http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aWebsites+tag%3aAmericanSearch results for 'tag:Websites tag:American' matching tags 'Websites' and 'American'en-USXMOD (Build: 3715.30106)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestSubjunctiveOrNot/2/mhzqq/Post.htm#1039036Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:45:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1039036dimsumexpressHi Mr.Wordy, With the name like Dimsumexpress, it's apparent that I am advertising my origin by design. If I have to describe my English learning, I would say it's a mixed pot of AmE and BrE, with the former being a 75% influence over the many years of my study. My spelling of many words have been also American ize d. as you may already observed. I 'd like to think of my understanding and command of the language being compatible to someone native with an academic background. I don't mean to sound like I am patting my own shoulder. I just want to make a point that it's because I have set the bar high for myself, not just in English, but in life in general witrhout so much in details. Now that the monologue...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingMylanguages/mrqdq/post.htmThu, 03 Dec 2009 10:41:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1006943mylanguagesBorn and raised in Michigan (USA), I have spent 12 years in Europe. The first two years I stayed in a dormitory in the Sundgauallee in FREIBURG, Germany. I commuted from there by train to Titisee where I worked in two different souvenir shops over the two summers I was there. There were a number of other Americans that rode the train and worked in the same souvenir shop the first summer. We had a blast! Later I returned to Germany and lived in Heidelberg for 8 years. At that time I worked for an American family that sold computers to the American military personnel stationed there. We sold through the PXs and later through the Audio Clubs on the military bases. I have written about my method for learning languages, which enables me to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishTonguePosition/lclxx/post.htm#932508Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:49:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:932508kooyeenI only know there's this website. It's supposed to be for American English though. http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html Anyway, as long as you don't put your tongue in a completely different place (and therefore you really can't pronounce a sound decently), I don't think that focusing too much on tongue position is vital. I think that once you can pronounce the sounds "decently", all you need is just an accent reduction course, and after that, when you feel your English is better and after enough practice, you might realize you are able to pick up more subtleties in spoken English.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedFeedbackEssay/knphj/post.htmWed, 16 Sep 2009 01:08:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:903542anonymousHi all, New here and just discovered this website. Could you help me with this essay. I need to know if it is understood adequately, and follows a logical sequence, and any other general comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Paulo Freire, in his “Problem Posing Education”, provides a framework for understanding how people make meaning in their lives. Freire defines meaning making with two different concepts: the banking concept of eeducation, which is the student listening and regurgitating information from the teacher and the problem posing concept of education, which encourages a dialogic relationship between the teacher and student. Freire’s “Problem Posing Education is reflected in Sherman Alexie’s “The...http://www.englishforums.com/English/English/kgdjm/post.htm#893854Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:49:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:893854kooyeenI don't use that website either because it seems to pronounce words with an annoying posh accent, and there are no phonetic transcriptions. I just need the transcription because I already have my way of pronouncing each phoneme, so I usually use Merriam Webster for that (American English). However, I checked how "dude" was pronounced on that website, and it seemed to be the American version. The must have made an exception, lol. Also not the how he says "dudes" on that website: he also adds the "modern" British pronounciation (Estuary English I guess), which sounds like "joodz".http://www.englishforums.com/English/AtWebsiteOrOnWebsite/jgzkk/post.htmWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:05:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:782792anonymousI have a British English vs. American English question: In AE, I would write Find more information at www.website.com In BE, should it be at www.website.com or on www.website.com ? Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HerHusbandOfThreeYears/jzjlq/post.htm#780558Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:05:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:780558tanitHi Avangi, Curious that you find it only in British sites. I found it in British websites only because I restricted my search to domains ending in "*.uk". This was my query: "her husband of * years" site:*.uk I appreciate that my sentence ( " A google-based search yelded some 2400 results from British websites only ") was poorly written and I ended up saying something different to what I wanted, sorry. PS: I often restrict my searches to British websites to reduce the number of results coming from texts written by non-native speakers. Up to now, I haven't been able to figure out how to filter American websites, as .com and .edu domains can be "based" pretty much everywhere. Any...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Palestine/3/gpgxc/Post.htm#713324Sun, 03 May 2009 16:26:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:713324adrenochromeBeing British, I have thought long and hard for many years about the problems in the Middle East, not least because it is the British government that caused these problems. Prior to the First World War (the 1914-1918 Great War) Jews, Christians and Muslims lived in peace in Palestine. All were relatively integrated and all were Palestinians. In 1919, Britain started to grant property and rights to European Jews to move to Palestine. These Jews changed the balance in Palestine, and were not Palestinians, so did not understand the area, its people nor its ways. They tended to ghettoise themselves, and did not mix with Palestinian Jews. In the West, and particularly America, it is portrayed through the media that Islam has always...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToPronounceThS/zgdnz/post.htm#690219Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:58:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:690219anonymousMany people find this very difficult! I have made a video explaining the sound on my American English pronunciation website: How to pronounce THS in American English Also, since you asked about 'clothes', you might find this one helpful: Cloth/clothe/clothes pronunciation in American English Hope this helps!! Rachelhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MyScholarshipEssayRevise/wdjzw/post.htm#689426Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:54:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:689426nouranStacks up, muddled heads, tiring eyes, boredom, exhaustion, and tense atmosphere has been all around the american university of cairo public schools scholarship selection committee. Another random essay is picked, anouther eager student to win, anouther ambition, enthusiam and determination is shown .its an essay from nouran . her words flows as following : "When I first checked this list while browsing the auc website, a strange feeling flooded through my blood, adrenalin was running all over me, and I deeply wanted to be on be in this list. Being an AUCIAN has been a dream of mine, as its one of the Middle Easts great academic institutions. Due to tremendous financial matters it was so difficult just to dream of entering the AUC,I...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MyScholarshipEssayRevise/wdjzw/post.htmWed, 11 Mar 2009 16:52:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685601nouranEgypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak, son of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Hisham Badr, Egypt's , Mervat Al Telawy, Ashraf Hamdi, Karim Ramadan, Omar Samra, Mona El Shazly, ..etc, .these names listed are some of the american university in egypt notable alumini When I first checked this list while browsing the auc website, a strange feeling flooded through my blood, adrenalin was running all over me, and I deeply wanted to be on be in this list. Being an AUCIAN has been a dream of mine, as its one of the Middle Easts great academic institutions. Due to tremendous financial matters it was so difficult just to dream of entering the AUC I thought such a place was...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCoverLetter/hmznz/post.htmFri, 16 Jan 2009 21:19:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:645274learner_of_englishHello, I would like to apply for a position at Apple. I'm very keen to work into their company so I would prefer not mess up this letter. I would be grateful to anyone who can check at least the first paragraph of my letter and tell me of there are any mistakes (grammatical or of expression). Thanks a lot Regards Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Quote : "I am looking for an internship or a temporary contract in order to complete my MSc in Software Engineering from April to September 2009. I am very keen to work with Apple, an American multinational company which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products. Apple’s image refers to aesthetic design, quality and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AccentReduction/2/dbmkl/Post.htm#614588Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:25:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:614588sop002Hey Cheescake_08: I found a website that explains American English with vidoes that I've used. It's pretty good. you can see the vidoes here. Hope it hleps :) !http://www.englishforums.com/English/FourParagraphsChecked/hzbjn/post.htmWed, 10 Dec 2008 20:49:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:609667awtarHi every body, I put here four p aragraphs, I hope thery are not too long, can someone please check them for me? If it its too long then just part of them. awtar -- Most smokers get short breath especially when they exercise or when they running to cutch the bas, because their blood cells which carry the oxygen from the lung to the body carry the carbon monoxide. So the amount of the oxygen in smoker blood will be less than for nonsmoker. Also nicotine stimulates nerve cells and smoker feels anxious or relaxed after smoking. Do not forget that your breath, clothes and hair will smell tobacco. Your teeth look yellow or gray. Also it damages and dries your skin and your fingers and nails stains yellow because of the tar on the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MotivationLetter/hrznq/post.htmTue, 11 Nov 2008 05:31:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:586329larissa.tsHello to all! I am going to apply for a master's scholarship and need to have a very good motivation letter. I would really appreciate if you could review my letter and point out its weaknesses. Thanks a lot! Larissa PS: My letter seems long compared to the other ones I observed in this forum. But the School's website stated that the letter may be maximum of 2 pages long. Dear Mr. *** Ever since my adolescence, I have been excited about urban matters. I believe that cities are so interesting and full of connections and movements that they consist in a very attractive field of study. In 2003 I enrolled the Geography graduation course at the ***. This field of study offered a wide range of subjects that filled my hunger...http://www.englishforums.com/English/JustExactlyGreatChangesObamaGonna-Bring/kgbxd/post.htmTue, 14 Oct 2008 05:36:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:865218I've read his book The Audacity of Hope, and I've studied his website, and I think he's a moderately bright, narcissistic politician with more public speaking ability and charisma than most narcissistic American politicians. I think I'll probably vote for him or not vote at all. But I don't see what the Big Change is. I don't see a whole lot of change at all, except toward the Israeli-Palestinian issue and that seems to have been heavily watered down by the Democratic Party and is not a very big issue to me or most people anyway.Economy Trivial, obligatory tax-cut-for-the-middle-class that all politicians offer around election time. If he gets Congress to pass it, most Americans will get a one-time pittance at a...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToCopeWithRejection/jqxgz/post.htmFri, 20 Jun 2008 20:59:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:834450jackson pillockOver the last four years or so, I've developed a sound technique for dealing with rejection: Wallow in self pity (or self-empathy, as I like to call it). Does the trick every time. This was the day that BBC Writersroom were supposed to contact everyone with the results of the Sharps New Writing Initiative. Keep in mind that I worked seriously on my script, going through several drafts, and even getting notes off a screenwriter friend (who is now up to his neck in writing for a major new American drama series) and rewriting according to them. That's asking favours, and you don't do it too much. I don't know if they will call or email or nothing. About 3:30 or so, I get an email. It's from Writersroom, re: Sharps....http://www.englishforums.com/English/WgcStatementOnWgaStrike/jhhrn/post.htmMon, 05 Nov 2007 20:52:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:788116mcThe Writers Guild of Canada issued the following statement to its members today regarding the WGA strike: Important Message to WGC Members on WGA Strike The Writers Guild of America announced last night that its members were going out on strike effective immediately after months of fruitless negotiations with the AMPTP and US studios. Despite best efforts by the WGA bargaining team to negotiate a fair deal upon the termination of its collective agreement as of October 31st all attempts failed. WGC President Rebecca Schechter and Executive Director Maureen Parker attended the WGA bargaining in Los Angeles last week and witnessed first hand the complete disregard of our colleagues¹ bargaining issues by the AMPTP. As a sister guild and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingOverseasTroubleWorth/hmvbq/post.htm#645094Tue, 08 May 2007 20:17:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:645094django catYeah, I've heard some bad things about the big "B", but they are in so many countries. Can all of ... Turkey: http://www.eslpositions.com/Europe.html do you know anything about working there? By the way, I'm American so it is quite a haul. Just quickly as I'm actually posting from class as my students do a test... I've never heard anything about *** being dodgy employers as such, but like several of the larger chains they've traditonally taught using their own patent methodology, which may or may not be any good, but the experience of working for them won't give you much in the way of transferable skills as a teacher. The story used to be that they had microphones in each teaching room so that the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowReliableImdbCreditLists/jrrrb/post.htmWed, 28 Feb 2007 19:40:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:751690A case study on how the internet movie database often provides negligently incomplete info. I tried to update it, but it was way way too finicky and user-unfriendly to do so. Do IMDB personnel actually ever do updating themselves? It's really takes a lot of digging to email them and say, "Hey, you forgot a whole truckload of someone's credits. Here are several websites documenting that these shows have been broadcast for several seasons. Why don't you phone CBC and Life Network to get the info you need, and add them?" What does IMDB actually do with the Imdb Pro money and advertising revenue that they've harvested? *Internet Movie Database's list of TV director Robin Campbell's Credits*...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SawHazardousHealth/wngxw/post.htmTue, 31 Oct 2006 13:57:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734017mcFilm fans faint at Saw III show Staff at a UK cinema have had to call emergency services three times in one night because of a spate of people passing out during horror film Saw III. One woman was taken to hospital and two other adults had to be treated by medics after they fainted in Stevenage. And in a separate case, a man collapsed at a cinema in Peterborough "due to the film's content". "If you know you're squeamish, don't go," warned a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service. "This is obviously a blood-thirsty film. Some of the scenes are fairly horrific," Matthew Ware told the BBC News website. All the incidents took place on Friday evening, one of the busiest nights of the week...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NewbieQuestionSecondStep/wlrbh/post.htm#722264Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:34:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:722264alan brooksI've been lurking for a week or two, didn't find this answered in the FAQs. I've written a screenplay which ... don't like it? Do I need to worry about protecting my interests in it? If so, what should I do? First thing before showing it to anyone is to copyright it. Right now, before you pitch the logline at anyone or show the story to another soul (or person, which would include agents, producers and other people who lack souls). You have no excuse not to do this. Here's the URL with everything you need to know to protect your script: http://www.copyright.gov/register/performing.htmlThen find a reader or readers who you trust to tell you the truth and who won't sugar-coat their review. Some people here...http://www.englishforums.com/English/FarmHolidays/hkrwm/post.htm#633988Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:35:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:633988credoquaabsurdumHi again, Guiseppe, We have a small problem here. I cannot answer this based on my understanding of British culture because I do not know enough about British culture to answer this. Let me give you an American answer, at least. Generally speaking, Americans do not go on such holidays. Members of the Jewish minority of the American population occasionally go to Israel during the summer to work on communal Israeli farms known as kibbutzem, singular, kibbutz. I'm not Jewish and I know next to nothing about this phenomenon. However, a significant portion of the Anglo-American community does, at some point, entertain a desire to take a vacation on a dude ranch. A dude ranch is a special ranch where amateurs get the chance to do many of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeScreenplaysEerieHorrorFest/wbpxc/post.htmThu, 29 Dec 2005 21:00:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:677656baron von kroppThe 2006 Eerie Horror Film Festival has officially opened it's call for entries and is seeking independently produced feature length and short horror/sci-fi films and screenplays from around the world! The 2006 Eerie Horror Film Festival will be held October 4-8, in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Playhouse Theater and will feature special celebrity guests, visiting filmmakers, and thousands of attendees! Awards will be presented to the best films and screenplays! We are pleased to present our first ever Student Film Competition for ages 5 - 17 as well as more stream-lined and easy to understand submission categories! Submission categories for the 2006 Eerie Horror Film Festival are Horror Feature; Horror Short; Experimental Horror...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ImmodestPostOnlineInterview-Me/wbkbj/post.htm#676051Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:14:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676051jeri jo thomasBert Coules laid this down on his screen : I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if I'd answer a few questions about the SF stuff I've ... warned: there's a pretty terrible picture of me near the beginning, though it is at least mercifully small. Bert www.bertcoules.co.uk That's pretty impressive, and whats wrong with tooting your own horn? Too American? :D Anyway, when you did Brother Cadfael, who played him? I never thought the actor( and I'm CRAFTing on his name...Derek Jacoby?) who played Cadfael on the Masterpiece Theater episodes was the right actor. And no wonder you don't know much about the Kennedy asassination, you don't look old enough. Jeri Jo & Little Garcia Bearhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CallEntriesEerieHorrorFest-ScreenplayCompetition/wrxqr/post.htmWed, 07 Dec 2005 22:18:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:672486baron von kroppThe 2006 Eerie Horror Film Festival has officially opened it's call for entries and is seeking independently produced feature length and short horror/sci-fi films and screenplays from around the world! The 2006 Eerie Horror Film Festival will be held October 4-8, in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Playhouse Theater and will feature special celebrity guests, visiting filmmakers, and thousands of attendees! Awards will be presented to the best films and screenplays! We are pleased to present our first ever Student Film Competition for ages 5 - 17 as well as more stream-lined and easy to understand submission categories! Submission categories for the 2006 Eerie Horror Film Festival are Horror Feature; Horror Short; Experimental Horror...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GreatBitOParody/wrnpg/post.htm#672200Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:50:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:672200eric garciaThe basic premise is: What if famous writers had written books/poems/scripts whose titles were anagrams of their names? Erica Cigar - The hush-hush untold story of what happens to an innocent Mexican-America intern while working in the White House, and the horror that wafts into her life when the President makes her sniff Basil and then shows her his lizard! Oooh, I'd read that. We'd have to change Mexican-American to sorta-Cuban-American, but there's wiggle room. Unfortunately, Skip, the only anagram I (rather, the website I consulted) can come up with for your name is: PP Kissers And I assume we can all write our own variation on that timeless story... emghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/StarsFearForUkIndustry/hpvkh/post.htmTue, 11 Oct 2005 15:44:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:659675mcStars air fears for UK film industry By Neil Smith BBC News entertainment reporter The British Film Festival in Dinard, France, took place at the weekend. But away from the parties, premieres and prizes, concerns were raised over the health of Britain's film industry and the problems faced by both first-time and established directors. For many of the celebrity guests at the Dinard festival - now in its 16th year - the biggest dilemma facing UK film-makers is getting their work shown in cinemas. "You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, what's the point?" said actor Timothy Spall, part of the UK contingent on this year's competition jury. "The main problem is there's no...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Aftermath/hxcbv/post.htm#654070Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:06:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:654070suzy charnasI'm not going to get politcal here. I still don't know what all happened yet, but I learned something. If ... turn our cool things into dormant rocks when they fall down. Gas and ice. Gas runs out and ice melts. Best place I know of to hear from actual survivors and workers in the toxic stew that was NO (apart from blogs of rescue workers and reporters like those keeping a log for the BBC) is at NPR, at any of the regular news programs, notably "Democracy Now" (unlike Chris O'Reilly and his noxious ilk, Amy Goodman was down there this afternoon with a guy who's been trying to get a corpse picked up for the two weeks of the hurricane, and hearing the responses of the various "authorities" as they came...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanAnyoneTellMe/2/hwxqm/Post.htm#628456Mon, 30 May 2005 07:56:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:628456ronbWhatever happened to "a pint's a pound, the world around"? Never heard the saying. But it's a good way to remember that a gallon is *about* 8 pounds. Thanks. But how do imperial gallons fit into all this? And do imperial gallons still exist or have they all been replaced with the metric abomination? One site (http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/volume.htm) lists imperial measurements. Apparently a pint is a bit more than a pound in that scheme twenty ounces to be exact (I assume these are normal ounces and not "imperial" ounces.) So I guess that would make an imperial gallon equal 160 ounces as opposed to the non-imperial gallon's 128 ounces. So, since a "pint is a pound" that would mean there...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Git/5/nbrlh/Post.htm#1091298Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:43:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1091298david or robinThe only place I've encountered "git" (besides aue, of course) ... ca. 1970, of course; it might have changed by now). "Git" can be found all over the Harry Potter books, as the insult-of-choice between schoolboys. I have rarely seen it directed at a woman, though. Chris Waigl Yes, a word from a very unAmerican dialect ... as noted in the threads on "***" and "tart." I missed it in the one Harry Potter book I did read, and can't recall it from the various Monty Pythons cited, either. But, since the synapses of memory fire off differently for us all, mine was from the Beatles' lyric of "I'm so tired". And although I've just now learned that I misheard and have been...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatWriote/nbbzh/post.htm#1091076Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:38:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1091076tony cooper"I am an accomplished foreign-born professional working in the U.S. I have worked for one of the best Management Consulting ... company." This is rather a life attitude question. What do you think of the guy who writes the quoted paragraph? Your question is meaningless until you tell us where the paragraph appears. Later in this post, you explain this as being in an ad seeking a tutor. I don't see a problem with it in this context. The writer is trying to establish that he's not a convenience store clerk that's trying to improve his English enough to move one step up in the employment chain. He's letting you know that he's looking to polish his communication skills in English and not to acquire basic skills....http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeLoveYouLongTime/2/nbrbm/Post.htm#1090886Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:05:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1090886jess askinI thought that the use of "Johnson" to mean penis was an American slang thing, but I noticed the UK website at http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0127.html I'd never heard it, but was able to guess (I find it in Partridge, though). And that UK site seems from internal evidence to be probably a copy from a US original. What's the earliest citation? I first heard it in the movie Putney Swope (1969). Since America was going through one of its periodic bouts of President-loathing at the time, I thought that perhaps the filmmakers used the word as a spoof.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeLoveYouLongTime/2/nbrbm/Post.htm#1090800Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:08:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1090800laura f. spiraHow is this relevant? My enquiry is genuine. Ida Goode-Johnson I'm quite impressed that Laura picked this up. How frightfully patronising, Tony. Spending my formative years in a male-dominated profession taught me a great deal. Anyway, all jokes about male anatomy are forbidden in our household at the moment, which means, of course, that I see them everywhere. "Johnson" is a slang term for a penis. Jokes involving "Ida" and "Ima" have been around for yonks. I thought that the use of "Johnson" to mean penis was an American slang thing, but I noticed the UK website at http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0127.html Laura (emulate St. George for email)http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeLoveYouLongTime/2/nbrbm/Post.htm#1090791Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:44:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1090791david wright sr.(snip) I thought that the use of "Johnson" to mean penis was an American slang thing, but I noticed the UK website at http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0127.html I'd never heard it, but was able to guess (I find it in Partridge, though). And that UK site seems from internal evidence to be probably a copy from a US original. In his so-called juvenile novel, The Star Beast , first published in 1955?, Robert A. Heinlein named his main character, "John Thomas(1)". This was apparently done as a joke played on his very prudish editor(2). She, apparently, never caught on to the fact the term was a slang term for penis. The star beast, Lummox, had been a 'pet' of the family for several generation. From...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeLoveYouLongTime/nbrbm/post.htm#1090783Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:34:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1090783tony cooperI thought that the use of "Johnson" to mean penis was an American slang thing, but I noticed the UK website at http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0127.html I'd never heard it, but was able to guess (I find it in Partridge, though). And that UK site seems from internal evidence to be probably a copy from a US original. Oh, sure. You Brits are quick to claim origination of anything that's good, but you slag dirty tee shirt terms as American influenced. Well who was it that came up with men's underwear in the nation's flag motif? Yeah, who was it?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeLoveYouLongTime/nbrbm/post.htm#1090777Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:08:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1090777mike lyleI thought that the use of "Johnson" to mean penis was an American slang thing, but I noticed the UK website at http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0127.html I'd never heard it, but was able to guess (I find it in Partridge, though). And that UK site seems from internal evidence to be probably a copy from a US original. Mike.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeLoveYouLongTime/nbrbm/post.htm#1090772Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:57:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1090772tony cooperDid you not notice the OP's nom de Usenet? How is this relevant? My enquiry is genuine. Ida Goode-Johnson I'm quite impressed that Laura picked this up. "Johnson" is a slang term for a penis. Jokes involving "Ida" and "Ima" have been around for yonks. I thought that the use of "Johnson" to mean penis was an American slang thing, but I noticed the UK website at http://www.cyberslayer.co.uk/jokes/joke0127.html