Re: stupid 'Home and Away' producers!

lynx wrote:
> 
> The producers of 'Home and Away' have got the actors pronouncing 
> 'progress' like Americans do.. PROG-ress instead of pro-GRESS. Duh! 
> What's next?? will actors be lying on gRASS instead of lawns? drinking 
> water from faucets instead of taps? why on earth do ppl think it's cool 
> or necessary to copy everything the Yanks do and say?!
> 

How many people don't notice that 'mum and dad businesses' is
a direct take from America?  People get used to things and don't
notice they are doing it.  Or even starting to call shopping centres, 
'malls'?  But I'm good and others good, are you good?  More Americanisms.
My 'bad'?  How many say that?  I thought it came from Buffy.
Here's another one, pronouncing 'amateur', '****', 'battery' the same
as Americans.  That one is creeping up and no one seems to notice.