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Post by jadachris on Jan 30, 2004 1:54:35 GMT -5
seeing as there is both american and english people here i want to ask your opinion on something.
what language do people from USA talk? is it english? or american?
im asking cause me and two other people was arguing about it today, cause there is an american man at our work, i said they speak english. does anyone else have an opinion? (i know its sad really) lol
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Post by toonMom on Jan 30, 2004 6:35:20 GMT -5
We refer to it as english here in Ohio. We also call soda, "pop", so I don't know if you can go by what we do.
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Post by jadachris on Jan 30, 2004 9:07:17 GMT -5
yeah we call it pop aswell!! well atleast i know im not losing my mind! lol
the guy i was arguing with, thought that americans spoke a different language, cause they use the word "freeway" and "mall"!! serious, thats what he based the whole argument on! lol
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Post by corky on Jan 30, 2004 18:40:05 GMT -5
try speaking canajan. that's the native tongue here in canada, as spoken by anglophones (english-speaking). francophones speak french, but they prefer to call it "quebecois". "canajan" is the accent we use to talk; so instead of saying "how are you?" it usually comes out as "harya?" and of course, there is always "eh" at the end of the sentence. truthfully, we really do say that. ever listen to bob and doug mackenzie? that's canajan.
perhaps some of the american friends could explain why americans say "ruff" instead of "roof"?
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Post by toonMom on Jan 30, 2004 18:52:16 GMT -5
Strange Brew, now there's a good movie!
I don't say ruff! But my parents say warsh instead of wash. My Dad says wrastleling instead of wrestling and it drives me crazy.
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Post by jadachris on Jan 31, 2004 10:18:01 GMT -5
canadian talk sounds complicated! lol how do you not get your words mixed up stoontoons? lol
some parts of england people say "ruff" instead of "roof" aswell! lol
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Post by corky on Jan 31, 2004 10:57:43 GMT -5
how do we not get our words mixed up? well, actually, we do. canadians tend to have lazymouth...that is, we don't move our lips a lot (probably because of the cold!). so a lot of our words are slurred together.
there are people here who also say "warsh!" and wrasslin! i told my hubby that i learned a whole new language when i got married to him...
canadians say Pop instead of soda...and we are the only people in the world who call a hoodie a "bunny-hug." nobody else knows what that is, unless you're from saskatchewan.
strange brew is one of my favourite movies. did you know, that dave thomas and rick moranis came up with that skit on sctv, because they were told they needed more "canadian content." so they threw on their parkas, put a case of molson's in front of them, and just started talking.
are there any words that the english speak that are unique to them?
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Post by toonMom on Jan 31, 2004 11:21:40 GMT -5
I wouldn't know if they are unique or not because I am just used to hearing things. I'm sure we have some slang though.
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Post by jadachris on Jan 31, 2004 14:39:45 GMT -5
yeah we call it "pop" in england aswell, y do you call a hoodie, a "bunnyhug" thats strange! lol
in the city im from, which is in the middle of england, we have a strange way of talking when, we talk to people in other parts of england, because we shorten common words alot! like we say "cor" in stead of "cant", "wo" instead of "wont" , " dow" instead of " dont" and "am" instead of "are"!! lol
nowhere else in england shortens thier words like that, that i know of!! so when i moved down south with my girlfriend near london, iv had to stop being lazy with my words, and start saying them fully, which is really hard!! lol
does anywhere in america or canada shorten alot of there words?
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Post by corky on Jan 31, 2004 14:57:40 GMT -5
no, we don't shorten words. we just use different ones. except when it's a word ending in "ing" ...we hardly ever say the ing part, it always comes out "in"...so you hear the n at the end.
as for bunny-hug...i haven't a clue why we call it that! i can't learn to say "hoodie" it just seems strange to me. we never call sneakers "trainers" we call them "runners" (even if we don't use them for running!).
we tend to lose letters in words, like t's or ings. so we say "winner" instead of "winter".
there's a really hilarious book, called "canajan eh?" if you ever want to know how we talk, you gotta read it!
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Post by broomhelga on Feb 1, 2004 6:51:23 GMT -5
yeah we call it "pop" in england aswell, y do you call a hoodie, a "bunnyhug" thats strange! lol in the city im from, which is in the middle of england, we have a strange way of talking when, we talk to people in other parts of england, because we shorten common words alot! like we say "cor" in stead of "cant", "wo" instead of "wont" , " dow" instead of " dont" and "am" instead of "are"!! lol nowhere else in england shortens thier words like that, that i know of!! so when i moved down south with my girlfriend near london, iv had to stop being lazy with my words, and start saying them fully, which is really hard!! lol does anywhere in america or canada shorten alot of there words? lol! i have never heard of that! |
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Post by jadachris on Feb 1, 2004 8:15:02 GMT -5
what part of england you from broomhelga?
if you go to wolverhampton, everone talks like that!! lol
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Post by broomhelga on Feb 1, 2004 10:29:36 GMT -5
Cheshire, no accents here!
just quite plain english that a lot of people consider posh but its just pronounced.
no local dialect either
were stuck between extremes of liverpool, machester and stoke.
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Post by QChan on Feb 2, 2004 0:53:35 GMT -5
XD In canada we call "hoodies" kangaroo jackets too.
I always say like "come with?" instead of say like "wanna come with me?"
Is that the same?
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Post by Lorna on Feb 2, 2004 19:44:47 GMT -5
I'm from northern Wisconsin, and I have no idea what a "hoodie" is! I am very close to Canada, and have the "Yooper" accent, much like Canadian. I am embarrassed of it, because people say it sounds like we sing when we talk.
As for the Hoodie, I think I can take a wild guess what it is. Oh, and we say "pop" too, and my husband says "pitcher" for "picture", which drives me CrAzY!!!!!
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