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Jay-Owen
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 Posted - 2009/10/04 : 03:27:48
Well seeing as the language originates from England, then I'd say the purest form is the English one. So 'zed' is the 'correct' pronounciation. We have problems with Belgian and French dialects. The French call 70 'soixante-dix' (sixty-ten) and 90 'quatre-vingt-dix' (four twenties and ten), which is utterly confusing and a waste of saliva in my opinion. We say 'septante' (seventy) and 'nonante' (ninety). However the swiss use the term 'huitante' (eighty), even more logical.
Love languages me, only subjects I pass are English (when you're a British expat, not too difficult) and Dutch.
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 05:31:41
there is no doubt in my mind that there is a such thing as proper English, but that doesn't mean that the English themselves all speak it properly. Not every American says "don't got", but i myself have used "ain't got", and i'm fully aware at how wrong i am! lol I mainly use it in casual settings.
we have people here who just don't know how to get close to speaking english that is understandable. we call the English ebonics, or just insult the people by calling them ghetto. is cockney not similar to America's ebonics in many ways?
I'm sure that Australia has their own regional versions, such as hearing the crocodile hunter open his mouth compared to other aussies.
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glitzandglowz
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 08:59:58
All european accents are sexy :D !! ^_^
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Triquatra
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 11:05:06
funny thing - i was watching some 60 year old white-trash-english chicklady getting interviewed on the BBC a few days ago and she did actually say
"I aint got enuff money"
but thats not what i found funny, it was the fact that she OVERLY pronounce the "t" on the end of aint, as if she wanted to proove to the nation that she "does speak good" and that you should never drop your T's
"I ain-TUH, got enuff money"
*thumbs up* haha
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rosin007
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 12:36:25
I've heard that American English is more Shakespeare English, but languages evolve and British English is in my ears/mind the proper English.
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Fishy
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 12:51:45
American english sounds more dumb
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 13:33:39
i would choose the american accent over alot of the different accents we have in england
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Meathead
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 13:45:59
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
American people just say it wrong, simple as that. If they said every other letter the same way it would be different. It's like the ammount of Americans that i say 'i could care less' is actually shocking, i mean, from people who are seemingly intelligent, but it's so blatantly wrong that it's not even funny.
Another shining example is the many Americans who say 'don't got' instead of 'don't have', i mean it seems that most people say this and somehow fail to be aware of just how wrong it sounds.
All of this. And whilst we're on the subject, what do you Americans have against the letter "u" huh? Why do you shun it so?
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Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
i would choose the american accent over alot of the different accents we have in england
What even scouse?
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 17:02:18
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Originally posted by Meathead:
quote:
Originally posted by Hard2Get:
American people just say it wrong, simple as that. If they said every other letter the same way it would be different. It's like the ammount of Americans that i say 'i could care less' is actually shocking, i mean, from people who are seemingly intelligent, but it's so blatantly wrong that it's not even funny.
Another shining example is the many Americans who say 'don't got' instead of 'don't have', i mean it seems that most people say this and somehow fail to be aware of just how wrong it sounds.
All of this. And whilst we're on the subject, what do you Americans have against the letter "u" huh? Why do you shun it so?
The letter "U"? please explain
And to Jay Owen I took French classes in High School and when it came to that, our teacher told us that because of having to kind of "multiply" your owrds in order to make something like quatra-vingt-dis-huit (98), it made the French better in math. I Thought that was pretty ridiculous when she told me that. it really makes no sense for stopping at soixante (60).and not making something for 70, 80, and 90.
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FingazMc
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 17:11:33
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Originally posted by glitzandglowz:
All european accents are sexy :D !! ^_^
Well hello there ;)
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2009/10/04 : 17:26:46
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but i myself have used "ain't got", and i'm fully aware at how wrong i am!
Well it's not wrong specifically, it's just slang. 'Don't got' however is just full on wrong.
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Future_Shock
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Posted - 2009/10/05 : 00:51:48
I find americanisms funny.
The most notable being the pronunciation of "aluminium"
its pronounced here al-yoo-min-ee-uhm"
in the US it's A-loo-min-um
They just completely miss he last "i" for no apparent reason haha. Makes me giggle every time. We had a canadian exchange student at school that did it, too. Don't know if that's common in Canada, though.
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Future_Shock
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Posted - 2009/10/05 : 00:56:16
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
I'm sure that Australia has their own regional versions, such as hearing the crocodile hunter open his mouth compared to other aussies.
that's not even a regional thing. Steve Irwin was just over-the-top occa. He has to have been putting it on, because i've never heard anyone talk like that. My uncle is a miner in western australia - as ****ing occa as you get - and he talks like a "normal" aussie.
Personally, i havent ever said "G'day" or "crikey" or anything like that. In fact, the only person i've ever heard say crikey was steve irwin.
I also find it funny, that the stereotypical aussie sentence is "throw another shrimp on the barbie, mate" when we don't call them shrimps, we call them prawns you noobs. Haha.
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2009/10/05 : 01:14:55
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
I find americanisms funny.
The most notable being the pronunciation of "aluminium"
its pronounced here al-yoo-min-ee-uhm"
in the US it's A-loo-min-um
They just completely miss he last "i" for no apparent reason haha. Makes me giggle every time. We had a canadian exchange student at school that did it, too. Don't know if that's common in Canada, though.
hahaha that's where we got you there!
our aluminum doesn't have an "i" after the n!
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Meathead
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Posted - 2009/10/05 : 03:15:27
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
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Originally posted by Meathead:
quote:
Originally posted by Hard2Get:
American people just say it wrong, simple as that. If they said every other letter the same way it would be different. It's like the ammount of Americans that i say 'i could care less' is actually shocking, i mean, from people who are seemingly intelligent, but it's so blatantly wrong that it's not even funny.
Another shining example is the many Americans who say 'don't got' instead of 'don't have', i mean it seems that most people say this and somehow fail to be aware of just how wrong it sounds.
All of this. And whilst we're on the subject, what do you Americans have against the letter "u" huh? Why do you shun it so?
The letter "U"? please explain
Colour for one. You write color. Why do this? FREAKS!!!
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