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hello everyone... im from Argentina and i want to lear english, i dont really good at all.
if someone can help me ... or maybe improve your Spanish y will help u...
my e-mail is [email protected]
ox

:D

Sorry, it's one of the things I studied at uni. The English language is fascinating and the fact that groups like the BNP use it to defend their country against 'outsiders' in particular makes me laugh.

It's one of the few truly amazing languages that keeps evolving at such a rate that every decade or so it seems to re-invent itself.

iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> pb wrote:
> iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> El Viking wrote:
> iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> British -

> ....sigh.

expands to:

your accuracy is stifling

pb wrote:
> iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> El Viking wrote:
> iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> British -
> Good morning = It is before mid day and you do not have a
> hangover.
>
> When you do have a hangover; morn... uurrrgghh
>
> British - Essex
> Giza! = Who knows...? but it is a greeting.
>
> Surely you mean geezer/geez? You get that in surrey often
> enough
> :)
> Very well then, geezer it is.
>
> If you are Viking (not just by name) then allow us an education
> in the Norse/Viking greetings? Afterall original English would
> have been probably from Norse.
>
> Not really. It really depends where you came from as the
> country has been taken over many times by many different people.
> You would have celtic originally, followed by latin from the
> Romans, then Anglo Saxon and Germanic words and further latin
> from the Christian invaders followed by the Danes and the French
> (Norman) languages. Finally, words such as skeleton, violin and
> chocolate would have come from the new world...


....sigh.

iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> El Viking wrote:
> iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> British -
> Good morning = It is before mid day and you do not have a
> hangover.
>
> When you do have a hangover; morn... uurrrgghh
>
> British - Essex
> Giza! = Who knows...? but it is a greeting.
>
> Surely you mean geezer/geez? You get that in surrey often
> enough
> :)
> Very well then, geezer it is.
>
> If you are Viking (not just by name) then allow us an education
> in the Norse/Viking greetings? Afterall original English would
> have been probably from Norse.

Not really. It really depends where you came from as the country has been taken over many times by many different people. You would have celtic originally, followed by latin from the Romans, then Anglo Saxon and Germanic words and further latin from the Christian invaders followed by the Danes and the French (Norman) languages. Finally, words such as skeleton, violin and chocolate would have come from the new world...

El Viking wrote:
> iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> British -
> Good morning = It is before mid day and you do not have a
> hangover.
>
> When you do have a hangover; morn... uurrrgghh
>
> British - Essex
> Giza! = Who knows...? but it is a greeting.
>
> Surely you mean geezer/geez? You get that in surrey often enough
> :)
Very well then, geezer it is.

If you are Viking (not just by name) then allow us an education in the Norse/Viking greetings? Afterall original English would have been probably from Norse.

iggvopvantoodlewin wrote:
> British -
> Good morning = It is before mid day and you do not have a
> hangover.

When you do have a hangover; morn... uurrrgghh

> British - Essex
> Giza! = Who knows...? but it is a greeting.

Surely you mean geezer/geez? You get that in surrey often enough :)

guka wrote:
> hello everyone... im from Argentina and i want to lear english, i
> dont really good at all.
> if someone can help me ... or maybe improve your Spanish y will
> help u...
> my e-mail is [email protected]
> ox

What is the weather like in Argentina?

Salutation, English variants

British -
Good morning = It is before mid day and you do not have a hangover.
Good evening = It is starting to get dark and you are still sober (so can remember your manners and to say Good evening; this is a typical example of how English people say something is Good but do not mean it).
~Good day (spoken harshly) = You have no wish to continue the conversation.
Good day (spoken normally) = You are well mannered and greeting someone perhaps in the street
Greetings = You are a martain
Hello = You cannot be bothered to think about it
Hello Old Boy = You want to raise an eyebrow.
Hello Old Girl = You want your cheek to hurt.
Hello Old Bean = You want more single malt.
Hello my dear = You are probably selling something or related to the person.

English American Hybrid
Hi = You are lazy with your vocabulary
Hey = You want to sound effeminate by using the American form of hello popularised by touchy fiddly American films about relationships that are completely ridiculous
Yello' = The epitome of American lazy speak. Yes and Hello in one word. Probably used mostly on the telephone.

French - English (more french)
Alo = General telephone greeting.

British - 80's
Yo = Yo
Yo, Wats Up My Man = Only ever used in about two 80's films not suitable for plausible inn cooperation into conversation.

British - Essex
Alright? = You have acknowledged that someone is there
Are you Alright? = You are asking if someone is alright as a greeting.
Wotz Up Bro? = You've nothing worth saying but are saying it anyway.
Wot? (abrupt) = You are not very approachable
You Got Problems Or Sumin? = You think that you are hard.
Wot U Lookin At? = You feel that anyone not looking in the opposite direction is starting. You need therapy. Or to be put to sleep (permanently)
Giza! = Who knows...? but it is a greeting.
OYOY = You are drunk. It is about three AM. No one wants to know but you are shouting OYOY at the top of your voice. If I had a sniper rifle you would not be...

hello everyone... im from Argentina and i want to lear english, i dont really good at all.
if someone can help me ... or maybe improve your Spanish y will help u...
my e-mail is [email protected]
ox