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Re: English or US American ??
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:10 am
by 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?
Re: English or US American ??
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:59 am
by TDV102
"Yorks/lancashire tones ( I cannot tell the difference)"
That's like confusing scottish and welsh! Totally different!
Re: English or US American ??
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:51 pm
by 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.
Re: English or US American ??
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:34 pm
by 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...
Re: English or US American ??
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:42 pm
by 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.
