How do YOU say it?........
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optimistic
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You obviously don't watch much TV or go to the movies thenleedsquietman wrote:I don't see Yanks telling the Brits how to talk.
I could honestly care less about this whole topic.
If you ever meet me in real life i have the most fucked up vocabulary you will probably ever hear, i use Americanisms, Englishisms, NZisms, Newcastleisms, Liverpoolisms.. and even Ausisms..
I'm all fucked up
The one thing i don't do,, and this is the one aspect that this thread hasn't touched on, is adopt the accent of the country i am living in. That really chafes my ass.
I lived in the US, on and off, for about eight years, nothing annoyed me more than meeting Brits, Auzies or,,(worse) New Zealanders that had adopted horrible-horrible American accents...
My accent is a cross between NZ and North London..(init!.. nah wot ah meen??)
But that is down to me learning to speak in England, and learning to swear in NZ.
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Quebec or Louisiana are the place to go for real fire works...optimistic wrote:oh and if you want to have a proper fight about language come to Belgium!
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Johnny Beat
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poll time:
How many of you took the time to look it up in the dictionary?
How many of you just had an opinion and stated it as fact?
How many of you are just arguing for the argument?
If you DID look it up in the dictionary, how many of you were contradicted by the "opinion" of the dictionary and then disregarded that input?
How many of you took the time to look it up in the dictionary?
How many of you just had an opinion and stated it as fact?
How many of you are just arguing for the argument?
If you DID look it up in the dictionary, how many of you were contradicted by the "opinion" of the dictionary and then disregarded that input?
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noisetonepause
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What do arbitrary collections of the pronunciations preferred by the elite of a given territory have to do with anything?Machinate wrote:How many of you took the time to look it up in the dictionary?
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
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noisetonepause
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Please think that through again...logic_user99 wrote:It is pron. 'ROOT' if you speak properly. This 'ou' to 'ow' thing annoys the crap outta me; 'ou' is the same as 'oo'.
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
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leedsquietman
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No, most TV is garbage. And movies are overpriced.
Hugh Laurie as House has a good US accent and is as British as bowler hats, Queen Victoria and afternoon tea served on nice china.
Most people don't intentionally pick up an accent. Everyone tells me here, 'oh you have such a strong British accent' yet when I call home my family make fun of me and 'Yankee Doodle Macaroni' jokes etc. Obviously when immersed in something long enough, you will pick up bits and pieces. I'm from Yorkshire originally and proud, but I say 'elevator' instead of 'lift', I say 'diaper' instead of 'nappy' and whatever, that is just natural language acquisition and 'garbage' instead of 'rubbish' etc. It's not something I consciously did, but over the course of 8 years it happens.
People who fake it are ridiculous but the problem exists even in England, the excessive 'Mockney' isms that go on especially, people from suburban little counties trying to sound hard core London is nuts to me but loads of people are doing it. And now trying to sound Manc, as Manchester is the cool thing in the universe there.
Hugh Laurie as House has a good US accent and is as British as bowler hats, Queen Victoria and afternoon tea served on nice china.
Most people don't intentionally pick up an accent. Everyone tells me here, 'oh you have such a strong British accent' yet when I call home my family make fun of me and 'Yankee Doodle Macaroni' jokes etc. Obviously when immersed in something long enough, you will pick up bits and pieces. I'm from Yorkshire originally and proud, but I say 'elevator' instead of 'lift', I say 'diaper' instead of 'nappy' and whatever, that is just natural language acquisition and 'garbage' instead of 'rubbish' etc. It's not something I consciously did, but over the course of 8 years it happens.
People who fake it are ridiculous but the problem exists even in England, the excessive 'Mockney' isms that go on especially, people from suburban little counties trying to sound hard core London is nuts to me but loads of people are doing it. And now trying to sound Manc, as Manchester is the cool thing in the universe there.
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last man on earth
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1. It's Jane Austen, not Austin, and as a Brit, you should know that. Here's some internet language for you: SELFPWN.shervington wrote:hahahahahahahahalast man on earth wrote:"Americans are usually wrong"?
That's what people who watch television more than they meet people would think, I imagine...
"We invented the language"?
You may have invented it, but we gave it a dialect that made it understandable, hence, that is why you can understand us, but we can't always understand you
you avin a bubble barf mate. gave it dialect! jog on! go and read a jane austin book sonny!
oh, and if your going to speak the lingo bruv, learn to play football first! (and thats without 3 feet of pads!)
2. "you avin a bubble barf mate. gave it dialect! jog on! oh, and if your going to speak the lingo bruv, learn to play football first! (and thats without 3 feet of pads!)"
That is exactly what I mean, I don't understand any of that (except your reference to football). Thanks for illustrating my point.
BTW, I don't know if you realize it yet, but we don't wear pads when we play soccer. Granted, I think its stupid for the US to call it soccer when the rest of the world calls it football, but I'm not in charge of activity naming over here.
I leave you with a quote from Cousin Avi:
"Blagged? Speak English to me, Tony. I thought this country spawned the fucking language, and so far nobody seems to speak it."
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noisetonepause
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How is it anyone else's fault that you don't speak English?last man on earth wrote:That is exactly what I mean, I don't understand any of that (except your reference to football). Thanks for illustrating my point.
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.
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last man on earth
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