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Thread: English American style!

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    English American style!

    I read in todays paper that it is becoming fashionable for Americans to usr English expressions,such as queue.

    Won't that be nice to see things flow the other way?

    I once almost made a grave error when I rang my agent to book some guests in for a fortnight.Fortunately,I always get the staff to read it back to me,so I was alerted when she said "so thats 4 nights from the 20th of June" None of the office staff had heard fortnight before!



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    ha lol ye that will be cool strange at first but cool (they hadnt heard of a fortnight!! omg) [)]


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    Even stranger was that I had an American ask me if I had any danders in the house(!) I had no idea what that meant,so consulted my American MC,who had no idea either. (I did find out for myself and it is animak skin)


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    I once tried to book a meal at a restaurant in one of the National Parks. I asked for half past eight[msneek]It wasn't till I said eight thirty that they understood me[msnembarrased]


    Liz


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    o god lol[msneek] they arent doing tht well stillll i cant wait to move there in 7 weeks!!


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    I was a student at North Carolina and when the music was playing in the bars a few girls asked me if i wanted to Sh*g.
    A well known dance and i was very lucky in the dimness they couldn't see me blush.
    andrew
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    nice one Andrew! or maybe not![msnwink]
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    Two great nations divde by a common language now who said that ?.
    allenc


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    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by allenc
    Two great nations divde by a common language now who said that ?.
    allenc
    [/quote]

    Was it Winston Churchill??
    emm

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    I have to go between English and American a lot everyday......I have American friends well trained in English .....but I have to remember to use American with new people.....


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