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I don't think you realise how offensive it is to someone from say Scotland when an American assumes that they are English. It's like saying Canadians are American!
Very very annoying!!
The funny thing is though. When it comes to accents, someone from Toronto sounds much like someone from say Minnesota, but you would never mix up a Minnesotan for a Texan. There are a lot of Canadian accents that sound like American ones, which is why people get mixed up.
I would bet a Toronto resident would be less upset at being assumed to be from Minnesota ,than a Texan would be at being mistaken for a Bostonian
No, not at all. Catholics are Catholics, and they can peg the term to mean all they want, but they are only universal within their own denomination.
"Catholic" MEANS "universal." (Except it's an even cooler term than "universal" - see article link below.) Even many protestant denominations use the phrase, "the holy catholic church" in the Apostle's creed - because they know that they mean "holy UNIVERSAL church" when they use that term.
Christians don't use the term (with a lower case "c") to mean "universal within Roman Catholicism." They are basically talking about the communion of the saints - the whole, universal gathering of Christians throughout time and space. That being said, if you see "Catholic" spelled with an upper case "C" it generally means a branch of the Catholic church (there are several, the largest of course being the Roman Catholic Church).
I am American but am ashamed of the past of my country. Segregation really bothered me and I am white. Slavery I can forgive but segregation was just plain stupid.
I don't think you realise how offensive it is to someone from say Scotland when an American assumes that they are English. It's like saying Canadians are American!
Very very annoying!!
That particular one is virtually impossible to make. The accent is totally different. The only dialect of English for which I had to use a translator. He understood me perfectly. Now differentiation between the two Irish? Lots of luck.
It would also depend on the political views of the Scot.
Canadians are virtually interchangeable with USA citizens and few foreigners are going to be able to discriminate. I have passed as Canadian and am married to one. Only a really good linguist will pick it up.
I am American but am ashamed of the past of my country. Segregation really bothered me and I am white. Slavery I can forgive but segregation was just plain stupid.
Both slavery and segregation were wrong. Why are you ashamed of something you didn't participate in? You bear no responsibility for the decisions of those that came before you. The only place I have encountered white people that claim they are ashamed of those things has been on forums. Get over it shame is a waste of time.
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Most Americans can pick up a Scottish or Irish accent. Welsh is tough and confuses people. There are also a couple of different English accents Americans can generally pick up, like Liverpool(Thanks Beatles)
I can pick out quite a few different English accents and a couple of different Scottish ones, but that's because of how many British friends I have and how often I visit.
Of all the British accents I know the Glaswegian one is the toughest to understand. Geordie is tough and I cannot understand my friends Yorkshire accent when he drinks or talks fast.
How many variations of American accents can you pick out? Can you differentiate say, NY from Boston. Philly from Chicago?
Of course they can.
I can pick up: South Carolina, New York city, Chicago, Texas and New Jersey. Also Minnesota.
I can pick up: South Carolina, New York city, Chicago, Texas and New Jersey. Also Minnesota.
No one picks up my origin or roots. I speak a version of standard American English and people decide I must be from the Midwest or California. Neither is true. My wife also speaks a dialect that is almost impossible to pin down unless you are a really good linguist. Virtually no European will be able to tell anything except we are Americans...which is only partially true.
I have always marveled at the ability of the English to nail accents to the nearest county or village. But it does not work with American accents.
I am American but am ashamed of the past of my country. Segregation really bothered me and I am white. Slavery I can forgive but segregation was just plain stupid.
Which countries were not touched by slavery and segregation of people based not only on race but class?
Please show me the long list of countries that are far superior and have the moral high-ground on the issue.
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