SpudFiles

I believe I am speaking proper english. Here, have a biscuit...

joannaardway wrote:I believe I am speaking proper english. Here, have a biscuit...

What? It's not a crumpet?

paaiyan wrote:Why can't you people speak proper English?

You'd think "proper" English is the one that is actually spoken England :p

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:

paaiyan wrote:Why can't you people speak proper English?

You'd think "proper" English is the one that is actually spoken England :p

No no no. Everyone knows that columbus really discovered America so people from England could get away from England because the monarchy was distorting and twisting their beautiful language. Americans speak the real English.

/sarcasm

I believe you will find that it is actually the monarchy's language in the first place - "The Queen's English".

There are some things in US english that mean something entirely different in UK english, which can lead to misunderstandings.

As one of the polite examples, the sign # is known as the hash key in the UK. In the US, the pound sign.
But in the UK, the pound sign means £.
So, you're on the phone to someone in America to talk a problem with some software you've had imported, and they say: "Right, now press the pound sign"... I'm sure you can guess the (lack of) result.

Does result in some difficulties.

... which lead to some misunderstanding with American friends when I declared that today was # Wednesday

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:... which lead to some misunderstanding with American friends when I declared that today was # Wednesday

Hahaha, this is why I love this forum.