Tuesday 3 August, 2004

Air-con in the UK?

Filed under: Random thoughts

The climates in New York and London aren't vastly different.  New York gets a bit warmer for a bit longer in the summer, and gets way colder in the winter.  OK, so New York is 11 degrees south of London, but hey.  So how come air con comes standard in NY but can't be found in London?  Maybe things are changing.

There are a few words that I find Americans have trouble saying: squirrel, nuclear, ask, caramel, herbs.  Any more for any more?


Posted by dan at 1:03am | Permalink | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)
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How 'bout awesome and oregano for starters? Though the latter is actually more akin to the Italian pronunciation and therefore more likely to be cirrect than the 'English English' version.

Posted by Andski, 5:00am, Friday 6 August 2004

Surely oregano comes under 'herbs', so it doesn't need a specific mention :)

Also, a point worthy of note is the use of the word awesome, which is often when there is little going on worthy of any awe whatsoever.

Posted by Dan, 9:08am, Friday 6 August 2004

Thanks to Andski for the addition of buoy (pronounced boo-ey) and the additional thread around words that they've just changed - aluminum and labatory to name but two....

Posted by Dan, 4:00am, Monday 16 August 2004

Hyundai (hun-day). Where did the "Y" go?

Posted by Dan, 4:18am, Wednesday 1 September 2004
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