Mr. Klaw
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Nobody understands Americans. We don't even understand ourselves. |
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Aaron A
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Of course they can. Whether they choose to is another issue. We speak the same language with minor colloquial variations. |
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ellysium06
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Are you an idiot! |
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Fairy Codswallop
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Sorry, what was that? Can someone please translate, I haven't a clue what this person is saying.
:P sometimes I have to look up what things are like I didn't know what broiling was, so I looked it up and found out it meant grilling, besides that I normally know how to translate American to English and vice versa. |
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Mer-Dory - (Queen of Doryland)
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Of course we can, don't be so anserine.
It's just unfortunate that Americans have changed the meanings of several English words, ie: @ss, f@ggot, chips, gay, f@g, suspenders, pu$$y etc. |
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jleslie4585
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In the linguistic sense only. Yup we get what they're saying, but we have to avoid frequently shaking our heads at just how strange some of it is. Americans wanted to say aluminium in their own way so badly that they altered the way they spelt it, that last i was obviously giving them too much trouble :) |
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byedabye
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Eh?? What?? Could you repeat that?? |
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kjb2b
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don't even humour the dumb american,her only joy in life is to annoy other people.go play with the traffic.
if you read her other questions you'll see what i mean. |
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monkeyface
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I am Scottish & they can't understand us & we only live next door. |
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kam
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americans are different from english . |
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Best-Of-Enemies
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yes, they do everything we want. Look at their prime minister |
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Rachel O
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There'll be the odd word that needs to be clarified. |
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peanutz
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Yes, just that you left them eons ago to settle elsewhere. |
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^THE SAUDi^
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no |
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Hallber
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What's not to understand? If you are talking about the way you speak, of course we do! We are all speaking English aren't we? (Okay, Americans speak their own version of the English language but still, it is recogniseable in the margins as the same language..!).
If you are asking about policies, in particular US foreign and domestic policy, I have to confess, no I do not understand what is up there. How can Dubbya be so self-righteous about putting other countries 'to rights' when his own domestic policies are in such a mess? Witness your plummeting dollar and his shambolic welfare reform proposals...feh!
If you are asking if we understand why Bush is in the White House at all I have to say no, I do not understand that either!
Or if you are asking whether we understand the paradox in the majoity of the US nation (i.e. those who voted) who take a strong stance on abortion and stem cell research yet feeling able to support Dubbya in his attempts to raze another country to the ground in a bid to introduce 'democracy'...well, that I will NEVER get.
Of course, I am speaking for myself only here! :) |
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Tiffany A
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I think it's an okay question to ask...innocent,really. I am American and I had a little bit of a hard time understanding the British when I flew. It's not that I'm stupid, it's just that accents can do that to people. Not a bad question at all. |
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luscious 21
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am i ansering ur question?!!!no obviously we dont understand you!of course, u make us sound like aliens, dont forget its the english language u speak, u just changed the way u say and spell things because u obviously find it hard to spell an pronounce things our way cz ur all !? |
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harry
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OF COARSE WE CAN DO YOU THINK WE ARE DUMB WE TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH YANKS IS THEY ARE SO LOUD YOU WILL BE LIKED MORE IF YOU DID NOT THINK YOU ARE ABOVE ALL OTHERS |
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dev
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yup they sure do! :) |
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The librarian
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I don't understand. Kidding - anyway I'm Irish so I can't comment. Though my husband and kids are English and they seem to be just as bright as any other bright person of any nationality. I love some of these questions - they make no sense at all! |
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wont_cook
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yeh....unless your from somewhere tucked away with no outside contact, then the inbreeding confuses us. |
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Claim The Earth
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If you mean language, most European young people can speak English. It is amazing how they did it, but they do. If you talk about American pop culture, 50% of the young people in most of the large tourist cities understand quite well. American movies and TV programs are quite easy to find on Western European TV screens. I heard French will pretend they do not understand English, even if they do. But I have never experienced it first hand. |
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petite lizzie ♥
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if that was a sincere q, then yup course we can. YOU SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE!
if that was a joke, then no. doh. i mean, what with the accent, and slang how the h*** we meant to know what ur goin on bout? sneakers, pants, restrooms. yup. definitely not |
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misty40
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Yes we can, some of us even end up marrying americans, the ultimate in understanding them :) |
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