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Actually, the UK only uses miles for distances and speed, no kilometers. Speedometers on cars are marked in MPH. It is the only country left that uses miles, Republic of Ireland made the switch to kilometers some time ago. They do use Celsius, but they switch to Fahrenheit whenever the temperature manages to reach at least 80°F. They'd say something along the lines of, "today in London we'll have a high of 26 degrees Celsius, that's 80 degrees Fahrenheit"
I used to be enamored with British accents, now for me the normal southeast English accent (which you hear on the BBC) is as ordinary to me as standard American, thanks to speaking with my English fiancee on a daily basis for the past 5 years
I have a friend who moved here from England at age 9. She switches her accent on and off at will. She will sound American most of the time but sound English when she talks to her parents (who obviously still have the accent) or when she sees a cute guy here and wants to impress him. She says my fake Brit accent is terrible and that if I visit England and try it on them, they'll know straight away I was an American. I love listening to it though. I definitely want to visit London and also the English countryside sometime within the next several years. Not just for the accent of course, but for the sightseeing, history, culture, museums, city life, etc.
Wow, I am genuinely surprised at this, I didn't think I'd ever see the day where you chose a cool (ish) climate over a hot climate , I guess Mecca really is a climatic hellhole.
Nope, I've seen him pick a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters and anemic summers with average daytime highs less than room temperature over my fictional climate with comfortable winters and ultra hot summers- //www.city-data.com/forum/weath...-you-heat.html
Nope, I've seen him pick a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters and anemic summers with average daytime highs less than room temperature over my fictional climate with comfortable winters and ultra hot summers- //www.city-data.com/forum/weath...-you-heat.html
Yeah but Loco's temperatures are just plain stupid. A 158 F high in July???
I have a friend who moved here from England at age 9. She switches her accent on and off at will. She will sound American most of the time but sound English when she talks to her parents (who obviously still have the accent) or when she sees a cute guy here and wants to impress him. She says my fake Brit accent is terrible and that if I visit England and try it on them, they'll know straight away I was an American. I love listening to it though. I definitely want to visit London and also the English countryside sometime within the next several years. Not just for the accent of course, but for the sightseeing, history, culture, museums, city life, etc.
My fiancee says my English accent needs work....I sound too Australian. Well, I'll settle for that I could pass off as Australian according to her
My fiancee says my English accent needs work....I sound too Australian. Well, I'll settle for that I could pass off as Australian according to her
I came across both a lot of Brits and Australians on my September trip to Florida and it's very easy for me to tell the difference; I don't understand how some Americans can confuse them. I also saw a British woman at a Disney waterpark totally freaking out and panicking during an afternoon thunderstorm with her kids crying hysterically (I told the story in another thread). Call me mean but I thought the panicking and crying with the Brit accent sounded "cute" and funny.
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I came across both a lot of Brits and Australians on my September trip to Florida and it's very easy for me to tell the difference; I don't understand how some Americans can confuse them. I also saw a British woman at a Disney waterpark totally freaking out and panicking during an afternoon thunderstorm with her kids crying hysterically (I told the story in another thread). Call me mean but I thought the panicking and crying with the Brit accent sounded "cute" and funny.
yeah I always think it's so cute hearing little kids speaking with a foreign English accent or a foreign language altogether (I get a smile on my face hearing little kids speaking in Korean, Japanese, and Chinese) and I think British accents on kids is adorable as well.
You won't find it cute when you hear the ones with the northern accents and f-ing and blinding that goes on around here.
Afterall there is no such thing as a "british accent".
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, I guess Mecca really is a climatic hellhole.
I could pass off as Australian according to her
