There was no personal attack. And, yes, there was a point. It was this: while you dismissed your interchange with @Jainarayan as a waste of time, I found it instructive.
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Why are British English and American English so different?
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Tambourine
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So you wanted me to know that you have a different opinion.
I'm glad that you could accomplish this goal.
Speaking of Itallish (I mean English spoken by Italians) just consider what this guy says : Italian has only 7 vowel sounds. British English has 20.
Have mercy on us
Have mercy on us
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
It's still closer to English than Glaswegian isSpeaking of Itallish (I mean English spoken by Italians) just consider what this guy says : Italian has only 7 vowel sounds. British English has 20.
Have mercy on us
I can get some words here and there...It's still closer to English than Glaswegian is
It's like listening to an authentic Braveheart movie
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
When I first started watching it I had to have the sub-titles on. After a few episodes I no longer needed them.I can get some words here and there...
It's like listening to an authentic Braveheart movie
That was years ago - I'd need the sub-titles back on now, Jimmy.
Actually the most interesting question is why is the English so different in the different areas of the British Isles. Also, the English in the USA has considerable variation from some fishing villages on Islands on the Atlantic coast speak an older Kings English, New Orleans, Appalachian, Mid Western, Southern, and New England dialects and many others. There is a relationship with were the original settlers came from in the British Isles, and elsewhere like France. The influence of French German and Spanish does influence regional and ethnic variations.
The fairly standard Mid Western and Mid Atlantic English is very similar to the English of South Western region around Cornwall to South Hampton of the British Isles,
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This guy is wonderful.
He perfectly explains how and what languages created English
He perfectly explains how and what languages created English
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
Linguistics is my grandsons "Thing" he has a first class degree in it, as well as his Masters. He now teaches English.
I feel Linguistics is one of those things, that in most cases is far more interesting than useful.
Linguists are like comedians.
Both are useful in that they're here to entertain us.
It all went downhill when Americans rejected the Queen and English gentlemen, and stopped speaking the Queen's English.
Well, at the time of our rejection, England was ruled by a King, and there was no King's or Queen's English until the 19th century. At the time of the Revolution, various regions had their own dialects and variations on spelling. It wasn't until several decades later that both countries started standardizing the language, with Oxford setting the standard in Britain, while Webster set the standard in America.
Strictly speaking, it was the British who departed from the original language, as they ostensibly wanted their language to be more elegant, like French. That's why there's a superfluous "U" in words like "colour" and "favour," and why words like "theatre" are spelled in the French way.
In other words, we wanted to still keep speaking English, while the English wanted to change their language to French (which is curious, considering how much the English considered the French to be an enemy).
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
It all went wrong from when the Normans invaded. Quel dommage!
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Secret Chief
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"Lit" is (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary) the past tense and past participle of "light."
"That the flame of education always be lit" is the motto of an American organisation called Fight for Schools. Is this motto gramatically correct? It seems odd to me...
"That the flame of education always be lit" is the motto of an American organisation called Fight for Schools. Is this motto gramatically correct? It seems odd to me...
Looks like a sentence fragment.
RestlessSoul
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Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
Mottos are always simple statements so it is quite correct. If you stick in front " our motto is," it sounds fine.
I have always learnt that drunk is the past participle of drink.
But I saw people type "I have drank " on RF.
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Because we're lazy...