Ok, we got that settled - Now let's discuss the misuse of "loose" and "lose".
"loose" - Not tight, wobbly, unsecure.
"lose" - Not win, be defeated, or, misplaced.
Quoted TextOk, we got that settled - Now let's discuss the misuse of "loose" and "lose".
"loose" - Not tight, wobbly, unsecure.
"lose" - Not win, be defeated, or, misplaced.
Their they're, Steve! We don't want to have to go to those lengths...
What I got from another post was that what we call a fender in the US was called a bumper in the UK. The bar across the front and/or rear of the vehicle was called a bumper here always with the exception of a style of bumper used in custom vehicles which were once called nerf bars.
If a fender was called a bumper what was a bumper called at the same time? And is the term bumper for a fender still in use today?
Other differences are we wear our vests under our shirts and our pants under our trousers and if you go in to the meswear department and ask for suspenders you will be directed to the ladies department amid much sniggering.
Quoted TextWhat I got from another post was that what we call a fender in the US was called a bumper in the UK. The bar across the front and/or rear of the vehicle was called a bumper here always with the exception of a style of bumper used in custom vehicles which were once called nerf bars.
If a fender was called a bumper what was a bumper called at the same time? And is the term bumper for a fender still in use today?
In South Africa a bumper is the protective protrusion at the front & rear of a vehicle, meant to absorb the initial impact of a collision.
A fender is the sheet metal on the outside of a vehicles body / shell usually over the wheel area.
A nerf bar is used for pushing light brush or scrub out the way when going cross country.
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you'll find we refer to the metric measure with the spelling Metre, not Meter. Meter is something that you put money in to park, the taxi driver uses to extract the fare from you and the gas company uses to see how much gas you've used to fire your boiler. A clue is the spelling centimetre, not spelt centimeter is it... 
....Al ....(eidt).....Srroy if I dno't selpl vrey wlel.I've grown up in the States and now live in the UK, so I am used to calling a fender a "wing", but what on Earth is a nerf bar? Surely not a 1980s soft kid's toy strapped to your car?...
Tom
Language is what separates us from the apes. Of course you don't see as many confused apes...
Hi
When you folks finally get round to ditching the old imperial measuring system and join the rest of the 21st Century
When having fun poked at us I always think we have a right to our little quirks, after all it's our language, the trouble is like everything in life that someone borrows, they don't always look after it, treat it the same as you do and give it back in the same condition they found it
Alan
Quoted TextHi
When you folks finally get round to ditching the old imperial measuring system and join the rest of the 21st Century
When having fun poked at us I always think we have a right to our little quirks, after all it's our language, the trouble is like everything in life that someone borrows, they don't always look after it, treat it the same as you do and give it back in the same condition they found it
Alan
I'll pose another one...
When spoken, "Kilometre" (or kilometer)
"Ki lO me ter" or "Ki lom et er"
Both pronounciations are in common usage but which is more "correct"? I say the first one.
I'll pose another one...
When spoken, "Kilometre" (or kilometer)
"Ki lO me ter" or "Ki lom et er"
Both pronounciations are in common usage but which is more "correct"? I say the first one.
Quoted TextI'll pose another one...
When spoken, "Kilometre" (or kilometer)
"Ki lO me ter" or "Ki lom et er"
Both pronounciations are in common usage but which is more "correct"? I say the first one.
Strictly speaking, it's the latter. A kilometer would be a machine for measuring kilos. A kilometre is a collection of a thousand metres. You wouldn't say centimetre ...
I don't how many of you Brits live around the Sheffield area...but when I was stationed in Pirmasens Germany we had a tailor from Sheffield...I only understood about every fifth word he said. He had a very thick accent. He was speaking English but i couldn't tell. I can't understand some people from deep down in the hills of West Virginia...even when they speak slowly.
) all the posts, I've spotted one glaring ommision, the pronunciation of the letter Z.
Having read (red ??
As in Zed or Zee !
Here in Canada it's pronounced Zed, same in the U.K. I believe.
Don't you love all the variations !!!
Cheers
jjumbo
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