Re: stupid 'Home and Away' producers!

modern wrote:
 
> 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.
 
I hadn't noticed some of those.. But 'have a nice day!'  :)


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