I have never heard a good reason as to why Brits say F or v instead of t.
David Beckham: Me muver got def frets.
I have never heard a good reason as to why Brits say F or v instead of t.
David Beckham: Me muver got def frets.
Ummm ever heard of Jordan Hasay?
Um, ever heard of toothbrushes?
Um, ever heard of salad?
Obama speaks teleprompter english.
So... nobody's gonna mention the spelling mistake in the cotdamn thread title?!
Sigh.
*Whose
This is grade-school stuff guys. So much self-aggrandising chest-thumping in here too. My feeling is you ALL lose.
And yes, I'm a professional editor so come at me.
Hardloper wrote:
genaro y me voy wrote:UK English is the Daddy of the language, the branches are it's babies.
No, the two are brothers, they share a daddy but neither is the daddy. UK and American dialects are all very far from what they were 300 years ago, some say the American dialects have actually changed less.
THIS ^
I've read that San Francisco most likely has the closest remaining sound to what was spoken in 1700s Britain.
Want to hear clear, precise, English? Go to Wyoming/Colorado. No accent, amazingly efficient and clear.
Boulder doesn't count. Those clowns have accents. Usually, they pronounce their vowels for too long: "Heeey maaan, I just like to run for the feeeeel of it maaan."
UK. Look how much better Star Trek would have been with English accents:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGHIW3GQv8
Seriously, UK vs. USA includes a huge range of accents within each country, many of which sound ridiculous or almost incomprehensible to their fellow citizens.
The Republic of Ireland trumps the lot from a standards perspective.
anapaix wrote:
I've always thought Canadian English was the best. It seems the most neurtral to me--none if the extreme accents you find in the us (northeast/southeast), and none of the nearly incomprehensible stuff that comes out of England/the UK.
Hmm. Interesting generalization. You need to go spend some time in Newfoundland or Northern New Brunswick.
someone did mention it. In fact, 2 people before you
you still winning?
The English still pretend that "garage" has two syllables, accent on the first. How jejune.
someone from up north (canada) wrote:
Well, maybe I'm racist, but I'm assuming you're an American asking this. I saw the "who's" in the title and I kind of made a generalization.
It might be legitimate to assume that the OP is not Canadian, anyway; but if you scan any of the Brit-centric threads (there are some), you'll see some horrendous spelling/word choice/syntax. They make US folks look well educated.
I enjoy eloquent English spoken with a totally foreign accent.
Iff'n y'all'd listen to us here Southerners speak, you might could figure out the answer. We are fixin' ta learn y'all so y'all can be speakin' English lie a real 'Murcan. Git r done!
Joe Binks wrote:
A minefield here.
You should read Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, or see the movie, My Fair Lady.
We are not quite so bad these days as when Shaw wrote: “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.” - but an ‘upper class’ (public school) accent is still something of an open sesame for jobs and upward social mobility in the UK.
Our education system leaves a lot to be desired, confirmed somewhat the other day when I saw on TV, a black Belgium footballer playing in England, being interviewed and he was far more articulate in English than 90% of the English footballers I see interviewed.
It might be my ears, but I cannot understand what many American actors are saying these days on TV and in the movies - they seem to mumble, especially the young actors.
I can understand every word in old black and white Hollywood movies.
I know what you mean. When I watch British movies or television, I usually have to turn the volume up. It's like they speak so quietly that I can't quite hear what they're saying sometimes.
"UK vs USA - who's spoken English is superior?"
Never heard of him.
Aussie or Kiwi English.
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