Damn americans mutating our language !

I find it funny how you blame Americans for butchering the English language when in fact, it was your own kind to begin with. Europeans came to America to "discover" it. Those that discovered it developed this so-called "slang" terminology to make it easier for other people to understand. And hence why people therefore born in America, speak "slang-English".

I see that as the only mere reason why American English a bit different from British/European English.

 

Actually English isn't just based on either American & British english because every other country who uses english has developed words & structures to the language that are unique to that specific country.

As an example, the Japanese Engrish, yes it sounds awful for Americans/British but that's just how the Japanese developed their kind of English.

And may I ask by American English, which variation is it really? Which is the one referred to as "American English"? So far from what I can tell there are:

Southern American English
Washington state American English
Texas English

So which is it? ???

 

Try again. Oh and you misspelled the last word in your sentence by the way. Good job!

Can you say, 'hypocrite'?

I don't know where you supposedly found all those versions of the English language, but my best guess is that the one comes to the most proper English (which is the acceptable standard in our education system) is the "Washington State American English".

Mind posting a link on this? I can't even Google any of these up.

 

Washington state? Lol no

 

Those are regional variations of American English based on location, accentuation differences & a few word use dissimilarities.

According to people I know who work as Call center Agents/telemarketers, the preferred variation is Washington State English, so WTF? ???

 

Give me a few examples of each. I'm really curious of what you mean by "Washington State English", "Texas English", and "Southern English".

 

I may be from the U.S., but I don't slaughter the English language this bad even when I'm intoxicated.

 

@hypr: Okay this maybe a bit hard since I can't find any youtube videos for an example reference.

As I said the major difference in on accents & tone with little differences with word use or meaning. Anyway as my friends who work on call centers told me, Washington state english sounds more "professional" as that's what they use in a corporate setting. And about Southern American English, can't you see the difference in the accent? And there's African American english with their use of slang & double negatives.

 

no one can understand northerners

which leads me on too....

can i just ask why this tread has headed down the argument of slang and regional/cultural differences as it has. spoken language is different from county to county in England so spoken English has nothing to do with this.

i can agree with that it is totally frustrating to have American variations on spellings. as America has such an influence on the world most of every thing that is in English is in US English.

now this may not be a problem for most people but for me it causes a problem. i can't spell for shit never have never will and as i spend so much time on the net most of it is spent reading US English so when it comes to writing i most of the time end up looking like a fool asking someone on the correct English spelling of words.
or for example people going through exams who get marked down on spelling and grammar (which is a barbaric thing to do as they could be the most knowledgeable person in the exam room and get lower marks then someone else)

i don't care how someone says something but i do care about the spelling

 

Yes, I know how Southerners in America talk. It's just I wanted to make sure that your perspective on these various English versions agrees with mine. And yes, it is the "Washington State English" that is the accepted standard in our education system.

 

Just like with colour - color & centre - center, both variations of the spelling are recognized as correct but to the un-initiated one will be thought off as incorrect. Spelling is indeed difficult at times, that's why I'm thankful we have a resident Grammar Nazi

 

It annoys me to hell when someone uses words of American English spelling AND British English spelling in the same sentence/ paragraph/ text. I know they're both ENGLISH, but pick a side for fuck's sakes.
Oh, and I tend to use British English more in school and on the internet, but I'm perfectly fine with both. It just bothers me when the two are "combined".

 

that was exactly my point that it is confusing for some people and they don't know what to use. that's why its ridiculous to even have different spellings in the same language.
its not the fault of those typing that annoyed you as they may be confused as to which is right but instead the fault of a muppet who decided to spell the same word differently.

 

Wow, get over it. I'm african american and I don't butcher the english language. This is America, land of the free. You can't complain about what american individuals do. Honestly you should stop while you're at it before you get trolled even more. :-\

 

hm, i think i know what those variations are. can i give a try, pls correct me if i was mistaken.

The Southern version is like this: Dr. Loveless from Wild Wild West movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAjPOpws0eE&feature=related

The Texan version: George Bush : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A

The Washington version: English without the accent..


is this right?

 

This is America, land of the free...what?

 

[facepalm]

you have missed the point completely

 

Actually guys, the clearest accent is BBC English that people on the news use, it annoys me a lot

And accents don't matter anymore, as long as you can understand what people are saying, unlike the American kids screeching down the microphone on CoD:WaW , I don't hear many british people screaming like that though some Scottish blokes can be say immature things as the Scottish have a different sense of humour to people like me.

I'd be happy if the 12 year olds would learn to talk properly rather than the Americans, stupid pre-teen noobs

 

why are you still talking about accents

and bbc English is southern English