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Could care less,
fill out a form
Any others that bother people?
not anti-American, just american-isms
Started by Broke n Broken on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at moneysavingexpert):
That's more chavtastic than American, I think..
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Blackcrow Post subject: Re: Americanisms Posted: Sun, 28 Aug 2011, 1:50 pm ~
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Posts: 97 I speak to americans and Native Americans on a daily basis and they will tell you themselves that they have their own slang on words...
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It's the grammatical misuse "different FROM" The American version....
(IMHO) I don't mind the American words so much.
It's almost inevitable that American English will increasingly be found in Brit English to be commended for doing so.
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:57:10 -0400, "Francis A. Miniter" <faminiter@comcast.net
http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm?page=673931
Also see the page on Solecisms.
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Francis A. Miniter
Oscuramente
libros, laminas, llaves
siguen...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
The page is saying *not* to use Americanisms (with some
exceptions to fully
understand the Americanisms....
Also, it
would be.
I find the approach confusing, obviously.
Was not attempting to accurately
describe American usage.
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Give examples interesting phrases, such can't be translated word for word into Russian!!!!
There are many phrases what I've heard already, for example:
what's up?
by the way.
on the other hand.
I think you understand that I want and what i need.
I hope...
Started by vladkashchuk on
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And if you want to learn it in a serious... .
For example English idioms: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/ Volk писал(а): You better open the Google and look for "American.
You better open the Google and look for "American idioms".
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On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:54:33 +1000, David Clayton <dcstar@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com
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Yep, but we all have the choice to push back against the overt (and
covert) changes which essentially make us more like someone else - and
with all the current...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Cunnian sceawian pes = Try reading this (probably)
and both... .
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:15:30 +1000, "gF" <no.no.no@aaah.com
"David Clayton" <dcstar@NOSPAM.myrealbox.com
what a crock of shite!
Language has to be dynamic or it withers and dies .
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I wasn't sure if Medal of Honour was or not, obviously words like "Colour" spelt "Color" and "Honour" spelt "Honor" are Americanisms, so will the spelling be changed accoring to region?
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at gamespot):
The american spelling tends to rule no matter what - people "know what they mean.
Spelt "Color" and "Honour" spelt "Honor" are Americanisms, so will the spelling be changed accoring of the actual award.
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British children are increasingly using American English in their writing, according to a report based on entries to a BBC short story competition.
Oxford University Press studied around 74,000 entries for Radio 2's 500 Words contest.
Americanisms such...
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LOL be used in Great Britain.
Yo, yo British English right and American English wrong - other than your blind patriotism of course.
American English es superior to British English.
Americanisms...
Great, talk about influence...
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Unstoppable rise of American English
Hey y'all! Lemme say somethin' - This rise in american english is retarded! Your Mom!
Unstoppable rise of American English: Study shows young Britons copying US writing style
The future of written English will owe ...
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Mark my word.
An impressionable white..and I mean pasty-pale-white limey's are now starting to immitate American TV..and I mean pasty-pale-white limey's are now starting to immitate American TV too...
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PUBLISHED: 00:11 GMT, 29 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:03 GMT, 29 May 2012
The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than ****ens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into children’s writing are anything to go by.
The analysis of 7...
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N ! British must resist, seriously you'd Hawkins speaks with an American....
Al-awlaqi said this american culture destroys other cultures
apparently, even its ancestor I always wondered why Stephen Hawkins speaks with an American accent.
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The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into children’s writing are anything to go by.
The analysis of 74,000 short stories found that their written work was littered with ...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at eastlondonforum):
Http://www.justgiving.com/VictoriaCarter
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Be lucky if English actually exists at all in a century or so! Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind .
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