[QUOTE=Terminutter;28236343]The E tells you to make the R a softer sound, as opposed to going "Sent-ar" (harsh R) you go "Sent-r". (soft R)[/QUOTE]
actually you spell it theatre because you nabbed the word from the french, fyi
[QUOTE=David29;28237637]I hate the 'too many letters' argument. By that logic, lets tlk lyk dis.[/QUOTE]
How about only spelling vowels
"Let's talk like this" = e a i i
[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;28237765]How about only spelling vowels
"Let's talk like this" = e a i i[/QUOTE]
That's just how the French talk.
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;28237717]actually you spell it theatre because you nabbed the word from the french, fyi[/QUOTE]
Oh, we are shameless thieves of words, that's for certain!
Too many for me to list, but things like "exit" are stolen, too.
British people might say "Cheerio" though that's a complete stereotype and usually doesn't happen IRL.
But if an American decides to leave some place- usually after a prolonged period of time -they get up, stretch and say "Well, looks like it's time to hit the ol' dusty trail...".
And if you refer to a car it's not an "it", it's a "she".
This also might have been said before but British people tend to put an "er" after some words.
I'm American and mostly use american english, except I'll spell words like 'favorite' as 'favourite', it just looks right to me.
That's about it though.
[QUOTE=borisvdb;28237913]
But if an American decides to leave some place- usually after a prolonged period of time -they get up, stretch and say "Well, looks like it's time to hit the ol' dusty trail...".
And if you refer to a car it's not an "it", it's a "she".
[/QUOTE]
What
we won the war
we make the rules
There's so many internal dialects in each country that it's hard to compare them at all. With America you've got New York accents (NEW YOIK), Southern accents, and everything in between. In Britain, you've got the separate dialects of each country (England, Wales, Scotland) and then they have separate dialects within them.
In England alone I can think of many, including:
The Queen's English (Good old stereotypical English accent)
Cockney (Ie, the other one American's stereotype the English with)
The sort-of posh English middle class people talk with
Londoners
Brummie accent
Country
Liverpudlian
Manchester
Geordie
Yorkshire
They're the most common ones, I'm not sure if I've missed any
[QUOTE=borisvdb;28237913]
But if an American decides to leave some place- usually after a prolonged period of time -they get up, stretch and say "Well, looks like it's time to hit the ol' dusty trail...".[/QUOTE]
This is the first sentence out of my mouth in the morning.
Actually not really, never heard anyone say that before.
[QUOTE=David29;28237637]I hate the 'too many letters' argument. By that logic, lets tlk lyk dis.[/QUOTE]
I was being sarcastic.
[QUOTE=borisvdb;28237913]And if you refer to a car it's not an "it", it's a "she".
This also might have been said before but British people tend to put an "er" after some words.[/QUOTE]
Um... ok then...
Generally, people will refer to a cat by gender (so "he" or "she") and will use "it" if they don't know the gender. Of course, name is often used if it is known.
As for the "but British people tend to put an "er" after some words."
What?
A man with a thick Glasweigein accent talks about Americanisms
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnGPgCVJUsI[/media]
[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]
So stop bitching
I class sweets and candy as 2 different things.
What's "American English" I though they spoke American in America. :downs:
aeiou
There are alot of american accents (aswell as british accents) and they've become what they've become because of so many nations sharing one language.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;28234983]I can speak 30 accents and two languages.
Much to the amusement of my classmates.[/QUOTE]
it's too bad they're laughing at you rather than with you
[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;28238670]it's too bad they're laughing at you rather than with you[/QUOTE]
At least I make people laugh.
Do you?
[QUOTE=Nestophales;28238204]we won the war
we make the rules[/QUOTE]
Shouldn't you be speaking Vietnamese, then?
Even though my native language is Swedish, I almost always think in an American English voice. It's kinda creepy.
There is no such thing as British English as the dialects and accents vary dramatically from one place to the next, I don't know about American English but I assume it's the same.
If you think about it, we Americans are kind of linguistically like the Boers of South Africa. Originally a colony of another nation, we became so separated from the mainland that our language didn't evolve like theirs did and decades later, they're pretty different from one another.
British English is always to be spoken in a smug tone such should be noted that the well spoken Englishman always carries a fat chode in his hand to contradict his smugness and induce rage in the unsuspecting linguist. If you keep this in mind you can avoid being 'verbally assaulted' and even sound like you yourself inhale 240 dicks a day and do nothing but bitch about America, hope this has helped.
[QUOTE=Da Jester;28240070]British English is always to be spoken in a smug tone such should be noted that the well spoken Englishman always carries a dick in his hand to contradict his smugness and induce rage in the unsuspected linguist. If you keep this in mind you can avoid being 'verbally assaulted' and even sound like you yourself inhale 240 dicks a day and do nothing but bitch about America, hope this has helped.[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=David29;28240141]What?[/QUOTE]
Just preparing OP for his linguistic endeavor.
I'm American and I absolutely adore British accents.
They could be the biggest prick on the planet and I'd still love them if they had a British accent.
[QUOTE=MasterG;28240214]I [b]couldn't care less[/b] about language differences.
COULDN'T CARE LESS.
NOT COULD CARE LESS. IF YOU COULD CARE LESS, THEN YOU CARE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT, HENCE SAYING "I COULDN'T CARE LESS" MEANS IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBL- (Hang on let me turn billy mays mode off) e to care any less, hence you have reached the least possible amount of caring.
If you could care less, you do in fact care a little.[/QUOTE]
who are you yelling at?
The biggest lol is LAZOR.
The idiots didn't realise it was an acronym.
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