The last time I had a conversation with a chap from Glasgow, we both needed an interpreter.
I believe his tones were more dulcet than mellifluous, but that may have just been my Texan aural interpretation.What, you speak and hear strangely Steve ? Obviously couldn't have been the other chap's melliflous tones.
JohnnyO. o/
Well I guess I won't even get into ketchup...
Now reverse the American with a Brit in this statement and multiply that by infinity, then you'll appreciate what's happening here.There is absolutely nothing worse than an American affecting an English idiom. It is neither use nor ornament.
Anyone with a proper English accent (ala David Niven) can say whatever they like and they will be held in the highest esteem.Now reverse the American with a Brit in this statement and multiply that by infinity, then you'll appreciate what's happening here.
99.9% of English people don't speak with what you perceive to be a "proper" English accent.Anyone with a proper English accent (ala David Niven) can say whatever they like and they will be held in the highest esteem.
This is a petition to enforce all speakers of British English to refrain from using Americanisms.
It is a cake of soap, not a puck and a pack(et) of blades not a tuck, cars have rear lights not tail lights etc.
Please sign the petition and if you like, list a word you feel is being replaced. Just like the red squirrels are being usurped by their American alternative.
Anyone with a proper English accent (ala David Niven) can say whatever they like and they will be held in the highest esteem.
This is the culprit over here.American softpower (cinema, music, TV shows.....
This is the culprit over here.
Don't know about Grid Iron, but in football if a player comes on during the game and scores a goal, it's the whole team that wins not just the latecomer.When you win the next war then you can dictate protocol. Until then........es tut mir leid.
You turned up late to the last two big ones, when all the hard work had been done.When you win the next war then you can dictate protocol. Until then........es tut mir leid.
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