When will bloody Americans stop butchering the queens English? Do they want us to invade and reclaim it as we?

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damned well might. so come on yanks its spelt colour its prononced tomato and its a pavement not a ruddy sidewalk, don't say you haven't been warned.

OY !!! no more inults to Her Majesty you lot would love a queen hey! we will send you Elton John.

OY !!! no more insults to Her Majesty you lot would love a queen hey! we will send you Elton John.

Answer 1

Invade America... lets do it. :p

I'll command my troops and bring them through Canada.... the world's longest unprotected border. They'll never know what hit them. You can bring a surge of troops up from Mexico. We'll let the SAS swoop down on key infrastructure buildings.. like all McDonalds... and the TV cable stations... then close them down. They'll immediatey surrender.

Answer 2

The Americans only speak English because they took a vote on the matter back in c1777 or thereabouts, somewhere in Massachusetts.

The debate was, "Should English or German become the official language of a liberated United States" [words to that effect anyway]. The votes were cast and found to be 50/50 in favour of both languages. The elected chairman of the above meeting was a German, but he cast his vote in favour of English.

Thus, the Americans got English as their official language. This at a time when German was widely known and spoken both in the American Colonies and back in the UK, where we even had a German King, Geo III - bad guy.

The English language belongs to everyone who speaks it and everyone can do exactly what they will with it.

The most popular version of 'English' is American. It's the version of English used by big business worldwide.

The English language is best described as a whore who has run into every dark ally to hit someone over the head and steal words from their pockets.

One final point about English which is often overlooked. English always has been and will remain a truly 'democratic' language, in that all the words in it start from the 'street' and are not handed down by a bunch of phsycotic scholars living in ivory towers, as is the case with the dead French language.

English is a living vibrant reminder of who we are, what we are and where we are or are not going at any given time in our history.

William Shakespeare had to invent nearly 1700 new words simply because he needed them for his plays.

Kids on the streets of New York invent new slang words on an almost daily basis. Same too on the streets of London. If and when any of these new slang words become popular and are still in the public arena ten years later, they get shovelled into the OED [Oxford English Dictionary] along with the other 600,000 words we have begged borrowed or stollen over the centuries.

The most famous English dictionary ever written, was actually written by an Italian in the 19th century. It was titled, "English as She is Spoke". It sold hundreds of thousands of copies and became a best seller. People have a lot of fun reading it. Maybe some of it rubbed off.

If the Victorians were unstuffy about English and it's useage, why would someone today feel they had to defend a language which has proven it's credentials beyond any shadow of a doubt?

Edit: what the hell is this question doing in Military? Oh I know, the English went to war...right?

Answer 3

America that's the country that got all the rejects from the civilised world back in the old days
this mix of British Dutch Spanish and so forth started to build colonies beat up the locals and imported black-slaves
revolted against the crown with the help of savages and the French
Then along comes two world wars an where are good old America,its your war Britain but we will provide you with arms and munitions which we will let you pay back over the next 50 years
we stood alone until the Japs sneaked up on you and attacked pearl harbour,
don't take this the wrong way because a lot of good men died beating the Germans and Japs, but where were you when the German bombers were killing thousands
look at you now the biggest and the best,
bogged down in conflicts you cant win like little Vietnam's and look over your shoulder and see who,s got your back the British army so don't take the piss be a little gracious

Answer 4

Fortunately, most of us are aware of the people posting both in England and the States trying to pretend to be one side or the other to upset them. It's fairly juvenile. We may disagree, but we know most "Brits" know how to spell "queens", unlike some, and don't really pay much attention to people who have trouble with both grammar and spelling when they complain about how we spell. Let me demonstrate:

"When will bloody Americans stop butchering the Queen's English? Do they want us to invade and reclaim America as we should?

Damned well might. So come on, Yanks, it's spelled, "colour," it's pronounced, "tomato," and it's a pavement not a ruddy sidewalk. Don't say you haven't been warned.

Most British subjects have been to grammar school. You either weren't paying attention, or don't come from England, as they tend to be smarter than that. That's why we are their allies.

Besides, it's hard to take seriously someone who posts this question (don't you love those attempted insult awards of one point, let alone the response to the answer?):

Why do Shakira and Beyonce keep coming in my bedroom and sexually abuse me every night I am exhausted?

and may well sue them if it continues, can I get a restraining order?
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I believe the medical term for this is a 'wet dream'.
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Well done Ivor 10 points and a blow up sheep are on the way to you

Answer 5

Just keep talking for England and let the Americans talk for America, besides when a cyclist almost runs me over on the pavement - I have to keep myself from yelling 'this is a sidewalk!'

Answer 6

Still fuming about losing that little war all those years ago, hmm? Personally, I think calling a truck a lorry is silly, I'd never smoke a f.ag, and I wouldn't care to be "knocked up in the morning." If you feel so strongly about the Queen's English, you might as well start with Yorkshiremen or Cockneys before taking on the Americans. At least we can pretty much understand each other. The variety of English spoken in Jamaica or India might as well be classified as a different language. I'm afraid this battle is lost, my friend. You could as well demand that the French, Italians and Spanish return to speaking "Latin as it was intended."

Answer 7

Don't blame the student, blame the teacher.

If you crooked-toothed Brits had taken the time to teach us better instead of just taxing us to death, then maybe we'd talk better.

Just because you didn't do the job, don't blame us.

By the way, when are you guys going to give us some more decent music? You haven't done much since the Beatles!!!

Get on it, ok?


P/S: Thank you for not hating us, like the rest of the world does.

Answer 8

Are you on speaking terms with the queen? Say hi for me.

Answer 9

There might be a reason why it's referred to American English, since it is a unique dialect of English that we use. Similar to the idea that both Spain and Mexico speak Spanish, but use very different dialects of Spanish to the point that someone who knows "proper" Spanish (Spain's Spanish) may actually have trouble conversing with someone who knows Mexican Spanish.

Sorry bub...we don't speak the Queen's English here. We speak American English. Same language, different dialect. You say we're butchering the Queen's English...I say you're butchering American English.

Answer 10

Why do you even bother to respond to this little childs post, he should be at home with Mummy holding his hand!
With a name like Dwyer he is not even a true British person, but a blow in.

Answer 11

And your queen's english is probably a mutt version of Anglo-Saxon-Norman and Roman languages.... how far back do you wanna go?