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Can you say why to everything?
You can say whatever you like, it's a free country. If you do say "why" to everything, you'll sound rather like a three-year-old, though.
What is the slang word for the usual?
I know a lot of people that shorten it to the first 2 letter but say it like you were to say the usual instead of just saying us
How is Cockney different to standard English?
First off they have a terrible accent - worse than Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins - and it does sound like Gor Blimey , Guvnor, what a smashing mo'or. They pronounce thr as fr so the word three sounds like free. And they have the famous rhyming slang - where they say apples and pears instead of stairs, and trouble and strife instead of wife.
What does the idiom runing out of stem mean?
Nothing. I think you meant to say running out of STEAM instead. Steam engines run when they have steam, and when they run out of it, they stop, so people say this when they are out of energy.
What can you say instead of nastiness?
unfaithfulness?
Should people say X-Mas instead of Christmas?
People can say it but you don't hav to say It
Why does mr krabs always say me instead of my?
I believe it is because he is Irish. Many people from the U.K./Ireland say "me" instead of "my".
Why do people say merry Christmas instead of happy Christmas?
Americans say: "Merry Christmas" and people from England say: "Happy Christmas".
Why do people say siblings instead of brothers and sisters?
People say siblings to shorten things. Instead of taking the time of saying brothers and People say siblings because it keeps thing vague It is part of the same type of thinking that has replaced the word Christmas with the word Holiday. MS instead of Mrs and so on.
Can you just say the witness' instead of witness's?
yes like how people say Jesus' or Jesus's
Why do people say ello governor?
It is just people that want to use a British accent and people in Britain that say ello govenor instead of hello.
Why do people say coburn instead of cockburn?
British dialectual pronunciation
Can you say est 1993 instead of born in 1993?
No. People are born, not established!
Why do people say hi instead of hola?
Hola is spanish. Hi is english.
How do you say free beer in swedish?
Free beer might just be what many people desire, not just in Sweden. Anyhow, the way Swedish people say the phrase is "gratis öl", where 'free' = gratis and 'beer' = öl.
Is it correct to say three- fourths?
Yes, if you are referring to 3/4. In Britain and Ireland anyway, it is more popular to say quarters instead of fourths.
What to say instead of after?
You can say "following" or "subsequent to" instead of "after".
