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Post by joko on Dec 18, 2016 1:28:41 GMT 7
As an English teacher, I tell my students that both North American and British usage of the language are okay. Use one or the other, it's fine, but you should at least try to be consistent.
On a personal level, there's parts of UK English that I find really annoying.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, y'all started the language and all that... but.. Here's my five most annoying Anglicisms...
5. Aluminium vs aluminum. Why do you add this extra syllable and change the stress within the word?
4. p**sed. It means angry, not drunk.
3. All of your car terminology sucks and borders on effeminate. Bonnet? That’s something girls wear on Easter. It’s not the hood of a car. Boot? Nope. Trunk. Trunk almost rhymes with Trump, therefore it’s awesome. Plus its got cool hard sounds like /T/ and /K/ in it. Same goes for Lorry verus Truck. Lorry sounds like an adjective for being sad. I feel so lorry today. Truck is hard and truculent and befitting the vehicle it’s describing.
2. Ground versus first floor. This confuses me to no end. Why is it that British people call the floor that is the second above the pavement the first floor? No, it’s the second floor.
1. Colour, labour, favourite, behaviour, armour, flavour, honour… it appears this unnecessary “u” only appears in syllables ending in /r/, but this spelling is archaic, anachronistic and should be scrapped.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 5:30:13 GMT 7
Nigga please!
WTF choo ralkin bout Willis?
British English is the real English, dont make me put you in the trunk of my car.
If you have problems with that I suggest you start teeching another language
Yeah I made a few typos and grammar mistake just to p**s you off some more.
Feckin egit
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 8:13:35 GMT 7
^ This should be good !
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 9:58:02 GMT 7
When I stand on the ground, an idea forms in my head that hey, I'm on the ground.
A remarkable concept, I know. Amazing.
When I step into a hotel, for example, and discover that said hotel is also built on the ground, fork me - would you believe that I assume that would be known as the ground floor???????
Then I climb the steps to the first floor above the ground, and remarkably - that's what people call it - the first floor, or as it's full title would be, the first floor above the ground.
I had a conversation about this with American teachers in Mexico. The latest in a long line of convos of this type. While some begin by claiming supremacy in language, once it's explained that American English developed due to immigrants being too thick to spell and count, Americans fold.
Because all Americans realize that it's true. You bastardized the language cos you were too dense to comprehend the nuance.
The 21st century version of this denseology is represented by advocates of the bastardized version of English that Americans of slow wit try to defend. There is no defence - you should apologise forthwith, pay the tax bill that you dodging bastards started a revolution over ( while dressing up as Indians so they would get the blame if it all went wrong ) and return your nation to Crown control.
It will take us a while, but eventually we'll re-educate you colonial savages to the art of nuance.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 10:15:11 GMT 7
And we'll teach you the metric system for free.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 10:34:09 GMT 7
Miles per hour vs kilometres per hour
Kilograms vs pounds
Celcius vs Fahrenheit
Litres vs gallons
Sup with that yo?
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Post by Soutpeel on Dec 18, 2016 10:46:14 GMT 7
Is joko a septic by any chance ?
Proclaims to be an English teacher but then reveals a complete lack of knowlege of his chosen field of specialisation
If called "English" dear boy...so the UK spelling, terminology, meanings, etc take preference over any other version
Aluminium vs aluminum. ?
The metal concerned was named after Sir Humphry Davy, He derived the name from the mineral called alumina
Ergo the UK version is thd correct one
From a scientic POV
How do you say Potassium, Magnesium ?....my case rests your 'onour
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Post by rgs2001uk on Dec 18, 2016 10:53:25 GMT 7
Yankisms that p**s me off,
Have a nice day,
Enjoy your meal.
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Post by siampolee on Dec 18, 2016 10:58:29 GMT 7
As a guide perhaps these clips may enlighten the self proclaimed eloquent colonial characters as to just how much they are in need of assistance regarding their correct English linguistic abilities. These links are placed here in good faith for our colonial friends linguistic edification.  |
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Post by siampolee on Dec 18, 2016 11:12:08 GMT 7
Now traditional English like what she be spoken.  |
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Post by me on Dec 18, 2016 11:21:38 GMT 7
As an English teacher, I tell my students that both North American and British usage of the language are okay. Use one or the other, it's fine, but you should at least try to be consistent. On a personal level, there's parts of UK English that I find really annoying. Yeah, yeah, yeah, y'all started the language and all that... but.. Here's my five most annoying Anglicisms... 5. Aluminium vs aluminum. Why do you add this extra syllable and change the stress within the word? 4. p**sed. It means angry, not drunk. 3. All of your car terminology sucks and borders on effeminate. Bonnet? That’s something girls wear on Easter. It’s not the hood of a car. Boot? Nope. Trunk. Trunk almost rhymes with Trump, therefore it’s awesome. Plus its got cool hard sounds like /T/ and /K/ in it. Same goes for Lorry verus Truck. Lorry sounds like an adjective for being sad. I feel so lorry today. Truck is hard and truculent and befitting the vehicle it’s describing. 2. Ground versus first floor. This confuses me to no end. Why is it that British people call the floor that is the second above the pavement the first floor? No, it’s the second floor. 1. Colour, labour, favourite, behaviour, armour, flavour, honour… it appears this unnecessary “u” only appears in syllables ending in /r/, but this spelling is archaic, anachronistic and should be scrapped. "ou" is only not needed if the word is pronounced incorrectly. |
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Post by toknarok on Dec 18, 2016 11:51:18 GMT 7
Language is a constantly changing thing. That's what makes it so interesting. I cringe when I hear septics asking "Do You Speak American?' The language is called English, just because more Americans are now it's native speakers than the rest of the World still doesn't make it American.
One Americanism that annoys me is the use of the word 'gotten'. Technically it's correct but it has fallen out of use in proper English speaking countries but still widely used in America. A person sits on his arse not his ass, that is a type of donkey. Lift is what it does, I suppose it's technically correct but the English use elevate in a totally different context.
A trunk is what is found at the front of an elephant not the rear of a motor vehicle.
There are of course numerous other examples and as time goes bye these examples will grow until the they will become so different that films produced in Hollywood with American actors will have to have English sub-titles. Then they can call the language 'American' until then it remains essentially English.
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Post by AyG on Dec 18, 2016 12:31:58 GMT 7
It was Noah Webster who messed with English spelling and created monstrosities such as "aluminum", "fiber", "dialog", "feces", "pretense", "recognize" and "color".
For some reason the masses in America followed him, even though, being a Merkin, he clearly knew nothing about the beautiful subtleties of the English language.
Blame him for Yanks' bastardised spelling which makes the whole nation appear semi-literate (at best).
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Post by smokie36 on Dec 18, 2016 12:39:40 GMT 7
Its OK Joko we understand the American requirement to simplify everything.
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Post by siampolee on Dec 18, 2016 12:56:20 GMT 7
Just a gentle nudge but is not a fact that now many other languages are spoken far more in the colonies as opposed to the colloquial pseudo English currently and historically practised by the residents of the American colony. Spanish, of course, is the second most commonly spoken language in the United States... there are more than 37 million native Spanish speakers. After English and Spanish, however, few realise that Chinese is spoken regularly in more American homes more than any other language (2.8 million). www.accreditedlanguage.com/2016/09/13/the-10-most-popular-languages-in-the-us |
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