WORLDWIDE PHOTO WEEK: Part 325 - Things that start with "A"

joayne wrote in post #17047320
Lawn art (or lawn Ants)

Better than pink flamingos...

Ricardo222 wrote in post #17047918
And one fourmi as well!

Richard, my friend, I know there's a joke in there somewhere, but moronic as I can be, I can't figure out what it is!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17048294
Richard, my friend, I know there's a joke in there somewhere, but moronic as I can be, I can't figure out what it is!

He added the British "u." Imagine it gone and then look here:

Ant family

The penny has finally dropped.

I did know that fourmi referred to ants but I didn't get it. I should have just read the sentence out loud. That would've made it clear right away!

Timphoto wrote in post #17048275
Better than pink flamingos...

Well.. I have one of those.. It was a retirement gift (when I retired the first time at an early age)

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17048294
Richard, my friend, I know there's a joke in there somewhere, but moronic as I can be, I can't figure out what it is!

OhLook wrote in post #17048387
He added the British "u." Imagine it gone and then look here:

Ant family

Thank you, Oh. I absolutely knew you would get it!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17048449
The penny has finally dropped.

I did know that fourmi referred to ants but I didn't get it. I should have just read the sentence out loud. That would've made it clear right away!

Hehe! Doncha just love words. But I can't believe how good your English is Levina...you must be formidable with Dutch!

All I can muster is a little schoolboy French, some market Spanish, and of course, I can do quite good Australian, mate!

Ricardo222 wrote in post #17048977
Hehe! Doncha just love words. But I can't believe how good your English is Levina...you must be formidable with Dutch!

All I can muster is a little schoolboy French, some market Spanish, and of course, I can do quite good Australian, mate!

I don't know if I'm "formidable" with Dutch, but in general, yes, I am pretty good with languages. Which is a bit of a requirement I think for a linguist (even though my field isn't Dutch or English).

I do love the Australian accent. I happen to think that the English accents spoken as a native language around the globe tell much about the character of the people speaking them and their history. Australian English I always think reflects the hardships of those first white settlers who were sent there. You can still feel the toughness in those raw vowels. Languages are fascinating.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17050117
I don't know if I'm "formidable" with Dutch, but in general, yes, I am pretty good with languages. Which is a bit of a requirement I think for a linguist (even though my field isn't Dutch or English).

I do love the Australian accent. I happen to think that the English accents spoken as a native language around the globe tell much about the character of the people speaking them and their history. Australian English I always think reflects the hardships of those first white settlers who were sent there. You can still feel the toughness in those raw vowels. Languages are fascinating.

I feel so uneducated by comparison. (Mind you, I have a pretty good idea of what my dogs are saying to me!)

Ricardo222 wrote in post #17050281
I feel so uneducated by comparison. (Mind you, I have a pretty good idea of what my dogs are saying to me!)

Oh god, no. All it means is I know some stuff about one little thingy in life, is all. You could fill bookcases with things I do not know, like building boats!! Which, by the by, is much more practical!

And I'm not surprised that you can understand what your dogs are saying to you, Richard, but that's because they're almost human!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17050117
I don't know if I'm "formidable" with Dutch, but in general, yes, I am pretty good with languages. Which is a bit of a requirement I think for a linguist (even though my field isn't Dutch or English).

I do love the Australian accent. I happen to think that the English accents spoken as a native language around the globe tell much about the character of the people speaking them and their history. Australian English I always think reflects the hardships of those first white settlers who were sent there. You can still feel the toughness in those raw vowels. Languages are fascinating.

Intresting your telling kiwi you prefer the ozzie accent. Just don't try it the other way round.

Klystron wrote in post #17050302
Intresting your telling kiwi you prefer the ozzie accent. Just don't try it the other way round.

I didn't say I prefer the "ozzie accent," Andy. I said I love it. But then, I love all the accents equally as I think each and everyone is saying something about its speakers and their history. Besides, you can't talk about "the" UK English as there are a great many accents to be heard there too.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17050309
I didn't say I prefer the "ozzie accent," Andy. I said I love it. But then, I love all the accents equally as I think each and everyone is saying something about its speakers and their history. Besides, you can't talk about "the" UK English as there are a great many accents to be heard there too.

Your right, I have been mistaken for an ozzie when I was in the USA

Klystron wrote in post #17050302
Intresting your telling kiwi you prefer the ozzie accent. Just don't try it the other way round.

There was no way I would take offence at Levina over anything, specially something that trivial!

Ricardo222 wrote in post #17050374
There was no way I would take offence at Levina over anything, specially something that trivial!

I wish we had the LIKE button already...
And that I could click it multiple times...

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #17050417
I wish we had the LIKE button already...
And that I could click it multiple times...

:o