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**Badjelly** · 3rd April 2008, 14:16

Originally Posted by Hitcher

The pie cart in Te Kuiti sells dognuts. Anything is possible.

Originally Posted by yungatart

Dognuts, eh? Are they tasty?

Originally Posted by Hitcher

I've never got past licking them.

Because you could?

**Hitcher** · 3rd April 2008, 14:17

Originally Posted by Badjelly

Because you could?

Boom, tish...

**Badjelly** · 3rd April 2008, 16:04

Originally Posted by Hitcher

I've never got past licking them.

Originally Posted by Badjelly

Because you could?

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Boom, tish...

You pop 'em up, I'll spike 'em!

**Hitcher** · 3rd April 2008, 16:09

Originally Posted by Badjelly

You pop 'em up, I'll spike 'em!

As the actress said to the bishop?

**Skyryder** · 3rd April 2008, 16:15

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Ah, you just reminded me of a question I have.

In proper english - is the a/an rule tied into the spelling or the pronounciation of the following word?

E.g. is it "an L-plate" or "a L-plate" - I would certainly go with the "an" in this case as the phonetical sound "L" starts with an "e".

On the other hand - I'd certainly go for "a Learners plate" over "an Learners plate"... That's a no brainer...

An is always preceeded if the word starts with a vowel.

A is preceeded where the word starts with a consonant.

The bike had 'a' L plate not an L plate. If it sounds wrong it most likely is wrong.

'An' hotel is one the most abused example of this.

Skyyrder

**MSTRS:Me** · 3rd April 2008, 16:35

Common use does not correct use make

**martybabe** · 3rd April 2008, 16:39

Originally Posted by Misturada

...and another thing: "Grown" is a single bloody syllable, there is no "e" before the "n".

And known ! sorry knowen.

It's what happened to the sound of the vowels on the 12,000 mile journey that gets me.

Decking UK = Dicking NZ, woman and the plural woman?, Bid NZ= Bed UK.

To be fair the only one that stumped me was,as I hear it, Kiagiva. I thought it was a parrot. It later transpired to be, Care giver.

Gotta go, there are two strange woman on the dick, I think their after the sunbids. Ah, viva la dif...oh no, thats pussy speak.

**Badjelly** · 3rd April 2008, 16:59

Originally Posted by Skyryder

An is always preceeded if the word starts with a vowel.

A is preceeded where the word starts with a consonant.

The bike had 'a' L plate not an L plate. If it sounds wrong it most likely is wrong.

This is irony, right? Whatever, I've never heard anyone say "a L plate" and it sounds dead wrong to me.

PS: I'd point out that you've misspelled "preceeded" but that would just be taking a cheap shot.

**Badjelly** · 3rd April 2008, 17:00

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Common use does not correct use make

Not initially, no. But eventually correctness adjusts itself to commonness. (The word "commonness" must exist, right?)

**PrincessBandit** · 3rd April 2008, 19:35

I've seen some shockers when it comes to sign writing, even on company vehicles. One that always jumps out at me on the train going into Auckland is at Otahuhu where a big sign proclaims " $ PAYED" at a scrap metal yard. Spelling mistakes always leap out at me (no, I'm not an English teacher) especially in school reports etc. How they make it through all the vetting gets me (although the vetting is probably to make sure nothing "bad" has been said about the student

). What is scary though is that I understand more and more of the strange pidgin English a lot of students speak at school. And as far as grammar as concerned, thank goodness we don't have several genders in our language (like German and Dutch for instance)!

**Usarka** · 3rd April 2008, 19:42

Originally Posted by 007XX

Which reminds me while we're on the subject...

French toast is not f*&^g toast, bacon, banana and maple syrup...

So what is french toast? Does this mean i have been eating canadian toast? Eeeuuuk canuk bread

**MGST** · 3rd April 2008, 19:53

What about all these people, usually ( but not always ) of Maori or Pacific Island decent who "arks" ( or arcs ? ) for something? Didn't Noah build the ark, and only 1? And the same people always address 2 or more humans as "yous", when ewes is the correct term for 2 or more sheep. What about their term "cousie (sp>)-bro"? You can only be their cousin OR their brother, not both.

**Hitcher** · 3rd April 2008, 20:04

Another (gags) "favourite" is "leading agency" or "leading fees" (pronounced as in the metal lead, rather than as in leading a horse to water). Apparently they both have something to do with rennal (sic) properties.