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[Jana]

G N wrote: "aaiiyyeee....sorry.

Jana's phonetic description of 'no way'. The 'way' rises in tone in the middle and the 'y' is quite drawn out."

that's possible that I didn't spell that correctly. I just wanted to point out that when they say "no" they use all of the vowels.

[Jan]

Good morning. 8 am Sunday here. AEST Australian Eastern Summer Time. In Australia, as everywhere, there is a range of accents. There is a broad Australian accent where 'no' is pronounced something like 'now'. Approximately one third of the population speaks with this kind of accent. Almost two thirds say 'no' in an accent which is similar (but not the same as) a middle class London accent. A very small number speak with an accent somewhat reminiscent of the BBC. Known as RP or received pronunciation. Since most Australians(two thirds of the population) speak with the general accent, they can be understood by most other English speakers. It is the broad Australian accent that can be difficult to understand by others, and is sometimes assumed to be spoken by all. As for adding 'but' to the end of a sentence, it was not uncommon when my family first came to Western Australia in 1967, but in recent years I've not heard it anywhere. Which is not to say it doesn't occur at all, but certainly is not widespread in the cities, where most of the population lives.

[Carol]

I see.

[Scribble]

Kitty wrote: "I see."

we say it a lot in queensland but.

[Carol]

So they do put but on the end of words. I see but....

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

It was endemic in NSW when I lived there in the 80's....

[Carol]

"Like um you know" was here in the 90's. It has become passe, occasionally you will hear it.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

It was mainly the older generation but!

[Scribble]

watch who you're calling old but!

[Ken, Moderator]

Butts have to age, too.

[Scribble]

saggy butt

[Ken, Moderator]

cigarette butt

[Scribble]

but me no butts

[Ken, Moderator]

Conjunction junction, what's your function?

[Scribble]

Conjugation legation, what's your predation?

[M]

To subordinate all clauses!

[Ken, Moderator]

Wait a minute -- CUT! This is the introduction and welcome thread. Some lurker out there is hesitant and confused about jumping in because of all of this in-subordination.

Take it to the Word Association thread, people!

[M]

NE: Can't these threads be cleaned up periodically, especially the the threads likely to entice new members?

[Scribble]

Enticed!

Welcome Nikita, you're definitely in the write thread.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Welcome Nikita....hope you learn lots here and have fun too.

[Ken, Moderator]

Hi, Nikita. Your name sounds Russian but your country sounds like I don't remember where it is on the map. Let me think on it, though, I know I've run across Brunei before (if not in person, then in atlases)....

[Scribble]

My Island Paradise Marathon by New England

[M]

Hi, Nikita! Welcome to L&G. (It sounds like a cell phone manufacturer, doesn't it?) I'd have said hi earlier, but my computer just woke up after a long night of disturbing dreams that it refuses to tell me about. How wonderful that you use simple language! The brighter you are, the less convolute your writing. I had mine analyzed, and they recommended that I look into plumbing school.

[Jan]

Hi Nikita. Apa kabar? If you like writing stories you might also like to have a look at a group called The Weekly Short Story Contest and Company! I live in Perth, so I'm probably the closest to you geographically. At least there will be someone else awake at the same time as you!

[Carol]

Welcome to the mad house Nikita.

[Scribble]

Aaroooohhhh, arrr, arr, ruff, ruff...Aarrrrooooohhhh

Just the full moon.

(ooh! Nikita...I just read you had a new puppy. Congratulations. Don't let him listen to your computer speakers!!!)

[Jana]

hi Nikita, I'm new here too.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Brunei is in the UAE....my school principal taught there for a while......

[Ken, Moderator]

Oh, yes. The UAE. Isn't that where the tragedy just occurred with that 26-yr-old swimmer?

[Jan]

No, Debbie. Malaysia. Straight up from Perth. Adjacent to Kalimantan.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

i could have sworn it was in the Middle East! United Arab Emirates. Off to Google!!

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Well!! You learn something new everday! :-)

[Scribble]

Al-Hamdu Lillah

[Ken, Moderator]

Malaysia! This is Prabha's turf. Perhaps Nikita (I thought this was Khrushchev's first name, but maybe he was a Nikolai) knows Prabha???

[M]

UAE. Isn't that the sticker they put on products that have passed the Good Housekeeping test?

[Ken, Moderator]

Yes, I just scroogled it. Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the USSR when JFK was president. Famous for pounding the United Nations lectern while screaming, "We will bury you!"

Thus, my assumption that the name was in a hurry. (Russian joke)

[M]

I thought Nikita was a novel by Nabokov.

[Ken, Moderator]

News to me if it is. There's THIS...



Couldn't ring up a Nabokovian version, though.

[M]

I don't speak any Russian. I can't even ask where the restroom is.

[Savvy]

M wrote: "I don't speak any Russian. I can't even ask where the restroom is."

Here you go M...but use it sparingly...you might not like the restrooms there....

Где туалет, пожалуйста?

[Ken, Moderator]

Cyrillic to the rescue. (But really, jumping up and down with your legs crossed is the universal language.)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

I have a Nikita in my class...shes' a girl.

[Ruth]

I can say please, thank you, very good and where is the restroom in Russian. The essential travel vocabulary.

[Ken, Moderator]

Spaseeba is thank you. Dah is yes. Nyet is no. That's all I remember from my trip to the Soviet Union.

[Scribble]

It was cold. Everyone was gray. They drank a lot.

[Ken, Moderator]

They served vodka on Aeroflot and no one knew their very lives were at stake in those poorly-maintained planes. Good I carried an illegal Bible in my luggage.

[M]

Thank you, Susanne! I'm sure Где туалет, пожалуйста? will come in very handy someday. I'll carry it around on an index card and show it to people, as a potty dance intertitle.

[Ruth]

On the first flight that little glass of clear stuff was water. On the next it was vodka. Choke, cough. Who expected?

I swear the flight from Tashkent to Bukhara was on a lumbering beast left over from WWII.

[Jan]

I'm having a banana and pecan sandwich, thanks Gabi. Followed by a pink lady apple. And I've already lost the kilo that I gained on Lygon street!

[Scribble]

Oh for a pnk lady!

Can't wait to come back to those.

One kg down.....pat on the back, atta girl, Jan!