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« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2015, 03:22:18 PM »

I thought most euros speak American English? All the young euros I meet especially those educated in international schools have American twangs.
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« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2015, 03:29:28 PM »

I thought most euros speak American English? All the young euros I meet especially those educated in international schools have American twangs.

I was talking about written English.

Most continentals speak English with a mix of British and American phrases using their native accent. International schools are very unrepresentative.

If you want to get rid of your local accent it is generally easier to aim for an American accent.You can get closer to that than a British.
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« Reply #52 on: March 31, 2015, 03:33:15 PM »


Hah! Brilliant.
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« Reply #53 on: March 31, 2015, 04:45:52 PM »

I thought most euros speak American English? All the young euros I meet especially those educated in international schools have American twangs.

A delightful irony of the modern world is that the posher someone from a Continental country is, the more likely they are to sound quasi-American when speaking in English.
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« Reply #54 on: March 31, 2015, 04:47:57 PM »

Though it should be pointed out that strictly speaking 'British English' is an Americanism.
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« Reply #55 on: March 31, 2015, 04:53:04 PM »

How else would I show that I am superior to the working class?
You mean superiour? See how ridiculous that is brits?  Now you know how we feel.  You can have your manoeuavers.

Colour is like color but with more of u in it..and thats bad.
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« Reply #56 on: March 31, 2015, 05:16:57 PM »

I like when the language floats around from different classes, regions and decade. Nothing better than somebody mixing, say, Liverpudlian, RP, estuary and  cockney in a delightfully confused mess.
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