I'm American. Ask me anything.

[anothersam]

Why is Rounders so popular in America?

The commentary is a big part of the appeal.

View: https://youtu.be/lKY5fmDGVLs

 

[clid61]

Why do you not speak English properly ?

 

[Rusty Nails]

Why do you not speak English properly ?

Tbf the op writes quite well in English. Better than many of the natives on here. I haven't heard him speak.

 

[clid61]

Tbf the op writes quite well in English. Better than many of the natives on here. I haven't heard him speak.

I was generalising

 

[Rusty Nails]

I was generalising

I know

 

[Drago]

Tbf the op writes quite well in English. Better than many of the natives on here. I haven't heard him speak.

He pays Seth McFarlane to interpret for him.

 

[Chris S]

Why do you not speak English properly ?

Americans are probably speaking the original English, 'fall' instead of 'autumn' (etc).
We're the ones who aren't speaking it properly

 

[figbat]

Americans are probably speaking the original English, 'fall' instead of 'autumn' (etc).
We're the ones who aren't speaking it properly

I've heard this touted before - the American speak a version less evolved from the 17th century than we use in the UK. A classic example being the use of "gotten" - where we (UK) tend to consider it either American or archaic, whereas it's used more contemporarily in the US.

 

[swee'pea99]

I've heard this touted before - the American speak a version less evolved from the 17th century than we use in the UK. A classic example being the use of "gotten" - where we (UK) tend to consider it either American or archaic, whereas it's used more contemporarily in the US.

I've heard it said that though we think of Laurence Olivier and the like as sounding Shakespearian, Shakespeare's actors (and more generally, contemporaries) spoke with an accent that survives truest among Appalachian hillbillies. To be or not to be, y'all.

 

[Chris S]

I've heard it said that though we think of Laurence Olivier and the like as sounding Shakespearian, Shakespeare's actors (and more generally, contemporaries) spoke with an accent that survives truest among Appalachian hillbillies. To be or not to be, y'all.

I heard that certain passages in Shakespeare only rhyme if they are read in a Birmingham accent.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Jolene from The Queen’s Gambit (on Netflix) will take this one:

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View: https://youtu.be/ydca1wzlheg


View: https://youtu.be/acLW1vFO-2Q

The Great Gatsby also has a few things to tell us about this subject. Unfortunately I didn’t have a copy of it in the house for a photo op, so this will have to do.

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Blimey

 

[Drago]

We all know not to mix spots and stripes, yet thqts what the US flag does. Have you not considered a nice chequered affair, or perhaps an AR15 silhouette on a target background?

 

[classic33]

Who's won the election

 

[MntnMan62]

Who's won the election

We won't know until Friday at the earliest. Probably longer than that.

 

[slowmotion]

Coffee. You get a bean, roast it, grind it and then add hot water. It's pretty simple. Why turn it into some kind of daft over-priced sacrament with a thousand and one variants?