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Offline isabelle

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What kind of American English do you speak?
« on: November 22, 2006, 05:02:53 pm »
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This is funny, I never knew I could speak any kind of American English (I'm more versed in British English), and there you go: 20% Dixie!  (Is that the south?)
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2006, 05:08:30 pm »
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2006, 10:05:04 pm »
Quote from: isabelle on November 22, 2006, 05:02:53 pm
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This is funny, I never knew I could speak any kind of American English (I'm more versed in British English), and there you go: 20% Dixie!  (Is that the south?)

Yes, exactly. 
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2006, 03:58:27 am »
I left some fields blank. I put my groceries in a trolley or trundler. I've never heard of spreading lavatory paper in front of a house. I call carbonated sweet drinks fizzy drink. An easy class is a doddle or a pushover or a cultural unit (and we had another expression but I can't remember it). I don't know how caramel can be pronounced with two syllables. What's a cruller?
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2006, 05:13:13 am »
Quote from: Shuggy on November 23, 2006, 03:58:27 am

I don't know how caramel can be pronounced with two syllables. What's a cruller?

Car-mull.  A cruller is like a donut.  A sweet, deep-fried dough thing.
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Offline Bigheart

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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2006, 10:09:04 am »
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2006, 10:23:46 am »
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2006, 10:31:00 am »
Over here in the States we have always called our portable phones : Cellular phones.    Or Cell phones for short.    I noticed in the UK all y'all call them "Mobiles".

Which does make sense.

Last week I saw a TV commercial for some kind of Cellular service and they said "Mobile".   Hmm,  maybe that term is working its way over here?

PS:   Yes, I am a Yankee and don't usually use the "all y'all" term.   LOL

But for those not familiar with this southern US expression,  Y'all is singular and all y'all is plural.

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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2006, 10:40:27 am »
ah ha! I've always been confused by the line in the Buffy musical episode:

Xander: Respect the cruller, and tame the doughnut!
Anya: That's still funny, sweetie.

Now I know a cruller is a doughnut!!
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Re: What kind of American English do you speak?
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2006, 08:08:37 pm »
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Like Shuggy, I use 'trolly' and 'doddle', and GOOD GRIEF, what is this toilet paper on your house thing??
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