Posted on 09/28/2012 9:03:01 AM PDT by C19fan
Many of our American university students are now generally lacking in good English skills and have developed superficial and childish perceptions of class (as in status and style).
Discussion springing from false nationalism can also be fun, BTW. How about that English in the lost identity land of Canada? ;-) And “Who killed Canadian History?” (J. L. Granatstein).
Oh aye, ginger was a ginger indeed, and a proper gorgeous ginger as well. Wor lass is ginger, I love gingers me ;)
LOL
“I use the derogatory chav to describe “White wannabe rapper type” “
A chav is a white English thug. they aren’t so much wannabe rapper types, they are Council Housed And Violent. They are unique, and not much different then “rednecks” in their mentality and behaviour, the only difference is that they wear track suits, and listen to clubland music.
Oh aye, they are some proper horrible bastards, I hope the Chav movement never makes it stateside
I want a sovereign ring.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned ‘en suite’ - the bathroom attached to a master bedroom.
All the Americans on house hunter type shows on HGTV used to talk about wanting a ‘master bath,’ now they all want an ‘en suite.’
And what’s so British about ‘booking’ a flight or hotel? I’ve always used the term and people have always known what I meant. And I heard ‘chat up’ as early as the 60s movies, though you don’t hear it too much in regular speech.
Little by little, the fall of the republic... : )
perfect! and I am sure he had every intention of saying it too
I love “no worries” - much nicer than “no problem” as a response to an apology. My other favorites are “schedule” without pronouncing the “c” - El Rushbo does this, & “sorted” as in “did you get everything sorted?” instead of “did you fix the problem?”
Next thing you know and the awful Britishism "two" will invade our fair shores to represent the number 2.
Let us start smoking fags in the neighbourhoods, shall we, my labour mates?
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