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As someone who lived in the UK but is writing for an American audience, I found this hilarious… I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
US vs. UK English (Part 1)
09 Monday Dec 2019
Posted in Entertainment
Nicholas C. Rossis
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Reblogged this on beetleypete and commented:
One of my biggest language bugbears, reblogged for all my American friends! 🙂
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Great stuff! Reblogged, and shared on Twitter. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, Pete! Stay tuned for part 2 in my next post 🙂
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That’s funny!
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Lol–yes, it is 😀
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Hilarious! So many differences. You should take a look at an old “I Love Lucy” clip where Desi is trying to read English. Another funny one.
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Oh, I love that one 😀
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I loved watching this, it’s hilarious! 😂 But also, it just shows how much we in the UK have been influenced by US shows and movies because I found myself agreeing with the wife more than once!
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Oh, wow! That was unexpected!
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Well, actually American English (particularly the accents from the northeast part of the country) has changed less in the last 300 years than British English has. (And as for more recent differences, the American spellings/pronunciations are at least as likely to be the older one.)
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That’s an interesting point, actually! Most of these differences refer to relatively new inventions, as you may have noticed.
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Ah, I didn’t know that. We’ve always assumed British English has been around longer than it’s American counterpart.
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It’s a fair assumption! Brits seem to enjoy tweaking the language more, though 🙂
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Will reblog and share on several platforms, thanks for making it available! This is soooo funny, I loved watching it!! I was familiar with almost all of it due to my own time in the UK and Ireland, and some Scottish friends, but it was still humorous having the phrases juxtaposed so closely. Thanks for the laugh!!
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Thank you so much for sharing! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for part 2 🙂
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Reblogged this on theshammuramat and commented:
GREAT IDEA AND YES I’M STILL STRUGGLING. US HUMOR WAS MY FIRST BIG HURDLE!
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I think it was Winston Churchill who said Britain and America are two countries divided by a common language! A lot of spellings they use are what we used in England when they emigrated in the 16th & 17th centuries; but whilst they’ve stayed mostly the same, we’ve moved on; Webster should also take some of the blame, though 😉 US ‘entertainment’ [sic] had the dubious benefit of ‘educating’ us about ‘movies’, ‘automobiles’ etc. Right from when I first heard the ‘Valley Girl’ way of speaking (“Oh yeah, I was like [whatever]”), I hated it, but it’s now ubiquitous, predominantly with the under-40s. Sigh………..
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Lol–sigh indeed 😀
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Reblogged this on The Sun, a Book, and a Dog and commented:
Some Monday Morning Humor (from rainy New England)- I hope you enjoy it, too!!
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Hilarious. Really enjoyed this.
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Thank you, Mary 😀
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My wife (US) and me (UK) do something similar. When we lived in England, she had to learn our words. Now we’re in the US, it’s my turn. And when we lived in Wales, we both struggled with Welsh – and we still try a few Welsh phrases; and our two dogs are Welsh.
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I have a book of Welsh proverbs. Bloody hilarious stuff!
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Reblogged this on Author Don Massenzio and commented:
Check out this amusing post from Nicholas Rossis’ blog on the topic of UK vs. American language
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Very funny; I really enjoyed this!
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Thanks! Part 2 goes live today 🙂
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That is funny 🙂
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Thanks! I thought so, too 🙂
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Its very interesting, Nicholas! Even the pronounciation would not cause the biggest problems for me. 😉 Thank you, Michael
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Lol–thank you, Michael 😀
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:-))
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Reblogged this on Kim's Musings.
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Tremendous stuff!
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Thank you, Wilfred! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did 🙂
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