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One British term I agree is horrid when said by Americans imlad Send a noteboard - 25/10/2012 06:20:54 PM
It just does not sound right with anything but a British accent (the Irish and Scots don't even sound right saying it to me).

The phrase?

"sod off"

The American accent just does not work with that phrase at all.

Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
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Do us Yanks use too many British terms? imlad - 24/10/2012 03:28:53 AM 956 Views
I use very few of those terms and thankfully, I'm not a "Yank" or "Yankee" Larry - 24/10/2012 03:46:40 AM 732 Views
I use "bloody" because I've read WoT for years. Dannymac - 24/10/2012 04:41:31 AM 722 Views
Gorram Ahm'Merkins *NM* Praziquantel - 26/10/2012 06:56:17 PM 302 Views
Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. Narg - 24/10/2012 05:25:18 AM 840 Views
It' called football. You silly americans and your handegg! *NM* Bergioyn - 24/10/2012 07:32:47 AM 372 Views
There is no disputing that our use of the word football is total nonsense *NM* Narg - 24/10/2012 07:48:46 AM 333 Views
I may be wrong, but I believe it's called a football because it's 12-inches long. Gher - 25/10/2012 07:15:28 PM 785 Views
Using a non-Metric system of measurement is total nonsense. Bergioyn - 25/10/2012 07:51:27 PM 685 Views
How can you say that?! Gher - 25/10/2012 08:40:20 PM 761 Views
I'm an evil European. Bergioyn - 26/10/2012 04:20:57 PM 763 Views
I don't think so. Has to do with its historical origins in rugby football. *NM* Legolas - 25/10/2012 09:17:20 PM 290 Views
Regulation balls are shorter than that, and "gridiron" is an unambiguous international term. Joel - 26/10/2012 11:41:18 PM 675 Views
Re: Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. Stephen - 24/10/2012 08:22:37 AM 684 Views
Bad example. Sheep is both a singular and plural noun. *NM* Narg - 24/10/2012 02:47:34 PM 290 Views
That may be the problem. Joel - 27/10/2012 12:00:49 AM 690 Views
ever since I was a kid, it was a soccer pitch imlad - 25/10/2012 06:17:38 PM 708 Views
You all need to include some Irish-isms into your daily speech. Stephen - 24/10/2012 08:26:30 AM 769 Views
One British term I agree is horrid when said by Americans imlad - 25/10/2012 06:20:54 PM 762 Views
I think it's a minor issue for anyone to get rile3d about... vandevere - 26/10/2012 01:10:25 AM 797 Views
Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. Joel - 27/10/2012 12:10:52 AM 704 Views
Re: Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. imlad - 27/10/2012 04:24:26 AM 765 Views
Try "apt." Joel - 27/10/2012 04:13:18 PM 684 Views
always hated the letters "pt" together in that order imlad - 28/10/2012 04:44:29 AM 689 Views
Having enough neuroses of my own, I will not be accountable for yours. Joel - 28/10/2012 01:55:44 PM 728 Views
Can't happen fast enough. Tim - 29/10/2012 09:07:34 PM 712 Views
I picked up a lot of Britishisms from Ian Anderson Panorphaeon - 05/11/2012 05:00:50 PM 834 Views
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