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I don't get it - 11/9/2013 6:30:11 PM

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Why do Anglophiles feel a need to use "whilst" and "arse" in their speech?

It's like using an "S"for an f in Benjamin Franklin's time.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/9/2013 7:01:45 PM

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The extra acceptable spelling come in handy for iphone scrabble.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/9/2013 7:02:18 PM

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RE: I don't get it - 11/11/2013 4:24:22 PM

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becaufe we can

I ftand corrected.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/11/2013 4:25:43 PM

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RE: I don't get it - 11/11/2013 4:58:23 PM

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aren't discussions about anglophiles against TOS?

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 1:43:52 AM

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because it's our language, and not our fault that you can't speak, or spell it correctly. it annoys me immensely that the damn spell check tries telling me that i'm spelling English words incorrectly. No you stupid fucking thing, you are spelling it the incorrect American way.

why do American insist on calling an arse a fanny? that's just a lesser word for cunt.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 2:51:05 AM

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Why do Anglophiles feel a need to use "whilst" and "arse" in their speech?

It's like using an "S"for an f in Benjamin Franklin's time.

People really did that? (The whole "s" for an "f")

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 9:59:47 AM

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Why do Anglophiles feel a need to use "whilst" and "arse" in their speech?

It's like using an "S"for an f in Benjamin Franklin's time.

Because it's correct.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 10:02:02 AM

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Why do Anglophiles feel a need to use "whilst" and "arse" in their speech?

It's like using an "S"for an f in Benjamin Franklin's time.

People really did that? (The whole "s" for an "f")

It may have been the other way around.
S's didn't exist as a typographic element. Although that may have only been over here, in ngland, where it's correct.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 10:03:51 AM

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aren't discussions about anglophiles against TOS?

I wouldn't have thought so.
As many people as wish it can like and appreciate the english.

But it doesn't matter if you don't.
We don't care.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 10:05:19 AM

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Whilst is Appalachian to me.
And "arse" would get past grandma but "ass" got the soap in the mouth treatment.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 5:31:41 PM

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aren't discussions about anglophiles against TOS?

Only if they're observant anglophiles.

Those that don't regularly attend services are not included.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 5:33:16 PM

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Why do Anglophiles feel a need to use "whilst" and "arse" in their speech?

It's like using an "S"for an f in Benjamin Franklin's time.

Because it's correct.

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Since when is whilst or arse "correct"?

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 5:34:33 PM

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aren't discussions about anglophiles against TOS?

Only on secular Tuesdays.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 5:36:02 PM

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because it's our language, and not our fault that you can't speak, or spell it correctly. it annoys me immensely that the damn spell check tries telling me that i'm spelling English words incorrectly. No you stupid fucking thing, you are spelling it the incorrect American way.

why do American insist on calling an arse a fanny? that's just a lesser word for cunt.

needles

I know NO ONE who calls an "arse" a "fanny".

Now we're getting in to conundrums.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 10:00:01 PM

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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.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/12/2013 11:16:39 PM

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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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RE: I don't get it - 11/13/2013 12:19:33 AM

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I speak several languages - English and American amongst them. I tend to "fall into" language habits depending upon the person with whom I'm having the conversation.

I have a dear friend that's a Manc git and when I speak with her, I find myself not only using typical English slang (Like a scouser might) but I also find myself speaking using more linguistically equitable terms. When I'm telling her a story and it involves a small 'closet" that moves vertically to help people avoid stair cases, I call it a "lift".

It's no different than when I speak with a friend whose first language is Spanish and I find myself having to use words or idiomatic expressions that they might find easier to understand.

I don't consider myself to be an anglophile but I do consider myself to be something of a linguist and enjoy speaking languages as properly as possible.

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RE: I don't get it - 11/13/2013 12:47:38 AM

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I rarely use "whilst" in conversation, I do use it in written/typed, its just habit...its the same as among/amongst, and spelled/spelt.
But we too have boots as footwear.

As ive lived amost as long in Canada now as I have in the UK, I use words that come to mind at the moment.
To me an ass is a donkey, but an arse is definitely an arse/buttocks, bum, etc , and an arsehole is an anus, or the equivalent insult, but Ive used ass and asshole to describe the same. Arsehole is now a stronger term for asshole.
I agree with the term fanny...It IS the "pussy/cunt/vagina, And I dont think I will ever get over that :) Probably cos my pooor great gran was called fanny and a source of embarrasment when asked which grandmother I was referring to, "granny fanny" is liable to make you the laughing stock of your "friends"
Of course fags is another one that can get you into trouble depending on which country you are in.
To me it means cigarette, or faggots, are a meat dish .....I dont use the term to describe people.
A good vocabulary is a terrible thing to waste:)

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