Grammar and the Peeves that Pet It

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• Mr_Shiftright (Oct 20, 2009 9:29 am)
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Oct 21, 2009 7:56 am)

But they're speaking Australian, not English
 
(Laugh if you will, but you can buy American-Australian translation books at Borders).

Replying to: kirstie_h (Oct 21, 2009 7:56 am)

I can accept those, because the "correct" version just sounds stupid.
 However, "Live Adventurously" does NOT.
 
I think it's probably done to the emphasize the Australian nature of the product.
While not gramatically correct down in OZ either, it sounds a lot less wrong than it does to an educated ear here.
Maybe the following word you keep waiting for is "Mate!"
 
Try saying the whole thing in your mind with a strong Australian accent and hopefully it won't sound so bad; either that or it will become an 'earworm'.

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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 21, 2009 8:52 am)

Did anyone celebrate "Talk Like a Pirate" Day recently?
 
Err...no.
 
1: I sail, and I'm often on land (intentionally) around Florida's coastline, where there many local 'characters' who talk like that all the time in the hopes that it will enhance their panhandling abilities on the streets and in local bars.
Who knows, maybe it does, but the image it leaves in my mind isn't one I care to emulate.
 
2: I've become very boring as the years have passed, so boring that I don't even recite Monty Python sketches any more.
 
3: Finally, I so enjoy being PC these days that I'd be worried about offending those Somalian immigrants whose relatives back home are earning an adventurous living on the high seas.

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