British english sounds more "elegant" to me (quite posh), how to describe it...its quite complex though, so many dialects throughout the UK. American english is simple. I understood everyone out there.
That s it, as a foreigner, who used to live in the USA (MO,MA,MD) and in the UK (LIncolnshire) I found british english to be more attractive. And british people have great sense of humour. Martin from Prague
2006-08-13 23:19:38 · 9 answers · asked by Martin the baby 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well Martin from Prague come to Australia and you'll have a great time trying to guess what we are saying! Believe me i live there and i cant even tell!
2006-08-13 23:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by jus_707 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Martin. Contemporary British English is NOT older than contemporary American English. ALL English dialects are exactly the same age--about one or two generations. All languages are constantly in a state of change. Queen Elizabeth II sounds just as different from William Shakespeare as does President George Bush or the Prime Minister of Australia. Indeed, there are aspects of William Shakespeare's speech that have been preserved in the southern American dialect that have been lost in other dialects of English just as there are aspects of his speech that have been preserved in Britain or Australia that have been lost in other dialects.
2006-08-14 08:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I live in the United States. I love the English accent and talk. I think with an accent :) Which is scary since I've done it since forever and have no idea why. I live in Ohio so we have a strange accent. I like Ohio's accent situation though. Southern Ohio is more of a Southern accent. But here in North Ohio, it's strange.
2006-08-14 08:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by Steph 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you miss the part of ASK Yahoo where you ask something?? And why is someone who's english so poor making judgements about those who speak it?
Oh well, 2pts.
2006-08-14 06:26:00 · answer #4 · answered by W0LF 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
whatever.im so tired of brits telling me that their english is better than american english.
2006-08-14 06:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Matter of opinion, my friend.
2006-08-14 20:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by bunny 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well la de freakin da
2006-08-14 06:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by glock509 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do you want - a cookie?
2006-08-14 06:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by DizzyG 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thanks for sharing. Enjoy Prague.
2006-08-14 06:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋