Re: stupid 'Home and Away' producers!

lynx wrote:
> David Springthorpe wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 12:12:06 +1000, modern <identity@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>>  
>>> 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.
>>>     
>>
>> Ooooh.....maaaah.....Gaaaaad.....
>>   
> 
> And while we're on the subject of pronunciation.. the bane of my tv 
> viewing is the pronunciation of the word Olympic as anything but! We 
> hear Arrlympic.. Ahlimpic.. even Alympic!! For pete's sake.. the word 
> begins with an 'O'!!
> 

Thanks Lynx, now everone in my office KNOWS I am a retard. I just 
sounded them all out loud to see what they sounds like.

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