Why is it that the english always copy the yanks and vise versa???????????????
2006-12-16 23:49:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
uk rules, we were the starters and they just followed hunni
2006-12-16 23:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The British have additionally 'corrupted' the English language because of the fact the time it became first exported to northern u.s. hunderds of years in the past, in fact we are busy corrupting it at this 2nd. I too do in comparison to a pair Americanisms, yet I additionally do in comparison to a pair issues that are hsappening in British English. yet, hi, get genuine, all languages substitute - the French hate the way that English words have infiltrated their suppposedly organic language interior the previous couple of a protracted time. some 'Americanisms' are in fact previous British procedures, e.g. 'gotten'.
2016-12-11 10:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was the Aussies that copied the Yanks! Their currency is also called the dollar and they say "creep" and "jerk" like the Americans.
2006-12-16 23:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, an old proverb says Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery. So maybe we're just complimenting each other.
2006-12-17 00:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by link955 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our way of life is so very attractive to the rest of the world, they just think we are copying each other. This also includes Australia and Canada.
2006-12-17 00:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That is pretty true and the english do rule the most, but i think most of it is down to tony and bush, their up each others a!ses most of the time!
2006-12-16 23:55:21 · answer #6 · answered by chloe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't eat all the pies and the yanks are no good at cricket so i don't think we copy each other at all.
2006-12-16 23:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In what way are they copying each other?
2006-12-16 23:57:57 · answer #8 · answered by gina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we're copying each other, there's no problem is there ?
2006-12-16 23:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
birds of a feather flock together
2006-12-17 00:00:39 · answer #10 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'A common people divided by language'
2006-12-18 22:53:35 · answer #11 · answered by Daddybear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋