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Disco Octopus

Els typed:
Yep, both learned and learnt are correct.
Or at least it was when I learnt/ed English ;-)

Well, I am still learning.... and a good thing I am too.
 
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Toby A Inkster

Els said:
(why in the world would you be allowed to call a 'y' a consonant?)

Because it often is. For example, in the word 'yellow' the 'y' is a
consonant, whereas in 'fly' it's a vowel. In 'Sydney' there is a vowel y
and then a consonant y.
 
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Dylan Parry

Toby said:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch again.

If I'm allowed to call 'y' a consonant...
rpwllgwyngyllg = 14

If I'm not...
rpwllgw = 7

Well, it's Welsh, and in Welsh the letter 'y' is always a vowel. So like
Els says, you lost :(
 
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Els

Toby said:
Because it often is. For example, in the word 'yellow' the
'y' is a consonant, whereas in 'fly' it's a vowel. In
'Sydney' there is a vowel y and then a consonant y.

Fair enough. But my guess is, that in the word
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch the y
is pronounced as a vowel.
Can't prove it though. Can't pronounce it either with y as a
consonant, or as a vowel :-(
 
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Dylan Parry

Els said:
Fair enough. But my guess is, that in the word
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch the y
is pronounced as a vowel.

It's Welsh, and 'y' is always a vowel in Welsh.
 
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Toby A Inkster

Els said:
Fair enough. But my guess is, that in the word
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch the y
is pronounced as a vowel.

Yes, every one of them is.
 
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Els

Mark said:
Not that they are any healthier than the burgers, anyway.

They are if you don't put the dressing on it.:)
Anyone else
seen Super Size Me? Scary stuff.

Huh? I guess they sent different salads to Australia, we
don't have Super Size Me's :-(
 
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Mark Parnell

Huh? I guess they sent different salads to Australia, we
don't have Super Size Me's :-(

Sorry, nothing to do with salad. It's a movie - a documentary. This guy
ate nothing but McDonald's for 30 days. You can imagine the results. :)

We don't have Super Size meals (one size up from large) here in
Australia either, but they did in America - McDonald's announced that
they were getting rid of them just after the movie was released.
Completely unrelated, of course!
 
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Els

Mark said:
Sorry, nothing to do with salad. It's a movie - a documentary. This guy
ate nothing but McDonald's for 30 days. You can imagine the results. :)

Yep :)
We don't have Super Size meals (one size up from large) here in
Australia either, but they did in America - McDonald's announced that
they were getting rid of them just after the movie was released.

I haven't heard of the movie (but that could be me, I'm
really bad at staying tuned to 'what's new/hot/hype'), but I
know we do have Super Size meals, and I don't think they
would take them off the menu here because of that film :)
Completely unrelated, of course!

Of course!
 

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