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#1 pax

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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:27 PM

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which one is the american/british version to pronounce either? iether or aither [sry. i don't know how to type that. hope you get it...o.O]

wtf means d.u.i. [or something like that] if it's one a sign next to a highway and crossed out?

is there a difference between freeway and highway, 'cause we translate both with the same word?

does "x-ing" mean crossing?



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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:37 PM

I've been wondering the same thing about "either". Is it ee-ther or I-ther? Or just whichever you happen to like more?
Obviously "neither" is just as weird.
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:38 PM

View Postiita, on 09 August 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

I've been wondering the same thing about "either". Is it ee-ther or I-ther? Or just whichever you happen to like more?
Obviously "neither" is just as weird.
I say ee-ther, but I'm a Canadian, and I probably shouldn't be trusted.
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:46 PM

1. Whatever sounds best in context or whichever you usually use.
2. DUI = Driving Under the Influence. Driving while intoxicated or high, etc.
3. Freeway means an interstate or a highway with no intersections. It's a term generally used in urban areas.
4. Yes. PED XING means Pedestrian Crossing.

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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:46 PM

View Postiita, on 09 August 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

I've been wondering the same thing about "either". Is it ee-ther or I-ther? Or just whichever you happen to like more?
Obviously "neither" is just as weird.
you typed it better than i did ^^
i always change it. my last teacher said ee-ther, the teacher in ireland said ee-ther too, my former teacher said i-ther...hmmm...
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:48 PM

View PostDopamino, on 09 August 2009 - 04:46 PM, said:

1. Whatever sounds best in context or whichever you usually use.
2. DUI = Driving Under the Influence. Driving while intoxicated or high, etc.
3. Freeway means an interstate or a highway with no intersections. It's a term generally used in urban areas.
4. Yes. PED XING means Pedestrian Crossing.
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 04:59 PM

De nada.
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 08:52 PM

I have never seen a "No DUI" sign ever. I kind of assumed it was such common knowledge that drunk driving is illegal that if we had to put it on signs, mankind has officially devolved into monkeys.
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 04:56 AM

i thought it was special traffic rule or something like that. but we couldn't figure out what ^^

ah there was another sign, something like "no shoulder" or so. also on the highway. do you know what that means?
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 08:33 AM

The shoulder is the side of the road. The sign probably said something like no stopping on the shoulder or shoulder for emergency stopping only.
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 10:23 AM

the place where ambulances etc. can pass when there's an accident?
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 10:37 AM

Right. Or where you pull over when your car breaks down.
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 12:12 PM

View Postpax, on 10 August 2009 - 10:23 AM, said:

the place where ambulances etc. can pass when there's an accident?
Technically, the law is (at least were I live) that you have to pull over to let ambulances, firetrucks, police cars, and for some reason funerals pass you.

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 01:02 PM

Generally on the interstate if there's an accident, everyone is stopped for miles. The shoulders or the medians are usually the only clear areas. The pull over thing is mainly for in urban areas.
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Posted 27 August 2009 - 05:36 PM

Does the first one have got same meaning with second?I mean,the first one is true or not?

1-I strongly recommend

2-I do recommend

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 05:45 PM

Usually you see those phrases on a scale of how much you would recommend something, going from 1 to 5, 1 being the lowest. For example:

5 - Strongly Recommended
4 - Recommended
3 - Neutral
2 - Would Not Recommend
1 - Would Strongly not recommend

Strongly recommending means that you feel more passionate in recommending the item than just recommending. To put it another way, you would Strongly Recommend your favorite movie to your friend, but you would just Recommend a movie that you thought was only decent.
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Posted 31 August 2009 - 03:23 PM

Thanks.(:

Now I strongly recommend you to my friend who is studying English.  :P
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Posted 01 September 2009 - 01:04 AM

View PostJohn, on 09 August 2009 - 08:52 PM, said:

I have never seen a "No DUI" sign ever. I kind of assumed it was such common knowledge that drunk driving is illegal that if we had to put it on signs, mankind has officially devolved into monkeys.
I just saw this post.

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Posted 09 September 2009 - 08:50 AM

a holiday on the beach or a holiday at the beach?

pack some comfortable clothes in your bag or ....into your bag?
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Posted 09 September 2009 - 10:22 AM

Holiday at the beach.

Both "in" and "into" would be fine to me.
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