As one who ~likes~ languages and accents, I'm inclined to mourn what I'm told is the gradual but inexorable disappearance of (for example) broad Yorkshire. It's too soon; I haven't learned all the accents there are, yet! But in practice I don't get a vote. The Midwestern-American accent that I grew up with is overpowering the English-speaking world, apparently, through the influence of television.
--- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* I am a bomb technician. If you see me running, try and keep up! -a T-shirt on a bomb-squad member in Rio Rancho, NM */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rupert Reynolds Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 17:18 Being English by birth, I remember working in Holland, and meeting someone with the nickname "Suzie Did It On The Roof" (I didn't ask what she did on that roof :-) ). The short "oo" as in "woof" caught me by surprise. Every day is a school day, etc. But the UK/US one that gets me every time is "router". Here in England, that's two words in one. A network router rhymes with fruit, boot, moot and toot. With a woodworker's router, the "ou" is like gout, nowt, clout and spout. "Two nations divided by a common language?" I say no. But I borrow American words and phrases. Everyone does--is it time to call it "American" and be obviously proud of it?" --- On Fri., May 21, 2021, 21:16 Paul Gilmartin, < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm reminded of a venerable signature file: > "Both Robert Root and Douglas Core (who keeps losing his Mail) have > accounts on my system, and I expect Susie Mailer-Daemon to sign up any > day now." > --- On Fri, 21 May 2021 14:38:26 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > >Heh. When I was in high school we moved from Minnesota (where "root" > rhymes with "foot") to Pennsylvania (where "root" rhymes with "boot"). > The kid who sat behind me in Biology class was named Scott Root. He > thought I was making fun of his name every time I said "root". I > learned to adjust to my new environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
