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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: accommodation theory zmjezhd #178623 08/10/08 03:06 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Oh, its like me (irish) calling my neighbors "bloody brits"--I don't mind doing that at all, but civilized englishmen might mind.. shades of Dr Johnson's definition of Oats.. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory of troy #178625 08/10/08 04:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 So is there a generic term that covers Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut peoples? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory zmjezhd #178627 08/10/08 04:23 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Of course, but how we do complicate things. Strange world. I always think Eskimo a much snugger,nicer word than Inuït. Associates with snow and iglo, while Inuit reads to me like innuwit in - no - wit. I wouldn't call a T-bonesteak/rare cooked meat either. The Japanese eat raw fish as do the Dutch and Swedes with their herrings and gravadlachs. The Greeks eat sea urchins raw and raw slightly roasted octopus; raw oysters are eaten by the whole chique world. Yes, it all comes down to local touchiness. I feel like a real cannibal when I eat the fashionable beautiful Nasturtium flower. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory of troy #178628 08/10/08 04:23 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass  Originally Posted By: of troy shades of Dr Johnson's definition of Oats.. OATS, (otes) n. -. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses; but in Scotland supports the people. -joe (def'ns 'Я us) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory tsuwm #178629 08/10/08 04:28 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Ah! didn't it continue like this: "That's why the English have such fine horses while the Scots are such fine people?" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: generics Faldage #178630 08/10/08 04:33 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh So is there a generic term that covers Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut peoples? Not that I know of. You might ask the Inuit Circumpolar Council (link), but they might be predisposed to using Inuit as the generic term. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory BranShea #178632 08/10/08 04:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass  Originally Posted By: BranShea Ah! didn't it continue like this: "That's why the English have such fine horses while the Scots are such fine people?" but not in the dictionary! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory zmjezhd #178641 08/11/08 08:55 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: zmjezhd I also try not to make fun of their accent, word choice, syntax, etc. Yup me too, but I make exceptions for Kiwis, Poms and Hillbillies like Jackie. Especially Kiwis! Last edited by The Pook; 08/11/08 08:56 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory The Pook #178644 08/11/08 09:17 AM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 R robinwalter stranger robinwalter stranger R Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 6  Originally Posted By: The Pook  Originally Posted By: zmjezhd I also try not to make fun of their accent, word choice, syntax, etc. Yup me too, but I make exceptions for Kiwis, Poms and Hillbillies like Jackie. Especially Kiwis! You can be grateful you're alive now as the Kiwi and Ocker accents are moving apart. Some scholars have said that comparisons of recordings show that the two were nearly identical up until somewhere around WWII, but that the rate of divergence is accelerating. So if you'd lived back then you would have been making fun of your own accent. Although from what I understand of it, Tasmanians get more flak for their VERY close family ties than for their distinctive accent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: accommodation theory robinwalter #178649 08/11/08 01:30 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania I think the Kiwi eckcent before WW2 was possibly more English than ours. I do make fun of ours too. I'm a naturalized Tasmanian, so have the normal number of fingers. I have had the operation to graft the second head though... 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