Beantree Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I had to read the list several times before anything was recognised. It was the last one, 'renumeration' of course. English isn't a strong point of mine unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I had to read the list several times before anything was recognised. It was the last one, 'renumeration' of course. English isn't a strong point of mine unfortunately. Dare I point out it's actually 'remuneration'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I had to read the list several times before anything was recognised. It was the last one, 'renumeration' of course. English isn't a strong point of mine unfortunately. Dare I point out it's actually 'remuneration'? Well if Beantree wanted to renumber the list, I've no problem with that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Indeed, except that Beantree was referring to the last (prior to renumeration, of course) word on the list, which was 'remuneration'. Gosh, we are a pedantic lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Indeed, except that Beantree was referring to the last (prior to renumeration, of course) word on the list, which was 'remuneration'. Gosh, we are a pedantic lot Actually I wasn't being pedantic, I was being facetious. Now, however, I most definitely am being pedantic. ....and probably more than a little annoying too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Okay, okay, I give in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 : This is a very British conversation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Well it's the long 'getting paid' word at the end of the list anyway. I could blame the error on the spellchecker, but to be honest it was probably my mistake. I wonder what happened to those brass monkeys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Have you seen the YouTube video with her British accents? She's very good, I particularly like the East Anglia one. I think the London one was the least accurate. There was also a fact that if you live in London you know that anywhere outside zone 3 is not really London. I think that's true, although it's easier to say I love in London to people I meet who are not Londoners, I say I'm going to London if I go into central. Sometimes I say into town but generally I refer to it as London. I've found that other Londoners invariably ask what town you live near, and strangely - never in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Whilst my brother was in the Army, he met a chap who could tell your County of origin by the accent. He identified my brother as Derbyshire with a trace of Shropshire, which was absolutely correct having lived in the latter for his first 9 years, then to Derby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'm horrible in doing accents, but that video is amazing. The Dutch have their own accents as well. Some of which are near to impossible for me to understand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The generic West Midlands accent was quite good though, Cat Deeley went to my school and we definitely say Dance not Darrnce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Indeed, except that Beantree was referring to the last (prior to renumeration, of course) word on the list, which was 'remuneration'. Gosh, we are a pedantic lot Actually I wasn't being pedantic, I was being facetious. Now, however, I most definitely am being pedantic. ....and probably more than a little annoying too. a 'coat moment' I am loving this thread too, and like to make a point of using unusual words when I come across and learn them. My grandma was Italian, born in Italy and arrived here when she was about 13 (both my maternal grandparents are from Florence) her parents never learned very good English, although her father was an industrial chemist and set up a good business here. Anyhooo, I digress slightly - my grandma was proud to be English when she was naturalised and made a great effort to speak what she deemed to be correct English. She had a lovely speaking voice and an unplaceable English accent, she always used to correct me, and had the most amazing vocabulary of colloquial terms; one of my favourites was 'you can, but you mayn't'... another great believer in Prudence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
