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He is right you know but what he fails to realise is that in Britain English evolved but in America it remained the same. No imagination or innovation you see.
Quote from: Make it Lady on 30/07/2008 18:27:54He is right you know but what he fails to realise is that in Britain English evolved but in America it remained the same. No imagination or innovation you see.Agreed
Quote from: rosalind dna on 30/07/2008 21:26:43Quote from: Make it Lady on 30/07/2008 18:27:54He is right you know but what he fails to realise is that in Britain English evolved but in America it remained the same. No imagination or innovation you see.AgreedSeconded
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 30/07/2008 22:51:57Quote from: rosalind dna on 30/07/2008 21:26:43Quote from: Make it Lady on 30/07/2008 18:27:54He is right you know but what he fails to realise is that in Britain English evolved but in America it remained the same. No imagination or innovation you see.AgreedSeconded I the UK a person living in the center of London can't understand a person from Grave's End or Swanscomb. Lord forbid that they be required to speak to someone from Liverpool, Manchester, or Newcastle. Glasgow is just out of the communication loop - at least in English.
P.S. It's Gravesend not Grave's End, and it's only about 10 miles outside London. See? Americans know nothing about geography!
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 31/07/2008 08:04:07P.S. It's Gravesend not Grave's End, and it's only about 10 miles outside London. See? Americans know nothing about geography!OK - Spelling was wrong BUT central Londoners not being able to speak with East-Enders is just tragic. And a symptom of the spoken doggerel that permeates the British Isle.
Doc your a star, I laughed my socks off at the link Jim provided Birmingham can also be Brummigem Burningham Brum, but the inhabitants are usually called Brummies, whereas us Blackcountry folk are called Yam Yam's