Lor18 said->> Oh yes. Us funny English and our funny English language. <<
Actually, my spoken language usually called "Deep South English" or "Southern English" is even funnier. I was raised in Miami and kind of spoke a Northern/Southern mix but moved 600 miles to northwest Florida where they still have a "real" southern drawl and after about 35 years of being up here now have lost any northern accent. When I first moved here I had some trouble understanding them. In fact, when I visited New York City a few years ago some guy in an elevator asked us to "speak" some more for them. Semi-jokingly, I put out my hand like asking for a handout and everyone laughed.
In my month long visit in England near Oxford I kept the pub crowd laughing at my accent. I can turn it off though and usually do when speaking to Yankees from the "narth". The Boston area crowd is really strange. For example, when they say, "I'm going to the party in my car." It sounds like, "I'm goin' to the potty in my caw."
I've heard that y'all have a number of different dialects but they all sound the same to me except for the Cockney speaking crowd which I can't understand at all and use sub-titles in films that have Cockney sounding slang. My ancestors were named "Raglan" and came from Wales (to Virginia in 1670) and they have their own language but the ones I spoke with knew English.
Americans with ancestry that go back 150 years or so have a high regard for the motherland although it seems that many on these boards don't. I think many of them resent the historical imperialism of the Empire but few present day countries have a good record when it comes to expansionism years ago.
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My favorite: "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
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