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That is so funny, BF read a post of mine the other day and he was laughing at my english- I had written things like "I guess" and that sort of thing. I just want to fit in so I do it. Any time I have inadvertently used a very Irish saying I always get asked what it means. We must make more of an effort to use our own dialects of English !!
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Garbage?
#136574 - 01/09/05 02:44 PM
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ptillen
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I thought I knew UK English pretty well, but...
garbage, as opposed to- what?- rubbish?
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Rubbish!
#136577 - 01/09/05 02:56 PM
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cailin
Reged: 08/12/04
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Yip, Paula its rubbish, rubbish bin instead of garbage can etc
Oh and for garage "Garidge" (rhymes with carriage) instead of "Gar-ah-ge"
The word "trash" only exist here in the phrase "white trash" which came from the US anyway.
Differences in language fascinate me!
Anyone with any questions send them this way and Natalie and I will be delighted to assist!
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Canadians write cheque too! 
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I've lived all over the US and have been interested in the various differences in local "dialects". It really is amazing the variety of accents and phrases (I am also fascinated by the differences within the UK as well). But I have two questions:
1. (for UK) is the letter "z" used in British english, other than maybe zebra?
2. (for US) has anybody heard of chipped ham? (I assumed everyone has) 
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Z in the uk!
#136584 - 01/09/05 03:22 PM
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Natalie1985
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Ive been trying to think of word with z in them and to be honest I cant think of any! Sinead may be able to help me on this one???...but I dont think we do....zebra, zylophone(sp?) thats as much as I can think of...words that end in ised.. always seem to be 's' in the uk and 'z' in america!
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I almost forgot the obvious--zoo! How about crazy ?(I can't possibly believe you'd spell it "crasy", but I believe the preferred term is "mad"). 
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nope its definately not crasy....it is late over here nearly midnight, hence the reason I am slow tonight!lol! and ofcourse zoo...trying to think of things that rhyme with crazy....oh yea...lazy, hazy(I think...hmm not sure if we even spell it like that...and I went to grammar school..shame on me!)...thought of more...craze...daze...haze...maize(I think...god I really do need a dictionary...all of mine are in spanish!)...snooze, ooze, breeze...oh yes...Im on a roll now....lol... 
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I'd love to read Irish expressions. Bring them on!
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I am stuck on the Z one!
Its certainly not used nearly as much as in US English. Zebra obviously, xylophone is spelt with an X though! Its in things like haze, azure, zoo, etc but its definitely the hardest letter to get rid of in scrabble! (unless you have a Q and no U!)
The other one that interests me is we have words ending with -OUR and your words end in -OR like labour, colour etc.
If you are fascinated by UK accents you want to study Irish ones! I had friends from college who were from towns only 100 miles from me and they used words (and had surnames) that I had NEVER heard of. Some Irish accents are impossible. And for the record NO-ONE in Ireland speaks Hollywood Irish..top of the morning to ya! (think Tom Cruise in Far & Away) My accent is very Irish but not really connected to any one place in Ireland since I am away from home 11 years, 5 of which I spent in Limerick in the southwest and the other 6 I spent in Dublin (until I spend a week at home and then it goes back to my Wexford drawl where noone pronounces the T at the end of a word or the "th" in the middle Goodnigh' or somthin')
Nat- have you a real scouse twang...like Jackie Corkhill?
Just curious..what is chipped ham?
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