Hell America alone has all kind of random accents that fucks up words. I apparently can't say "bag" (I say is like behg, but obviously not beg) cause I'm from Minnesota. After I joined the military though it was interesting to see all kinds of people and their accents.
I usually use the UK spelling online and in writing, but if it calls for it I'll use the US spelling. Especially on PHP and programming languages which use US spellings for functions.
I.E. "color"
Before someone comes in claiming that America kept the language the same and we changed it after the US was founded, that's only true for the ise/ize suffix.
[QUOTE=Pavarotti;28233959]Before someone comes in claiming that America kept the language the same and we changed it after the US was founded, that's only true for the ise/ize suffix.[/QUOTE]
Example?
[QUOTE=aolflash2;28233742]Is "Ain´t" colloquial or is it from a variation? That´s alittle debt i´ve always had[/QUOTE]
` is a grave, it's used to change the pronunciation of letters, ' is an apostrophe which is what you're supposed to be using when denoting contracted words.
American English is just spelling mistakes and terrible pronunciation.
the only time time I use American spelling is for programming.
[QUOTE=Xenoyia v2;28233592]tuesday
british: chews-day
american: toos-day
tuna
british: chew-na
american: toona[/QUOTE]
I just said all both pronunciations of each about 100 times and the difference is so subtle its not even worth bitching over.
[QUOTE=Nerts;28233989]` is a grave, it's used to change the pronunciation of letters, ' is an apostrophe which is what you're supposed to be using when denoting contracted words.[/QUOTE]
Thank you. I´ll keep that in mind.
[QUOTE=lukepker;28234012]American English is just spelling mistakes and terrible pronunciation.[/QUOTE]
look at me in better because i speak british english
dont say you didnt mean that it was implied
[QUOTE=Terminutter;28233923]England has a massive variation in pronounciation all around the country - if you were to take me to the north of England, I'd stick out like a sore thumb.
For example, up north, the word bath is pronounced "baff" (looks unflattering, but the best way I could type it out) Down in the southeast it's a "b-aah-th" or so. (I really can't type pronounciation...)
America has got statewide accents, I think, there's less variation between the accents or something. (I'm clueless with the USA)[/QUOTE]
The difference between a Southern and New York accent is hilarious.
We had to watch a video about American accents in an anthropology course, and I counted no less then 5-6 different accents which were noticeable. Midwest is the [I]de jure[/I] newsman/newswoman accent, however, since it's more of a [U]lack[/U] of accent.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28234014]I just said all both pronunciations of each about 100 times and the difference is so subtle its not even worth bitching over.[/QUOTE]
If someone was to record it, you'd notice.
It's hard to capture sound in text.
The "ch" is fairly strong, and is missed in "too".
[QUOTE=Pavarotti;28233959]Before someone comes in claiming that America kept the language the same and we changed it after the US was founded, that's only true for the ise/ize suffix.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention that modern American accents more closely resemble 17th century English than do modern British-English speakers' accents.
So in a way you kind of changed and then made fun of us for being different.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28234027]look at me in better because i speak british english
dont say you didnt mean that it was implied[/QUOTE]
What.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28234062]The difference between a Southern and New York accent is hilarious.[/QUOTE]
Examples please? I'll keep all of these as a studying reference.
[QUOTE=Jenkem;28234076]Not to mention that modern American accents more closely resemble 17th century English than do modern British-English speakers' accents.
So in a way you kind of changed and then made fun of us for being different.[/QUOTE]
We evolved! :v:
Oh, and is a Southern-USA accent is more jumpy whilst a New York accent is a drawl?
[QUOTE=aolflash2;28234090]Examples please? I'll keep all of these as a studying reference.[/QUOTE]
Here's a pretty good example (although far from the best) of a Southern accent: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zSm4enKiZM[/url]
While here's one for New York (although take this one with a grain of salt, since it's probably purposefully highly pronounced): [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvM8a0M13jY&feature=related[/url]
the only critical difference between "American" English and "British" English is the presence of flapping. They're the same language with variations in spelling, that's all.
Flapping is a concept where ds and ts are pronounced the same way in words, by having the tip of the tongue quickly tap behind the teeth. Flapping is present in American English, but not British English.
an easy example is americans pronounce "Adam" and "Atom" as the same word. Brits will make the t sound much more harsh and make it sound like "ah - tahm"
that's really the only difference, all of the other shit is just people babbling at one another about people "should" speak, not how they actually speak
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just different pronunciations of phenomes
If you think American and British English is bad, you should come to Manchester, we make new words every week.
"ee ar" - here you are my good fellow
"Yorite" - are you okay my good chum?
"ar kid" - very good acquaintance
"ya buzzin?" - are you having a good time old chap?
"gaff" - humble abode
"sack it" - stop
[QUOTE=alien_guy;28233768]Iran:
British: ih-ran
American: eye-ran
Same for Iraq[/QUOTE]
yeah this is out and out bullshit, first off [I]neither [/I]of those pronunciations are correct. There's no "r" sound in Iran, the correct way is "ilh-an", loosely; it's not an r, it's a roll of the tongue. Secondly, if you'd watch american television you'd see that the overwhelming majority of people pronounce Iraq and Iran in the (sarcastic quotes) "british" style.
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[QUOTE=Xenoyia v2;28233535]Americans stole british english and ruined some pronunciations :argh:[/QUOTE]
also gonna tackle this
how exactly, pray tell, did we "steal" british english if we were a [B]british colony of british citizens[/B]?
Are you trying to say that the colonial assholes of the millennium had their language [I]STOLEN[/I]? The people who spread around their own culture, and destroyed others for solely material gain; oph, how terrible!
(point is it was british intent to make English one of the most popular languages in the world, and it was largely successful.)
I use British English, Northern-American English, Southern-American English, Canadian English, and Australian English all interchangeably in speech. Sometimes all in the same sentence. As for writing, I generally only flip-flop between American English and British English.
Fuck ya'll and your preferences of one accent over the other. :colbert:
[QUOTE=Coffee;28234345]If you think American and British English is bad, you should come to Manchester, we make new words every week.
"ee ar" - here you are my good fellow
"Yorite" - are you okay my good chum?
"ar kid" - very good acquaintance
"ya buzzin?" - are you having a good time old chap?
"gaff" - humble abode
"sack it" - stop[/QUOTE]
Bitch please. Nobody's got anything on us New Jersey-ans (?). We talk so fast nobody can even understand us, and we slur our sentences into one clusterfuck of letters.
Example: "You alright, man? That looked really painful." -> "Yoriteman? Thatlookreallehpainful"
[QUOTE=Kylel999;28234824]Bitch please. Nobody's got anything on us New Jersey-ans (?). We talk so fast nobody can even understand us, and we slur out sentences into one clusterfuck of letters.
Example: "You alright, man? That looked really painful." -> "Yoriteman? Thatlookreallehpainful"[/QUOTE]
Is it a Jersey thing?
English people say "Couldn't care less" as a phrase meaning they don't care/aren't bothered
Americans say "Could care less" meaning the same thing, which doesn't make sense.
[QUOTE=Coffee;28234836]Is it a Jersey thing?[/QUOTE]
Funny thing is, I live 5 minutes from where Jersey Shore is filmed. Before that god-awful show popped up, it was alright around here, despite the terrible taxes and the awful reputation (and the Benny's (Brooklyn Elizabeth Newark New Yorkers) that came down every summer), then, after that show appeared, there were orange faggots and guido fuck-faces all over the place during the summer.
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[QUOTE=Doozle;28234897]English people say "Couldn't care less" as a phrase meaning they don't care/aren't bothered
Americans say "Could care less" meaning the same thing, which is a bit silly.[/QUOTE]
I always say "Couldn't care less", because I realize (Oh, there's another example of American English :v:) that "Could care less" sounds stupid and doesn't make sense
Throughout the majority of this thread I have been reciting words to myself, in the darkness of my bedroom. American English and British English are just variations of The English Language. Languages develop differently over time. The language simply developed in different ways, in different locations.
I can speak 30 accents and two languages.
Much to the amusement of my classmates.
[QUOTE=Doozle;28234897]English people say "Couldn't care less" as a phrase meaning they don't care/aren't bothered
Americans say "Could care less" meaning the same thing, which is a bit silly.[/QUOTE]
Depends on where, the style of speaking is localized. I would never say "Could care less" because it means that I could indeed care less. Nobody I know would say it either. But then again I'm in Alaska, we're basically western Canada.
I can understand why they spell 'mum' as 'mom' because it fits their accent
However why they took out the 'u' out of many words and switched the e and r in words like 'centre' or 'metre' is beyond me.
It's also sad to see yanks moan at us for being wrong when all the other English-speaking countries in the world use British spelling (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc.).
Oh yeah, and it's pronounced 'zed', not 'zee', arseholes.
Also, the flag in the OP is upside-down
I hate this language spoken in the Empire of the hated.
Irish English is the best :fuckyou:
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