Strangelove Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Actually, nachos, fajitas and burritos are mostly a Texas thing made by Hispanics. Its not real Mexican food. Not saying they dont eat that stuff in Mexico, but Mexicans dont identify with it much. useless fact #78263921837 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Actually, nachos, fajitas and burritos are mostly a Texas thing made by Hispanics. Its not real Mexican food. Not saying they dont eat that stuff in Mexico, but Mexicans dont identify with it much. useless fact #78263921837 "Tex-Mex" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I hate that word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Yeah, but I do see it used to describe exactly what you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Actually, nachos, fajitas and burritos are mostly a Texas thing made by Hispanics. Its not real Mexican food. Not saying they dont eat that stuff in Mexico, but Mexicans dont identify with it much. useless fact #78263921837 Nachos were first served to a group of wives of American servicemen at a border Cafe when the chef had nothing else to give them. The first printed recipe for them came from a church cookbook printed for The Church of the Redeemer in Eagle Pass, Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Prezzys/Prezzies/Pressies = shorthand for Presents = Gifts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Fable taught me that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 it's dreadfully common though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Whats the point of saying it that way? Its the same amount of syllables and its written pretty much with the same amount of letters. Youre not saving time. Is it because its kawaii? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) I hate to sound awful but it is a (lower) class thing, not an English thing to put a 'y' at the end of words: present becomes prezzy, hospital become ozzy, television is telly. There are a _lot_ of them. Edited December 14, 2011 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Welly, I guezzy thatys justy the way thingys arey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 When did hospital become Ozzy? Ozzy is a singer. And what's wrong with being lower class? Lord Snooty. (For American viewers when he said "it's common" I'm not thinking he meant "It's frequent", but "it's lower class". So there's another translation for you) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 keep your knickers on, nothing wrong with lower class, I never even said what class I consider myself. I personally just hate that group of terms and didn't want it to sound like a blanket insult of a whole load of people. Having something I don't like associated with a particular class does not mean I dislike that class in general. Ozzy is perfectly common in Liverpool. I believe Liverpudlians to be the worst offenders for y-ifying words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Referring to people with the word 'common' usually denotes that you consider yourself above them. I've never really considered that sort of a language as lower-class, more for people who like to play with words, make them sound more casual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 First the metric system and biscuits, now this?!?! Fuck this, Im out of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 http://www.theonion.com/articles/metric-system-thriving-in-nations-inner-cities,458/ Hells yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 (haha top comment: she was rich and she was from Greece? My times have changed.) First the metric system and biscuits, now this?!?! Fuck this, Im out of here. What's "This" Strangelove? Or we talking the sudden rise of class warfare in the posts? It's all part n parcel of british living. The likes of Lord Snooty here trodding on the lower classes. Mocking our speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 "it's dreadfully common" is an (I thought well known) joke phrase that would not cause offence to anyone I know in real life. Usually with an affected accent and usually more poking fun at upper rather than lower class people. I've only ever heard the common people* doing that to nouns. Anyway, wouldn't making words sound more casual generally indicate that you are moving them down the class ranks? As a generalisation more formal, "correct" language is considered more educated and therefore higher class and the more colloquialisms you use and deviations you take from standard English the lower down the class ranks you are. Isn't that pretty much one of the standard ways people use to decide what class someone else is? *yes, I'm joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 So now you're "more educated" eh, didn't expect to cause offence to us commoners? Too stupid to understand what you're saying eh? Lord Snootys pals not getting offended at the trampling of the lower class? Paint me surprised! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I can't even tell if you're joking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Pretty sure he is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'll write it in your native tongue then it should be clearer. *ahem*: So it seems that presently you declare to be more "cerebrally inclined", one did not assume that they would cause offence to the rif-raf? Too intellectually bereft to comprehend the wording you have chosen? The benevolent Lord of the Manor, Sir Snooty and his companions are not one to take umbrage at the disrespect of the servants? I am the picture of surprise! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 When did hospital become Ozzy? Ozzy is a singer. And what's wrong with being lower class? Lord Snooty. (For American viewers when he said "it's common" I'm not thinking he meant "It's frequent", but "it's lower class". So there's another translation for you) It's not common, it's semi-detached! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 So MadBass mentioned going to a "White Elephant party". I had to do some googling cos "I'm going to a carboot party" seemed a bit odd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_sale vs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Interesting. I'd never have guessed it either. Evidently very different from a pink elephant party... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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