[BITList] English as she is spoken

[Ronald Thomas]

How about ter = to, one of my very pet hates of the modern lingo? Maybe 
others will join in with their inputs ?  Ron



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Feltham" <wantok at me.com>
To: "BitList" <bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [BITList] English as she is spoken


G'day Mike,

On 28/05/2013, at 22:53 PM, M.j. Feltham <ismay at mjfeltham.plus.com> wrote:

> As I was coming home I heard on Radio4, the One O'clock News, when talking 
> about the number of people climbing Mt. Everest, the word "Summitted" 
> referring to the number of people who climbed upto the Summit.
>
> Fortunately it wasn't the BBC news reporter who came out with this word ! 
> But he was an English speaker !

No better than the UK commentators on the various Grand Prix broadcasts…. 
"Joe Bloggs will podium at the end of the race."

I even hear Brit news readers pronouncing the word 'manufacture' - as 
'mannerfacture'.

As Bluebottle might exclaim "Cringe!"



ooroo






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