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Default British vs. American English

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:22:31 -0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 1:03:10 PM UTC-5, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:55:46 -0000, Meanie wrote:

On 2/18/2017 4:46 AM, T wrote:
On 02/18/2017 12:37 AM, Bod wrote:
On 18/02/2017 02:00, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:53:53 -0500, Meanie wrote:

On 2/17/2017 8:39 PM, T wrote:
On 02/15/2017 01:53 PM, Meanie wrote:
I thought this was interesting. Our Brit trolls, er, I mean.
friends can
confirm the accuracy.

http://www.playpork.com/mix_british_...n_english.html


I listen to a lot of Brit documentaries. I love listening
to brits struggle with pronouncing "Glacier" and "Controversy",
especially Stevie (Steven Fry) and Simon Whistler. Same
word, sound way, way different.

Funny, our two resident Brit troll, ooops, friends (now
you have me doing it) have not chimed in.


Perhaps they're afraid I have a gun.

... and you drive on the right side of the road.

18 Countries/Nations drive on the left.

Australia
Caribbean Islands*
Channel Islands
Cyprus
Japan
Hong Kong
India
Isle of Man
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Malta
Malaysia
New Zealand
South Africa
Singapore
Thailand
UK


Here is why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIbihTmKx1E



Very interesting. If the US would have adopted the left side driving, it
would have been much easier for us savage uncivilized Americans to roll
down the right side window and shoot our guns at people.


That would have made the American population half what it is today. I gather from friends and colleagues going on holiday in America that road rage is normally fatal.


Perhaps it's just some statistical anomaly, but I've been driving for
more than 40 years and have never even seen road rage.


I've been told by several people that if you cut someone up, whereas in the UK you'd get some swearwords shouted at you or a shaken fist, in the USA you simply get shot.

--
Fellows, it's often easier to just give in to your wife. I mean, what's your word against thousands of hers?