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Unstoppable rise of American English: Study shows young Britons copying US writing style
Daily Mail ^ | 05/29/2012 | By LAURA CLARK

Posted on 05/29/2012 5:14:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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Study shows young Britons copying US writing style

Well, it's about time they learnt proper English. (Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?)

41 posted on 05/29/2012 8:22:18 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Indians seem to retain Edwardian English....


42 posted on 05/29/2012 8:26:41 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: SeekAndFind
blacks in the UK are far more integrated than blacks in the USA. There is no ghetto mentality. They have their own strong communities (Jamaicans, Ugandans, Barbadians etc) and work ethic.

The troublemakers are mostly Pakis -- moslems...

43 posted on 05/29/2012 8:29:16 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: dila813

In Texas, we call it a coke. Those Brits will lose their minds if they try to figure that out.

Typical conversation:
“You want a coke?”
“Sure. I’ll have a coke.”
“What kinda coke do ya want?”
“I’ll have a Dr. Pepper.”


44 posted on 05/29/2012 8:35:42 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: Cronos
Indians seem to retain Edwardian English....

Dot, not feather, right?

45 posted on 05/29/2012 8:50:23 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Skiddle arink a dink a dink, Skiddle arink a doo)
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To: SeekAndFind

thinked? should be thunk
like stinked should be stunk


46 posted on 05/29/2012 9:13:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: exDemMom

Brits go to hospital.
Americans go to jail.


47 posted on 05/29/2012 9:15:46 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

yeh the dot kind


48 posted on 05/29/2012 9:17:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

or more confusingly “the coke i want is a pepsi”!


49 posted on 05/29/2012 9:18:49 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: hinckley buzzard
I think that "bleeding" does no tribute to brit/english. It was a very dis-reputable expression of the lower classes to begin with.

It's a curse which desecrates the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.

50 posted on 05/29/2012 9:19:09 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: HIDEK6

It might also refer to some blasphemous imitation of the bleeding Christ, or to a Protestant skepticism about the literal presence of the blood of Christ in communion. And when we talk about bleeding heart liberals nobody religious gets bent out of shape about it.


51 posted on 05/29/2012 9:23:46 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I notice in online English English, frequency of “your” for “you’re” and “to” for “too” seems to be approaching that for American English.

Pity the fools.

Top-tips Freepers, if your[sic] sending in a resumé, don’t make to[sic] many of these errors. Prospective employers will toss you’re[sic] submission into there[sic] bin.


52 posted on 05/29/2012 9:30:29 PM PDT by Vide
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To: exDemMom

It personally irritates me when Americans talk of ‘writing someone’ instead of writing TO someone. Having said that, Britons in the 18th century apparently spoke and wrote more like contemporary Americans than contemporary Brits, so all the Americans have really done is preserve a manner of speaking and writing that disappeared in Britain sometime during the 19th century. Words like ‘chore’ instead of ‘errand’ and ‘Fall’ instead of ‘Autumn’ are examples of archaic English words that were re-imported to Britain after falling out of use in their native land...


53 posted on 05/30/2012 4:33:44 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: exDemMom

It personally irritates me when Americans talk of ‘writing someone’ instead of writing TO someone. Having said that, Britons in the 18th century apparently spoke and wrote more like contemporary Americans than contemporary Brits, so all the Americans have really done is preserve a manner of speaking and writing that disappeared in Britain sometime during the 19th century. Words like ‘chore’ instead of ‘errand’ and ‘Fall’ instead of ‘Autumn’ are examples of archaic English words that were re-imported to Britain after falling out of use in their native land...


54 posted on 05/30/2012 4:34:02 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: cripplecreek

2 great things. One British and one German. It works here. If it weren’t for TG, I would have probably never head of Sabine. I don’t pay attention to the racing world at all.


55 posted on 05/30/2012 4:58:58 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: wally_bert

Sabine isn’t exceedingly good looking or anything but she makes up for it in personality. Apparently she’s from one of the wealthiest families in Europe.

I don’t know much about her racing career but I do know that she’s done more laps around the Nürburgring track than any other person. She’s done some 30,000 miles on that track alone.


56 posted on 05/30/2012 5:27:03 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Used in Harry Potter and bound to show up in American school kids writing: torch, dustbin, trainers, sweets.


57 posted on 05/30/2012 5:27:51 AM PDT by Mercat (Necessity is the argument of tyrants. John Milton)
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To: Windflier

Of course.


58 posted on 05/30/2012 6:46:04 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: cripplecreek

Sabine has from what I have seen on TG a great and fun personality. I have no complaints on the looks either.


59 posted on 05/30/2012 1:06:29 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: exDemMom

Definite articles eh?
Do you go to church, or the church? :)


60 posted on 05/30/2012 1:19:37 PM PDT by Mitch86
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