English or US American ??

[BrianHawley]

I must plead guilty.

I've been posted in Saudi for a few decades and the English spoken here is definitely of the US variety. And it sticks.

Even picked up a bit of Aussie car terminology

Anybody know what a "a bogan hooning in a yute" means?

[TDV102]

"Yorks/lancashire tones ( I cannot tell the difference)"

That's like confusing scottish and welsh! Totally different!

[viewsonic1]

What really bugs me is the double negative; "I ain't got nothing" is one example. I've heard this at work, in shops and on television programmes. East enders is bad but also Judge Judy, so it's a transatlantic trait.

[TDV102]

And double comparatives..

More better... Idiocy

And also the demise of the letter T in so many programs

Be'er for BETTER

war'er for WATER

Bo'ull for BOTTLE

Grrrrrrr...

[SteveClem]

Hmm...the young lady on Morrisons checkout last week seemed to be talking like that,and very quickly too. I hadn't got a clue what she was talking about.
I sort of assumed she was not a native English speaker. Born and bred in Derby,apparently.