To: sodpoodle
Had a visiting lecturer from Australia tell us, among other things, that Americans do not speak English. The example he gave (sternly) was, “We cook dinner, you FIX it.”
7 posted on
05/20/2018 1:59:17 PM PDT by
ransomnote
(IN GOD WE TRUST)
To: ransomnote
The example he gave (sternly) was, “We cook dinner, you FIX it.”Ah, yes, Australia! The world's epicenter of haute cuisine where they cook green salads, gazpacho soup and ceviche cocktails. And butcher the English language. lol
I prepare dinner.
24 posted on
05/20/2018 2:24:07 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: ransomnote
40 posted on
05/20/2018 3:15:31 PM PDT by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: ransomnote
49 posted on
05/20/2018 3:36:17 PM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: ransomnote
because my dinner is often broken.
To: ransomnote
“We cook dinner, you FIX it.” That’s because your dinner was a mess.
(as in Mess Hall)
59 posted on
05/20/2018 5:18:42 PM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: ransomnote
Yeah, but in Australia a toilet is a “Dunny.” Who could ever guess? Just one example of a strange language called “english.”
68 posted on
05/20/2018 6:17:54 PM PDT by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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