[TheForge] PC-ness Grammatical Pet Peeve Rant - Way OT

[David E. Smucker]

I have an interesting story to tell in the regards of understanding the 
spoken English.  At least it is interesting to me.  When I was working in 
Swansea, Wales, UK in 1980 I was involved in a meeting discussing technical 
problem with the gauge control system on a rolling mill.  Now I had been 
living in Wales for about 6 months and had little problem understand the 
local folks with what we would call a thick Welch accent.  About 3/4 of the 
way through the meeting I realized that I was translating English to English 
for a visiting technical expert from the USA.  Something would be said by 
the local Welch in English and I would then repeat it in English to my 
America friend.  Worked fine -- but it was after the meeting that he told me 
he couldn't understand a work that the locals were saying. We were all using 
the same technical terms.

I find this always happens when I return to the UK.  It takes a little while 
to understand the locals and then I am back on track.  Next week we are 
visiting again -- and going to Scotland -- see how I do with the local 
version of English there.

Dave Smucker
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>
> On May 30, 2007, at 4:50 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
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> " the language is changing.  For the worse."
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> Bruce
> NJ
>
> Dude! How can you even think that?
> I think the changes in the language are like totally the schiznitz!
>
> Of course, I do have "Old Fart" embroidered in red above the left  pocket 
> of my work shirt.
>
> But really, no matter what we would like, language is a living thing,  and 
> it changes, all the time.
> We probably could not understand most of what an american from 1776  said.
> I know I can barely understand it when Thomas Pynchon writes it in  his 
> book "Mason Dixon", anyway.
>
>
>
> Ries Niemi
> Industrial Artist
> http://www.riesniemi.com/
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