Over the years, I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English, especially from some American's.

We are guilty too!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English
"Strayan" English, a shortening of the word Australian


With over 1.1M English in the country;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia
I think the English people in Australia will mostly keep The Monarchy in power over Australian Politics. And to be honest, I don't mind having a Queen who can actually boot out a bad Prime Minister. Given that The Queen has only stepped when it was needed... like every 10 to 20 years or so.... Lets face it, The Queen has a reasonable track record over a long period of time, compared to the 15 minutes (12 months, or whatever) that Julia has been at the top (it's a tough job - this is not a Julia bashing session).

I think the referendums on a Monarchy v's a Republic, will continue to be a 50-50 ball game for a while yet, and I would guess that 80-90% of the 1.1M English in Australia hold the balance of power. In reality there is probably another 1.1M kids of English parents, and maybe 60-80% of those would tick "monarchy". I'm guessing that's a 1 in 10 head start for The Monarchy...

For the record, I'll continue to camp out with The Monarchy. I can't see too many advantages of becoming a Republic. And if it's not badly broken, why fix it !

We don't speak english. We speak Austrayan. Aren't you from Melbun Simondo.
Don't forget Austraya's national capital Canbra.
I am comfortable with the the monarchy (especially Kate's sister).
I just couldn't stand the site of a new flag.

Sounds fine to me Dinsdale, I'd need a lot of convincing that something else would be better.

Simondo said...

Over the years, I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English, especially from some American's.

does that downhill slide include misplaced apostrophes?

stamp said...

Simondo said...

Over the years, I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English, especially from some American's.

does that downhill slide include misplaced apostrophes?

S'orright Stamp, he might be a greengrocer

Simondo said...

stamp said...

Simondo said...

Over the years, I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English, especially from some American's.

does that downhill slide include misplaced apostrophes?

Jam it Stamp !
This is how I would say it...;
Over the years [pause] I've noticed a down hill slide on the quality of spoken English [pause] especially from some American's
And Stamp's a bit of a smart arse [pause] nobody likes a smart arse

But yes, sometimes I whack in too many apostrophes.

haha, i have no problem with commas, in fact i think they should be used more. it's apostrophes that show up where they shouldn't that annoy me....but i'm in no position to get on the soapbox- i am too lazy to use capitals on a forum.

(sorry to pick you out simondo; i wouldn't normally speak up, but you did originally post about bad english)

I just saw a sticker with the words "f-ck off were full!".

I thought this was very interesting.

Were:

1. Second person singular and plural and first and third person plural past indicative of be.
2. Past subjunctive of be.

Scotty88 said...

I just couldn't stand the site of a new flag.

Which particular site would you like to sight the flag?

I wasn't sure if you were continuing the bogun english from the previous sentence.


Fossil

Do anyone speak American?