gedaliyah@lemmy.worldcake to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 24 days agoSpeak Americanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageSpeak Americanlemmy.worldgedaliyah@lemmy.worldcake to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square204linkfedilink
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·24 days agoit’s worse when it’s an American flag because I’m always looking for the British one
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·24 days agoBritish English is the OG English. They should always use that flag.
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·24 days agoOld English would like to have a word.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoYou’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoReceived from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoI just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation. Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·24 days agoyeah otherwise you might as well use the Australian flag or whatever
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·24 days agoOr even the Canadian flag, to make it even more fun for the US people lol
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 days agook that’s even better yeah and also Canadian for french, because it’s never wrong to mess with the french
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoWell if we want get technical it’s roots are in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoWell if we want to get technical its roots are in the Indo-European which comes from the Iranian plateau
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoI replied to the wrong person but you are right!
it’s worse when it’s an American flag because I’m always looking for the British one
British English is the OG English. They should always use that flag.
Old English would like to have a word.
Old English, where is that from?
ingerland
America
You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
I don’t get the joke sorry.
I just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation.
Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
yeah otherwise you might as well use the Australian flag or whatever
Or even the Canadian flag, to make it even more fun for the US people lol
ok that’s even better yeah
and also Canadian for french, because it’s never wrong to mess with the french
Well if we want get technical it’s roots are in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Well if we want to get technical its roots are in the Indo-European which comes from the Iranian plateau
I replied to the wrong person but you are right!