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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Globish #160923 08/01/06 01:16 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Western/Central Canadian English? That covers a heckuva lot of territory. My mother came from Manitoba, and her vowels were broader than the Ontarian vowels I speak. When I was fifteen we moved from Oakville (near Toronto) a mere hundred miles northish to Elmvale, and there was a marked difference in vocabulary and vowel sounds. I was considered to "talk funny" until I picked it up. Here in Northeastern Ontario we have a different vocabulary again - for example, in the Muskokas, south of here, one goes to the cottage. Here, it's going out to camp. "Camp" may be a two-storey chalet with a satellite dish and in-ground swimming pool next to the tennis court, but, dammit, it's "camp". I'm in the "bad idea" camp (not cottage). Last edited by Elizabeth Creith; 08/01/06 01:18 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Globish #160924 08/13/06 06:43 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 You can't just put rigid economy conditions on an existing language and call it a new language. It's the stupidest idea I've ever heard of. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Globish #160925 08/15/06 03:41 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 11 Oregon S speck stranger speck stranger S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 11 Oregon Reminds me of Unamunda, da linkwa looniversahl, in "The Universal Language," a short play by David Ives, from the set "All In the Timing." "Velcro! Bell jar, Froyling! Harvardyu?...Dameetcha playzeer!" Unamunda is funnier. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 365 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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