Distant Guns : Jutland - entering beta

External Since: Nov 12, 2007 Posts: 6

"The DA" <thedevilsadvocaat.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> <eddysterckx.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On 18 dec, 13:03, Giftzwerg <giftzwerg....DeleteThis@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> In article <091068fe-45e0-4ccf-a3de-
>>> 7041e3ab9....DeleteThis@d27g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, eddyster....DeleteThis@hotmail.com
>>> says...
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>>> > > Isn't this this an English way of saying "without hope"? Like in
>>> > > "This time
>>> > > I'm done..."
>>>
>>> > I think the correct English in that case is "to be done for"
>>>
>>> > Plenty of English natives around to correct either of us I suppose Smile

>>>
>>> Most Americans, though, use diction and idiom like Boss Nass, and of
>>> Yoda have the syntax.
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>> This is not limited to just USA-nians. Languages are not static, they
>> evolve, and the meaning of something can over the years completely
>> reverse. Spelling and grammar always play catch-up to IRL. If enough
>> people use a particular "faulty" term, it'll become the "correct" term
>> over time. I don't know what the situation is in the English speaking
>> world but for Dutch, French and German there's a sort of "language
>> academy" which determines the standard, and which introduces spelling
>> and grammar reforms. Dutch has gone through 2 minor spelling reforms
>> recently and German just had a major one.
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Eddy Sterckx
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> The first British-English vs American-English example that springs to mind
> is the American 'I could care less' vs. the British 'I couldn't care
> less'. I opt for the latter and always feel like replying to Amricans 'I
> could care less, too. And?'
>

Another little example: in Engfland if something 'goes like a bomb' it is a
great success;

In America it something 'bombs' it is a total failure.

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External Since: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 445

> Another little example: in Engfland if something 'goes like a bomb' it is
> a
> great success;
>
> In America it something 'bombs' it is a total failure.

"It's a bomb!" means "It is great!" in Italian, too. And a "flop" is a
"flop" over here, too - and now I really dunno if we actually imported the
word or were the one who exported it Surprised

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