How Are British English and American English Different?

[Dacul]

I like most the Midwest accent.

[Latinus]

Trousers VS Pants
Lorry VS Truck
Centre VS Center
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[♥ Lily ♥]

Well Americans are tougher people so that's only natural

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[The Lawspeaker]

More fun, an American trying to pronounce some UK place names:

As a Dutchman, I got most of them right. (Except for some of the Welsh ones, of course).

[Dacul]

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^This thread deviated from its original subject.

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We all know that the US saved the UK from being conquered by ze Germans, if we take the recent history,but again, this was not the original subject of this thread.

[♥ Lily ♥]

^This thread deviated from its original subject.
We all know that the US saved the UK from being conquered by ze Germans, if we take the recent history,but again, this was not the original subject of this thread.

It's just some light-hearted humour in response to a claim... no need to get narky.

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WW2 was won by a combined effort of multiple nations... including bringing-in the fierce and world-renowned Gurkhas, Canadians, Aussies, Kiwis, Europeans, and Russians played a major role too. Americans didn't help the Brits (and other Europeans) until later during WW2. Brits lent our airbases to the U.S.... without which Americans would've had some problems if they'd nowhere to land. The Brits never surrended to the Germans... not even during the Blitz. The Brits persevered and kept calm and carried on whilst thousands and thousands of bombs rained down above them that long and dark December night. They lived with constant blackouts at nights... the same way Brits survived the Great Fire in 1666 and rebuilt the burned-down capital to become even more economically powerful than ever. They still didn't surrender and remained courageous and maintained the British Bulldog Spirit.



So it's not down to one nation to take all the credit for themselves... but WW2 was won due to the efforts and tactics of a whole combination of nations. Russia finished the job.

Would Americans have won their independence wars without loads of French troops assisting them? Why does the U.S. call on the U.K. and other nations to help them with their wars in the Middle East?

[Dacul]

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It's just some light-hearted humour in response to a claim... no need to get narky.

WW2 was won by a combined effort of multiple nations... including bringing-in the fierce and world-renowned Gurkhas, Canadians, Aussies, Kiwis, Europeans, and Russians played a major role too. Brits lent our airbases to the U.S.... without which they'd have some problems if they had nowhere to land. The Brits never surrended to the Germans... not even during the Blitz. They kept calm and carried on whilst thousands of bombs rained down above them that night. So it's not down to one nation to take all the credit for themselves... but due to the efforts and tactics of a whole combination of nations. Russia finished the job.

I suppose you got upset since your wrote surrended instead of surrendered.
Also, Europeans are not a nation.So that would be another error in what you have written.
Also, you are saying that thousands of bombs rained only in one night over the Brits, but that methinks is inaccurate, because there were actually more nights of bombing.
Also, it was not Russia, but USSR, so that would be another error.

[♥ Lily ♥]

I suppose you got upset since your wrote surrended instead of surrendered.
Also, Europeans are not a nation.So that would be another error in what you have written.
Also, you are saying that thousands of bombs rained only in one night over the Brits, but that methinks is inaccurate, because there were actually more nights of bombing.
Also, it was not Russia, but USSR, so that would be another error.

You should put OT comments into spoilers.

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100,000 bombs rained down on London in one memorable night during the Blitz (29th December, 1940) which shocked the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlIY-YVB8s

The Luftwaffe raid caused fires over a greater area than the Great Fire of London in 1666. On the night of 29-30th December 1940, approximately 100,000 bombs fell on the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second...Fire_of_London

The British still didn't surrender to the Germans. Many people kept their morale and spirits up by singing, playing the piano in bars, reading books to kids, and took shelter by sleeping in the London Underground tube stations.

I put the vids in a spoiler. Where's your sense of humour?!

When I saw a claim about Americans being 'tougher people,' I remembered a video I saw... so I posted it. Basically in the video-clip an American guy and his buddies were mouthing-off and being cheeky to an English man and his mates.... and the Americans were acting all tough, etc.... and then 'Mr. Tough' received a whack. It's kind of ironic and funny... but it's nothing serious... and it's not some large brawl.

There's no need to be so overly serious, pedantic, and cantankerous... you're too sensitive.

Also, Europeans are not a nation.

No kidding?!

I know Europeans aren't a 'nation,' but I simply wrote 'Europeans' as a general term for all the European people who contributed and helped during WW2... to save on having to type all the names of the European nations involved in WW2, and I simply wrote 'Russia' as that's what lots of people refer to the USSR/Soviet Union as.

Besides, I had a very long day yesterday in a fairground on roller coaster rides, etc, inbetween shopping and a lot of walking around tube stations and travelling around on trains all over London. So I was feeling pretty exhausted when I returned home late and posted. So nah, I'm not 'upset' if I made any typos late last night... lol.

It's the Yule and winter festive season. ('Tis the season to be jolly.')

Brits and Americans often like to exchange banter and tease each other.... it's our passion, but nothing to be overly sensitive about - as it's nothing serious nor hateful between us.

We generally like Americans - even though they butcher English spellings. (Joke... joke!)

Cheers!

[Creoda]

Rhotic doesn't bother me, but the way Americans pronounce the O in words annoys me: haht, gahd, jahb etc. Also the contraction of mirror to meer.

[Richmondbread]

Americans speak the King's English.