Does anyone else find all this talk of "zorsts" and "th'exhaust" a bit annoying - time the moderators put a muffler on it I say!
Things haven't been the same since all those gurning pumpkins joined. Where's the ironic one? It does not exist!
I'm sure Mr Jacobs is not happy either.
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Falling Standards
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Re: Falling Standards
Aye, because everyone knows that it should be 't'exhaust".poplargreg wrote:Does anyone else find all this talk of "zorsts" and "th'exhaust" a bit annoying - time the moderators put a muffler on it I say!
Things haven't been the same since all those gurning pumpkins joined. Where's the ironic one? It does not exist!
I'm sure Mr Jacobs is not happy either.
Disgusted of Hereford.
I can't say I'd noticed except that some colonials talk about carbys and not carburettors or shortened to carbs. It should at least be carbus.
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carbus for singles, carbi for twins.....Janet wrote: It should at least be carbus.
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Wot, standards fallin in this gr8t club innit?
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Nuff sayd!
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Cor blimey mate, som'uns got som'ink ta sort owut ere, better get Stanley Unwin in to sort it out.
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Eamonn wrote:carbus for singles, carbi for twins.....Janet wrote: It should at least be carbus.
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Surely the Greek plural for carbus would be carbodes, carbi is Latin. Sorry, I'll get my coat