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British English is so similar to American English that I have no problem understanding the British when they speak and write. That's about it. There are no differences except some spelling and minor word usage
Sometimes I get confused the way they pronounce words. Like if I am watching the cooking shows they might say "priiisinntayyysion" and i'm sitting going what the hell is that. Haha
Yes, the change from Philosopher's stone to Sorcerer's stone was purported to be a decision based on marketing, not comprehension, but I believe they changed a few words, for example, 'sweater' in place of 'jumper'.
Here's a link that has some of the changes…not all due to US/UK english.
I think it's rather insulting to American children that the American editors changed some of the words. How else would children learn that other countries use different words and spellings?
I know when I was a child, if I didn't understand something I was reading I'd ask a parent or look it up in a dictionary. Now with the internet, children can look words up quickly.
I haven't read the series and don't plan to, but as an adult I would think it would lose some of it's British flavour by using non-British terms.
Sometimes I get confused the way they pronounce words. Like if I am watching the cooking shows they might say "priiisinntayyysion" and i'm sitting going what the hell is that. Haha
There is a right. Its our language and we created it. You are wrong!
Americans tore up the language.
Crazier things are being done with the Queen's English right in your own back garden there, my friend.
As far as Americans tearing up the English language, actually American usage and vocabulary is very conservative and more in line with how the language was spoken and pronounced in Britain (chiefly the southwest) two hundred+ years ago. It is the British who have changed the language to its modern British variants.
There is a right. Its our language and we created it. You are wrong!
But you're not even English, you're from Northern Ireland. How can you claim it's your language? Americans were Englishmen who founded a new state - you just got conquered by the English.
Crazier things are being done with the Queen's English right in your own back garden there, my friend.
As far as Americans tearing up the English language, actually American usage and vocabulary is very conservative and more in line with how the language was spoken and pronounced in Britain (chiefly the southwest) two hundred+ years ago. It is the British who have changed the language to its modern British variants.
It's true. When the Europeans first came here and established their languages, you could say that the majority dialects have become "frozen in time". It's established by English historians that Americans speak the closest English to William Shakespeare (which is what American English is based on), with modifications from other assimilated Europeans. I'd still like to know how and when we harmonized our grammar with the British instead of speaking a modified form of Early Modern English
But you're not even English, you're from Northern Ireland. How can you claim it's your language? Americans were Englishmen who founded a new state - you just got conquered by the English.
I am from the British Isles and the United Kingdom.
I am from the British Isles and the United Kingdom.
You are British, but that doesn't make you English is what he's trying to say. You weren't born in England and you are not of English ancestry hence why he says English is not "your" language anymore than it is mine
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