10-10-2011, 12:00 AM
Leanne Wrote:I don't really have any trouble with British English or American, because most people outside America are aware that you yanks mangle the language and make an effort to work out what you're saying... mostly so we can correct you .Americans are lot of things, but we are mostly self-centered. To believe that our way of speaking is correct is second nature. Americans have access to all forms of culture and entertainment, but inside this 'Hollywood' bubble, the rest of the world gets a little blurry. Chatting internationally is a good way to get your eyes open to a lot of things.
abu nuwas Wrote:(Imagine asking your new American colleague casually for a rubber-- that must have earnt more than one slap in the face!)Those kind of embarassing misunderstandings are what prompted me to start this thread. Until I started looking into it, I didn't know some of those differences.