i mean yes we speak english but we have so much slang and new words that other countrys that speak english probably have no f**king clue what were saying....maybe we should call it american?
2007-09-30 08:14:12 · 10 answers · asked by average joe 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The only reason no one can understand what you are saying is because you butcher your English grammar so that it doesn't make sense. Anyone in Australia, the UK, Canada, etc. can understand people from the United States so long as the American is using the language correctly and knowing you should capitalize proper nouns and use apostrophes for contractions.
2007-09-30 08:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Belie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure you are asking a fair question here because it sounds like you have your mind already made up on this issue. Excuse me, if I'm wrong.
Broadly speaking, Americans and British still speak the same language. I've noticed more differences between the Mexican Spanish of my co-workers and Castilian Spanish than I have between British and American English. There is a strong Nahuatl influence on Mexican Spanish that is often overlooked by Spanish and Romance language scholars.
You have to be careful about slang words because they are ephemeral and often don't last any more than two or three generations. In the 1960's and 70's I was hearing many slang words in the U.S. that didn't last more than a year or two like groovey for "excellent; wonderful," Right on! for "exactly right," and bread for "money," a loan word from Cockney.
Americans and British are beginning to develop different cultures and national characters much like Germans and Austrians have. However, so far, their languages are still essentially the same just like they are between Germans and Austrians. Only time will tell if the American and British varieties of English eventually diverge into separate languages like H.L. Mencken and Will Durant thought they would.
2007-09-30 12:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by Brennus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
During the few months I spent in England, I was shocked by the way they butcher English. To such an extent that an English teacher would commit suicide. Stuff like "he were" "we was" Maybe you can speak English perfectly (good for you) but I found that English people butcher the language much more than the average American.
2016-05-17 10:59:02 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right, we speak American. And if you get right down to it, we even have different dialects here in the states. People in the south sound different than people from the New England area. A Texan and Oklahoman sounds different than a southerner. People from the upper mid-west sound different than people from the west coast. Living in Michigan (the lower part), people from the UP (upper peninsula) sound different than we do here in the lower. What a country we live in! Love it!
2007-09-30 08:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, english is english, and the english speaking world (and probably beyond) is completely used to american english through movies, music, tv and american internet comapies around the world, that there isnt really an american slag words people dont understand.
2007-09-30 08:36:03 · answer #5 · answered by llamarse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically it's referred to as American English, I believe.
2007-09-30 08:20:19 · answer #6 · answered by James M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the language is still recognisably English.
It has to change a lot more to be a different language.
2007-09-30 08:22:03 · answer #7 · answered by Beardo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes we do know what you are saying its just the way you pronounce your words ,completely different from the English i know , examples are : data , aluminum, garage and semi. i could go on and on.
2007-09-30 08:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other languages have slang too.
2007-09-30 08:22:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol
good point
2007-09-30 08:17:57 · answer #10 · answered by Lindsay 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋