Speak American

gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 27 天前

stebo@sopuli.xyz · 26 天前

it’s worse when it’s an American flag because I’m always looking for the British one

Scrollone@feddit.it · 26 天前

British English is the OG English. They should always use that flag.

Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com · 26 天前

Old English would like to have a word.

Honytawk@feddit.nl · 26 天前

Old English, where is that from?

PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk · 26 天前

ingerland

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 26 天前

America

SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee · 26 天前

You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 26 天前

Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.

SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee · 26 天前

I don’t get the joke sorry.

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 25 天前

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?

stebo@sopuli.xyz · 26 天前

yeah otherwise you might as well use the Australian flag or whatever

Scrollone@feddit.it · 26 天前

Or even the Canadian flag, to make it even more fun for the US people lol

stebo@sopuli.xyz · 26 天前

ok that’s even better yeah

and also Canadian for french, because it’s never wrong to mess with the french

Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com · 25 天前

Well if we want get technical it’s roots are in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Scrollone@feddit.it · 25 天前

Well if we want to get technical its roots are in the Indo-European which comes from the Iranian plateau

Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com · 25 天前

I replied to the wrong person but you are right!