Let's consolidate English and American

[buckshot]

This will end a lot of confusion going forward and we will do it fair. Here's how it will work: You come up with something that you'd be willing to switch and then something that you want us to switch. We can debate a little but there shouldn't be a need because we're going to be mature and not take advantage of the system. I'll go first:

From now on we Americans will say "schedule" w/o the hard "K" sound.

In return you Brits will heretofore refer to the fruit that is used to make ketchup as "tomatoes" with the "a" being a long "a".

Another one, Americans will call flashlights "torches" (I always thought torch sounded better than flashlight anyway)

But you'll have to agree to casually refer to "pounds" as "bucks". Bucks sounds cooler and it is actually something. If you want to fight I think we can all agree on "clams" since it's cool to sound like a gangster from the 1930s.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Just stop bastardising everything and speak English. We didn’t come over there years ago to educate you for no reason. We have enough Americanisms already over here, next thing is the right to bear arms :-(

 

[Stuuuuuu]

I will chop my own balls off with a rusty penknife before I say 'tomaydohs'. Also, 'quid' sounds much cooler than 'bucks'.

I'm afraid you're onto a loser here buddy, er, I mean mate.

 

[urban genie]

learn this english first

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

…let’s call the whole thing off

 

[EnzoMCFC]

Gail Platt for Megan Fox

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Been in Yanksville 12 years now and still refuse to give up the Queens / King's English.

On all my reports or emails at work I refuse to remove the U in words such as in colour and keep the S there instead of a Z such as organisation. And it's Zed not fucking Zee.

English is a language, can't you read......

 

[bluetonium]

My metal medal show my mettle, so don't meddle with me!

Shall we drop the 'H' from herbs too, to sound more olde worlde?

As I now have to give a pre-sentation at work, do my kids now have to open their pre-sents on Christmas day?

Honestly, I have more trouble understanding some uk based accents now than I do American. I'm not advocating for a return to the Queen's English only, but even on the telly now they have such a range of accents just introducing programmes that subs are a must. But that's diversity and inclusion for you, if the person on the telly doesn't have the skills required to communicate effectively it's not their fault, and it's on us to be supportive and do the learning.

 

[mcfc_ms]

You can piss off with that ’sidewalk’ shit. It’s pavement ffs

and don’t even get me started on aluminium

 

[KS55]

I love cilantro

 

[Stephen230]

Isn’t it true that the majority of American spelling of words are in fact the original English spelling? Or at least the spelling at the time. And it’s us who have since changed them, while the Yanks have stuck with how it was back then?

 

[dickie davies]

They can stick their trash can up their collective ass

 

[halfcenturyup]

Isn’t it true that the majority of American spelling of words are in fact the original English spelling? Or at least the spelling at the time. And it’s us who have since changed them, while the Yanks have stuck with how it was back then?

Along with their constitution :)

Surely if you consolidate American and English, you get Amish. Not sure it's a flyer, tbh.

 

[GornikDaze]

Aloooooooominum!!!????

 

[Cheer Up Peter Reid]

Working for a US firm, I make a point of changing the language in any documents I edit to English (UK), and changing all the Z's to S's.

p.s. thats' Zeds not Zees!

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Stupid idea!, anyway have a nice day.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Been in Yanksville 12 years now and still refuse to give up the Queens / King's English.

On all my reports or emails at work I refuse to remove the U in words such as in colour and keep the S there instead of a Z such as organisation. And it's Zed not fucking Zee.

English is a language, can't you read......

And rightly so, well done that man

 

[Gabriel]

I doubt there is any such thing as American or British English; there are many different Englishes and that’s something to be cherished and preserved. So many things in American English are things that have persisted there that have fallen out of fashion in England. As for some accents:

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I would email customer services to inform them that one of the faucets in the Gents at the top of Spiral R is faulty, but I know the reply would be along similar lines to "Fuck off yer Yanqui bastard!" so I shall desist.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Funny old place America, that has contributed lots to world culture but it gives with one hand and takes away with the other.

For every wonderful country music singer-songwriter or New York style pizza, there’s a bleached chicken and conspiracy theory.