Pure English
Anya1982
Banned
dunno
I dunno if there is anything on the net for it. But its known round scotland for it and the past, also in musuems.
I'll ask my aunt, she knows alot but I won't beable to find out for a few days.
It was something I was taught as a little girl and it came up in convo a while ago between friends and were shocked that we actually all knew where it is from lol
Inverness has the murry firth...........plus they filmed some of bravehearts fight scenes just off there.
But it is true. Mostly the older generation will tell you. Younger generation don't have a clue yet we did cus it got stamped into us lol
I dunno if there is anything on the net for it. But its known round scotland for it and the past, also in musuems.
I'll ask my aunt, she knows alot but I won't beable to find out for a few days.
It was something I was taught as a little girl and it came up in convo a while ago between friends and were shocked that we actually all knew where it is from lol
Inverness has the murry firth...........plus they filmed some of bravehearts fight scenes just off there.
But it is true. Mostly the older generation will tell you. Younger generation don't have a clue yet we did cus it got stamped into us lol
DTop
Active member
It depends on the definition of "pure". Does it mean the least changed? Does it mean accepted by the most people?
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse *****. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
- James D. Nicoll
"English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results."
- H. Beam Piper
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse *****. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
- James D. Nicoll
"English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results."
- H. Beam Piper
Just love it, those bagpipes aswell, can't get enough of it, uless I have a headace heheIn Newfoundland, many settlers came from England starting in the 1500s. They settled around isolated bays and coves. Many an outport had settlers all from one region in England, while the next cove a few miles over -- but unaccessible -- would have a population from a totally different area. And due their isolation, the languages did not evolve as they did like in England, Canada, America, i.e. areas with more outside contact; they stayed more static. Even now, some Newfoundland dialects employ older English regional grammars and vocabularies: use of "ye" to adress more than one person; use of 3rd person singular for all present tense verbs; use of "bes" as an intensive for present tense "to be"; etc etc.
Unfortunately, this insularity was undermined by access to North American TV.
Now, b'ys, I be's gutfoundered, so I'se got me a dirty big feed o' lobscouse, luh.
J.
Unfortunately, this insularity was undermined by access to North American TV.
Now, b'ys, I be's gutfoundered, so I'se got me a dirty big feed o' lobscouse, luh.
J.
Miss Janis
Active member
I have no idea so I'm guessing England?
senojekips
Active member
This is obviously a trick question but is quite easily answered when you think about it for a moment.
The English language is constantly changing and has been since it's beginnings. So at the moment the language being spoken in England is the only true "English". Whatever is being spoken elsewhere is English based but not "pure".
The English language is constantly changing and has been since it's beginnings. So at the moment the language being spoken in England is the only true "English". Whatever is being spoken elsewhere is English based but not "pure".
SilknLeather
Active member
England, here in the U.S. we speak and spell American. For example the English spell color as colour.
The Other Guy
Spam King
yes, the dumbed down americanized version.
senojekips
Active member
I guess it's pretty much a matter of "whatever rocks your boat", but if you say that you are going to speak and teach "English" you've got to accept that English is just that, and if you change the way you speak it or write it, it becomes something else.
I would say that I speak Australian and write English as we use the English forms of spelling. Night, colour, foot path etc., rather than nite, color and sidewalk. I have no beef with either as the English language must be one of the most confusing and hard to learn languages on earth, a little simplification and clarification would do no harm whatsoever.
Small differences in pronunciation are of little significance, as there are more variations of pronunciation within England than there are elsewhere.
I would say that I speak Australian and write English as we use the English forms of spelling. Night, colour, foot path etc., rather than nite, color and sidewalk. I have no beef with either as the English language must be one of the most confusing and hard to learn languages on earth, a little simplification and clarification would do no harm whatsoever.
Small differences in pronunciation are of little significance, as there are more variations of pronunciation within England than there are elsewhere.