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  What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

  by sonnyboy in

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  as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

  as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

  i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

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  Many here say Warshington, and warsh, like "warsh the car".

  It's pronounced that way in Maryland too. Hearing someone wahsh reminds me of California surfer talk. "Dude, let's wahsh the car."

  Older people in Baltimore have strange accents too. My grandmother used to say 'piller' instead of pillow and a refrigerator was always a 'Frigidaire' regardless of the brand.

  My great grandmother (from Virginia) spoke with an accent that almost sounded British; she was she was practically fresh off the Mayflower, so it was understandable. Everything was very proper (she was never called Mom or Grand mom, but Mother and Grandmother), and she didn't overly-pronounce her 'r's.
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  What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

  by sonnyboy in

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  as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

  as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

  i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

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  shizzle my fizzle - ebonics

  LOL! That's Snoop Dogg speak.

  I'm still not sure what it means...he keeps the first few letters of a word and replaces the rest with "izzle". It's funny to hear him say an entire sentence in izzleish.
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  "Flash" puzzles: BLOODY DIFFICULT!!

  by dorayakii in

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  i came across these two flash "puzzles" the other day.

  they're really interesting but bloody hard to do... they work on the principle of cause and effect and one wrong move can block your progress without you even noticing it... .

  i've been at the first one for days and i still haven't solved it although i think i'm quite close... i thought of myself as a logical thinker coz i'm good at the mensa questions, but this one has got me tearing out my hair.

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  Ok, I figured out the bird/electricity thing.
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  "Flash" puzzles: BLOODY DIFFICULT!!

  by dorayakii in

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  i came across these two flash "puzzles" the other day.

  they're really interesting but bloody hard to do... they work on the principle of cause and effect and one wrong move can block your progress without you even noticing it... .

  i've been at the first one for days and i still haven't solved it although i think i'm quite close... i thought of myself as a logical thinker coz i'm good at the mensa questions, but this one has got me tearing out my hair.

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  I can't figure out how to turn off the electricity (coming from underground) that's charging the wires by the water in the second one. The little blue blob can't get past them as long as they're hot. It appears that he needs to go past the wires and into the water where he's picked up by the fisherman.

  It also appears that the bird needs to lay an egg on the catapult and then the egg needs to fly to the land mind and blow it up, but I can't get it to lay. I tried squirting it with the cloud, but still nothing.
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  What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

  by sonnyboy in

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  as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

  as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

  i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

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  Nasalisation means the closing of the nasal tract while pronouning vowels

  It seems to me that the nasal tract would have to be open to allow nasal sounds to come through.

  Have you ever heard Fran Drescher from The Nanny? That's how I'd define nasal pronunciations.
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  "Flash" puzzles: BLOODY DIFFICULT!!

  by dorayakii in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across these two flash "puzzles" the other day.

  they're really interesting but bloody hard to do... they work on the principle of cause and effect and one wrong move can block your progress without you even noticing it... .

  i've been at the first one for days and i still haven't solved it although i think i'm quite close... i thought of myself as a logical thinker coz i'm good at the mensa questions, but this one has got me tearing out my hair.

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  What's the objective?
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  Reality Sitcoms

  by prophecor in

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  as far as your relationships go, are you, or is your hubby a happy huxtable or an anxious and aggravated archie bunker?

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  I'm more of a Fred Sanford type.

  I just don't give a damn.
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  What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

  by sonnyboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

  as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

  i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

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  If there is a bunch of American tourists on the train, you can hear them a mile away even if they're trying to whisper. I never did understand that, but i think maybe the nasality of their accent resonates more than others.

  
  

  
  I guess our ears become accustomed to certain levels and tones of speech. I've had two British professors in the past, and I couldn't hear a word they said! It was like they spoke in a quiet mumble.

  To me, some British accents sound extremely loud and nasal (I'm not sure what region it's from, but movies usually portray people with this accent as street urchins or lower-class citizens, like the Weasleys in Harry Potter).
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  What words and phrases do Brits and others see as 'American'?

  by sonnyboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as an american, i see words such as cheerio, blimey, bloody (when referring to something negative), loo, bugger, fag (cigarette), etc.

  as chiefly british (i suppose they are).. what words and/or phrases do you consider to be chiefly american?

  i'm honestly unaware of which words i use that may not be used in other english-speaking countries.

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  Ah, I get it now. Just the letter Z alone is pronounced Zed.

  For some reason I thought people were saying that it makes the sound zed when pronounced in words, which I couldn't believe.

  I think I'm finally awake.
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  There's mushrooms growing in my window box

  by ballistic in

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  i thought i would follow up my thread of last week "there's a tree growing out of the side of my house" - which i didn't think i could top with this week's grand revelation - there's mushrooms growing in my window box - which is a herb garden i have on the inside of my kitchen window... whatever next??

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