English as it is spoke and wrote - questions

[Coligny]

Real albeit ot question here, what is the difference in meaning between:

I was sat in a parc
&
I was sitting in a park

[yanpa]

Real albeit ot question here, what is the difference in meaning between:

I was sat in a parc
&
I was sitting in a park

Not much. "I was sat in a park" is a bit more lyrical-colloquial, if you get my drift.

[Mike Oxlong]

Real albeit ot question here, what is the difference in meaning between:

I was sat in a parc
&
I was sitting in a park

Not much. "I was sat in a park" is a bit more lyrical-colloquial, if you get my drift.

"I was seated in a park" sounds a easier on my decidedly North American ear...

[yanpa]

Real albeit ot question here, what is the difference in meaning between:

I was sat in a parc
&
I was sitting in a park

Not much. "I was sat in a park" is a bit more lyrical-colloquial, if you get my drift.

"I was seated in a park" sounds a easier on my decidedly North American ear...

"Please wait to be seated by the park attendant"?

[Mike Oxlong]

Real albeit ot question here, what is the difference in meaning between:

I was sat in a parc
&
I was sitting in a park

Not much. "I was sat in a park" is a bit more lyrical-colloquial, if you get my drift.

"I was seated in a park" sounds a easier on my decidedly North American ear...

"Please wait to be seated by the park attendant"?

Oh, you're preaching to the choir.

It's a dialectical thing, innit. When I hear "I was sat", to me it begs the question "Sat by whom?!" I might even wonder if it meant "Sat upon in the park".

[yanpa]

(while I'm pretty sure they should have said "profit" or "rentability")

That last word only has a meaning in English in the context of immovables real estate.

I guess the Germans nicked "Rentabilität" from the French then.

[Coligny]

(while I'm pretty sure they should have said "profit" or "rentability")

That last word only has a meaning in English in the context of immovables real estate.

I guess the Germans nicked "Rentabilität" from the French then.

frack, so, should that be profitability ?

[yanpa]

Take yer pick

[sillygirl]

Real albeit ot question here, what is the difference in meaning between:

I was sat in a parc
&
I was sitting in a park

Er, is this referring to the post what I wrote earlier? The difference is two spliffs what I smoked while I was sat in the garden

[Coligny]

An admin got the good idea to thread split. Which allows us to now have a quasi official 'amurikun language' thread...

But shouldn't it be "as it is spoken and written" ?

[sillygirl]

An admin got the good idea to thread split. Which allows us to now have a quasi official 'amurikun language' thread...

But shouldn't it be "as it is spoken and written" ?

Okay, enjoy! I am from Engurland so carry on dear

[wagyl]

But shouldn't it be "as it is spoken and written" ?

Yes, it should be. The title is a reference to this famous book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_As_She_Is_Spoke