Fun thread....Did you know......(finish the sentence)

[Jay Ross]

Thought I found this pretty interesting, it's a map that shows how they speak differently in different parts of America.

20 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From One Another.

Victorians speak funnily when compared to the rest of Australians. I wonder whether or not it has been mapped?

Togs or swimmers,

Case or port

etc.

 

[Heart2Soul]

Thought I found this pretty interesting, it's a map that shows how they speak differently in different parts of America.

20 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From One Another.

Yes and that is such a short list....do you Whaaash your clothes or warsh them? Do you have dinner or supper? Do you take a bath or do you bathe? lol....

 

[Josho]

Victorians speak funnily when compared to the rest of Australians. I wonder whether or not it has been mapped?

Togs or swimmers,

Case or port

etc.

Scallops or Potato Cakes or Potato Fritters

 

[Heart2Soul]

Scallops or Potato Cakes or Potato Fritters

Do you say ice box or fridge or refrigerator?

 

[Josho]

Do you say ice box or fridge or refrigerator?

Fridge

 

[marksman]

It is a shame the nothing seems to be built in Australia anymore. I bought a new TV the other day and it said built-in Antenna. I have no idea where Antenna is.

 

[Sabertooth]

I have no idea where Antenna is.

(I think it is located near Usa, Japan*...)

*That is from an old gag about being made in Usa. ;)

 

[Taken]

Thought I found this pretty interesting, it's a map that shows how they speak differently in different parts of America.

20 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From One Another.

Yes!
Americans (from different geographical locations and often by different races and by different dialects) do use different words to describe the same things.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[Josho]

It is a shame the nothing seems to be built in Australia anymore. I bought a new TV the other day and it said built-in Antenna. I have no idea where Antenna is.

They have in-built antennas in TVs now? Maybe it operates like a smart phone to cell phone tower?

 

[Taken]

They have in-built antennas in TVs now? Maybe it operates like a smart phone to cell phone tower?

I was beginning to wonder if China's Capital had been changed from Beijing to MadeIn.

 

[Nancy]

I was beginning to wonder if China's Capital had been changed from Beijing to MadeIn.

Hahahaha! Love it.

 

[marksman]

They have in-built antennas in TVs now? Maybe it operates like a smart phone to cell phone tower?

Wots a smartphone? Do they eat smarties?

 

[farouk]

Wots a smartphone? Do they eat smarties?

Are smarties a kind of cellular telephone?

 

[Sabertooth]

Wots a smartphone? Do they eat smarties?

No, silly. That's a smartiphage...!

 

[Taken]

Does anyone know which page in the Bible explains how to turn water into wine?

Asking for a friend.

 

[Taken]

Not to get all technical...
But according to science, alcohol is a solution.

 

[Sabertooth]

Does anyone know which page in the Bible explains how to turn water into wine?

Asking for a friend.

“Whatever He says to you, do it.” John 2:5 NKJV

 

[Taken]

“Whatever He says to you, do it.” John 2:5 NKJV

Okie dokie, I'll pass that along to my friend. :)

 

[Sabertooth]

Your bones are ⚛radioactive⚛...!?

Veritasium: How Kodak Detected the Atomic Bomb

 

[marks]

Yes and that is such a short list....do you Whaaash your clothes or warsh them? Do you have dinner or supper? Do you take a bath or do you bathe? lol....

I wash, but my mother warshed. I used to warsh, but I was cleaning up my language, and this one got all washed up!

Much love!