As a Brit I feel it is time I issued a warning to the US about your slaughter of the English language ENOUGH?

Question

I say, you spell colour wrong, mispronounce tomato,I am at the end of my tether if you continue I warn you we have the best army in the world and will retake our former colonies if this continues.

Answer 1

Arabians speak Arabian with the speed of summer lightning,
And the Hebrews speak it backwards which is absolutely fright'ning,
But use proper English you're regarded as a freak
Oh why can't the English,
Why can't the English,
Why can't the English learn to,
Set a good example for people whose English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely disappears.
In America they haven't used it for years.

---From George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion

However It's you guys who are mispronouncing tomato. We invented it. Americans invented the telephone too. Also the airplane, and we know how to spell that one right. The French invented fellatio. What did the English ever invent?

Answer 2

The way I see you Brits is based on personal experience. I've been to England, & I've stumbled across Brits in a lot of interesting places over the years. I think most (at least the ones that I've met) Brits are pretty cool people. You tend to be more open-minded & less "me" oriented than us Americans. When you guys get to drinking, you're an absolute riot. I can't speak for others, but I've always found Brits to be enjoyable company.

Answer 3

Well if you drain the Atlantic and move a lot of Englishmen & Women over here you might return are style of English back to Britanic English. The Ocean is a Barrier and the US and Canada may have the same bloodlines from Britain, but like all life when cut off from other people, the people will change in diffrent ways.
So don't blame us blame the distence

Answer 4

I am British also, and I have to agree with most of what is being said about how the British speak these days, it is without doubt a total embarrassment, most young people in Britain today speak as though they are retarded in some way, they are also rude and ignorant and slovenly, this is a direct result of the lowering of standards and discipline that has been slowly creeping to British society over the last 30 to 40 years.

Americans do say certain words differently, but at least they are not trying to talk in a west Indian accent like most young Brits, innit yeah ma-an!!!!

Answer 5

Why are you Brits so arrogant, if it was not for America in World wars 1 and 2, you guys would be speaking German now, besides that, what's your score against us ZERO and 2, you tried to fight us twice and LOST both times. Now the language problem, my wife and i were watching a show on TV about 3 months ago , with Brits talking and after it was over, i asked her what the hell did they say, out of 30 minutes , i may have understood 1 minute of what they were saying,. I told my wife, they speak the same language as we do and i can't understand them, either your speaking too fast and running your words together or using alot of Brit slang

Answer 6

As an American, I feel it is time I issued an order to you to take a nice cold glass of shut the eff up about our language. I'm not a big fan of it (I actually use a lot of Britsh slang.), but it's the way Americans talk, so get used to it. As for the British having the best army in the world--I say bring it on b*tch.

Answer 7

The Brits who come here to the Czech Republic often speak the most horrible English I have ever heard. I think England needs some American missionaries to teach you the Queen's English again, as you have obviously forgotten it.

Recently, I was sitting at an outdoor cafe. At the table next to mine was a man and woman who spoke the most vile, low class English I can imagine. All they seemed to do was grunt base desires and swear non-stop at one another. It was appalling. I have never heard Americans do this, except in movies with black inner-city gang members.

Since your Tony Blair will be retiring from politics, perhaps you could persuade him to open an English school for English citizens. He's part of a dying breed.

P.S. learn to pronouce "aluminum" and "tissue" like Americans. Your way is just atrocious.

Answer 8

I think you are absolutely right and we did it to the cheque as well and made it a check! All we seem to do is disagree, Yes, indeed should be included in the English language. And yet we like to hear someone speak proper English. I would not go as far as colonies, however,some excellent English Language Professors or Teachers would be just fine.I would like nothing better than to learn to speak the Queen's English with the proper accent.!!!

Answer 9

Just as soon as you limeys learn to speak your own language we can sit down with a few pints of (warm) beer and discuss semantics.
P.S. You are at the end of your tether? I hope that does not mean you are some kind of dog.

Answer 10

Look chief, everyone has different ways of talking. Speech is part of every areas culture.

There are different accents and types of speech in Britain, same as there are in the US. If we all talked the same it would get kinda boring, dont you think?

This is a pretty pointless thing to be upset about.