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[l3lueMage]

Well I was talking and noticed when im lazy and talk I usually dont say things how they are spelled, for example me and alot of other people I know pronounce "Probably" as Prolly when talking fast/lazy.

Thats the one I hear most but Im wondering if there are any other places and if different countries dont pronounce how words are spelled...I dunno just thought it would be a kind of fun topic.

Or differences in cultures.
For example: here we call Shopping carts...shopping carts, but talking to Donna one day made me realize we are probably the only that call them that, as other countries call them...trollies?...that was interesting to me

[Donna]

I call them trollies always have, a lot of my words here they have no clue what I'm saying lol as I use New Zealand/Australia terms of speech.

Here in Canada first time I heard someone mention a Looney I thought they mean't someone that's crazy or in a mental asylum, turned out to be the $1 coin lol so it's funny to me.

And not many know what a boot of the car is here neither lol they call it the trunk.

And not all of it is lazy talk as you say, certain countries have slang speech, Australian slang is the worst you sincerely have no clue what they're saying sometimes.

[Kristopher]

Yeah not that theres anything wrong with it but I think the brittish make up some funny words but they probably think the same about canadians eh?

[DanWilliamson]

in the UK we call it a boot of the car and a shopping trollie.

I may sound posh for this but I hardly ever actually use slang in a sentance except to my mates.

[Mr. Matt]

the only ones i can think off which my mate uses are fezza for ferrari and tro for metro. I am sure there are plenty out there, just cant think of ne others

[l3lueMage]

GfxTuts, on Jun 30 2006, 11:58 PM, said:

Yeah not that theres anything wrong with it but I think the brittish make up some funny words but they probably think the same about canadians eh?

So far every canadian I have met say "eh?" at the end of every question

[The_pro_designer]

Im american, but by living in different parts of america such as Pittsburg, Pa, all the way to South carolina..There are alot of different tones that I get from different people.. New yorkers have a way to speak and I cant understand them, and in South Carolina they all sound pretty slang.. and it wasnt much of a joke when Jeff Foxworthy (can't spell his name) mocked the south slang..because most of its true.. Or at least where I live.. In typing I type with more common uses for words based off of America.. Witch is the version of English most Americans know.. I do type "eh?" as the end of alot of my questions but that isnt just Canadians.. Alot of Pittsburg people talk like that too.. When crossing 37th street bridge you'll hear it alot.. lol.. But I think I may be off topic too.. because thats more off of "lazy talk" And yess I do type "prolly" alot.. but mostly because when I played runescape when it came out.. And they all "type" that so when talking I mess up and say stuff like "I prolly will". Ha, I get corrected enough anyway so it dosent bother me much.

[Clandestine]

I noticed alot of people on forums, thats the biggest way to insult someone is their grammar.. If you dont like their thread or you dont have a comback or something you always say stuff about their grammar "Learn to spell, blahh blahh bahh"

I dont get this, as long as you can understand them who cares how they spell it out. I understand the people where you cant understand a word they type, but like little things. Because is Spelt "because" not "becuase" who cares if you switched the a and the u.....

-Devyn

[Matthew.]

Clandestine, on Jul 5 2006, 07:15 AM, said:

I noticed alot of people on forums, thats the biggest way to insult someone is their grammar.. If you dont like their thread or you dont have a comback or something you always say stuff about their grammar "Learn to spell, blahh blahh bahh"

I notice that too, i just post back with "lol, idiot."

[Erik Bernskiold]

That's one way to tackle it .Matt

Clandestine: It has been proved that you read words perfectly if only the first and last letter in the word is intact and that all letters are still there. For example,

I lkie to digesn sties for the ienertnt!

Most of you saw that it was written, I like to design sites for the internet.

[Clandestine]

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That's one way to tackle it .Matt

Clandestine: It has been proved that you read words perfectly if only the first and last letter in the word is intact and that all letters are still there. For example,

I lkie to digesn sties for the ienertnt!

Most of you saw that it was written, I like to design sites for the internet.
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yae iev haerd taht bfeore smowehre.

-Dveyn

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[Erik Bernskiold]

I think it was Oxford English Dictory or some word thing who proved that correct, feel free to correct me though.