Gammar and Creative Improvements

[boggo2300]

Really? we use Gaol as the collective, and Prison as the specific, which is ironic, as Tassie only has One Prison and one Prison Farm (and most prisoners here are actually in the remand centres (lockups)) Jail is an invader word, it is now accepted because it was in such common usage.

er sorry for the derail, shutting up now
Matt

[Sotak246]

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

[ardem (OP)]

Well there are a lot of prisons in Sydney <smile> Perhaps my family circle is different as my father was a probation and parole officer. But Australian grammar around this topic, I think, is diverse not only state to state but also from family to family I think.

[ShadoCat]

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.

[welchbloke]

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

Oi! I resemble that remark 

[Erik L]

Oi! I resemble that remark 

But who else uses W as a vowel?

[ardem (OP)]

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.

[procyon]

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....

[ardem (OP)]

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".

[welchbloke]

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 

[welchbloke]

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.

Great film, I've been to their regimental museum many times.  The Union Flag that flew over Rorke's Drift is there.  There were many inaccuracies in the film but Jones 631 etc wasn't one of them.  My Dad was in the Infantry and he was Welchbloke 39 because there were so many people in the battalion with the same surname    If you're interested the number is the last 3 numbers of their service number.

[welchbloke]

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 

[ardem (OP)]

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>

[welchbloke]

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 

[boggo2300]

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.

Since they managed to claim the Warwickshires were a Welsh regiment at Roarkes Drift in the film a safe bet   (my understanding they were stationed in Wales to keep them pesky choirs in line )