TheVoid said:

Haven t you heard of Philly Steins, the Jewish cobblers shop in the East End of London?

TheVoid said:

they can't help getting worked up. it's the caffeine in all that tea they drinking

TheVoid said:

Colour, Flavour, Honour, Favourite etc. just has more class than the American version, but I admit you Yanks have a good knack for shortening and simplifying things. Here in Canada we're kind of stuck between the Queen's English of the U.K. and our Big Brother to the South (the U.S.). But please, it's not Trainers or Sneakers, it's RUNNERS.

TheVoid said:

I guess we should just all start speaking/spelling in American english, because god knows words like imma and y'all are definitely more proper than the way Brits speak and spell.

And how are they sneakers? Are they for sneaking around? I think they are for running, hence, running shoes. Duh!

Honestly void,I've not heard in all my time the toilet referred to as a water closet. BTW, Most Britishers walk around saying cah, cah, bruv.


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Well we might not talk proper but at least we are not all fat bastards!

SPOOKYGAS said:

Do you mean fat "arses" or fat "asses," please, I dont have all day. :waiting:

SPOOKYGAS said:

your fat asses are right behind us.

JerseyKRS said:

I'm moving to Japan before its too late.

I'm starting an online petition for LleeLlee to change her signature.


It's bollocks.

LleeLlee said:

They won't let our fat asses in.

and to the OP....


oh the irony.

JerseyKRS said:

Whats wrong with it?

JerseyKRS said:

So we are behind your behinds?

LleeLlee said:

The cake can wait now go and get on your trainers and take that blubber oot fur a run.

JerseyKRS said:

Thats a fake..it looks nothing like Mel Gibson.
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SPOOKYGAS said:

Have you seen blubber on mah bootay? Imma kick all y'all asses right now! All five o them.

LleeLlee said:

I ate chocolate chip cookies for lunch.

like, 8 of 'em.

JerseyKRS said:

Biscuits or Cookies?

LleeLlee said:

whistle said:

It's not a Lizard, it's a Gecko

TheVoid said:

It's pronounced H E R B because it has a "H" in the front.


"I will write you" is just ridiculous. I will write TO you.

What's with the "Z" cropping up in words like 'realize' or 'recognize'?

It's "different to" not "different from" thank you.

JerseyKRS said:

that's horrible! wouldn't letting the statue get destroyed be more in the spirit?

But I have to say that imagining Mel Gibson being hurt by this makes me smile a little.

elmer said:

Oh dear lawd, the social programming these brits have been brainwashed BY (I'm sure they want to say "to" or some weirdness like that) is just astounding, and clearly prohibitive to communication.




THIS THREAD IS ABOUT LOVE YALL.


GROUP. HUG.

ZombieKitten said:

I can answer that question for you. I wrote my senior thesis in my high school English literature class about the dictionary, and one of the major components of the thesis was the lexicography of Noah Webster of the famed Webster's dictionary. It was his idea to change the spelling of a lot of proper English words like colour and honour and remove the letter u from those words to make American English different than the British monarchy's English. Of course, he recommended these changes to the English language in the USA just after we defeated the Brits in the American Revolution.

For some reason, a lot of Americans are enamored by British accents, but I think that's because most of the Brits we see speaking actually are like the most public faces of their country. I've heard some working class Brits speak in a pub setting, and to me much of it is harder to understand than a bunch of Southern American rednecks.

728huey said:

True, there are vast differences in regional dialects throughout Britain. A Scotsman sounds nothing like a Cockney in intonation and flow, it's far more apparent than anything in the states.

The queen's english tends to be very nasal.

elmer said:

I prefer "different than" so you can keep both of those.

I like the Z in realize and recognize, because as one poster on another board put it, I can't help but read recognise like Al Pacino in Scarface is saying it.

MrsMdiver said:

We speak without accents now?? "Eh"? That's news to me... People think I always speak with some sorta accent. Sometimes they say British . I speak four languages..so maybe I speak with some sorta hybrid accent, idk.

And I spell "colour" and "favourite"...you Yankees are spelling it WRONG! There I said it Nah I don't care..I interchange between languages so my English spelling sucks sometimes Love my American brothers and sisters

LleeLlee said:

one comment:


air biscuits

SherryJackson said:

I have been told that I do not have an accent. I guess it is because I lived in Florida for 26 yrs.