Quote by RumpleForeskin
Here at LUSH, there are two very noticeable UK/US usage variations which almost always toss me out of a story, usually with a laugh.
knickers -- panties
arse -- ass
What I find interesting is the large number of differences in transportation related items: boot/trunk, motorway/highway, car park/parking lot and on and on.
Still, it's all proof that English remains an ever evolving language. As dem frogs are always saying, Vive la difference.
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Quote by DanielleX
Arse is British but it's very much a man's word. We tend to say bum!
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Quote by curvygalore
I say arse, a lot. Am evidently a bloke!
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Quote by Guest
American English is like GERMAN PIZZA...
(It can be good, but it isn't THE REAL THING!!!)
*IRONY!!!*
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(All joking aside, UPON FORUM I often write using US spelling...) I use correct English in my writing, though!!!) *LAUGHS!* (It NEVER bothers me to read stuff posted in US spelling...) Even though it's wrong!!!!!!
Quote by Buz
American English is like CHICAGO PIZZA. It's the BEST!!!
Quote by mranonymous7
why is American English wrong?...it maybe wrong in England...but not in the Good Old US of A....its like the difference between Spanish & Mexican...both are correct in their on countries...
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Quote by DanielleX
Barack Obama's recent intervention into the 'Brexit' debate elicited some debate into American English, when he said that it would put England at the back of the queue.
Some Eursceptics saw this as evidence that he had been influenced or even scripted by David Cameron, as an American would usually say 'the back of the line.'
This got me thinking. Do Americans ever say queue? Is there a context where queue is used in preference to line?
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Quote by Just_A_Guy_You_Know
American English is an oxymoron. There's English, and then there's spelling mistakes. That's it.
Quote by Myamibi
It annoys me to read books by UK authors in Canada with American spelling. I have spend my life between UK and Canada. I was teased mercilessly as a child for using the "wrong" words, and quickly lost my accent. I am still amazed, after all these years, by peoples' need to "correct" me in my usage of words or my pronunciation. The number of times my train of thought has been derailed by someone interrupting me to tell me I'm using a wrong word or not being able to take what I say in context and figure out the meaning. It's not a foreign language! I love ChuckEPoo's list. It's the most comprehensive list I've ever seen. Thanks.
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Quote by MindsEye
Is Ebonics still a thing in the US? At one point there was a suggestion of teaching in the schools. "Know what I'm sayin?" "Ill tell ya what" UGH, can't stand listening to it
Quote by sprite
it's called English, rather than Americanish, for a reason, ya know.
Quote by Magical_felix
I like Scottish spellings the best.
Like fook (fuck) or desgoosteg (disgusting).
Quote by GoNE68
Well said!
But I guess as long as we understand each other where's the harm.
However there are a lot of common usage Americanisms that I have no fucking idea what they mean. Mostly to do with schools and universities I think.
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Quote by puddleduck
Scottish people don't say fook. FUCKIN UP YE.
Quote by sprite
i have a lot of friends here on Lush from the UK as well as modding stories from English writers and as time goes on, i've adapted a lot of Englishisms by osmosis, including spelling.
Quote by mranonymous7
believe it or not the black community rose up & killed the teaching of Ebonics.
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I'd recommend Irvine Walshes Trainspotting if you haven't read it already. Also all of the early Christopher Brookmyer books.
Quote by sprite
i have a lot of friends here on Lush from the UK as well as modding stories from English writers and as time goes on, i've adapted a lot of Englishisms by osmosis, including spelling.
