I just took mangaminx as example because she was the only youtuber who came into my mind, talking about intense British English.
forum
American vs. British
posted
Total Posts
95
So today I found out that Americans have a different name for waistcoats.
"Vests".
What the fuck, American English
"Vests".
What the fuck, American English
Waistcoats what. It doens't make sense.DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
So today I found out that Americans have a different name for waistcoats.
"Vests".
What the fuck, American English
It's not a coat for your waist.
Vest doesn't really make sense either when you think about it .<.
All I know is:
I can't understand american english.
LOL srsly theytalklikethiswithoutanyperiodhowamisupposedtounderstandthisshit
I have to think for some seconds to actually understand while with british english I understand almost instantly
Well, any european speaking english > americans
Anyone >>>>>> americans
Except Ayu
I can't understand american english.
LOL srsly theytalklikethiswithoutanyperiodhowamisupposedtounderstandthisshit
I have to think for some seconds to actually understand while with british english I understand almost instantly
Well, any european speaking english > americans
Anyone >>>>>> americans
Except Ayu
u wot m8
[Luanny] wrote:
All I know is:
I can't understand american english.
LOL srsly theytalklikethiswithoutanyperiodhowamisupposedtounderstandthisshit
I have to think for some seconds to actually understand while with british english I understand almost instantly
Well, any european speaking english > americans
Anyone >>>>>> americans
Except Ayu
Ahahahaha. This.[Luanny] wrote:
All I know is:
I can't understand american english.
LOL srsly theytalklikethiswithoutanyperiodhowamisupposedtounderstandthisshit
I have to think for some seconds to actually understand while with british english I understand almost instantly
Well, any european speaking english > americans
Anyone >>>>>> americans
Except Ayu
Speaking Americans always remember me of people being unable to talk properly, because they are currently eating and keep talking while they have a bunch of hot potatoes in their mouth, which they try to chew while they are explaining you the relativity theory.
I prefer listening to British English, tho.
(Or to Mara. Listening to Mara wins everything)
I like American English better, although I don't really like to mention it since people will instantly start bickering about the color/colour situation.
But I've mainly learned through American English and thus I understand it better than British English.
But I've mainly learned through American English and thus I understand it better than British English.
Did you learn American English at school? That seems really odd considering that the UK is next door to France.Mr Color wrote:
I like American English better, although I don't really like to mention it since people will instantly start bickering about the color/colour situation.
But I've mainly learned through American English and thus I understand it better than British English.
qftLoctav wrote:
(Or to Mara. Listening to Mara wins everything)
in school he most likely had british english for the most part. but you don't really learn languages at school, and so i assume that most of his actual contact with the language was american english.Jarby wrote:
Did you learn American English at school? That seems really odd considering that the UK is next door to France.Mr Color wrote:
I like American English better, although I don't really like to mention it since people will instantly start bickering about the color/colour situation.
But I've mainly learned through American English and thus I understand it better than British English.
What a poor assumption. You learn the most imporant stuff at school: the basics. Every advancements comes with usage. But the basics are always located in school or socialisation.Tanzklaue wrote:
in school he most likely had british english for the most part. but you don't really learn languages at school, and so i assume that most of his actual contact with the language was american english.
Yes, in Europe, you learn British English (to begin with), but later, you learn BE and AE. I remember that I've learned the pronounciation and vocabulary for BE and AE in the higher grades in school.
i learned my basics on the internet, the only thing english classes taught me was things that are different between american and brittish and some words
i learned my basics by watching movies and tv series.
I took a special International course, and the English teachers were American.Jarby wrote:
Did you learn American English at school? That seems really odd considering that the UK is next door to France.Mr Color wrote:
I like American English better, although I don't really like to mention it since people will instantly start bickering about the color/colour situation.
But I've mainly learned through American English and thus I understand it better than British English.
what a ridic thing to say. everything comes with usage, including the basics. first off, "either in school or socialisation" is pretty much everything. if you talk, you're having a social experience in a social situation. second off, reading the theory for a language is only as useful as reading the manual of a hairdrier is to styling hair. the basics come from rudimentary exercises you do - of course a language course worth its salt will have a lot of these. Nothing comes from anything else than usage.Loctav wrote:
What a poor assumption. You learn the most imporant stuff at school: the basics. Every advancements comes with usage. But the basics are always located in school or socialisation.
Which accents give English learners the hardest time? I thought it would be the Australian accent since its international media presence is comparatively low compared to the US and the UK, plus the accent is a bit far removed the UK so it's not really familiar.
Scottish accents are widely recognized over here as awful to understand. I think most people will agree with me on that one :p
My colleagues at high school used to complain about how difficult it was to understand the Indian teachers. Then again, they used to say some pretty racist things along with that, so that was probably part of it. A disproportionate amount of my teachers were Indian though; cooking, computer science, English and maths. I wonder if it's the same at other high schools in Australia because my primary school wasn't like that.