British and American English

In high-school, the English teacher used to admonish me for using British spelling for certain words.

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Americans should feel very comfortable in England -永远老李- 给 永远老李 发送悄悄话 (196 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:36:06

I had a hard time understanding Scottish accent. -waterfowl- 给 waterfowl 发送悄悄话 waterfowl 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:37:35

I feel more comfortable with American accent. -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:52:51

Great post! Thanks a lot for sharing 学习贴。 -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (167 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:59:33

Do we use taxi and curtain in the states as well ? :)) -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:02:06

I always use curtain and taxi, sometimes taxi cab. -waterfowl- 给 waterfowl 发送悄悄话 waterfowl 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:13:02

Though more comfortable w American English, I love lots of -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:50:49

British movies or TV series. Their lines sound better versed -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:52:07

Agreed! -waterfowl- 给 waterfowl 发送悄悄话 waterfowl 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 13:57:51

Good to know, thanks for sharing. -卫宁- 给 卫宁 发送悄悄话 卫宁 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 20:30:09

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