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Author: GrahamGraham Date: May 5, 2008 16:24
I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like that,
NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore, but I do
still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group said "Bless",
oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep them to myself,
oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
Graham.
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Author: Jean B.Jean B. Date: May 5, 2008 16:43
Graham wrote:
> I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like that,
> NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore, but I do
> still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group said "Bless",
> oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep them to myself,
> oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
> Graham.
>
>
Uh-oh. I'd better weed that "not" construction out of my vocabulary.
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Jean B.
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Author: GrahamGraham Date: May 5, 2008 16:53
> Graham wrote:
>> I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like
>> that, NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore,
>> but I do still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group
>> said "Bless", oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep
>> them to myself, oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
>> Graham.
> Uh-oh. I'd better weed that "not" construction out of my vocabulary.
>
> --
> Jean B.
Jean, you can "not" all the times you desire, though I don't like it. I was
talking to the English taking on silly American expressions ..... I don't
like that.
G.
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Author: GrahamGraham Date: May 5, 2008 17:11
"Anne Jackson" zetnet.co.uk> schreef in bericht
news:3130303034323630481FAD6E72@zetnet.co.uk...> The message from "Graham" contains these words:
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>> I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like
>> that,
>> NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore, but I do
>> still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group said
>> "Bless",
>> oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep them to
>> myself,
>> oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
>> Graham.
>
> You've got any problems with _my_ English, you'd better spit them out...
>
> --
> AnneJ
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Author: GrahamGraham Date: May 5, 2008 17:12
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> "Anne Jackson" zetnet.co.uk> schreef in bericht
> news:3130303034323630481FAD6E72@zetnet.co.uk...>> The message from "Graham" contains these words:
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>>> I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like
>>> that,
>>> NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore, but I
>>> do
>>> still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group said
>>> "Bless",
>>> oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep them to
>>> myself,
>>> oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
>>> Graham.
>>
>> You've got any problems with _my_ English, you'd better spit them out...
>> ...
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Author: Joan F (MI)Joan F (MI) Date: May 5, 2008 17:22
So it's okay if one is a genuine silly American? ROFL
Graham wrote:
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| Jean, you can "not" all the times you desire, though I don't like it.
| I was talking to the English taking on silly American expressions
| ..... I don't like that.
| G.
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Author: GrahamGraham Date: May 5, 2008 17:25
"Joan F (MI)" removethisameritech.net> schreef in bericht
news:a4OdndcogoxIOYLVnZ2dnUVZ_tajnZ2d@giganews.com...> So it's okay if one is a genuine silly American? ROFL
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You tell me Joan, I hate it, but I am a Dutchman.
G.
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Author: JoyJoy Date: May 5, 2008 23:58
>I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like that,
>NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore, but I do
>still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group said
>"Bless", oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep them
>to myself, oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
> Graham.
The first two don't bother me, but "I could care less" still grates on my
ears, too. Another annoying thing I've noticed lately is that a lot of
people say, "I want to go with" or "I want to be a part of." They leave off
the object verb. That drives me up the wall.
Joy
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Author: JoyJoy Date: May 6, 2008 00:00
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>> "Anne Jackson" zetnet.co.uk> schreef in bericht
>> news:3130303034323630481FAD6E72@zetnet.co.uk...>>> The message from "Graham" contains these words:
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>>>> I just got a mail from an English friend and he said, "I really like
>>>> that,
>>>> NOT".... I hate that. Maybe my English is not very good anymore, but I
>>>> do
>>>> still try to speak it. And today an Englishwoman on this group said
>>>> "Bless",
>>>> oh please! ......I have half a dozen more but I better keep them to
>>>> myself,
>>>> oh BTW it is, "I couldn't care less".
>>>> Graham. ...
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Author: DittyDumDumDidyDittyDumDumDidy Date: May 6, 2008 00:26
It's the television refection syndrome that has partly taken over our
American language blake
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