh, which couldn't be further from the truth. It was an interesting visit from them, we both found out a lot about the other's language and what NOT to say

[Pabmusic]

...We are using far more Americanisms than in the past.

Unlikely. Quite literally thousands of our everyday words entered British English from America in the last 150 years. Here's a very small sample:

commuter, snag, gimmick, babysitter, lengthy, sag, soggy, teenager, to butt in, hangover, blizzard, to fudge, stunt, joyride, currency (money), telephone, radio, raincoat, law-abiding, notify, to advocate, to take a backseat, graveyard, to stay put, to keep a stiff upper lip , to fly off the handle, to bark up the wrong tree, to pull the wool over one's eyes, to stub one's toe, to face the music, to knock spots off another, neither hide nor hair, to go haywire, con man, stag party, to be out on a limb, fit as a fiddle, to peter out, to pass out, to check in, to show off, to hold on, to highlight, to panic, to progress, to notice, to donate, to park, balance (remainder), census, standpoint, outhouse, immigration, reliable, influential

We have been complaining about Americanisms since at least 1745, when the Englishman Francis Moore visited Savannah, which is situated on a hill "which they in barbarous English call a bluff".

[JanH]

Indeed. Notice in my workplace: Do not close this door for health and safety reasons

So presumably it's permitted to close it for other reasons, but I'm not sure that's what they meant.

Notices and signs!!

On a car journey recently we saw this county road sign: HEREFORDSHIRE. YOU CAN. I am still wondering what I can do there........



This was swiftly followed along the road by a sign outside a Pub " Sunday lunch served". But not eaten???

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

On a car journey recently we saw this county road sign: HEREFORDSHIRE. YOU CAN. I am still wondering what I can do there.....

"Take it or leave it"?

The NYorks/Lancs border is marked by a road sign that declares "LANCASHIRE; WHERE EVERYBODY MATTERS"

... the amount the council must have spent over the years replacing the "A" in the last word that the good citizens of the White Rose regularly scribble over with a "U"!

[Serial_Apologist]

"Take it or leave it"?

The NYorks/Lancs border is marked by a road sign that declares "LANCASHIRE; WHERE EVERYBODY MATTERS"

... the amount the council must have spent over the years replacing the "A" in the last word that the good citizens of the White Rose regularly scribble over with a "U"!

Many years ago, motoring up to Middlesbrough, on passing a sign which read: "Slow Children Crossing", Dad turned to Mum and said, "We've arrived in Yorkshire, dear".

His favourite roadside signs were: "New Laid Eggs Drive Up Here", and "Congealed Entrance" - formed by someone carefully changing the c into a g.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Many years ago, motoring up to Middlesbrough, on passing a sign which read: "Slow Children Crossing", Dad turned to Mum and said, "We've arrived in Yorkshire, dear".

It shows the importance of punctuation. When I first saw a lollipop lady, that said "Stop Children Crossing", I wondered why she was defying her own sign.

[teamsaint]

:

"Take it or leave it"?

The NYorks/Lancs border is marked by a road sign that declares "LANCASHIRE; WHERE EVERYBODY MATTERS"

... the amount the council must have spent over the years replacing the "A" in the last word that the good citizens of the White Rose regularly scribble over with a "U"!

Although i was reliably informed by a colleague that in his part of Lancs the M had been replaced by an N !

[teamsaint]

Many years ago, motoring up to Middlesbrough, on passing a sign which read: "Slow Children Crossing", Dad turned to Mum and said, "We've arrived in Yorkshire, dear".

His favourite roadside signs were: "New Laid Eggs Drive Up Here", and "Congealed Entrance" - formed by someone carefully changing the c into a g.

there are some genuinely pointless road signs.
Like the "low flying plane" signs. What exactly are you supposed to do about it?

[Flosshilde]

One of my favourite signs was/is in a cafe in a place managed by the local council. It said something like - "For health and safety reasons only food bought in the cafe can be eaten here, except for children".

[MrGongGong]

A cafe in Aberdeen market sells "Wanton soup"

[eighthobstruction]

I've always thought for those who live up North (me) but travel South regularly....that there should be a sign at the beginning of the M6 that says 'GRIMMING UP NICELY'....

[MrGongGong]

I've always thought for those who live up North (me) but travel South regularly....that there should be a sign at the beginning of the M6 that says 'GRIMMING UP NICELY'....

There used to be graffiti on three consecutive bridges going south on the M1 that said

Good

Morning

Lemmings

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I've always thought for those who live up North (me) but travel South regularly....that there should be a sign at the beginning of the M6 that says 'GRIMMING UP NICELY'....