Please stop saying "and" in your numbers

[deva]

Hello podsquad,

I love the podcast. You guys are great. One request...

I hate to sound like a nit, and nobody is perfect, but I'm a math teacher and it hurts me every time you guys say a number, for example "2008," but pronounce it "two-thousand and eight. Saying "and" while pronouncing a number is only to represent a decimal point, and the portion of the number spoken after the "and" represents the decimal (fractional) portion of the number.

You guys probably have youngsters listening and hopefully they have good math teachers and realize the way you guys pronounce it is wrong.

[UrsulasShadow]

Here's a thread for you... http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1728408 ...we're all very pissy over there about spelling and grammar, so you'll fit right in.

[drakethib]

I ain't even caring about no grammar while I am on the boards.

Gotta worry about that bs while at work

My 2 cents.

[Tissa]

Great now I have another reason to be afraid to post around here. I might get judged for my writing. :rolleyes:

[drakethib]

Great now I have another reason to be afraid to post around here. I might get judged for my writing. :rolleyes:

A FELLOW TEXAN !!!!

"The starts at night....."

[gigi1313]

Hello podsquad,

I love the podcast. You guys are great. One request...

I hate to sound like a nit, and nobody is perfect, but I'm a math teacher and it hurts me every time you guys say a number, for example "2008," but pronounce it "two-thousand and eight. Saying "and" while pronouncing a number is only to represent a decimal point, and the portion of the number spoken after the "and" represents the decimal (fractional) portion of the number.

You guys probably have youngsters listening and hopefully they have good math teachers and realize the way you guys pronounce it is wrong.

and here i thought i was the *only* one with that pet peeve... thanks for sharing... it drives me bonkers and i'm not even a math teacher! *EVERYONE* does it now...

[*NikkiBell*]

ROFL...I *AM* a reading/language arts/grammar teacher and this didn't bug me. ;) :lmao: :rotfl2: :goodvibes

[Regina]

Hello podsquad,

I love the podcast. You guys are great. One request...

I hate to sound like a nit, and nobody is perfect, but I'm a math teacher and it hurts me every time you guys say a number, for example "2008," but pronounce it "two-thousand and eight. Saying "and" while pronouncing a number is only to represent a decimal point, and the portion of the number spoken after the "and" represents the decimal (fractional) portion of the number.

You guys probably have youngsters listening and hopefully they have good math teachers and realize the way you guys pronounce it is wrong.

Wait a minute. You listen to Bawb week after week and this is the only thing that bothers you?? :eek: You have to tell me your secret. ;)

[Madi100]

That is so funny. When I was in 7th grade our math teacher came into our English class and told us that he had written a letter to the radio station, because they are always saying and when they pronounced numbers. It has stuck with me and I never use the and, but I will never forget the look on all of our faces. Can you imagine that being important to a bunch of 13 year olds? We all thought he was nuts.

[sorul82?]

Ok, here's mine: Someone has a thread called "How many days do you got left?" It drives me crazy!

[SamSam]

:rotfl: Please.....everyone hears or reads grammatical errors that bug them! No one should have to worry about posting on these boards. We each have things that make us an 'individual'. Thank goodness!
:lmao: Okay, here's one that makes me smile, when someone writes "What do you do if you loose an item?" lose, loose

[nikjd68]

I think you demean people when you criticize their syntax, especially when you know perfectly well what they mean.

People say "Twenty-oh-eight", "two-thousand eight", maybe even "twenty aught eight" or "Y2K8" in addition to "two-thousand and eight" (I'm sure there are other examples out there). Since we all know what people mean, that tends to make the forms acceptable, not unacceptable.

[Minniemouse07]

I'm right there with you!

I had a teacher harp on us about it in college and it has stuck w/ me ever since.

It really riles me when I hear numbers and years misstated on the news or the radio.

I've almost reached the point of a letter writing campaign!

Although, I have to say... I haven't found it bothering me on the podcast. Maybe the aura of Disney just clouds my mind and I don't hear it! :confused3

[Dale-Not-Chip]

I've been listening to the podcast since two thousand and six and saying it this way is a habit. It is very hard to break, and often has nothing to do with their education or teachers. how we talk is taught by the parents and where we grew up.

Good thing we don't have any annoying habits.;)

[georgemoe]

The podcast is fine the way it is. Don't change a thing. :goodvibes

[beachwarmer]

101 Dalmatians.........:rolleyes1

Did you put the "and" in the title???:)

[Dale-Not-Chip]

101 Dalmatians.........:rolleyes1

Did you put the "and" in the title???:)

Disney says it with the and in the title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpW8wqE_Rac


If Disney uses and then a Disney podcast can to.:thumbsup2

[fakereadhed]

I really feel for the Podcast Crew. :sad2: This board is simultaneously the most fun and the most whiny. Totally split personality! I think it is one thing to pick on DISers grammar :rolleyes: , but to nitpick the podcasters is quite something. :rolleyes1 People freak out about leaving their voice on an email, but these guys record every week for us. I think they all do a wonderful job- even though they are human. Maybe I'm weird, but the human part is one of the things that I think sets this podcast apart from the others...in a good way.

[bcvdreamer]

I agree with fakeredhead.

[MenashaCorp]

I really feel for the Podcast Crew. :sad2: This board is simultaneously the most fun and the most whiny. Totally split personality! I think it is one thing to pick on DISers grammar :rolleyes: , but to nitpick the podcasters is quite something. :rolleyes1 People freak out about leaving their voice on an email, but these guys record every week for us. I think they all do a wonderful job- even though they are human. Maybe I'm weird, but the human part is one of the things that I think sets this podcast apart from the others...in a good way.


Well said. AND. I'm the son of an english teacher, so I am in danger of being called "Grammar Nazi" every day. AND I come here/listen to escape reality to a degree, so that stuff is sooooo unimportant. AND We are not a "flaming" community (as in slamming others).

Now, am I r-e-a-l-l-y that worked up by this thread? Shyeah!! As if! This is a fun place and (almost) nothing can change that. :thumbsup2

I don't think the OP is a troll; some of my favorite things in the world are flawed. I think he/she likely thinks the same. We love those we love for their flaws... :goodvibes

[Cyrano]

Wait a minute. You listen to Bawb week after week and this is the only thing that bothers you?? :eek: You have to tell me your secret. ;)

:lmao: :lmao: :rotfl: Sharp as every Regina :worship:

[chip 'n dale rule]

Disney says it with the and in the title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpW8wqE_Rac


If Disney uses and then a Disney podcast can to.:thumbsup2

I think you meant "too" :rolleyes1 ;)

[fakereadhed]

I'm the son of an english teacher, so I am in danger of being called "Grammar Nazi" every day.

:laughing: My mom is a retired first grade teacher. My kids call me "The Grammar Fairy."

My point was just that even though this thread may be all in fun, if I was doing the podcast I wouldn't want to read it, KWIM?

[jadedbeauty14304]

Hello podsquad,

I love the podcast. You guys are great. One request...

I hate to sound like a nit, and nobody is perfect, but I'm a math teacher and it hurts me every time you guys say a number, for example "2008," but pronounce it "two-thousand and eight. Saying "and" while pronouncing a number is only to represent a decimal point, and the portion of the number spoken after the "and" represents the decimal (fractional) portion of the number.

You guys probably have youngsters listening and hopefully they have good math teachers and realize the way you guys pronounce it is wrong.

This post makes me a giggle a little bit inside. I can just imagine all of the young people listening to the podcast and thinking "Wow, thank heavens for our math teacher Mr. Smith, who taught us the correct way to speak numbers! It would be a shame to be corrupted by the podcast and the "and" in 2008!"

In reality they are probably sitting and dreaming about their upcoming vacation. I don't think there is any reason to be concerned for our children. I mean no offense to OP, but really now! LOL!:rotfl2:

:goodvibes

[Madi100]

I really feel for the Podcast Crew. :sad2: This board is simultaneously the most fun and the most whiny. Totally split personality! I think it is one thing to pick on DISers grammar :rolleyes: , but to nitpick the podcasters is quite something. :rolleyes1 People freak out about leaving their voice on an email, but these guys record every week for us. I think they all do a wonderful job- even though they are human. Maybe I'm weird, but the human part is one of the things that I think sets this podcast apart from the others...in a good way.

VERY WELL SAID!!!

[MenashaCorp]

:laughing: My mom is a retired first grade teacher. My kids call me "The Grammar Fairy."

My point was just that even though this thread may be all in fun, if I was doing the podcast I wouldn't want to read it, KWIM?

Yup. :goodvibes In the words of renowned grammarian Randy Jackson, "I feel ya, Dawg."

[willis37862]

I am guilty of throwing "and" in there too. :rolleyes1 Doesn't bother me either way but then I am guilty of getting tongue tied and rambling on a daily basis. I would never want the job of talking for a living. My hats off to them for doing it every week :goodvibes

[clombardi]

Ok, here's mine: Someone has a thread called "How many days do you got left?" It drives me crazy!

I am a complete freak! I actually wrote to the moderator and asked to have that thread name changed because it feels like fingernails on a chalkboard each time I see it. We teachers really are pains in the you know what!

[IHeartTink04]

I have never even noticed it.

There is no way we could start asking them to say everything correctly.

I feel for you guys too!

[Dale-Not-Chip]

I think you meant "too" :rolleyes1 ;)

Man you can't let your guard down for a minute. Stick and move, stick and move.:lmao:

[wishspirit]

101 Dalmatians.........:rolleyes1

Did you put the "and" in the title???:)

So true!!

I can't think of saying 101 without the and, and i grew up with BBC English. I guess its an 'each to their own' thing!

[deva]

OP here,

Wow, what a difference between the math teacher community and the Disney community. I guess not everyone is as sensitive as me about it. Oh well, I guess I'll have to live with it.

[Derby4me]

This whole thread sounds a little to serious to me! These are the disboards not work! Let's keep things in context.

[Stroller Boy]

I think the real issue, generally speaking, is the sensitivity to anything and everything in this country. I'll bet there's someone out there who's offended when "and" isn't used! If we all worried about how we said everything we'd all be raving lunatics, although, I'll bet there's a pill for that...and being in the pharma industry, perhaps I should agree with you... :-) The real question here is how do we cross this discussion over into something "Disney"???? Perhaps PC and park behavior? LOL (I try not to take myself too seriously as a rule...actually, I'm just wondering how I got sucked up into this! ha!)

[MenashaCorp]

OP here,

Wow, what a difference between the math teacher community and the Disney community. I guess not everyone is as sensitive as me about it. Oh well, I guess I'll have to live with it.

Not flaming - just illuminating. Everyone has a "pet peeve." We love the Podcast and, well, I will say I love that the OP is listening and posting. IT'S DISNEY!! Ergo... it's all good..... :goodvibes

Speak your mind!! This Podcast rocks in large part because it's real and the 'Casters show their humanity. You should do the same!

Political Correctness for its' own sake Sucks. DISers are generally positive because we share a love of Disney.

[DisneyKevin]

It has been pointed out that I say " I gotta tell you..." too often.

It has also been pointed out that I use the word "actually" too much.

I dont believe that I use "and" when saying the date.

But...I gotta tell you, I actually think I'll start saying it untill two thousand and twleve. :lmao:

[Madi100]

It has been pointed out that I say " I gotta tell you..." too often.

It has also been pointed out that I use the word "actually" too much.

I dont believe that I use "and" when saying the date.

But...I gotta tell you, I actually think I'll start saying it untill two thousand and twleve. :lmao:

Kevin, I gotta tell you, I've never actually heard you say any of those, but look forward to listening to all of that in future podcasts :)

[disneycruise05]

I have never heard this rule in all my years of school (I am a junior in college). However, I did have a crazy vice-principal in high school. I went to school in Germany (this comes to play, trust me...). He wrote a letter to the editor of the Stars and Stripes saying how everybody was, I believe his exact word was, stupid since we said two-thousand and five as opposed to twenty-oh-five. Now, the Stars and Stripes is a military newspaper. Not only in Germany...not only in Europe, but everywhere the military is. So, our school was made fun of by EVERY SCHOOL IN THE DODDS SYSTEM. Oh well.

And, if we're correcting grammar..."podsquad" is a proper noun. It is referencing a group of people. So, it should be capitalized and read "Hello Podsquad," not "Hello podsquad."

[MenashaCorp]

It has been pointed out that I say " I gotta tell you..." too often.

It has also been pointed out that I use the word "actually" too much.

I dont believe that I use "and" when saying the date.

But...I gotta tell you, I actually think I'll start saying it untill two thousand and twleve. :lmao:

Ernst Stavro Klosefeld rox, Ladies and Jellyspoons... :banana:

[miss missy]

My 2 cents is this is a place to have fun, dis the rules, forgetaboutthem and just be happy to be ... there are boards that want to point out this and that opinion, I dont want to see that on this board EVER please no no no.

I am glad you OP are letting it go, I think you may get used to it around here :goodvibes welcome to the no rule part of the baords!

[UrsulasShadow]

I think the real issue, generally speaking, is the sensitivity to anything and everything in this country. I'll bet there's someone out there who's offended when "and" isn't used! If we all worried about how we said everything we'd all be raving lunatics, although, I'll bet there's a pill for that...and being in the pharma industry, perhaps I should agree with you... :-) The real question here is how do we cross this discussion over into something "Disney"???? Perhaps PC and park behavior? LOL (I try not to take myself too seriously as a rule...actually, I'm just wondering how I got sucked up into this! ha!)
I have to know now...why did you EVEN think you'd get away with trying to choose a name OTHER than "Stroller Boy"?

And for all of those people who use "and" in their numeric recitations...how do you fill out the word portions of your checks? Suppose you have a check for $1917.73...do you write out One thousand and nine hundred and seventeen and 73/100? How do you fit all that on that eensy-weensy little line???

I probably irritate the bank tellers, though...I write Nineteen hundred seventeen and 73/100.

[Stroller Boy]

I have to know now...why did you EVEN think you'd get away with trying to choose a name OTHER than "Stroller Boy"?

And for all of those people who use "and" in their numeric recitations...how do you fill out the word portions of your checks? Suppose you have a check for $1917.73...do you write out One thousand and nine hundred and seventeen and 73/100? How do you fit all that on that eensy-weensy little line???

I probably irritate the bank tellers, though...I write Nineteen hundred seventeen and 73/100.

Getting off the post topic, but....the funny part is that we own six strollers for two kids, and even bought a stoller specifically for our Disney trip this fall. If that's not the new definition of madness, I don't know what is.

2000 and 8, 2000 and 8, 2000 and 8! Phew, got that out of my system! LOL

:banana: Nothing to dance about, just wanted to put this guy in a post!

Oh, and I WAS going to change my username to "Stroller-boy", but now that Pete has said he's going to use his magical webmaster powers to do it.....I'm holding out.

[Madi100]

I have to know now...why did you EVEN think you'd get away with trying to choose a name OTHER than "Stroller Boy"?

And for all of those people who use "and" in their numeric recitations...how do you fill out the word portions of your checks? Suppose you have a check for $1917.73...do you write out One thousand and nine hundred and seventeen and 73/100? How do you fit all that on that eensy-weensy little line???

I probably irritate the bank tellers, though...I write Nineteen hundred seventeen and 73/100.

I requested two lines for that part of my checks :) I think it's one of those things that over time has just not gotten to be a big deal. However, I did just ask my daughter if that is still taught (she's a 5th grader), and it is.

[cocowum]

I have to know now...why did you EVEN think you'd get away with trying to choose a name OTHER than "Stroller Boy"?

And for all of those people who use "and" in their numeric recitations...how do you fill out the word portions of your checks? Suppose you have a check for $1917.73...do you write out One thousand and nine hundred and seventeen and 73/100? How do you fit all that on that eensy-weensy little line???

I probably irritate the bank tellers, though...I write Nineteen hundred seventeen and 73/100.

Mindy,
I haven't written a check since Two thousand and four. ;)

Gotta love online banking! :upsidedow :upsidedow :upsidedow

BTW, I miss your Ursula avatar. :sad1: ...:laughing:

[Miss Stitch]

Hello podsquad,

I love the podcast. You guys are great. One request...

I hate to sound like a nit, and nobody is perfect, but I'm a math teacher and it hurts me every time you guys say a number, for example "2008," but pronounce it "two-thousand and eight. Saying "and" while pronouncing a number is only to represent a decimal point, and the portion of the number spoken after the "and" represents the decimal (fractional) portion of the number.

You guys probably have youngsters listening and hopefully they have good math teachers and realize the way you guys pronounce it is wrong.

Don't come over to the UK then. This is the way it is always done.;). We were taught it that way at school. It is not wrong to me.:confused3

It seems strange to me without the and.

[Stroller Boy]

Don't come over to the UK then. This is the way it is always done.;). We were taught it that way at school. It is not wrong to me.:confused3

It seems strange to me without the and.

I'm glad you said this! I almost mentioned this in my previous post (work with alot of UK folks), but I wasn't sure. If I'm not mistaken, English comes from England, right (I'm sure someone will point out my mistake here...something to do with latin derivative or something...ugh)

So, I gotta tell ya, if we US folks want to be the good global citizens that we'd like to think we are...then we should lobby to have this rule changed!

First the finger print scanner, now the word "and" in numbers, we're on a roll! I can feel my stroller-boy powers growing, no wait, that's just the coffee kicking in...

[wishspirit]

Don't come over to the UK then. This is the way it is always done.;). We were taught it that way at school. It is not wrong to me.:confused3

It seems strange to me without the and.

It's true! I can't think of saying it any other way!
Im now going to religiously watch the news to see if they say 2000 and 8, because thats BBC English, therefore law! ;)

Im pretty sure thats how you say it anyay :confused3

[Minniemouse07]

I was taught by our Mathematics professor in college that the AND was pronounced only when you see a decimal point.

So..
$1,245 would be stated as, "one thousand, two hundred forty-five dollars"

$1,245.52 would be stated as, "one thousand, two hundred forty-five dollars AND fifty-two cents"

When stating non-monetary numbers the same rules apply. Two thousand eight not Two thousand AND eight because the latter would be mathematically written as 2000.8.

The class was called Teaching Elementary Mathematics. We spent an entire two weeks on correctly identifying numbers so it really stuck in my brain! The professor told us he was such a stickler because as teachers of young children we needed to be correct in order to teach it correctly!

[Stroller Boy]

It's true! I can't think of saying it any other way!
Im now going to religiously watch the news to see if they say 2000 and 8, because thats BBC English, therefore law! ;)

Im pretty sure thats how you say it anyay :confused3

Yeah, but you guys also use an "s" in organization.....which is totally a pet peeve of mine! LOL Actually, I find myself using the s instead of the z myself most of the time! So that's what they meant by "british invasion", ahhhh, now I get it! It's a grammar war!

Okay, enough out of me, I'm having way too much fun here. :)

Disclaimer: Since I don't take myself all that seriously, I'm hoping that no one else does!

[Madi100]

Getting off the post topic, but....the funny part is that we own six strollers for two kids, and even bought a stoller specifically for our Disney trip this fall. If that's not the new definition of madness, I don't know what is.

2000 and 8, 2000 and 8, 2000 and 8! Phew, got that out of my system! LOL

:banana: Nothing to dance about, just wanted to put this guy in a post!

Oh, and I WAS going to change my username to "Stroller-boy", but now that Pete has said he's going to use his magical webmaster powers to do it.....I'm holding out.


You just want to see if he really has the power to, don't you?

[UrsulasShadow]

Mindy,
I haven't written a check since Two thousand and four. ;)

Gotta love online banking! :upsidedow :upsidedow :upsidedow

BTW, I miss your Ursula avatar. :sad1: ...:laughing:
I'll put her back...just for you. I have several Ursulas.

[MenashaCorp]

Who was that Simpson?

[SamIAm21]

It has been pointed out that I say " I gotta tell you..." too often.

It has also been pointed out that I use the word "actually" too much.

I dont believe that I use "and" when saying the date.

But...I gotta tell you, I actually think I'll start saying it untill two thousand and twleve. :lmao:

Now that's funny!

I gotta tell you, it's a podcast, not a public broadcasting station documentary. Y'all can talk and say 200 and 8 or I gotta tell ya, or Interventions, or Dianer, paster (pasta), all you want. It's like listening to a conversation with your friends. Does the OP correct his/her friends grammatical/linguistic faux-pas? :rolleyes:

[Dale-Not-Chip]

One of the reasons this always gets such a large response is because it's just as many people pet peeve to be corrected as it is for you to hear something incorrect.

Obviously then, I'm using bad manners now too. Please excuse me.

Expert: Amanda Gamble
Date: 1/28/2006
Subject: Correcting Someones Grammar and/or Etiquette

Question
Dear Ms. Gamble,

I have a brother-in-law that loves to correct other people's grammar and/or etiquette in a public setting despite his own inadequate manners. Are these corrections considered rude? If so, how do I handle him when I see him embarrassing someone else again?

Fondly,
Melanie



Answer
Dear Melanie,
It is considered a worse breech of etiquette to point
out someone else's mistake than the mistake itself, no
matter what is is!

The only people he is qualified to correct are his
own (minor) children. Anyone else is neither his concern
nor responsibility. It can be like nails on a chalkboard
to listen to someone who doesn't speak properly or does
weird things with the butter knife. (My personal pet peeve)
However, the basis of all good etiquette is kindness towards
others, so in that vein, we all must ignore the unpleasant.

Short snappy quotes on the subject might be hard to find..

'The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.' -Gabriol

'Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.' ~Eric Hoffer

As the point of these might be lost on your Boor in Law,
the next thing to do would be to rescue the person he is
trying to humiliate. There is a famous story of a hostess
who saw her guest drinking the contents of his finger bowl.
To save him from noticing the horrified facial expressions
of the assembled company, she promptly drank the contents
of her own finger bowl.

The world would be a much nicer place if everyone thought
so much about the feelings of others.

Best regards,
Amanda Gamble

[MenashaCorp]

OK, I am NOT drinking anyone's finger bowl water!! Even my own!:lmao:

[grizbuzz]

I really feel for the Podcast Crew. :sad2: This board is simultaneously the most fun and the most whiny. Totally split personality! I think it is one thing to pick on DISers grammar :rolleyes: , but to nitpick the podcasters is quite something. :rolleyes1 People freak out about leaving their voice on an email, but these guys record every week for us. I think they all do a wonderful job- even though they are human. Maybe I'm weird, but the human part is one of the things that I think sets this podcast apart from the others...in a good way.


No nitpicking podcasters, unless you're BAWB. Geez...you'd think the Podcast crew had never been to Boston or something. Poor guy can't get a sentence out without someone jumping down his throat. I know he can take it and sometimes it is awfully funny. But still...

I vote for saying "and" in 2008 and for "BAWB"onics! ;)

[fakereadhed]

No nitpicking podcasters, unless you're BAWB. Geez...you'd think the Podcast crew had never been to Boston or something. Poor guy can't get a sentence out without someone jumping down his throat. I know he can take it and sometimes it is awfully funny. But still...


I felt that way when I first starting listening and I actually thought they were mean to him. :laughing: The longer you listen, you realize that it's all in love. Bringing in empty Dole Whip containers- now that's mean!

[Madi100]

I felt that way when I first starting listening and I actually thought they were mean to him. :laughing: The longer you listen, you realize that it's all in love. Bringing in empty Dole Whip containers- now that's mean!

They've said it before, and the more I listen I believe. This group of people is more than friends. They are family. The way our family can get sometimes, I'm pretty impressed with how well they behave. And, I am just happy they are willing to let us listen each week. None of them are professional speakers. They are just talking to friends.

[willis37862]

I vote for saying "and" in 2008 and for "BAWB"onics! ;)

:thumbsup2 I'm with you !

[wishspirit]

Yeah, but you guys also use an "s" in organization.....which is totally a pet peeve of mine! LOL Actually, I find myself using the s instead of the z myself most of the time! So that's what they meant by "british invasion", ahhhh, now I get it! It's a grammar war!

Okay, enough out of me, I'm having way too much fun here. :)

Disclaimer: Since I don't take myself all that seriously, I'm hoping that no one else does!


It was our word first! :rotfl: We spell and say it: organisation

I get irritated by your prenounciation of alluminum, Edinburgh and when Julie did Store Tours in England in Epcot, i almost wet myself with Burberry! But i can get over it. ;)

I don't really get het up over it

[UrsulasShadow]

Who was that Simpson?
It was ME, silly.

[Madi100]

It was our word first! :rotfl: We spell and say it: organisation

I get irritated by your prenounciation of alluminum, Edinburgh and when Julie did Store Tours in England in Epcot, i almost wet myself with Burberry! But i can get over it. ;)

I don't really get het up over it

So, how do you say them?

[Miss Stitch]

So, how do you say them?

Al i min e um (if thats makes sense:) Ed in Burrer (Edinburgh). Not even gonna attempt Burberry lol

Its really difficult to explain on paper don't know if they help.

To be honest, I find myself speaking more like an American than an English person, maybe I am spending too much time on the board and watching American T.V. My kids speak like mini Americans, phrases and everything!. Must stop them watching the Simpsons:rotfl:

[MenashaCorp]

Al i min e um (if thats makes sense:) Ed in Burrer (Edinburgh). Not even gonna attempt Burberry lol

Its really difficult to explain on paper don't know if they help.

To be honest, I find myself speaking more like an American than an English person, maybe I am spending too much time on the board and watching American T.V. My kids speak like mini Americans, phrases and everything!. Must stop them watching the Simpsons:rotfl:

If it makes you feel better, I watch mostly British comedy and I love to use the UK spellings/pronounciations. Although I still can't say "Al yoo mini um" with a straight face.

[Miss Stitch]

If it makes you feel better, I watch mostly British comedy and I love to use the UK spellings/pronounciations. Although I still can't say "Al yoo mini um" with a straight face.

I am confused now (doesn't take much) I don't even know how to say alliminium any more (cant spell it either:rotfl2: ) Maybe I've been saying it wrong all my life.

After spending a couple of years of the boards, I now find myself spelling things the American way, off the boards. Colour/Color Organisation/Organization etc. I find myself correcting myself lots of times. I think with the internet and T.V. interaction between the two countries eventually we all may end up mixing the languages up. On my return from the US in September, I went into our local Subway and asked for chips with my sandwhich. The server (a word that is not English, but I use a lot now) looked at me like I was mad!! Mind you, I knew I was not in the US when I tasted that sandwhich, there was nothing in it;)

[wishspirit]

Its hard to say, when Pete does this international line i will call up, say a few words then hang up! :rotfl:

Aluminium - US: AL UUUU min UM
UK: Al U MIN eeee UM

Burberry- US: BUR BERRY (like 2 seperate words)
UK: Burrburry (it sounds like one word with a lengthened urrrr sound)

Edinburgh- US: Edin Burg
UK: Edd in burrur

There are so many other words that sound so different, but it makes me laugh! I get teased cause i call my mother, mom, instead of mum which is the generally accepted term in the UK. I can't help it, it sounds better that way! She now has one daughter saying mum and one mom, but oh well!

[Stroller Boy]

Cheers, wishspirit :-) How about some rhyming slang! Apples and pears, that sort of thing.

Thanks!

[wishspirit]

Cheers, wishspirit :-) How about some rhyming slang! Apples and pears, that sort of thing.

Thanks!

The only one i ever use is 'Pete Tong' which means wrong. So if you say its all gone a bit Pete Tong, its all gone a bit wrong. He is a DJ who became famous on Radio One. I dont know much about him, but i still say its all gone a bit Pete Tong!

I dont use much else, i have a Mary Poppins style accent, rather than an Eliza Dolittle!

[Miss Stitch]

Here is some rhyming slang for you. If you check out Wikipedia for Cockney rhyming slang it explains the history and gives more examples

Apples and Pears - Stairs
Adam and Eve - Believe as in I don't Adam and Eve it.
A butchers - look. As in take a butchers at that.
Pork Pie - Lie
China Plate- mate (pal)
Dog and Bone - telephone
Jam Jar - Car

There are loads more but I am not from London, where they are commonly used. In fact I am not too sure they are used much anymore at all. Here in the North of England not many people use them. We have our own Yorkshire wording, same as people from the North East, Liverpool etc have their own.

Some good Yorkshire ones are:

Barmpot - a stupid person
Owt - Nothing
Push Iron - Bicycle
Midden - A mess

But my all time favs have got to be "Your not as green as cabbage looking" (you are not as stupid as you look) and "Ill go t'bottom of our street" which means I don't believe it.:)

[PrincessBelle39]

Don't come over to the UK then. This is the way it is always done.;). We were taught it that way at school. It is not wrong to me.:confused3

It seems strange to me without the and.


Same with us here in Australia. I always thought that those in the US were the only ones that didn't use the 'and'. It sounds really strange to me without it also.

I might sound silly but how does it represent a decimal point. Here a decimal point is referred to as 'point'. ie: 2.5, two point five. I'm just curious.

[wishspirit]

See I live just North of London so i should know them! We obviously don't have anything special where i live.

[deva]

OP here again,

[QUOTE= I might sound silly but how does it represent a decimal point. Here a decimal point is referred to as 'point'. ie: 2.5, two point five. I'm just curious.[/QUOTE]

Apparently I don't know how to quote other posts.

Again, I'm looking to let this go, but 2.5 would be pronounced in a math class (as I realize, not so much a podcast or an entertainment discussion board) as "two and five tenths." 2008.5 would be pronounced "two thousand eight and five tenths."

But, like I said, I'm over it. Everyone in their respective field probably has some little thing that people don't realize they are doing wrong that bugs them but isn't a big deal to people not in that field. Apparently this is a math-teacher-only dilemma and I'm done with it. Maybe I'll worry about it in two-thousand-and-nine, but not right now.

[Olaf]

I have a feeling the number thing will right itself a bit when we hit 2010; at least when pronouncing years.

[Stroller Boy]

Here is some rhyming slang for you. If you check out Wikipedia for Cockney rhyming slang it explains the history and gives more examples

Apples and Pears - Stairs
Adam and Eve - Believe as in I don't Adam and Eve it.
A butchers - look. As in take a butchers at that.
Pork Pie - Lie
China Plate- mate (pal)
Dog and Bone - telephone
Jam Jar - Car

There are loads more but I am not from London, where they are commonly used. In fact I am not too sure they are used much anymore at all. Here in the North of England not many people use them. We have our own Yorkshire wording, same as people from the North East, Liverpool etc have their own.

Some good Yorkshire ones are:

Barmpot - a stupid person
Owt - Nothing
Push Iron - Bicycle
Midden - A mess

But my all time favs have got to be "Your not as green as cabbage looking" (you are not as stupid as you look) and "Ill go t'bottom of our street" which means I don't believe it.:)

Love this stuff! Wish we were as creative here in the NorthEast! I should probably just say Connecticut as we know that "Bahston" people have their own "speak"! As do New Yorkers and Jersey-folk for that matter....Come to think of it, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire do as well....Which begs the question, what happened in Connecticut!!!????

I hadn't realized it, but I believe you're right on the regional"ness" of the slang. One fellow whom I work with here (moved from London) speaks it in everyday chat, but when we visit the folks over in Sandwich, it's not as apparent...More sheep than people I suppose ;-)

This string has gone waaaaaay off the deep end! LOL

[wishspirit]

Lol!

From decimal points to cockney rhyming slang, disboards always keeps you informed!:thumbsup2

[MenashaCorp]

My fave cockney rhyming slang to date: "Peas and Rice."

[3DisneyKids]

Wow! What is amazing to me is that this is still going on after 6 pages! :rotfl2:

Yes, we all have pet peeves. Yes, we all have catch phrases or buzz words that we likely overuse. Yes, many--if not all--of us make grammatical and/or numerical mistakes. Live and let live here on the boards. Save the rest for grading.

I am a college professor, so poor grammar gets on my nerves as well...but when people engage in public speaking for a living (which is what our great team here does) they are going to make mistakes. When you are recorded for several hours each week, there are going to be speaking errors. It's life. Perfection does not exist. :goodvibes

[Stacy's a freak]

I LOVE this thread! I, too, have major corrective-itis when it comes to grammar and misspellings. Loose vs. lose and the many spellings of your/you're or their/they're/there drive me insane! But my favourite ;) part of this thread is the "Limeys" that are chiming in. Forgive me if "Limey" isn't P.C., but I have cousins in England and I adore listening to them talk and their (note the correct spelling) many sayings! However, during my visit last autumn I met some Geordies who I could NOT understand at all! But I still liked 'em.

Keep the sayings coming! I want to start using them - haha.

[wishspirit]

I LOVE this thread! I, too, have major corrective-itis when it comes to grammar and misspellings. Loose vs. lose and the many spellings of your/you're or their/they're/there drive me insane! But my favourite ;) part of this thread is the "Limeys" that are chiming in. Forgive me if "Limey" isn't P.C., but I have cousins in England and I adore listening to them talk and their (note the correct spelling) many sayings! However, during my visit last autumn I met some Geordies who I could NOT understand at all! But I still liked 'em.

Keep the sayings coming! I want to start using them - haha.

We resent that! ;)

Hahaha, we can't understand Geordies ether! They try and teach you when your young by showing programmes like 'Byker Grove', so you can understand the basics, from then on your on your own! Lol! :rotfl:

[doctorhead]

i hate when people use there/they're/their or your/you're wrong. i especially like it when they have a tattoo using it wrong though.

http://www.popamericana.com/!/misspelled%20tattoo.jpg

[Allison]

After almost a year, I doubt the OP cares anymore.:rotfl2::)

And by the way, the tattoo is funny.

[Stacy's a freak]

GARRR! I completely agree and LOVE the tattoo! I may get flamed, but I'm not a fan of tattoos for me, because it is SO final ... pretty much, anyway. To know that someone will have poor grammar on his/her body FOREVER just makes me cringe ... in a laugh-out-loud sorta way. :lmao:

[sanapunk]

GARRR! I completely agree and LOVE the tattoo! I may get flamed, but I'm not a fan of tattoos for me, because it is SO final ... pretty much, anyway. To know that someone will have poor grammar on his/her body FOREVER just makes me cringe ... in a laugh-out-loud sorta way. :lmao:


I went to high school with a girl who had "Too wierd to live, too rare to die" instead of weird tattooed on her.

[Renysmom]

Can anyone say "podcast Bingo"???

I can assume we will hear about this on next weeks show.

I personally LOVE the way Pete talks, I love his accent and his ability to say exactly what he wants to say.. Don't change Pete ;)