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"British English" (I think you meant English) is a dialect? I hope you are joking.
Do Americans speak English?
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"British English" (I think you meant English) is a dialect? I hope you are joking.
Soldato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_english
English is a language; British English is a dialect (or group of dialects). The distinction is necessary.
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I like this thread! I might put in my favorites
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English? There's 2 forms:
1. Queens English,
2. Bad English.
I gather you're refering to the American dialect of 'Bad English'.
1. Queens English,
2. Bad English.
I gather you're refering to the American dialect of 'Bad English'.
Soldato
English? There's 2 forms:
1. Queens English,
2. Bad English.
I gather you're refering to the American dialect of 'Bad English'.
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You might well be right but please don't expect me to take wikipedia's word for it.
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I got points taken away when I was in the British school system all the time. aluminium in chemistry, center is english class etc. I adapted and was more careful so I dint lose those points.
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Soldato
Why? Do you think Wikipedia is actually inaccurate on the matter? It's been shown to have accuracy comparable to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The argument that "anyone can edit it" is a pretty sloppy one, as the people who do edit articles generally know what they're talking about.
If you really distrust it that much then go and ask a linguist or something.
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Caporegime
They do, but it's a different... dialect?
You may as well argue that people from different counties speak different languages.
You may as well argue that people from different counties speak different languages.
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Whats the difference between a dialect and a creole?
Soldato
Hehe. I was waiting to see how long before someone picked on that. I'm impressed.
You should have just stared at them and told them to think about what they just said.. Then mumbled something about the american stereotype being correct.
"movie" really gets my goat to. You don't look at a photo and say what a wonderful stilly do you?
You are "watching a [piece of] film", multiple images put onto a piece of film that is moving.
Soldato
"movie" really gets my goat to. You don't look at a photo and say what a wonderful stilly do you?
You are "watching a [piece of] film", multiple images put onto a piece of film that is moving.
Only if you're actually at a cinema. If you're watching it on TV or on a computer then you're not watching a film at all. In fact, you're not even watching a film if you're at the cinema; you're merely watching a projection of the images held by the film.
Don't try to rationalize every aspect of English because you will fail
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Only if you're actually at a cinema. If you're watching it on TV or on a computer then you're not watching a film at all. In fact, you're not even watching a film if you're at the cinema; you're merely watching a projection of the images held by the film.
Don't try to rationalize every aspect of English because you will fail
Hehe, true, but it's still closer than a movie...
Soldato
they misuse our launguage, we use it correctly, they don't
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Soldato
My portugese mate speaks with a slightly American accent. I hink he learned English by watching movies.
We might have invented it but sadly we are small but still I refuse to call our language "British English", we invented it, whatever we do is correct.
We might have invented it but sadly we are small but still I refuse to call our language "British English", we invented it, whatever we do is correct.
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Does not realy bother me generally, but one thing that really gets on my nerves is the date thing, firstlly, Americans write thier dates all messed up, as in 03/26/09, and even more annoying is that the british media seem to have adopted saying things like " it happened on july four" you meant the 4th of july you bunch of tards!!!!
Caporegime
Irony++