Assume v. Presume

[kevindickinson]

As my dad used to say "it says Kellogg's Corn Flakes on the side of a bus but that doesn't mean you can buy them on board"

What ever happened to adverts on the side of a bus? Don't seem to see them any more.


Also why can't you buy fruit at apple or orange shops?


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[Black Hole]

What ever happened to adverts on the side of a bus? Don't seem to see them any more.

Dunno where you live then - we have them (although the ones I notice most are on the backs of buses).

Also why can't you buy fruit at apple or orange shops?

I don't think I would buy my fruit from the Apple shop, they all have bytes taken out of them.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Absolutely. Somebody's been barking up the wrong tree. Even in US English "aluminum" breaks the general pattern of "-ium" element suffixes (I had to disregard the iPad spell corrector too).

Like

Molybdenium
Lanthanium
Tantalium
Platinium

Anyway, it's now Aluminum and that's that! End of story! The scientific name supersedes any previous British fads! Aluminium

 

[Deleted member 473]

the [adverts] I notice most are on the backs of buses

Like the ones that say "Edith is on this bus. Why aren't you?"

Because the bus doesn't go anywhere near where I want to go, that's why.

 

[Trev]

Anyway, it's now Aluminum and that's that! End of story! The scientific name supersedes any previous British fads

References please? All I can find is anecdotal evidence of the stupid US spelling.

 

[Deleted member 473]

If the country is Brasil, why do we spell and pronounce it Brazil?

 

[Black Hole]

Eh?

 

[Trev]

Depends whether you are Portuguese or English

 

[Black Hole]

Presumably Sybril calls her husband Brasil, eh Major?

 

[MikeSh]

You'll by spelling tyre as tire and talking about the trunk of your car next.

But my car is American, so it has tires and a trunk ... and aluminum heads. How should I deal with that?

 

[Black Hole]

Scrap it immediately.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Depends whether you are Portuguese or English

But it's Brasil, not Brazil. The locals should know. England got it wrong again.

Presumably Sybril calls her husband Brasil, eh Major?

No, Basil, as in Basil Rathbone!

Basil pronounced Bay-zill i presume?

 

[Trev]

Or even Brasil Fawlty.
Hang on a mo. We can call Brazil whatever we like. We don't insist that the johnny foreigner abolish their quaint names for England.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Hang on a mo. We can call Brazil whatever we like.

And, by extension, we can say assume or presume according to our whim or fancy.

You say assume and I say presume,
You say Mumbai and I say Bombay,
Assume, presume, Mumbai, Bombay,
Let's call the whole thread off!

PS At least the Scots and Welsh got Brasil correct!

 

[Black Hole]

No, Basil, as in Basil Rathbone!

Duck!

 

[raydon]

We say nuclear and George Dubya says nucular !

 

[Black Hole]

On the Bristol local news talking about Internet estate agency ("realtors" in US English, for those who need a translation!), an interviewee referred to "estagents".

 

[Deleted member 473]

"estagents".

That's a wonderful contraction!

 

[Black Hole]

More of a speech impediment. When I was a kid I had trouble saying "oscilloscope".

 

[gomezz]

Apparently I have a problem saying "demerara rum". Especially after I have a had a few of them.