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Originally Posted by BobbyCooper
Oh not at all Suki. All of my friends from the UK always told me, that they abuse their own language. Thats where I have this from 
They actually know that American's speak correct English and they don't! |
Oh you should not generalise. Language is a living ever changing way of communication.
There are different accents and dialects depending where you were brought up. They add to the variety of language. I suspect everywhere in the world that languages also have dialects and accents and different expressions etc.
I do not abuse my own language. I love it.
You are rather conceited to think that you could teach English better than native speakers.
I also read a great deal.
personally I think you are crazy. TO say that Americans speak correct English and that the English Do not? Bonkers or what?
Much of TV or film has Americans so many people are more familiar with them than with the English films.
I don't know who your English friends are but you should not just be influenced by them.
I am not American, I cannot speak with American accents. I could never roll my rrrr's as is necessary in German which is very guttural.
Americans use DD in place of T in their speech.
Liddle instead of little-- they do not pronounce the middle "T's as we do.
I like a bit of butter on my toast-- I like a bid of budder on my toast for example.
some English people drop their "H''s and tend to put them where they should not be.
some pronounce AICH as HAICH-- which is wrong.
Londoners tend to drop their "T's" if they speak in a cockney accent.
I cannot understand Liverpudlian accents at all. But The Queen's English is what I believe schools endeavour to teach students.