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Kat713 -> RE: I don't get it (11/12/2013 11:16:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
Funny what a few thousand miles of water, and a few centuries of evolution will do to a common language.
In England, as I understand it, the boot is at the arse of a car, whilst here in the States, a boot is something that goes up the ass of people who call the hood a bonnet.
^ Haha, that's funny.
To the OP, I am American and take pride in the fact that I can use proper English. Although I very, very rarely use 'arse' or 'whilst', I can if I want.
I don't see what the big deal is.
Also for the other poster talking about Americans speaking English wrong, do I detect a hint of feelings of superiority? Can we all just chill and love each other?
To everyone: Yes, the accent is different and there are different idioms and words. So, what? I can read. I can express myself in a way that others can understand and that matches the spellings and words in the dictionary.
Sometimes I spell it 'gray' and sometimes 'grey'. Whatever.
I do understand sometimes if someone is writing you a long message or writing a school paper with horrid grammar and slang, but just talking and someone says 'while' and someone says 'whilst'... Ok. All you need is love- and a dictionary on occasion- so let's all get along.
Oh and by the way, I use whatever words and phrases I want to use. I like words like whilst, superfluous, sycophant, mellifluous, and more. I use phrases such as "do you fancy (this thing/that person)", "don't fret", "frankly", and many more. Like I said- whatever I want to say. I don't consider myself an Anglophile or anything. So I don't think just because someone is not from the United Kingdom and used 'whilst', that it makes them an Anglophile. (Although I do understand that is not technically what you declared in your original post, but I am making that statement all the same).
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