red750 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 How to you pronounce GHOTI?Answer....FISH. GH as in rough. O as in women TI as in ignition. By that logic, my marital partner is my YPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 The NewZealand town of Whakatane, starts with an F (WH=F) spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 The NewZealand town of Whakatane, starts with an F (WH=F)spacesailor That's just whucking weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I'm a bit what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 That's where comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Hoof hart hed.? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Funny story. The Australian Jockey Club rejected "Hoof Hearted' as a name for a galloper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 There is a bumper sticker " whale oil beef hooked " and I can almost hear a Yorkshireman saying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Took a few seconds to ring my bell ! Good one spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 One of the most incorrectly used words, on forums and in social media, is the word "use" itself. Whether pronounced yooz, or yuce, it is often misused, particularly in the past tense form, 'used'. So many people write "I use to go swimming". They are speaking about the past, so the correct expression is "I used to go swimming." This is because, when speaking, they pronounce it yuce-ta. Another common mistake is swapping 'of' for 'have', as in "I could of cried" when they should have said "I could have cried". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 On the English Facebook. I have a Very Hard time deciphering the language, there's far too much profanity in each sentence, they must type a third more letters than necessary. BUT They can & are, communicating. spacesailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 There are lots of young people now who say "goes like" when they mean "said". As in.. She goes like " that was stupid " so I go like " no it wasn't". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Remember Kylie Mole? “She goes, she goes, she just....goes!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Thinking about words spelled and pronounced the same, but with different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. One that springs to mind is....oh yes, MIND. 1 Are you out of your mind? 2 Would you mind passing the butter? 3 Don't mind me, I'm just passing though. 4 Would you mind my place while I go to the bathroom? 5 Mind your step, No wonder people say English is a difficult language to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Never mind, I tried to learn French years ago. "Every object in French is either masculine or feminine, just to help make your language learning that little bit trickier! Examples of feminine objects: a table (unetable) a car (une voiture)Mar 24, 2013 " Then I tried "Esperanto" same result, ?. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Bless this ship and all who sail in HER. It's everywhere.. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Is that not really "la table" or "le voiture" I think une means one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 AH! La plume de ma tante est sur la bureau de mon oncle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 un deux trous 123. une can mean a.???..... feminine. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I'm trying to learn French - the teacher on the CD's says not to worry about the masculine and feminine when talking, because the French just cut everything down to "l" instead of "la" or "le". Eg l'table, l'maison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Does anyone remember Armand, the poncy French boy existing in Molesworthy's French text book? molesworth molesworth / Self Demonstrating - TV Tropes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Not in the UK books !. No pictures, unlike Comic,s, that the teachers so despised. & we loved. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Our French textbook was all about Madame Souris and her mouse family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Here's another one to confuse the hell out of newcomers to English - Bolts and nuts. Fruit and nuts. Are you nuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Buggered if I know. But I am pretty sure.....I am abnormally normal. No I mean normally abnormal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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