Do some Brits really don't speak English that well?

Australians don't have accents. We speak normal, it's everyone else that has accents.

CJB wrote:

Australians don't have accents. We speak normal, it's everyone else that has accents.

+1

and why do the Brits call the Bathroom/Restroom a LOO?

and the apartment a FLAT?

Ooooh.... I can go on and on about their strange English words!!

j7wild wrote:

and why do the Brits call the Bathroom/Restroom a LOO?

and the apartment a FLAT?

Ooooh.... I can go on and on about their strange English words!!

The Brits spoke English and the native inhabitants from the America's spoke their lingo untill they got invaded by a variety of folks speaking a variety of languages.
So why do you call a Loo a bathroom /restroom? And what silly nonsense is that calling a flat an appartment?

William Shakespear would cartwheel in his gave if he heard those bumpkins in the colonies raping his language. :*e*:

saint mark wrote:

William Shakespear would cartwheel in his gave if he heard those bumpkins in the colonies raping his language. :*e*:

he would?

ha!

that's hard to believe - coming from the person who claimed he wrote all those plays and poems and books when he didn't!

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you're a swallower of bullsh ... erm a, conspiracy theorist I mean.

j7wild wrote:

that's hard to believe - coming from the person who claimed he wrote all those plays and poems and books when he didn't!

Present the evidence.

Sharky wrote:

j7wild wrote:

that's hard to believe - coming from the person who claimed he wrote all those plays and poems and books when he didn't!

Present the evidence.

I watched that movie Anonymous last night

Roland Emmerich said so

:cheers:

j7wild wrote:

and why do the Brits call the Bathroom/Restroom a LOO?

and the apartment a FLAT?

Ooooh.... I can go on and on about their strange English words!!

Or call television the "telly"?
Or a mass transit system "the tube"? Why can't they just call it a subway like everyone else?
Or an elevator a "lift"?
Or a cell phone a "mobile"?
Why are "bloody" and "sod off" consider vulgarities?
Why can't they just call a jacket a jacket (or a windbreaker) instead of a "kagoul"?
Why is getting drunk called getting "pissed" over in England? If I said I was getting pissed here in the U.S., it would mean either I was angry or I was being urinated on.

They also drive on the wrong side of the road.

A kagool is very different to a jacket.

And we don't drive on the wrong side of the road. The French do.

j7wild wrote:

Sharky wrote:

j7wild wrote:

that's hard to believe - coming from the person who claimed he wrote all those plays and poems and books when he didn't!

Present the evidence.

I watched that movie Anonymous last night

Roland Emmerich said so

:cheers:

Sure and Godzilla really happened too. ;)

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

j7wild wrote:

and why do the Brits call the Bathroom/Restroom a LOO?

and the apartment a FLAT?

Ooooh.... I can go on and on about their strange English words!!

Or call television the "telly"?
Or a mass transit system "the tube"? Why can't they just call it a subway like everyone else?
Or an elevator a "lift"?
Or a cell phone a "mobile"?
Why are "bloody" and "sod off" consider vulgarities?
Why can't they just call a jacket a jacket (or a windbreaker) instead of a "kagoul"?
Why is getting drunk called getting "pissed" over in England? If I said I was getting pissed here in the U.S., it would mean either I was angry or I was being urinated on.

They also drive on the wrong side of the road.

I don't understand why you find that strange ... and I'm not even British (actually technically I am but whatever). It makes sense. 'Telly' especially - its just shortening the word. And a mobile should always be called a mobile. :D

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

Why is getting drunk called getting "pissed" over in England? If I said I was getting pissed here in the U.S., it would mean either I was angry or I was being urinated on.

Those three things usually correlate for me, so it's a very convenient term.

The funny thing is, the Brits/Aussies understand the American equivalent, yet it doesnt go the other way.

Yet its us who "really don't speak English that well."

We are superior organisms.

and why are these called Yorkshire Puddings?



they are not pudding, they are hot rolls (also called yeast rolls) like these:



this is a pudding!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_pudding

Wikipedia wrote:

When wheat flour began to come into common use for making cakes and puddings, cooks in the north of England devised a means of making use of the fat that dropped into the dripping pan to cook a batter pudding while the meat roasted.

It's a happy accident.

Methinks it's time to retake the Colonies.

Sharky wrote:

We are superior organisms.

"We are superior orgasms"

-- You all read it like so.

There is no yeast in a Yorkshire pudding and they are nothing like the cobs you pictured.

Yorkshire puddings originated in Yorkshire England, that's the same country as the language you are (ab)using btw.

That last picture looks like a dessert to me...not one that comes with Arabs mind.

and this is another British invention I don't comprehend.

there are so many more palatable things to compliment your afternoon tea (or here in the US, your afternoon Coffee):

cookies (you folks call them biscuits) or cakes. why cukes?

also who decided to use cukes?

why not zucchinis or squashes?

What?

And what?

colly wrote:

The funny thing is, the Brits/Aussies understand the American equivalent, yet it doesnt go the other way.

Yet its us who "really don't speak English that well."

More terms I don't understand:

A "fag" is a cigarette in the U.K., but in the U.S. it normally means a homosexual (or someone who is ridiculous) Why can't the Brits just use the term "cigarette" like the rest of us? Don't they know how homophobic and insensitive they sound?

Also, why use the term "wanker" or "tosser" when there are perfectly good substitutes such as idiot, stupid, moron, etc...?

I don't get "He's having a wank". Why not use "jerk", "jack", or "flogging"?

Over in the U.K. their black people are called "African-Britons". Why aren't they referred to as African-Americans like they are over here in America?

But don't get me wrong. I still like the Aussies and the Brits. I harbor no prejudice against either of them. However, don't get me started on the Canadians.

j7wild wrote:

and this is another British invention I don't comprehend.

there are so many more palatable things to compliment your afternoon tea (or here in the US, your afternoon Coffee):

cookies (you folks call them biscuits) or cakes. why cukes?

also who decided to use cukes?

why not zucchinis or squashes?

because we're delightfully quirky by God.

britesh werds r stoopid