Discuss or chat on any topic not covered by above forums.
ONLY Registered Forum Members have access to this Forum.
-
warooa
Post
by warooa » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:46 am
Neville Briggs wrote:I once heard an ABC news presenter refer to the first law officer as the Attenery Jouranel .
Maybe we can forgive a nervous spoonerism in the heat of the spoken moment.
One of the best spoonerisms (nervous or otherwise) I've heard was from one our local ABC radio presenters when a recent cyclone was imminent - he got "your emergency kit should have" a bit mixed up
ps. I always make sure I have one now when a cyclone is looming
-
Neville Briggs
- Posts: 6946
- Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:08 pm
- Location: Here
Post
by Neville Briggs » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:55 am
As you would.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
-
Neville Briggs
- Posts: 6946
- Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:08 pm
- Location: Here
Post
by Neville Briggs » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:57 am
deleted wrong place/
Last edited by
Neville Briggs on Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
-
Shelley Hansen
- Posts: 2238
- Joined: Sun May 04, 2014 5:39 pm
- Location: Maryborough, Queensland
-
Contact:
Post
by Shelley Hansen » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:06 pm
Just saw this online advert - especially for you Maureen!
"
Freezer $70 Ono
Works fantastic only problem is the draws are broken as you can see doesn't effect use though "
So ... the artwork is broken but doesn't achieve use!
And then there is this winner - seen in a musician's online blog - you'll love this one David!
"
Taking advantage of a captured audience I start telling them about ... etc"
Seems they're taking prisoners to fill the concert halls these days!!!
Cheers, Shelley
Last edited by
Shelley Hansen on Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Shelley Hansen
Lady of Lines
http://www.shelleyhansen.com
"Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends,
fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
(CJ Dennis "The Mooch o' Life")
-
Neville Briggs
- Posts: 6946
- Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:08 pm
- Location: Here
Post
by Neville Briggs » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:19 pm
One of my pet hates is the people who tell us about building up to a crescendo. The word crescendo means; building up to a high point. Crescendo is not the high point.
They should say building up to a climax, but the danger there is big guffaws from vulgar yobbos.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
-
David Campbell
- Posts: 1232
- Joined: Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:27 am
- Location: Melbourne
-
Contact:
Post
by David Campbell » Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:27 pm
Ah yes, I remember Johnny Cash singing to a "captured" audience at Folsom Prison. Not sure I'd want to try it!
-
Neville Briggs
- Posts: 6946
- Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:08 pm
- Location: Here
Post
by Neville Briggs » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:14 pm
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
-
Neville Briggs
- Posts: 6946
- Joined: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:08 pm
- Location: Here
Post
by Neville Briggs » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:22 pm
And since when did the word resource become REE-zors.
And contribute in the mouths of latter day barbarians has become contri-BEWT.
Also I find that flying machines in Australia are now airplanes !! who stole all those lovely aeroplanes.
I love airplane jelly, airplane jelly for me. The metre's all out !!!! they're destroying our traditional poetry.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
-
Shelley Hansen
- Posts: 2238
- Joined: Sun May 04, 2014 5:39 pm
- Location: Maryborough, Queensland
-
Contact:
Post
by Shelley Hansen » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:40 pm
So true Nev!! Now that we've introduced Americanisms into this conversation, what about alOOOminum? That one always annoys me. We don't ride the lift any more (we take the elevator), and we tread the sidewalk instead of the footpath.
I worked with a young bloke who became a father a couple of years ago. One afternoon he announced he was leaving early to catch the shops so he could (and I quote) "pick up some diapers on the way home"!!!!!! Stone the flamin' crows... what's the country coming to???
Shelley Hansen
Lady of Lines
http://www.shelleyhansen.com
"Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends,
fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
(CJ Dennis "The Mooch o' Life")
-
warooa
Post
by warooa » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:17 am
Understandable the Americans saying al-OO-min-UM due to the different spelling. AL-oo-MIN-um sounds like a greeting to a musical note
. Mind you try saying magnesium with an 'um' instead of an 'ium' . . . or more hilariously sodium.
The one that grates on me is the ALP using the American spelling of Labor - due to a gentleman by the name of King O'malley - or perhaps we could call him King Oh-mallee. It had been called the Labour Party from 1890 until he wanted the name 'modernised' in 1912. I'd even consider voting for them (maybe) again if someone changed the spelling back.
