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Originally posted by GunRunner:
Americans and British spell things differently because after the American Revolution we Americans changed the spelling on many words do separate our selves from England (We also started drinking coffee to stick it to the British Tea makers). For example Harbor is spelled Harbour (I think) in England.

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
Sure thing.

Hehe, yeah they have even more confusing sayings aside from just the words.

One time in a bar I had a Royal Marine ask me to,"S the salt." Believe me that took me a whole long while to wrap my brain around.

It meant "pass" but it was very odd to me.

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Originally posted by Fireflythemovie:
Actually, Swedish & Norwegian are 2 different languages--they don't even use the same set of letters. They're not mutually intelligible. And there are hundreds of dialects within the US...

But, yeah, I don't speak English or Spanish. I speak American and Mexican.

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
Sure thing.

Hehe, yeah they have even more confusing sayings aside from just the words.

One time in a bar I had a Royal Marine ask me to,"S the salt." Believe me that took me a whole long while to wrap my brain around.

It meant "pass" but it was very odd to me.

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I once knew a guy who, during his time in England, had a girl ask him to "come round in the morning and knock me up." Always good to know about these little cross-cultural things before flying 'cross the pond.

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
There are some places in the US where people use completely different idioms and whatnot so it isn't all that surprising that having an ocean between us made the language different. A cliched statement is,"America and Britain are two countries seperated by a common language."

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
But the brilliant British commedian said it even better,"America and Britain are two countries seperated by a very large ocean."

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
Definately different cultures between Canada and the US as well. I've been to Canada several times and they had no problem figuring out I wasn't a local just because of the way I spoke. Then they'd start speaking more slowly, I guess to match me, to which I had to say,"Just 'cause I talk slow don't mean I'm stupid."

The funniest thing I ever saw was a Canadian friend of mine at a BBQ that a friend of mine from Alabama was having, I almost felt like I was going to have to repeat everything for the poor Canadian guy.

We got even with him though when we told him on no uncertain terms that you do not put mayo on fries. Everyone knows ya dip them in a chocolate shake.





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Who puts mayo on fries anyways? That is disgusting. Ketchup only. I remember when I went to a trip to Virginia once (I live in Upstate New York) and ordered a hamburger and they put gorram mayo on it. I mean who puts mayo on a hamburger. Everyone knows that only ketchup and maybe some mustard belongs on a hamburger.

I also noticed pretty quickly how different things are down there. Different stores, different fast food other than McDonalds (But they sell somewhat different food), and no Friehoffers (I think I am spelling that right).

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Who puts mayo on fries anyways?

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
Who puts mayo on fries anyways?

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The Belgians, who make the best fried chipped potatoes in the world.

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Jules: What?

Vincent: Mayonnaise.

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Vincent: I seen 'em do it. And I don't mean a little bit on the side of the plate, they drown 'em in it.

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
but one of the English people looked it up in their Oxford dictionary and it was spelt tomatos.

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Originally posted by Channain:
However, I was told by a native Swedish speaker that the reason why my Norwegian grandfather and Danish grandmother could speak their separate native languages and still understand each other was because the dialects were similar. He even said that he could understand Norwegian, but then again he lived in Sweden for the better part of his childhood. He also had the finest New Yawk accent I'd heard in some time.


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That would be Brooklynese not all people from New York speak that and usually only Brooklyn people speak that way.

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Originally posted by CapnRahn:
I know this intimately because I do props and was working on finding the component parts of the 1977 "Star Wars - A new Hope" Obi Wan Kenobi lightsabre {lol, yet another one! sabre vs saber}back in '98. I found them {and intro'ed them to SW fandom } in England.

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Originally posted by Channain:
Hardly anybody picks up the MinneSOHta accent. That seem strange to you?

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:

My wife (who is Germany) can actually tell the difference between Canadians and Americans just by listening to them talk. She is still trying to figure out exactly what the difference is, but, there definitely is one.

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Astute observation by SamuraiX47
I read one of his papers and it seems there are even differences within the state.

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
Who puts mayo on fries anyways? That is disgusting. Ketchup only. I remember when I went to a trip to Virginia once (I live in Upstate New York) and ordered a hamburger and they put gorram mayo on it. I mean who puts mayo on a hamburger. Everyone knows that only ketchup and maybe some mustard belongs on a hamburger.

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Well I just checked my Oxford dictionary and the plural is -oes

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It can be spelt as either tomatos or tomatoes. The traditional way is tomatos, but most dictionaries use the other spellings.

On the subject of tomatos here is a site that may amuse you:

http://fishster.com/tomato/tomatoshoot.htm

Also, that bit of a male is a nob (which is also the spelling for a member of the upper classes). A knob is something you find on a door.

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
Definately different cultures between Canada and the US as well. I've been to Canada several times and they had no problem figuring out I wasn't a local just because of the way I spoke. Then they'd start speaking more slowly, I guess to match me, to which I had to say,"Just 'cause I talk slow don't mean I'm stupid."

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
We got even with him though when we told him on no uncertain terms that you do not put mayo on fries. Everyone knows ya dip them in a chocolate shake.

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Originally posted by Kellaina:
There was a CBC documentary a while ago that attributed the difference between Canadian and American speech to the way we pronounce vowels when they are followed by certain consonants (or something like that) and also by the fact that we tend to raise our voices at the end of sentences while Americans lower theirs.

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki
Chocolate shake? Doesn't really sound appetizing to me. But, I never really got the mayo thing either.

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki
Chocolate shake? Doesn't really sound appetizing to me. But, I never really got the mayo thing either.

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Obviously you don't know what a Chocolate shake is or you wouldn't even alude to a comparison with mayonnaise.

Chocolate shake: In a blender, combine
Vanilla Ice cream
fudge sauce
half cup or so of milk.

Creme de menthe syrup is ENTIRELY optional.

Goodness, I bet you don't know what a Dairy Queen is either then do you? Oh you poor CHILD!!

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Originally posted by CapnRahn:
Here is another 'linguistic' difference ...

When in England don't call the bit on the faucet that turns on the water "A Knob" ... trust me! Faucet 'knobs' are called 'handwheels'. A knob is the end bit of anatomy particular to males!

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Originally posted by GunRunner:
Ohh here is probably the strangest one yet:
US - Brit
Lieutenant - Leftenant

Swaping an F for a I and then trasposing the E???

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Originally posted by GunRunner:
Ohh here is probably the strangest one yet:
US - Brit
Lieutenant - Leftenant

Swaping an F for a I and then trasposing the E???

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Ah, now what really makes this confusing is that it is spelt the same, but pronounced different.

So we say leftenant but spell it lieutenant.

Bends the brain a little, eh?

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There are some places in the US where people use completely different idioms and whatnot....

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Who puts mayo on fries anyways?

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The Belgians, who make the best fried chipped potatoes in the world.

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Originally posted by Gunhand:
We got even with him though when we told him on no uncertain terms that you do not put mayo on fries. Everyone knows ya dip them in a chocolate shake.

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