why I won't buy a k3 (Warning: Satire Thread)

dbs · 07-19-2018, 07:18 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by reh321

Don't forget the Professor's soliloquy in "My Fair Lady", when after he talks about the ways others butcher English, he says "In America they haven't spoken it in years".

Hi reh

I have not watched "My Fair Lady"but the butchering hasn't stopped for centuries.
On a side note with all the French help back in the day it's a wonder you don't talk French instead of English.

Dave

robtcorl · 07-19-2018, 07:45 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by dbs

On a side note with all the French help back in the day it's a wonder you don't talk French instead of English.

Well aren't you a ray of sunshine on this thread?
Oui?

dbs · 07-19-2018, 07:49 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Well aren't you a ray of sunshine on this thread?
Oui?

Hi Bob

Well I'm a NASA actor so what do you expect.

Dave

MarkJerling · 07-19-2018, 07:55 PM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by rod_grant

...South Australian term - we Victorians wouldn't say such a thing!
(South Australians have a funny dialect).

All Australians have a funny dialect! It could be because they're NASA actors?

dbs · 07-19-2018, 08:04 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

All Australians have a funny dialect! It could be because they're NASA actors?

Hi Mark

Does that include the Kiwi's ?
You know the Eastern Islanders I think they are a part of Australia or maybe a Territory ?

Dave

MarkJerling · 07-19-2018, 09:18 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by dbs

Hi Mark

Does that include the Kiwi's ?
You know the Eastern Islanders I think they are a part of Australia or maybe a Territory ?

Dave

Yeah nah mate!

**savoche** · 07-19-2018, 09:43 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Consider this.

My job is helping to put together a 1:1 scale model airplane kit.

None of that 1/24th or 1/43rd scale stuff.

Nope.

Actual size.

And damn fine models they are, too. They look just like the real thing.

**clackers** · 07-19-2018, 10:10 PM - **1 Like**

Youtu.be

**savoche** · 07-19-2018, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by robtcorl

Let me think about that.

Thunderations, Bob, sometimes you look too much like my father

**savoche** · 07-19-2018, 11:19 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

The logging truck drivers here run the mountain roads like a racetrack. One lane gravel roads in the forests on the mountains. One always has to be vigilant driving around areas with active logging operations. The one good thing is you can hear them coming, they run open exhaust, and make good use of the engine brakes to manage their speed on those twisty, narrow roads.

When they get out on to the highway to run to the mills, it has not been uncommon to see them running around a hundred miles an hour or so.

Maniacs.

Good thing they don't carry heavy loads or anything...

**savoche** · 07-19-2018, 11:20 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by rod_grant

(South Australians have a funny dialect).

And Victorians don't. Noted.

**savoche** · 07-19-2018, 11:22 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Almost spit out my beer on that line, sorry, as Charlie would probably say.

Spit out beer?? That would be like... like... like selling lenses

**savoche** · 07-20-2018, 12:37 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by dbs

On a side note with all the French help back in the day it's a wonder you don't talk French instead of English.

But isn't English mostly French anyway?

Ok, lots of other influences as well. First from latin through the Romans, then again when Christianity arrived. Then a 200 year period with lots of Danish (and Norwegian) settlers - resulting in a fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse into Old English. Then Willy came over from Normandy in 1066 with his Norman French (which itself was a twice over creolised language already), mixing it with Old English into Middle English (although it took several hundred years for the languages to cross over the class barriers and mix properly).

As the nobility shifted to speaking Middle English, Latin replaced French as the written language and contributed with yet more words. Then there's been new waves of loaning words from other languages in more recent times, mainly French (which has changed a lot since Norman French and thus introduced yet more ways of spelling the same word).

These all stem from the same Proto-Indo-European root reg:
right, rich, raj, rex, regalia, reign, royal and real (from Germanic, Celtic, Sanskrit, Latin (twice), French (twice) and Portuguese)

Umm, that was a slight digression... Anyway, more than half of English words today are of Latin origin and has arrived mostly through French.

--
This was an announcement from the Department of Useless Facts.

**savoche** · 07-20-2018, 12:41 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by robtcorl

Well aren't you a ray of sunshine on this thread?
Oui?

Cue the theme song of the Doom&Gloom section.

You Tube

**savoche** · 07-20-2018, 12:42 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

All Australians have a funny dialect! It could be because they're NASA actors?

Look who's talking

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07-19-2018, 07:18 PM - 1 Like	#52336
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Originally posted by reh321 Don't forget the Professor's soliloquy in "My Fair Lady", when after he talks about the ways others butcher English, he says "In America they haven't spoken it in years". Hi reh I have not watched "My Fair Lady"but the butchering hasn't stopped for centuries. On a side note with all the French help back in the day it's a wonder you don't talk French instead of English. Dave

07-19-2018, 07:45 PM - 1 Like	#52337
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by dbs On a side note with all the French help back in the day it's a wonder you don't talk French instead of English. Well aren't you a ray of sunshine on this thread? Oui?

07-19-2018, 07:49 PM - 3 Likes	#52338
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Originally posted by robtcorl Well aren't you a ray of sunshine on this thread? Oui? Hi Bob Well I'm a NASA actor so what do you expect. Dave

07-19-2018, 07:55 PM - 3 Likes	#52339
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by rod_grant ...South Australian term - we Victorians wouldn't say such a thing! (South Australians have a funny dialect). All Australians have a funny dialect! It could be because they're NASA actors?

07-19-2018, 08:04 PM - 1 Like	#52340
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Originally posted by MarkJerling All Australians have a funny dialect! It could be because they're NASA actors? Hi Mark Does that include the Kiwi's ? You know the Eastern Islanders I think they are a part of Australia or maybe a Territory ? Dave

07-19-2018, 09:18 PM - 1 Like	#52341
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by dbs Hi Mark Does that include the Kiwi's ? You know the Eastern Islanders I think they are a part of Australia or maybe a Territory ? Dave Yeah nah mate!

07-19-2018, 09:43 PM - 2 Likes	#52342
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Consider this. My job is helping to put together a 1:1 scale model airplane kit. None of that 1/24th or 1/43rd scale stuff. Nope. Actual size. And damn fine models they are, too. They look just like the real thing.

07-19-2018, 11:18 PM	#52344
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by robtcorl Let me think about that. Thunderations, Bob, sometimes you look too much like my father

07-19-2018, 11:19 PM - 2 Likes	#52345
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Racer X 69 The logging truck drivers here run the mountain roads like a racetrack. One lane gravel roads in the forests on the mountains. One always has to be vigilant driving around areas with active logging operations. The one good thing is you can hear them coming, they run open exhaust, and make good use of the engine brakes to manage their speed on those twisty, narrow roads. When they get out on to the highway to run to the mills, it has not been uncommon to see them running around a hundred miles an hour or so. Maniacs. Good thing they don't carry heavy loads or anything...

07-19-2018, 11:20 PM - 1 Like	#52346
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by rod_grant (South Australians have a funny dialect). And Victorians don't. Noted.

07-19-2018, 11:22 PM - 2 Likes	#52347
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by robtcorl Almost spit out my beer on that line, sorry, as Charlie would probably say. Spit out beer?? That would be like... like... like selling lenses

07-20-2018, 12:37 AM - 2 Likes	#52348
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by dbs On a side note with all the French help back in the day it's a wonder you don't talk French instead of English. But isn't English mostly French anyway? Ok, lots of other influences as well. First from latin through the Romans, then again when Christianity arrived. Then a 200 year period with lots of Danish (and Norwegian) settlers - resulting in a fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse into Old English. Then Willy came over from Normandy in 1066 with his Norman French (which itself was a twice over creolised language already), mixing it with Old English into Middle English (although it took several hundred years for the languages to cross over the class barriers and mix properly). As the nobility shifted to speaking Middle English, Latin replaced French as the written language and contributed with yet more words. Then there's been new waves of loaning words from other languages in more recent times, mainly French (which has changed a lot since Norman French and thus introduced yet more ways of spelling the same word). These all stem from the same Proto-Indo-European root reg: right, rich, raj, rex, regalia, reign, royal and real (from Germanic, Celtic, Sanskrit, Latin (twice), French (twice) and Portuguese) Umm, that was a slight digression... Anyway, more than half of English words today are of Latin origin and has arrived mostly through French. -- This was an announcement from the Department of Useless Facts.

07-20-2018, 12:42 AM - 1 Like	#52350
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by MarkJerling All Australians have a funny dialect! It could be because they're NASA actors? Look who's talking