Re: stupid 'Home and Away' producers!

On May 2, 12:20=A0pm, "TG'sFM" <suv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 2, 12:12 pm, modern <ident...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > lynx wrote:
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> > > 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
coo=
l
> > > 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? =A0People get used to things and don't
> > notice they are doing it. =A0Or even starting to call shopping
centres,
> > 'malls'? =A0But I'm good and others good, are you good? =A0More
American=
isms.
> > My 'bad'? =A0How many say that? =A0I thought it came from Buffy.
> > Here's another one, pronouncing 'amateur', '****', 'battery' the same
> > as Americans. =A0That one is creeping up and no one seems to notice.
>
> The one that creeped up on us was 24/7.

Not me, I say 7/24 just to see who is paying attention.