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mockney piers

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Seemaa, I've been along to the others, and the main thing i was struck by was how normal everyone was. We were all a bit nervous first time as we don't 'do this sort of thing' either.


But everyone was friendly and personable and I like to think I've made some pretty good friends out of it all. It also means you see familiar faces more often and even the odd impromptu coffee or pint :)

Mark

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the Clockhouse is here http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=534414&y=175110&z=1&sv=534414,175110&st=OSGrid&lu=N&tl=~&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

by the way, should be interesting to see how they've refurbished it.


It really is fine Seemaa, the people on here are actually normal even though they seem to spend half their life on the forum ;-) And like Mockney says, you get to know a few friendly faces in the area

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Because our American cousins are illiterate fools. That's a sweeping generalisation I know. They speak English but a lot of the spelling of our words are spelt incorrectly i.e color without the u. Normalcy sounds like some sort of illness or disease doesn't it? Anyway I am way off the subject of this thread. Sorry.
Fear 'n boozin

Fear 'n boozin

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Staying off topic, isn't it all the Victorians fault. We spelt any old way we wanted, and then they came along and standardiszed it all? Thus causing a great schism between us and the Yanks (and their, to be quite frank, much easier to use spelling system). Not that I know this, any experts out there. Huguenot? The always talkative Bulwer? I'd like to know....
Muttley

Muttley

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Perhaps folk should read Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue before criticising American spelling. Many words like color and realize are actually the original old English spelling, so they're being more traditional than we are. On the subject of spelling, do a search of the words "definately" and "definitely" on this forum. You'll find something very interesting/disturbing depending on your point of view.


They do say that in America, all nouns can be verbed. In East Dulwich all threads can be lounged. Do I see the Pythonesque foot of the Administrator approaching...

Fear 'n boozin

Fear 'n boozin

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Rings a bell, but didn't half of them (the Americans) speak/write German round the time this was happening? And, er, that meaning they might not have had much influence? On American English. Until the late 19/early 20 century. Ish. Maybe.


Muttley - In a similar vein, David Crystal's The Stories of English is pretty good. I just wish I could remember it......

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