tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post4453926855044003795..comments2023-09-22T12:18:39.635+02:00Comments on Diary Of Amy Rigby: Try-Lingualamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08330763519601938989noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-77936052166496698192008-08-16T00:20:00.000+02:002008-08-16T00:20:00.000+02:00I hadn't put Dunny in the ending with y/ie categor...I hadn't put Dunny in the ending with y/ie category (though it obviously is) The one I that gets me is Bikey, (instead of biker) how lame does that sound? <BR/>Anyway you can speak, you Americans wear your pants on the outside! Never heard of trousers? Strides is a good descriptive kind of Crocodile Dundee sounding word though. And how gay is the singular term pant or trouser? If I see a them labeled that way in a shop I make a point of not buying them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-49754917373213805462008-08-15T22:01:00.000+02:002008-08-15T22:01:00.000+02:00"They're taking the piss!" I like it!! If it's not..."They're taking the piss!" I like it!! If it's not already a part of the French language (you said it French, right?), it should be.<BR/><BR/>My mom's been in France about eight years now, and, initially, she struggled with her high school level French, charades (silly hand motions) and her own French words. She swore that just saying American words with a French accent seemed to work sometimes. And, apparently, she just made up some words. <BR/><BR/>Today she's actually very fluent. So there's hope! <BR/><BR/>Keep it up. I bet in time you will be be asking for bathrooms and basil fluently.<BR/><BR/>Which reminds me... last time I was in France, I was alone on my mom's boat when a French man I didn't know knocked on the door and asked me in French if he could use the boat's bathroom. Because I was alonem I answered "Je ne parle pas Francaise," as if I couldn't understand him. He curled his lip in disgust and stomped off. I felt like a paranoid American, but oh well... <BR/><BR/>That story doesn't have a lot to do with your post other than being about speaking French and asking for the bathroom. Sorry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-16896339264810317322008-08-14T23:01:00.000+02:002008-08-14T23:01:00.000+02:00Maybe it all starts to make more sense somewhere a...Maybe it all starts to make more sense somewhere along the way Tom. (except Pilates that is...)<BR/><BR/> At least we have a convenient excuse for being inarticulate,<BR/>Rosie.<BR/><BR/>no Andy! No cute words that end in -ie or -y...ever! That includes "prezzie" and "sarnie".<BR/><BR/>TBNIL, I'm sure they were only trying to deflect attention and comment on their own use of the language. Wankers!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330763519601938989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-71458897864842655712008-08-14T18:02:00.000+02:002008-08-14T18:02:00.000+02:00He is right as it happens.I should know, I'm Engli...He is right as it happens.<BR/>I should know, I'm English!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-32948442810640088352008-08-13T20:00:00.000+02:002008-08-13T20:00:00.000+02:00My Aussie friends on holiday kept taking the p*ss ...My Aussie friends on holiday kept taking the p*ss out of my request for yogurt (soft 'O') at breakfast. Apparently, it should be yogurt (hard 'O'). Like Yo! Gert!<BR/><BR/>Like I'm EVER going to take pronunciation advice from an Australian!travelling, but not in lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063643541653145954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-27797954884184023312008-08-11T22:08:00.000+02:002008-08-11T22:08:00.000+02:00It seems so odd and silly to me that Americans as...It seems so odd and silly to me that Americans ask for the bathroom in a restaurant or a school!<BR/>Mind you us Brits are good at making up new words for it, Like Loo or even Karzee or bog!<BR/>I like the Auzzie word, Dunny! <BR/>OK enough of that! I don't want to offend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-33039310134493156022008-08-10T19:14:00.000+02:002008-08-10T19:14:00.000+02:00I know what you mean. Every now and again I have p...I know what you mean. Every now and again I have phases when I cant speak English or French...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345837331344524410.post-609050279699684112008-08-09T06:59:00.000+02:002008-08-09T06:59:00.000+02:00My daughter just came back to the States after spe...My daughter just came back to the States after spending 10 months "studying" in France. Her language skills seem to be somewhat the worse for the wear, but she promises that that is just because she now thinks in both French and English (oh, and sometimes in Spanish). <BR/><BR/>I don't know if she has issues with pilates.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074257624733067171noreply@blogger.com