Snow gates in Scotland

F*ck all UV here. I would have thought soggy rots things.

But my point is you'd think the namby pamby brigade would only allow us to use well gripping tyres.

Half the people you're replying to won't see your post since you insists on deleting all the crossposts. Learn to use a newsreader properly.

Wood, but not synthetic or natural rubber afaik. Ozone is another problem. Do you have high levels of nitrogen oxides?

don't you manage to get five syllables out of aluminum with the accent on 'u'

I assume that's found in polluted cities, so no. Probably just rubbish tyres, or my driving style.

There's another i in aluminium you're forgetting about. And the accent is on min.

Nope, the accent is on min, its you lot that accent the first u

Perhaps your dictionary did not study Latin.

Kinsey is a well known troll. I have rules to delete all his messages unseen. He nym-shifts, but not often.

Andy

The caricature of the New England accent is 'pahk the cah in Havahd Yahd'.

A strong accent is indicative of low intelligence. Especially stretched out vowels like that, it's as though their brain is taking longer to create the sound.

In the US it either indicates you're rich or you work on a road crew.

I was driving home through roadworks on a hot day and one of the young roadworkers had a hivis jacket on, but nothing else on his top half. The hivis was open at the front and he had huge muscles and a good tan. In the car in front were two young lads staring at him. The roadworkman noticed and smiled. I guess all three were either gay or admired a good physique.

In the UK I see more poor people better built. Because they're on the dole and have time for bodybuilding. Not enough time for both exercise and earning money.

Oh, is fora not the correct English word for the plural of forum? As in virri is correct for viruses?

I'd forgotten where the accent goes when there's the extra 'i', or the correct spelling depending on your point of view or perhaps there's a hybrid pronunciation I've heard.

I wasn't talking about any rule, just how we actually say it.

I have never heard anything other than the two pronunciations, the one americans use and the one everyone else uses.

When I was in Zambia (in the '70s) the most common "backpacker" was an Aussie (or occaisional Kiwi) on "walkabout"