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exigeracerSo you blame Califronia for the flat.![]()
Oh, entirely.
exigeracerSo you blame Califronia for the flat.![]()
ultrabeatI think it's confusing how lots of US towns are named after UK towns.
i.e Plymouth, Birmingham, Manchester, (New) York, (New) Jersey et cetera.
We just like to use all the letters you put in your language; what good is an "h" if you can't use it? If you go to Louisiana or just about anywhere in the Deep South, you'll hear a similar "trimming" of a town's name.TheCrackerYet pronounced totally differently
Birmingham in the UK: Ber-ming-um
Birmingham in the US: Bur-ming-ham with a pronounced gap between the sylables.
cardude2004Separation of Church and State is something people often say, but the constitution actually does not separate church and state, but it does say that religion is not to be taught or forced on kids in a public school.
I go to church every week, and do have my beliefs. I, like other religions, don't believe you should believe other things, but hey, people can believe what they want, fine with me, as long as I can go on believing what I believe in.
Freedom of speech, I am fine with it. I don't care if some person walks by and curses, as long as it is not directed at me.
U.S. ConstituionCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Maybe you took me as defending this position. This is what I see people doing.exigeracerBut that's taking away their freedom to say whatever they like. That's restricting that freedom of expression, but on top of it, you decide to take away their entire freedom when they offend? This same ideology is applied every day in other countries, where if you're caught snooping around somewhere where somebody doesn't want you snooping, you get killed.
wfoosheeNo it doesn't, the ACLU has said that religion can't be taught, forced, or apparently even tolerated in schools, and has convinced the courts that such would mean establishing religion by the state. The constitution has not a sinlge word about the running of schools. The entire text regarding religion is
Freedom of speech does not cover offensive behavior. It covers the right to form and express an opinion or idea.
FoolKillerMaybe you took me as defending this position. This is what I see people doing.
TheCrackerYet pronounced totally differently
Birmingham in the UK: Ber-ming-um
Birmingham in the US: Bur-ming-ham with a pronounced gap between the sylables.
I've heard both Ed-in-burg and Ed-in-burrow.wagonRAnd how do you americans pronounce Edinburgh then?
(Capital of Scotland, incase you don't know)
Which is what I believe Americans I hear saying Ed=in-burrow are attempting to say, but we lack the Scottish accent.live4speedThe correct pronouciation I believe is Ed-in-burrah, that's what most peopel here say anyway.
But you do have a British accent and from here it all sounds the same.live4speedI lack the Scotish accent as well, I can still say Ed-in-burrah perfectly fine.
You have to realize that to most Americans Scotish is a mix between Scrooge McDuck and Mel Gibson in Braveheart and the only difference between that and a British accent is that the British sound snooty. It probably doesn't help that they commonly meet people like my company's chief operating officer who loves to throw out a "jolly good show" at least five times a day.live4speedWell there's a hell of a lot of different British accents, but none of them closely resemble a Scottish accent, the difference is probably greater than the difference between the average perception of English and the average perception of American. If you think it sounds the same then you haven't heared proper Scottish. Honestly. Also the difference between Mancunian and Liverpudlian is huge too, and Irish is a massive difference, I struggle to understand people with heavy Irish accents. cockney is easy to understand imo as are Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire accents. But no English accent I know sounds like Scottish. I can tell the difference between a New York accents and Texan.
Well the Scrooge McDuck and Braveheart might give that impression, but it's off the mark.FoolKillerYou have to realize that to most Americans Scotish is a mix between Scrooge McDuck and Mel Gibson in Braveheart and the only difference between that and a British accent is that the British sound snooty. It probably doesn't help that they commonly meet people like my company's chief operating officer who loves to throw out a "jolly good show" at least five times a day.
About the same as every grocery store. Mostly some combination of cheddar, colby, monterey jack, mozerella, and American. You can look really hard to find things like feta, asiago, havarti, and bleu.ultrabeatHow's the cheese selection in Wal*Mart?
We can sum this up pretty easily: The British, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish accents are all different. They all have distinctive sound and cadence. There is no one "English" accent. Likewise, there is no single "American" accent. A Northeastern accent is different from a Southern accent, a Midwestern accent, and a Western accent. And let's not even get into Cajun Country.live4speedI don't know, it's American's perception on how we talk. But anyway, moving on.
Probably India or China; they have a lot of different dialects, too.live4speedYeah, it's the same everywhere. It'd be interesting to know which country has the highest number of local accents.