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novaderrik
novaderrik UberDork
7/27/13 8:09 p.m.
aussiesmg wrote: As a 50 year old Aussie, learn to spell, the language is called English not American.

i don't think someone from Australia is qualified to tell anyone from the USA how to properly utilize the King's English...

aussiesmg
aussiesmg UltimaDork
7/27/13 8:19 p.m.

Because Aussie's speak English. Not Ametican.

Hell we even spell things in English.

slantvaliant
slantvaliant SuperDork
7/27/13 8:42 p.m.

I grin when the Jaguar commercial comes on, and wait for the apparently North American voiceover guy to say "Jag wahr".

Evidently, Jaguar, Porsche, Chevrolet, et al, are quite happy to take one's money without regard to one's pronunciation.

M030
M030 Dork
7/27/13 8:58 p.m.

In reply to slantvaliant:

Wait, it's not pronounced "jag-wahr"?

If it is "Jag-you-wire", then where did all the extra syllables come from?

viking
viking Reader
7/27/13 9:08 p.m.

I own two Porches and I could care less---

aussiesmg
aussiesmg UltimaDork
7/27/13 9:09 p.m.
viking wrote: I own two Porches and I could care less---

I like you

M030
M030 Dork
7/27/13 9:30 p.m.

I own two Porsches as well, and I could not care less

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/27/13 9:41 p.m.
M030 wrote: I own two Porsches as well, and I could not care less

I own two Porsches and I'm going to turn off the computer and go for a drive.

JoeyM
JoeyM Mod Squad
7/27/13 10:19 p.m.
shadetree30 wrote: Higashi no kaze ame...

Domo. Boku wa sore o shiranai-deE36 M3a.

[EDIT] Wow, the GRM filter doesn't like Japanese past-tense in romaji

M030
M030 Dork
7/27/13 10:42 p.m.
Woody wrote:
M030 wrote: I own two Porsches as well, and I could not care less
I own two Porsches and I'm going to turn off the computer and go work on them
Beer Baron
Beer Baron UltimaDork
7/28/13 12:17 a.m.

Hallo. Ich mochte die kassespatzel mit speck und zwiebeln, und ein grosse pils bitte. Danke.

Beer Baron
Beer Baron UltimaDork
7/28/13 12:27 a.m.
irish44j wrote: Americans suck at foreign word pronunciation. Most Americans only speak one language (unlike most foreigners, who speak several), and most Americans aren't interested in pronouncing said languages correctly. I've given up caring about it.

Thats because we dont need to. The USA is larger than Europe and has a common language. The largest country in continental Europe is smaller than Texas. Second largest smaller than California. As soon as you cross a border they speak a different language. Hell Belgium is about the size of New York and speaks four!

Heck, if a German and a Frenchman met at a cafe in Italy, they would probably end up speaking English to each other.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/28/13 1:43 a.m.

phaze1todd
phaze1todd HalfDork
7/28/13 5:06 a.m.

"allright, I got this. . ."

shadetree30
shadetree30 Reader
7/28/13 6:32 a.m.
JoeyM wrote:
shadetree30 wrote: Higashi no kaze ame...
Domo. Boku wa sore o shiranai-deE36 M3a. [EDIT] Wow, the GRM filter doesn't like Japanese past-tense in romaji

BTW, you know where "higashi no kaze ame" came from? BTW(2) I have no idea what your reply ^^^was!

iceracer
iceracer UberDork
7/28/13 9:08 a.m.
The_Jed wrote: I say Porsche. But apparently I mispronounce Flah-rida.

No, it is floor eeda

JoeyM
JoeyM Mod Squad
7/28/13 9:25 a.m.
shadetree30 wrote:
JoeyM wrote:
shadetree30 wrote: Higashi no kaze ame...
Domo. Boku wa sore o shiranai-deE36 M3a. [EDIT] Wow, the GRM filter doesn't like Japanese past-tense in romaji
BTW, you know where "higashi no kaze ame" came from? BTW(2) I have no idea what your reply ^^^was!

I didn't until you posted that and I looked it up. My response was (in really informal Japanese, e.g. "boku" instead of "watashi"):

"Thanks. I didn't know that."

(with a link to the wiki article on the Winds Code)

I'm sure that many who post here have a far better vocabulary and grammar, and could say this in a more sophisticated manner.

iceracer
iceracer UberDork
7/28/13 9:27 a.m.

After working on my boss's '73 911, I still call it a glorified VW.
so I don't care how it is pronounced.

logdog
logdog GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/28/13 9:30 a.m.

This thread needs more pictures of Porsches!

shadetree30
shadetree30 Reader
7/28/13 9:45 a.m.
JoeyM wrote:
shadetree30 wrote:
JoeyM wrote:
shadetree30 wrote: Higashi no kaze ame...
Domo. Boku wa sore o shiranai-deE36 M3a. [EDIT] Wow, the GRM filter doesn't like Japanese past-tense in romaji
BTW, you know where "higashi no kaze ame" came from? BTW(2) I have no idea what your reply ^^^was!
I didn't until you posted that and I looked it up. My response was (in really informal Japanese, e.g. "boku" instead of "watashi"):
"Thanks. I didn't know that."
(with a link to the wiki article on the Winds Code) I'm sure that many who post here have a far better vocabulary and grammar, and could say this in a more sophisticated manner.

Certainly not me. You have just witnessed four of the five Japanese words I know...(FWIW I have a friend who can translate Japanese into Arabic in his head...)

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 Reader
7/28/13 9:57 a.m.

Und Ich nehme bitte einen Fleischkaese mitzunehmen!

Beer Baron wrote: Hallo. Ich mochte die kassespatzel mit speck und zwiebeln, und ein grosse pils bitte. Danke.
nicksta43
nicksta43 SuperDork
7/28/13 10:55 a.m.

Nerds

novaderrik
novaderrik UberDork
7/28/13 11:41 a.m.
paranoid_android74 wrote: Und Ich nehme bitte einen Fleischkaese mitzunehmen!
Beer Baron wrote: Hallo. Ich mochte die kassespatzel mit speck und zwiebeln, und ein grosse pils bitte. Danke.

Fahrvergnügen

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 Reader
7/28/13 12:47 p.m.

nicksta43 wrote: Nerds
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