Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I dunno, frazzled. I wouldn't be surprised to see "ECSUELA" painted on a Texas street.
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whatwhat wrote:
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
The implication I'm being hypocritical works...how?
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
The implication I'm being hypocritical works...how?
You just did what you accused Americans of....duh!
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
The implication I'm being hypocritical works...how?
You just did what you accused Americans of....duh!
Manchu wrote:Manchu: Brits often act in a snobbish way.
whatwhat: Well, at least we don't throw around generalizations about other cultures. Like you Americans do.
Erm, no. There was nothing in what I said commenting about generalisations. I was talking about that patriotic thing you do when you refer to your nation as 'Us' or 'we' as if it was your own self.
No, you're totally wrong. Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but the words you wrote contain a generalisation.
Heh. And British people (like everyone, me included) LOVE generalisations. I wanted to get a "Stereotype me, I'm Irish!" shirt after a month of it (See what I did there?)
If the OP had bothered to follow the link posted above......
Most of those misspellings are in his country.
The OP? You mean me? Fifty. Or, if you prefer real life names, Russ.
If I had "bothered", or, more accurately, "noticed", then I would probably have posted both links, yes. What is your point? It is a mildly ribbing thread, directed affectionately at my American cousins. I have many many American friends from my times living abroad and my travels, and most of them have enjoyed a bit of banter about "colonies" vs. "former Empire". I even apologised in my own post for the seeming meanness I am showing towards Americans! Jeez, calm down, "bro"!. :p :p :p
If the OP had bothered to follow the link posted above......
Most of those misspellings are in his country.
The OP? You mean me? Fifty. Or, if you prefer real life names, Russ.
Jeez, calm down, "bro"!. :p :p :p
Perfectly calm, bro. just think it's funny that you missed the link pointing out misspellings in the UK..... or maybe the proper term there is ..'ignored'.
Nice banter thread with lots of joking, and one guy just not getting it...
I'm about the least patriotic person you could meet, so I really have no stake in supporting the UK. I dislike my government, I dislike the alternatives, I dislike the welfare culture, I dislike the xenophobia, I dislike the racism and the reverse-racism, I dislike the school system I work in, I dislike the justice system I am served by. The UK is not an inherently special country, nor is the US. Both have very very many advantages that make them far better places to live than most countries, but both are far from perfect.
It is banter, not a genuine attempt by me to belittle the US or praise the UK by comparison.
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.
I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.
Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.
I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.
Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.
Britain re taking Sierra Leone as it is currently would be the political and economic equivalent of a country catching aids. No thanks.
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.
I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.
Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.
Britain re taking Sierra Leone as it is currently would be the political and economic equivalent of a country catching aids. No thanks.
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
Again with the slights at the Americans. I'll just note a gentle reminder that the whole Mideast nonsense is your fault for what you did to the Ottoman Empire after WWI. We're just having to deal with your mess.
Da Boss wrote:whatwhat are you intentionally trolling or do you not see the double standard?
Actually I think he's yet again pointing out the peculiarly American habit of referring to individuals of a certain nationality, as the nation in question.
What-What was not actually there during the aftermath of WWI, he most certainly didn't do anything to the Ottoman empire, Britain might have, but then again so did France and Italy, with France and Italy being the dominant forces during the "peace" negotiations.
Da Boss wrote:whatwhat are you intentionally trolling or do you not see the double standard?
Actually I think he's yet again pointing out the peculiarly American habit of referring to individuals of a certain nationality, as the nation in question.
What-What was not actually there during the aftermath of WWI, he most certainly didn't do anything to the Ottoman empire, Britain might have, but then again so did France and Italy, with France and Italy being the dominant forces during the "peace" negotiations.
You mean like this quote right?
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
whatwhat wrote:Actually I've never been to the middle east. Nearest I have gone in that direction is Cyprus. You must be thinking of someone else.
you're British.
Yes he Is British, and so am I, however I'm only 16 and so, unless I have invented time travel, cannot have had anything to do with the aftermath of WWI.
Poor spelling is hardly an exclusive American problem. Given the teenage proclivity for texting, I anticipate spelling will simply continue to worsen until only computers and scholars will be able to properly employ the English language in print.
whatwhat wrote:Actually I've never been to the middle east. Nearest I have gone in that direction is Cyprus. You must be thinking of someone else.
you're British.
Yes he Is British, and so am I, however I'm only 16 and so, unless I have invented time travel, cannot have had anything to do with the aftermath of WWI.
The Sins of our Fathers and all that...
So what? If you're following Whatwhat's train of thoughts and slants: you're all guilty. Frankly, after the BP spill you owe us 78.77887% of the island of Brittania. You have 30 days to vacate, then Push Off! Elizabeth Hurley may remain of course.
Da Boss wrote:whatwhat are you intentionally trolling or do you not see the double standard?
Actually I think he's yet again pointing out the peculiarly American habit of referring to individuals of a certain nationality, as the nation in question.
What-What was not actually there during the aftermath of WWI, he most certainly didn't do anything to the Ottoman empire, Britain might have, but then again so did France and Italy, with France and Italy being the dominant forces during the "peace" negotiations.
You mean like this quote right?
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
That's different though, that's referring to America in general, whereas before he was commenting on the fact that you referred to Britain as "you", which is impossible, because, as I have pointed out, whatwhat isn't the entirety of the British government and populace.
Da Boss wrote:whatwhat are you intentionally trolling or do you not see the double standard?
Actually I think he's yet again pointing out the peculiarly American habit of referring to individuals of a certain nationality, as the nation in question.
What-What was not actually there during the aftermath of WWI, he most certainly didn't do anything to the Ottoman empire, Britain might have, but then again so did France and Italy, with France and Italy being the dominant forces during the "peace" negotiations.
You mean like this quote right?
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
That's different though, that's referring to America in general, whereas before he was commenting on the fact that you referred to Britain as "you", which is impossible, because, as I have pointed out, whatwhat isn't the entirety of the British government and populace.
whatwhat wrote:Actually I've never been to the middle east. Nearest I have gone in that direction is Cyprus. You must be thinking of someone else.
you're British.
Yes he Is British, and so am I, however I'm only 16 and so, unless I have invented time travel, cannot have had anything to do with the aftermath of WWI.
The Sins of our Fathers and all that...
So what? If you're following Whatwhat's train of thoughts and slants: you're all guilty. Frankly, after the BP spill you owe us 78.77887% of the island of Brittania. You have 30 days to vacate, then Push Off! Elizabeth Hurley may remain of course.
I would just like to point out that BP is Multi-National, it hires 40% Brits, and 39% Americans.
The Chairman is Swedish, the CEO is American (the previous being British) and the CFO is American, so of course, even though It has been made largely American, because it used to stand for "British" (it is now meant to stand for "Beyond" by the way) that makes it an entirely british company.
That why only a portion of Britain is forefeit. We've already taken that into account. Of course, upon recalculation with punitive damages I'm afraid Wales is now ours as well now...
Just stay away from Bedford and Milton Keynes; the first will give you diseases, the second will make you dizzy with all the roundabouts
is there enough space for a pool? She Who Must Be Obeyed always wanted a nice pool. Allt he oil derricks in the back 40 just get in the way so Wales might be big enough for a proper pool. That castle you have would make an excellent playscape/zombie games UK outpost, but it needs some mariachis bigtime.
filbert wrote:Wales? It's chief export is rain. Good job having a pool there!
I thought that was the UK in general? Alternatively I always liked the name Kent.
Is there a Basey? I always wanted to be the Count of Basey. Earl of Hines would work too.
Just keep me away from Dover, thats too close to France. urge to cross over, rename myself Napoleon and restart the Empire might be too overwhelming.(must..resist...urge..to...invade...Moscow...). And of course I'd have to go to Spain just so I could hum "Farewell Spanish Ladies" in the proper context.
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
You make fun of our spelling, we make fun of your oral hygiene.... Vicious cycle.
Thats just a cruel stereotype old bean, im British and i have excellent teeth, here is a pic of me at my brothers wedding.
I dont see the need to argue with each other about nationality, i mean, the revolutionary war was essentially a civil war anyway, so i have decided we can claim victory either way, and as a result Americans are just British people that talk funny.
Scottish and Welsh people only get to be British when they are winning (see: Andy Murray), otherwise, they remain Scottish or Welsh. Northern Irish get to be British or Irish whenever they want to make up for getting blown up so much.
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.
I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.
Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.
Britain re taking Sierra Leone as it is currently would be the political and economic equivalent of a country catching aids. No thanks.
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
Again with the slights at the Americans. I'll just note a gentle reminder that the whole Mideast nonsense is your fault for what you did to the Ottoman Empire after WWI. We're just having to deal with your mess.
QFT, except that by the end of the war there was no empire. Everyone was gaking on the Arabs by that point, and the Ruskis started it. Well, the Ottomans started it. Hitler technically started it... oh hey! I said Hitler!
Da Boss wrote:whatwhat are you intentionally trolling or do you not see the double standard?
Actually I think he's yet again pointing out the peculiarly American habit of referring to individuals of a certain nationality, as the nation in question.
What-What was not actually there during the aftermath of WWI, he most certainly didn't do anything to the Ottoman empire, Britain might have, but then again so did France and Italy, with France and Italy being the dominant forces during the "peace" negotiations.
You mean like this quote right?
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
That's different though, that's referring to America in general, whereas before he was commenting on the fact that you referred to Britain as "you", which is impossible, because, as I have pointed out, whatwhat isn't the entirety of the British government and populace.
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Notice the ''s. That's all you need to do.
Oh and by "you" I do mean you and not America by the way.
Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
That's America's position now, apparently. I read in 'Colossus' by Niall Ferguson. Interesting book.
I suppose 'post-imperial' is accurate, although the UK still has quite a few overseas territories. They're pretty insignificant, mind. I think the difficulty with the label is that the number of people who actually remember the Empire is outnumbered by people who've either never heard of it or only read about, so not that many people miss it or feel guilty about it.
Confession Time: I'm into the Empire. I'd like to see it return in some capacity. Obviously I don't think Britain is gong to be a global hegemon again, but I think that there are parts of the world which would benefit from British rule, and I certainly think it's possible - just look at Sierra Leone. They actually want British rule. They formally applied for it! I think Liberal Imperialism is a good thing.
Britain re taking Sierra Leone as it is currently would be the political and economic equivalent of a country catching aids. No thanks.
Lets leave the ' we need to be a world superpower' complex to the americans.
I said I don't think we are going to the world superpower again. But we don't need to be to succesfully administer an overseas territory. I would be quite happy for America to wake up to it's status as an empire and actually assume formal control of Afghanistan and Iraq. Both countries are completely broken (Afghanistan more than Iraq, to be fair), and will take years to fix, more than America is currently willing to commit to.
Also, RE: Sierra Leone - whatwhat, are you aware that the UK intervened in Sierra Leone in the last decade, and is currently helping to run the country 'in partnership' with the Sierra Leonean authorities?
I know about British involvement in Sierra Leone. And although the statement that Britain "is currently running the country 'in partnership' with the Sierra Leonean authorities" is absurd and hugely exaggerated, I do know there is an involvement.
I still stick by my point abut taking SL back and the aids thing.
whatwhat wrote:I know about British involvement in Sierra Leone. And although the statement that Britain "is currently running the country 'in partnership' with the Sierra Leonean authorities" is absurd and hugely exaggerated, I do know there is an involvement.
I still stick by my point abut taking SL back and the aids thing.
Well, safeguarding the security of a country like Sierra Leone IS running it, effectively. The fact that an election went of with only minor civil unrest is telling. Did you read the article? There are british officials in 'senior jobs inside the Sierra Leonean administration'. I don't think my statement was 'absurd', in light of that. There's no need to be rude. I wasn't rude to you.
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1) England is no longer an empire.
2) The difference between England, Great Britain, and nited Kingdom is a bit confusing(get your stuff together you lot).
3) America is not a part of England/GB/UK.
4) Americans can't spell.
5) The British have bad teeth.
6) Sierra Leone gives you AIDS.
7) North Carolina is a bit off.
Seeing as how I'm probably the closest person to this disaster on the board, I think my word goes. I actually live in Guilford county, where this all started, although I'm about 30 minutes away from this particular high school. I can say that this has been ALL OVER my facebook recently, and pretty much everyone is ashamed of it.
Having lived here for my entire life I can say the following things with absolute certainty:
1) We (North Carolinians) have and will never refer to our state as "Norkalina."
2) Most of the people who work on our roads are of a certain.... Southern.... heritage, are ex-cons, or both.
3) Something about Brits, Africa, teeth and AIDS. You figure it out.
And from the red/white/blue corner we have shuma, throwing in a low blow to whatwhat's mohammed ali style and interrupting the match between the UK and England.
Stokle, I live in VB and I'm sorry to say that we think anything outside the OBX in NC is hick central. Sorry, but you're just too southern for us.
As an unbiased opinion from a man that is part of U.S.'s hat that is a whole lot like the brits, I'll say that everyone flubs up.
USA messes up and eats McDonalds and drinks pop, Britain buggers up and eats english muffins and drinks tea, and Canadians screw up and drink Tim Hortons coffee and eats donuts. We are all one big stereotype.
1) England is no longer an empire.
2) The difference between England, Great Britain, and nited Kingdom is a bit confusing(get your stuff together you lot).
3) America is not a part of England/GB/UK.
4) Americans can't spell.
5) The British have bad teeth.
6) Sierra Leone gives you AIDS.
7) North Carolina is a bit off.
I think you've got it right there son. The sum total of Dakka's wisdom...
Arctik_Firangi wrote:Screw Tim Horton's coffee, I drink donuts and eat Canadians.
Arctic Firangi is hardcore.
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Kilkrazy wrote:Right, I'm going to settle this for once and all by reference to an unbiased third party opion, Japan.
The Japanese word for Britain is Igirisu meaning English.
The formal Japanese word for the United Kingdom is Eikoku, which means "Excellent Country".
The Japanese word for America is Amerika.
The formal Japanese word for the USA is Beikoku, which means "Rice Country".
Evidently the Japanese fellow who named the USA visited Louisiana. Now that I think about it, he probably saw a gator and said "my that lizard has big teeth. You ever wonder what it would be like to see a lizard with big teeth attack Tokyo?" And a legend is born.
halonachos wrote:And from the red/white/blue corner we have shuma, throwing in a low blow to whatwhat's mohammed ali style and interrupting the match between the UK and England.
Stokle, I live in VB and I'm sorry to say that we think anything outside the OBX in NC is hick central. Sorry, but you're just too southern for us.
I'm not sure what VB is.... But see, I go towards the beach and hit all those coastal/sandhills towns and think that they're so raggedy, like, Deliverance level raggedy, but they probably seem a lot worse than they actually are. The area from Raleigh to Winson Salem has it's share of illiterate red necks, for sure, there's no denying that, but we've also got like >20 universities and colleges, in addition to lord knows how many technical or vocational schools. Research Triangle Park is a serious hub of technological and scientific knowledge and Greensboro is home to a number of HQ's for large global companies. NC gets a bad rep based on our worst citizens, but we're not all bad....
It's easy to think that people from a certain place are all slowed, but you're almost never right. This whole thread would be good to remember that.
Edit - I get it, Virginia Beach. So, wait a second, you're in southern VA, but central NC is TOO southern? LOL. I'd hate to hear what you think about Georgia!
Why is everyone taking shots at British dentistry? This was an issue of spelling- I'm quite curious how a country that has a river called the 'Tim's' but spelled the Thames running through their country has any room to criticize. America may be rude, gruff and practical, but we made our language fit! We spell armor wrong too, according to 'u'.
As has been pointed out before, grammar and spelling are transitory rule sets. The British, United Kingdomians, Londoners or English like to play Third Edition English, an the American, Colonial, Rebels, like to play Fourth Edition. Teenagers like to play Fifth Edition, which everyone else can see is riddled with flaws, typos, contradictory rules and loopholes, but they love the powergaming potential of reducing sentences into a series of letters.
Our schools no longer produce students that play the edition we were brought up with, so our playerbase will gradually die out and then few will remember our edition as anything more than an unwieldy relic. In Fourth Edition American English, we call that an extended metaphor.
Gitzbitah wrote:Why is everyone taking shots at British dentistry? This was an issue of spelling- I'm quite curious how a country that has a river called the 'Tim's' but spelled the Thames running through their country has any room to criticize. America may be rude, gruff and practical, but we made our language fit! We spell armor wrong too, according to 'u'.
As has been pointed out before, grammar and spelling are transitory rule sets. The British, United Kingdomians, Londoners or English like to play Third Edition English, an the American, Colonial, Rebels, like to play Fourth Edition. Teenagers like to play Fifth Edition, which everyone else can see is riddled with flaws, typos, contradictory rules and loopholes, but they love the powergaming potential of reducing sentences into a series of letters.
Our schools no longer produce students that play the edition we were brought up with, so our playerbase will gradually die out and then few will remember our edition as anything more than an unwieldy relic. In Fourth Edition American English, we call that an extended metaphor.
Awesome!
You really want to play with someone's mind-have an adult speak 5th ed to a teenager. THEY FREAAAK OUUUUTTT!
Hyenajoe wrote:Hummmmm a British/American strife....
As a Frenchman, I will do the honorable thing and surrender immediately. Vive La France!
Fixed that for you, mon petit pamplemousse!
Merci mon canard!
Come on, we're surrending only once per century...or perhaps twice, it depends on the century...but we're so irritating that no foreign forces ever stay on our ground!
VB= Virginia Beach, guess what state that place is in...
Also, this isn't a fight between America and England its a fight bewtween England and the United Kingdom. Its like its 1642 all over again here in dakka.
We didn't fly the nest, we burnt the mother to the ground.
Besides, you know the french egged us on.
France: Come on, you know you want to.
Colonies: Maybe a little.
France: DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!
Colonies: Alright, but you should help us.
France: What? Help you move, sorry we don't have a truck.
1) England is no longer an empire.
2) The difference between England, Great Britain, and nited Kingdom is a bit confusing(get your stuff together you lot).
3) America is not a part of England/GB/UK.
4) Americans can't spell.
5) The British have bad teeth.
6) Sierra Leone gives you AIDS.
7) North Carolina is a bit off.
I think you've got it right there son. The sum total of Dakka's wisdom...
Hyenajoe wrote:Hummmmm a British/American strife....
Let's sit here eating weird food, waiting for them to slaughter each others, and finally, we, Frenchmen, will conquer Dakka! Mouahahahah
Not if we Canadians have anything to say aboot that! We will ride gloriously on our polar bears and beat you back with our hockey sticks well still shotgunning beer and yelling politeness all the while You hosers!
Hyenajoe wrote:Hummmmm a British/American strife....
Let's sit here eating weird food, waiting for them to slaughter each others, and finally, we, Frenchmen, will conquer Dakka! Mouahahahah
Not if we Canadians have anything to say aboot that! We will ride gloriously on our polar bears and beat you back with our hockey sticks well still shotgunning beer and yelling politeness all the while You hosers!
Hyenajoe wrote:Hummmmm a British/American strife....
Let's sit here eating weird food, waiting for them to slaughter each others, and finally, we, Frenchmen, will conquer Dakka! Mouahahahah
Not if we Canadians have anything to say aboot that! We will ride gloriously on our polar bears and beat you back with our hockey sticks well still shotgunning beer and yelling politeness all the while You hosers!
You my good sir are my new favorite person ever if i had cookies in this house i would send them via mail to you right now, postage payed and everything
Oh come on. I think the English language is great. Especially when used by the English.
Take a sentence like "Monica has three hares"
"Mornicer as free aias". Is how my friend Pete would pronounce it "an e's from London". I love speaking to him drunk on the phone. Sometimes I think he is just making noises.
I don't know if the English have a spelling problem or a pronunciation problem, because the certainly don't speak the way things are spelled. Don't get me started on the Scots.
Find me an American who pronounces mirror like it's spelt. Or tune. Or route.
Why don't you spell them rowt, toon and mear?
Found one!. I live in the Suburban Mid West. Here we say route, tune, and mirror. Now i'll admit some people in the far suburbs say melk instead of milk and wader instead of water. But the heartland is the land of the neutral accent. That's why most newscasters come from here. Sure I can't understand a Cajun from the south...but you can't understand someone from Birmingham either. Roight!
Nah, it is way more fun the British way.
Oh agreed. I think many American are actually jealous of the English accent and diction, it's pretty cool. By far better than a southern drawl"hey yall!" or a new york accent " Hey pauully pass me de buall". I don't know if an American accent works on the birds in England. But in America that British accent will get you laid anytime, just don't smile.
And yes you are making fun of the Americans alot. It hurts my feelings
