Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[Dogs_R_Us]

It took some time for me to understand why a 'router' for your computer was called what it was because I'd never seen it written down at first and I'd never heard route pronounced any other way than 'root'!

What do the Americans call the things that attach plants to the ground if they're so easily offended?

Router (row-ter: electronic device) is acceptable, as is rout (rowt: defeat or drive off). But I can’t see any other explanation for changing the pronunciation of route from root to rowt other than people’s sensibilities.

 

[arrowman]

I don't think Americans have a problem with "root" as such, after all they root for their sport teams. I think "root" as a "naughty" word is an Aussie thing - maybe British too?

 

[Pistol Night]

I don't think Americans have a problem with "root" as such, after all they root for their sport teams. I think "root" as a "naughty" word is an Aussie thing - maybe British too?

Half their luck..

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I don't think Americans have a problem with "root" as such, after all they root for their sport teams. I think "root" as a "naughty" word is an Aussie thing - maybe British too?

Yeah they do . They all say rowt - why? After popularising a song like “I get my kicks on Route 66.” Even a TV show of the same name. Not Rowt 66.

Australians are just copying them. Like “Do the math.” And “I could care less.” I’m hearing them more often too

 

[Rabish Binney]

I don't think Americans have a problem with "root" as such, after all they root for their sport teams. I think "root" as a "naughty" word is an Aussie thing - maybe British too?

What about the yanks calling a backside a fanny.......hard to get your head around that one when you consider what Australians think a fanny is.....

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

What about the yanks calling a backside a fanny.......hard to get your head around that one when you consider what Australians think a fanny is.....

I’ve heard they don’t like “behind” either, but they don’t have a problem calling someone a “bum”.

 

[big_e]

I’ve heard they don’t like “behind” either, but they don’t have a problem calling someone a “bum”.

I'll always remember watching a US awards show when someone was called an arsehole, and they beeped out the "hole" but left in the "ass".

 

[the avoca drover]

Listened to The Sounding Board podcast today and early in, Hutchy is hanging it on Barrett over his “beard with the grey freckles”.
I think he meant flecks.
Then later on he was talking about Mitch Johnson and the different groups in the Australian cricket side. It sounded like he said “there’s the bowling group and the batting group and neither the train will meet”.

 

[Registered User]

Listened to The Sounding Board podcast today and early in, Hutchy is hanging it on Barrett over his “beard with the grey freckles”.
I think he meant flecks.
Then later on he was talking about Mitch Johnson and the different groups in the Australian cricket side. It sounded like he said “there’s the bowling group and the batting group and neither the train will meet”.

Ha! I haven't listened to it yet, so I'll keep an ear out for the second one. He used "ostensibly" incorrectly yet again a couple of weeks ago. He said "Chris Grant has ostensibly been a Bulldogs person for a long time." That's EXACTLY what Chris Grant has been, not "seemingly on the surface, but most likely not", or whatever the precise definition is

 

[Registered User]

Listened to The Sounding Board podcast today and early in, Hutchy is hanging it on Barrett over his “beard with the grey freckles”.
I think he meant flecks.
Then later on he was talking about Mitch Johnson and the different groups in the Australian cricket side. It sounded like he said “there’s the bowling group and the batting group and neither the train will meet”.

Yes, he said "...and never the train shall meet". 5m15s into the episode

 

[Registered User]

Simon O'Donnell said "intrepidation". Some sites reckon it's a word, but I ain't buyin' it.
We can add SEN's Cam Luke to the "cool, calm and collective" club

 

[H Dolphin]

I don't think Americans have a problem with "root" as such, after all they root for their sport teams. I think "root" as a "naughty" word is an Aussie thing - maybe British too?

"Root" is used for kick in Ireland. Translate "That Bailey Smith needs a good kick up the bum" and try and keep a straight face.

 

[Lockyer24]

Simon O'Donnell said "intrepidation". Some sites reckon it's a word, but I ain't buyin' it.
We can add SEN's Cam Luke to the "cool, calm and collective" club

Basically cancels itself out doesn’t it!

 

[Registered User]

Matthew Hayden: "you could sense the comradianship".

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Matthew Hayden: "you could feel the comradianship".

 

[naysayer]

Not for the faint-hearted, this link concerns one of footy's most controversial incidences.

Some may blame the teleprompter, but in this incidence I'm inclined to suspect the orator.

 

[sosos]

Not sure the English woman's name covering the Ashes, but she just made this thread, in describing Nathan Lyon on 499 wickets said "He's on the brink of the pinnacle"

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Not sure the English woman's name covering the Ashes, but she just made this thread, in describing Nathan Lyon on 499 wickets said "He's on the brink of the pinnacle"

Isa Guha?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Isa Guha?

Alison Mitchell

 

[MauroFogheri]

Bryce McGain , SEN "you're more gregacious than your dad........"

 

[sosos]

Damien Fleming: Sometimes you're thinking what you're going to bowl about.

 

[Wayne Dwop]

David Warner...".....the crowd gave me a round of ovation ''.

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

Channel 7 big bash commentator (don’t know his name sorry), talking about a part-time bowler: “I didn’t realise Dan Lawrence had that in his arsenary”

 

[Registered User]

SEN talkback caller: "is Bancroft tainted by the sand gate paper thing?

 

[Registered User]

Julian de Stoop on SEN repeatedly said "man childs" as the plural of 'man child'