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Re: The Truth 2013-11-10, 19:50
We still spell the same as youCardboard Fox wrote:What does that make yours?
Re: The Truth 2013-11-10, 20:10If you ever go to the UK you will notice that the majority of people do not speak the Queen's English. Only posh, wealthy people speak that way, and even they use a lot of weird linguistic short cuts that Americans would not use. For example rather than saying "When I was in the hospital" they would say "When I was at hospital", which sounds very odd and incorrect to American ears. The lower classes take it to a whole other level, and the way they speak would hardly be recognized as English to the average American. I'm not saying that Americans have fabulous linguistic skills (we don't) but no one bastardizes the English language quite like the British.
Re: The Truth 2013-11-10, 20:14
This was my first thought...Shotgun Dismemberment wrote:Bastardized?
Re: The Truth 2013-11-11, 04:08
true dat.RStudios wrote:I read this quote a while back, its actually true, including the last line.
If you ever go to the UK you will notice that the majority of people do not speak the Queen's English. Only posh, wealthy people speak that way, and even they use a lot of weird linguistic short cuts that Americans would not use. For example rather than saying "When I was in the hospital" they would say "When I was at hospital", which sounds very odd and incorrect to American ears. The lower classes take it to a whole other level, and the way they speak would hardly be recognized as English to the average American. I'm not saying that Americans have fabulous linguistic skills (we don't) but no one bastardizes the English language quite like the British.
Re: The Truth 2013-11-11, 08:46
So the UK is like the Mexico of English speaking countries.RStudios wrote:I read this quote a while back, its actually true, including the last line.
If you ever go to the UK you will notice that the majority of people do not speak the Queen's English. Only posh, wealthy people speak that way, and even they use a lot of weird linguistic short cuts that Americans would not use. For example rather than saying "When I was in the hospital" they would say "When I was at hospital", which sounds very odd and incorrect to American ears. The lower classes take it to a whole other level, and the way they speak would hardly be recognized as English to the average American. I'm not saying that Americans have fabulous linguistic skills (we don't) but no one bastardizes the English language quite like the British.
Re: The Truth 2013-11-11, 11:46As far as I'm aware they use standard English spellings, the same way we do in EnglandShotgun Dismemberment wrote:What about Canadian English?
Re: The Truth 2013-11-12, 14:51
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