Hey I am still 100% Australian born and bred, the blood line is a number of generations old.

and there is a small minor piece of kiwi in there as well.

So don't go jumping to many barriers with that wooden horse.


How many world cups have Wales won? <evil grin>

Fair call, there's a first time for everything you know 

I have German, Irish and Scottish blood in me.

I say the German part of me like a good beer, the Irish part says more beer, and the Scottish part doesn't want me to pay for it. <grin>

Then there is the English and French sides of me.

With those two parts  "I fail at conquering everything".

Based on the Rugby World Cup results it seems that most of that blood is about losing at Rugby 

But who else uses W as a vowel?

I prefer the use of double letters like Dd and Ll.  The prior word can also change how the next word is spelt.  Learning Welsh Grammer at school was always confusing 

But who else uses W as a vowel?

hahhahah thats true.

The Welsh are a strange ones. Although my visual images of the Welsh are always from the movie 'Zulu'    Jones 631 Jones 732 LOL. I am sure far from an accurate source.

Hey, all of my grandparents were from Wales (that I know of), and we do just fine.

Not that I would know any better....

Oi! I resemble that remark 

But who else uses W as a vowel?

Sorry about the delay, I've been gone from the board for a while.

I almost came back here to mock you <wink> on this incorrect spelling of defence. Being an Australian and using the queen's English spelling 'defence' is spelt with a 'C'. E.G Australia Defence Force.

Luckily, I sat for a moment and remember that the story is about Japanese influences, which had been 'incorrectly' influenced by American spelling after World War 2 and Japanese Defense Force is spelt with an S.

I didn't know that about the "c" vs "s" in defense.

But I will refuse to spell colour without the 'u' and will also refuse to spell night 'nite'. Just because your forefathers decided to change English because of laziness, there is no excuse for me. <wink>

Personally, I don't know anyone who uses 'nite' unless they are trying to be cute.   As for your love of extraneous "u"s, I doun't hauve anuy probleum wiuth peouple stiucking useleuss, unpronounced letteurs in wourds.

Besides, you guys have nothing on the Welsh.  ;-)

Anyway thanks for your corrections they have been made.

You are very welcome.

I didn't know that you were Australian.  It makes sense now that I think about it.  At first I thought that you were American from in the Appalachians.  Some of their pronunciation and speech patters are closer to British English than American English.

Just another comment on the whole Jail/correction facility subject.  U.S. Feds tend to use "Correction Facility" in official correspondence but "prison" in everyday usage for state and federal prisons.  While using "jail" in both official correspondence and everyday usage for county and city facilities.

Mark