Imagine uncovering a camera……blah blah blah

Hmm, this thread, whilst interesting in its own right, now has nothing whatever to do with Historic Aviation, and the original question has been answered by a moderator.

Accordingly, thread closed. Do send me a PM if any problems!

Bruce (Moderator)

BTW I hear the Australians are considering dropping French and German, in favour of Chinese, on the basis that much of the anticipated future trade will take place with them, and very little between Europe and themselves; best of luck with that!

My mother’s school generation was the first to have an option of Malay, rather than French in the 1950-60s. The British (and sometimes European) perception of close ties, economic or otherwise between them and Australia are not matched by the reality of Australia’s neighbours, trade, sphere of influence or connections. (There’s still a way to go in familiarity with ‘local’ languages here however.)

English, English = Harbour

American, English = Harbor

(or pastie pasty)

Which neatly takes us to that well known Cornish location, a scene of many well known local actions – Talskiddy ‘arbour!:)

Just discovered this thread… it reminds me of a quote from John D Nicholl on a Science Fiction news group some years ago…

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. 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.”

:diablo:

Zeb

I fixed it for you. 😀

Thanks……. although Wiki says English (Hawaiian)

With regard to language, if you want to muck around with it, get your own; like Latin, English is an established language, it doesn’t matter how many people mis spell or mis pronounce it, it wont change (innit)

BTW I hear the Australians are considering dropping French and German, in favour of Chinese, on the basis that much of the anticipated future trade will take place with them, and very little between Europe and themselves; best of luck with that!

John, When in Rome, I call it Roma, but yes, in general. As an Australian married to a Canadian, and having lived or visited most nations with English as a native tongue, we’re very comfortable with most of the varieties of English, and I regularly pass work tests of using good American, British and Australian English. Our problem nevertheless is using an English term unfamiliar to one of the more parochial English-speaking nations.

Badger, sorry, mate, old chap, bud, but British English is now just one of the many versions of the language, despite silly attempts to re-establish some kind of ownership in the UK. And, apart from one meaning, it’s no-where near the primary one any more. No-one owns English, and in the 21st Century, the pace, vocabulary, grammar and spelling will be set by the biggest user base – those using English as a foreign, or international language.

So “deal”.

Back to the normal broadcast theme of the thread…

Does that mean while on holiday in the US or Canada you may have to fill your rental car’s tire with air.
But returning to the UK, you may have to do the same with your tyre?:D

In other words…When in Rome…?

If, while in the US, you write of a tyre, either they’ll not understand at all or they’ll think you are referring to the ancient Lebanese city.

Similarly, a bonnet is worn on the head of a baby or female in old costume, not found on a car… a boot is worn on the foot, not found on a car… and a lift is what someone gives you in a car, you use an elevator to move up or down in a building or ship.

No, the place name is Pearl Harbor. That is the correct place name, and correct American English. Regards,

Does that mean while on holiday in the US or Canada you may have to fill your rental car’s tire with air.
But returning to the UK, you may have to do the same with your tyre?:D

In other words…When in Rome…?

A couple of points; Pearl is in fact a place name, Pearl city, Pearl island etc, (just south of Honolulu) when you hear

the Americans refering to “Pearl”, they are not abbreviating, that is the location.

The Hawaiian flag is an amalgamation of the British and US flag, the union jack, replacing the stars; the spoken language is English (American dialect).

I fixed it for you. 😀

A couple of points; Pearl is in fact a place name, Pearl city, Pearl island etc, (just south of Honolulu) when you hear

the Americans refering to “Pearl”, they are not abbreviating, that is the location.

The Hawaiian flag is an amalgamation of the British and US flag, the union jack, replacing the stars; the spoken language is English.

So yor leaving the fiuld of actiun? U can do a lot with the letter u, or withowt. 😉

James

By not replying to James final post, I was conceding the point of its spelling as a place name. James also spotted quite quickly, I was winding him up and not wanting to play anymore, quit the game:D

cheers

Baz

tosh

No, the place name is Pearl Harbor. That is the correct place name, and correct American English. You or I may talk in British or Australian English about ‘the harbour at Pearl Harbor’ but not add the ‘u’ into the place name.

Names and place names do not need to conform to spelling conventions (although this one does for its national version of English) and certainly do not adhere to foreign spelling conventions.

Another examples is “the concord arrived at between France and Britain was to chose to spell the aircraft’s name as Concorde.”

Obviously it is better to avoid contradictory uses of the same word spelled differently but correctly in the same sentence – the above are just illustrations.

Regards,

I would have thought that at the least some reasonable explanation should be required by the mods.

Then apologies are owed.

I had imagined that a thread which starts with a rehash of an old hoax, then contains a link to prove it a hoax, which then gets closed was a simple enough chain of events for everybody to follow.

Seems I wasn’t right – but then, you can’t win them all.

Sorry gents.

Moggy
Moderator

Could you tell us the circumstances of this persons camera, fire and damage from an aircraft sounds interesting

I’d try here http://www.processc22.co.uk/

Hope this helps

Thanks for this.
I will pass on and pester. :diablo:

Does anybody know of a good outfit that may be able to do these kind of photos, that I could perhaps pass on.
I’d like to try and get the owner to get the film developed if I can prompt the issue with some good helpful information.

I really want to see what, if anything, is on it.

I’d try here http://www.processc22.co.uk/

Hope this helps

but have been looking for a place will do them

Please pass on the contact details if you find yourself a specialist?

which thread?

I closed the thread
It had been done to death a few years ago
This was pointed out in the thread by others
Closing it was to let it decently sink into the obscurity it desreved.
If you feel there is anything of interest to talk about further, feel free on this thread.

Moggy
Moderator