In Dialects^x, Jokes^x

So anyone moving to America would be wise to learn American English - the native language. Actually, in some instances learning RP would actually be better. If you can speak with a nearly perfect RP accent, you will be perceived as being a native speaker of British English, on this side of the...

Milky wrote: Marvin A. wrote:I'm sure there's something like that somewhere, as a joke. That would really be a laugh, because at least here, where it isn't often that you run into an Indian, they have the reputation of being very hard to understand. I was speaking seriously. If, as you say,...

I am not quite close to 'homeless'. I am living at my aunt's home because my granny invited 3 of her siplings to stay... aiya, according to my parents this is going to last 2 weeks or more. I am currently using my uncle's PC just to get here and take a look at what you say. Though I cannot come...

I suspect that John Lennon was making a small joke. (More evident in dialects where Hs are dropped.) MrP

To Abbie, pieanne and other ladies here, How do feel about being referred to as "guys"? To my knowledge, in England, home and birth place of the English language, the term "guy" is like "chap" and refers to a man or a grown boy and not to a woman or a girl. Temico, I wouldn't/don't mind at all...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

Which play is it? Is it contemporary, set specifically in an Afro-Caribbean community, or what? I grew up in Brixton and agree with david. It is an incredibly mixed area, particularly famous for its West Indian/Jamaican/Black British community which makes up well over 50% of the population in...