'My other half'

hannoja

pimento wrote: »

Good grammar is always needed.

One of my (many) pet hates is 'hubby'. *cringe*

It took me a long time to work out what the initials stand for on this forum. At first, I thought that DH stood for d!ckhead. In my head, it still does.

:rotfl::rotfl:

Was working my way through the thread and suddenly decided I wasn't in the mood to read to the end. Skipped a few and came upon this.... perfect place to stop, since I can't stop laughing!

:rotfl::rotfl:

persa

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

If the area between Newcastle and Carlisle is Northumbria, then that sounds right!

A-ha, so it is regional then! :beer:

Incidentally, OH frequently comes out with words/sayings that I've never heard of - when challenged, they always turn out to be local expressions from his part of England, rather than with a common UK wide usage.

English must be such a pain to learn for non-native language speakers!

DannyBo

persa wrote: »

A-ha, so it is regional then! :beer:

Incidentally, OH frequently comes out with words/sayings that I've never heard of - when challenged, they always turn out to be local expressions from his part of England, rather than with a common UK wide usage.

English must be such a pain to learn for non-native language speakers!

Believe me, English is a doddle to learn - have you tried learning German? Far more complex with the different versions of 'you' (although I believe in Spanish, French and Italian etc is the same) plus the 3 versions of 'the' (der, die, das)

jackieb

DannyBo wrote: »

Believe me, English is a doddle to learn - have you tried learning German? Far more complex with the different versions of 'you' (although I believe in Spanish, French and Italian etc is the same) plus the 3 versions of 'the' (der, die, das)

The Doric dialect from NE Scotland is Germanic.

DannyBo

jackieb wrote: »

The Doric dialect from NE Scotland is Germanic.

You fountain of knowledge x

I see the similarities, also with Dutch and Afrikaans - they're all rolled into one anyway, and derived from Latin.

jackieb

I definitely hear the similarities with Dutch. I'm not so familiar with Afrikaans. My OH (sorry! ) used to work in Holland, and speaks with a Doric accent and he picked up the language quite quickly.

DannyBo

Afrikaans - i have a few South African friends and understand pieces. Dutch, I can totally understand if it's written - without wanting to rush to google, as far as I'm aware, Afrikaans originated from the Dutch settlers in SA.

I speak fluent German although my grammar is shocking !! But I'm working on it

Pollycat

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

I used to think LOL meant lots of love!

So did David Cameron - to his intense embarassment when his texts to Rebecca Brooks came out during the Leveson enquiry. LOL at that. Or more accurately - PMSL

jackieb

Pollycat wrote: »

So did David Cameron - to his intense embarassment when his texts to Rebecca Brooks came out during the Leveson enquiry. LOL at that. Or more accurately - PMSL

PMSL = Prime Minister's Sexy Lingo?

Gloomendoom

persa wrote: »

English must be such a pain to learn for non-native language speakers!

I work with non native English speaking people from all over the world and, generally speaking, they say that English is actually fairly easy to learn, apart from the massive vocabulary.