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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #870 on: May 16, 2013, 09:18:35 PM »
Apparently there is a spelling distinction between "discreet" and "discrete" and now I feel foolish for never having noticed.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #871 on: May 16, 2013, 10:40:04 PM »
Well I'll be damned.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #872 on: May 16, 2013, 10:53:07 PM »
Hum, I don't remember seeing that distinction, either. Yea, that's weird. Now I'm sure I'll notice it everywhere and wonder why I never saw it before.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #875 on: July 16, 2013, 11:21:53 AM »
"everyone in south Florida pronounces things in the northern U.S. style."

That's because of the retirees, right?
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #876 on: July 16, 2013, 11:31:01 AM »
"everyone in south Florida pronounces things in the northern U.S. style."

That's because of the retirees, right?

All those snowbirds.

(And by "snowbirds," I mean cocaine bindles. But, yes, the retirees too.)

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #877 on: July 16, 2013, 11:39:39 AM »
22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other

Nobody calls it a "sunshower" anymore? Weird.

yeah, I thought that odd. Philly holds down the sunshower at least. I wonder if these were multiple choice or open ended questions actually.

Also Pennsylvania would keep up its linguistic strangeness if they added our two most used "group of two or more people" options Yins (Pittsburgh) and Youse (Philly).

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #878 on: July 16, 2013, 11:52:03 AM »
What is your general term for the rubber soled shoes worn in gym class...

I'd most commonly call those "runners" which isn't an option. Maybe a Canadian term.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #879 on: July 16, 2013, 12:44:09 PM »
That's because of the retirees, right?

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