Americanisms
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What's wrong with "won't"? 
Which is actually a contraction of "wonnot", a word for "will not" from the 17th century.
Which is actually a contraction of "wonnot", a word for "will not" from the 17th century.
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The problem I have with it is that the sound of "will" is not present when the sound of "would" is in "wouldn't" along with "can" in "can't" and the list goes on.What's wrong with "won't"?
Which is actually a contraction of "wonnot", a word for "will not" from the 17th century.
It's always confused me.
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Copied from google.
old-fashioned in US short form of shall not: I shan't be able to come to your party. "Pick those books up immediately." "Shan't (= I refuse to)!"
Not a word I use myself although I have heard it used quite a bit here in the UK.
The English language is abused more in the UK than anywhere I know of, Slang has taken over the majority of people.
I saw a guy on an American show impersonating an English man, he was all "Well hello old bean, would you like a cup of tea" in a plums in the mouth kind of accent. Very few over here speak that Mary Poppins and first world war brigadier dialect.
I would advise anyone who wants to know about the way English is spoken in England is to youtube Scousers talking and then geordies talking and then cockneys and you will think it is a different country. Scouser= people from Liverpool Geordies= people from Newcastle upon Tyne and cockneys=people from London. Then if you won't a good laugh try Brummies= people from Birmingham I cannot understand a word most brummies say.
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It's tough to mimic your accent(s) when every American has to wear a gun holster, a ten-gallon hat, contends with the noise of our idling monster trucks, and has at least one football injury.
IT'S A JOKE YOU NITWIT.
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I know bud I know it was just tongue in cheek.
Don't know if it is a normal practice in the states but something we see on tv in American films is when a family or set of friends are sitting eating a meal someone will reach over with their fork and take a piece of someone else's food from their plate.
Any of the US citizens on here let me know if that is normal practice in the US please.
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Here's one I hope some North American members can help me with;
Is it usual or unusual to have a period when abbreviating ranks? I don't even know what the supposedly 'correct' usage in British English is but I was watching an English police show, The Bill, and they would punctuate the ranks in the credits like so:
P.C. Hollis
Sgt. Boyden
Insp. Monroe
Ch. Insp. Conway
Ch. Supt. Brownlow
Does the same apply stateside, like for example Sgt., Cpt. and Lt. ?
Is it usual or unusual to have a period when abbreviating ranks? I don't even know what the supposedly 'correct' usage in British English is but I was watching an English police show, The Bill, and they would punctuate the ranks in the credits like so:
P.C. Hollis
Sgt. Boyden
Insp. Monroe
Ch. Insp. Conway
Ch. Supt. Brownlow
Does the same apply stateside, like for example Sgt., Cpt. and Lt. ?
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