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Re: fabrication ... American english vs English english

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups alt.english.usage, alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, alt.conspiracy, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: fabrication ... American english vs English english
Date 2026-06-24 02:40 +0000
Message-ID <na0udjFg0fjU5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <111b41p$1f11q$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <111b7v7$1gakk$1@dont-email.me> <111bb50$1hb6d$1@dont-email.me> <64kj3l5u4jbj9905obses4aivqsf7dg1l7@4ax.com> <111dmtd$268p0$1@dont-email.me>

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On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:24:42 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:

> On 23/06/2026 10:17 am, KenitoBenito wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:51:41 +1000, Daniel70
>> <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>>>>> What about English English or British English? What is a "chip"?
>>>>
>>>> What's this "American English" rubbish?  American is what many people
>>>> speak in America; it has a passing resemblance to English but is
>>>> largely misunderstood by English-speaking people. See the example
>>>> above where a chip in American is a crisp in English, and chips in
>>>> Britain are "French Fries" or something similar in American.
>>>>
>>>> English is what must people speak in Great Britain, with a variety of
>>>> regional accents; and some totally distinct languages like Welsh or
>>>> Gaelic
>>>
>>> My Scottish Brother-in-Law might disagree with that. ;-p
>> 
>>       A fair number in Scotland can, and surely do, speak Scots.
> 
> I can't say I've ever heard my Brother-in-Law (who has lived here in
> Australia for almost 40 years) speak Scottish!! Well, a couple of words
> now and again (his 'party trick'!!), but not a real conversational
> piece.
> 
>>>> Australian "Strine" is what most speak in Australia.
>>>>
>>> No, here in Australia, we speak English.
>> 
>>       More specific, the Australian dialect of English.
>> 
> Well, we would have called it 'The Queens English' .... until a couple
> of years ago!!

Perhaps they are not representative but I find it easier to understand the 
dialog in Australian movies and shows than British ones. 

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