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Do Americans say Ta for thank you?
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Twelvefret
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That is not an option, Chris.
Vacumatic
Testy
So do I, especially if the actors are Scottish or Welsh, or young for that matter.
Twelvefret
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I find the Scottish dialect particularly difficult to interpret. I mean no disrespect because I love it and assume my ancestors may have sounded the same.
Disrespect was never intended only that some accents are difficult to follow no matter where the people are from. That includes some of the accents found in different parts of Canada. I am a first-generation Canadian mongrel being of British and German extraction. A lot of my friends in school were the same coming from parents born outside of Canada. It was great as you got to try out food from all over the world when visiting a friend's home. You also got to learn how to swear in several different languages.
Bob
Vacumatic
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I can imagine that family tree research is popular in Canada.Disrespect was never intended only that some accents are difficult to follow no matter where the people are from. That includes some of the accents found in different parts of Canada. I am a first-generation Canadian mongrel being of British and German extraction. A lot of my friends in school were the same coming from parents born outside of Canada. It was great as you got to try out food from all over the world when visiting a friend's home. You also got to learn how to swear in several different languages.
Bob
I wonder if any can trace their family back to those being transported in the early 1700s, over 20,000 were shipped to Canada under the 1718 Transportation Act.
Twelvefret
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My oldest know ancestor was a Kennedy /Scots Irish. He is buried in a grave about 7 miles from where I grew up. The other family is more of an Irish name.
I suppose family tree research is popular here. My wife likes looking into her family tree.
I have never heard of that act before now. A quick google solved that. You learn something new every day. That just gives us another common denominator with other British colonies. I did find mention of 50,000 being sent to what is now the US. I imagine Australia got a few too.
Bob
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I had heard that Canada received more convicts than Australia but now cannot find evidence of that. I know that a substantial number of English convicts were sold as slaves in Maryland and Virginia.I suppose family tree research is popular here. My wife likes looking into her family tree.
I have never heard of that act before now. A quick google solved that. You learn something new every day. That just gives us another common denominator with other British colonies. I did find mention of 50,000 being sent to what is now the US. I imagine Australia got a few too.
Bob
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TobyC
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I've seen some non-English movies with options of "English" or British English".
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There is only one English and that’s English and its local dialects. The rest are just derivatives: Canadian English, American English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Scottish/Welsh/Irish English,etc. Stop the nonsense of “British” English.I've seen some non-English movies with options of "English" or British English".
You can always use this...
American English to British English Converter | GoTranscript
Our American to British english converter helps change words from American english to British english. Click to try it out now!
Twelvefret
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I watched a Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and notice she said the equivalent of "sh*&T often.There is only one English and that’s English and its local dialects. The rest are just derivatives: Canadian English, American English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Scottish/Welsh/Irish English,etc. Stop the nonsense of “British” English.
Twelvefret
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When I was a little boy, there were "convicts" working on the road. Once they were in a bus in a quarry. Something occurred and an explosion killed a bus load. I didn't hear about this much afterwards. Convicts were code for slave or free labor.
TobyC
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Any language used in one place will drift over time, even England. I wonder how strange a 1700's Londoner would sound to both of us?There is only one English and that’s English and its local dialects. The rest are just derivatives: Canadian English, American English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Scottish/Welsh/Irish English,etc. Stop the nonsense of “British” English.