tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3899310402299199417..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: How to Speak AmericanLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-37375786239237290932021-09-20T12:49:27.256-04:002021-09-20T12:49:27.256-04:00Just got around to reading this, Leigh. You missed...Just got around to reading this, Leigh. You missed the British term for raining cats and dogs—pissing down!Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38195684990775734272021-09-19T18:23:18.800-04:002021-09-19T18:23:18.800-04:00(laughing) That's clever, Eve. We should team-...(laughing) That's clever, Eve. We should team-teach.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-23037518607633076152021-09-19T15:02:35.132-04:002021-09-19T15:02:35.132-04:00Bob, I like the Hotspurs comment.Bob, I like the Hotspurs comment.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32464227613904992452021-09-19T14:52:02.570-04:002021-09-19T14:52:02.570-04:00Thanks, John. I'm glad I could make a differen...Thanks, John. I'm glad I could make a difference, so to speak. I feel for the poor Canadians caught between the US and the UK. Which O which spelling to use?Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39060502528675925012021-09-19T14:50:13.624-04:002021-09-19T14:50:13.624-04:00Glad you enjoyed it, Bob. I worked in the UK and a...Glad you enjoyed it, Bob. I worked in the UK and about the time I felt comfortable I'd conquered the worst of the difference, some subtlety would trip me up. And those damn collective nouns… aargh!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89326826168984892562021-09-19T14:46:49.255-04:002021-09-19T14:46:49.255-04:00You're welcome, Anne, and good points.
Becaus...You're welcome, Anne, and good points.<br /><br />Because of exposure to the BBC, many Dutch and Belgiques have charming British accents.<br /><br />Yes, our older books often contain English and French words and spelling. I was surprised when reading Horatio Alger stories 1870± that he used British coinage– pence, shillings, pounds, etc.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38674148130052525002021-09-19T13:37:50.921-04:002021-09-19T13:37:50.921-04:00Rubber - which erases in Britain, but (hopefully) ...Rubber - which erases in Britain, but (hopefully) stops something in US<br />Knocking up - Britain, getting them out of bed; in the US, the rubber failed.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65881309013872960412021-09-19T12:55:53.993-04:002021-09-19T12:55:53.993-04:00Leigh, I've always been interested in, and fas...Leigh, I've always been interested in, and fascinated by, all the differences between American English and British English (which isn't the right way to put it, but you know what I mean). And some of the differences you mentioned here I wasn't even aware of.<br /><br />Great information, as usual. John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-43632643705136788452021-09-19T10:23:19.220-04:002021-09-19T10:23:19.220-04:00Great post. I enjoy navigating the differences. It...Great post. I enjoy navigating the differences. It's flavor (flavour) to life. I wrote a Very British guy POV once and tried--probably failed--to get all this right.<br /><br />Also, technically Tottenham are expected to piss about and somehow lose the match. Bob Mangeothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888391367916922601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80911456145622246272021-09-19T05:21:58.221-04:002021-09-19T05:21:58.221-04:00Leigh, thank you! This is a wonderful, informative...Leigh, thank you! This is a wonderful, informative, and entertaining post. The correct interpretation of the word piss must be very irritating to non-British people. I, for one, gave up!<br /><br />I was taught British English at school, so it's a challenge to discover the differences with American English. To make matters even confusing, when reading older American books, I stumble upon British English spellings. Language is alive--it keeps on changing. Anne van Doornhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071252375294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31466471131607071682021-09-19T01:15:46.203-04:002021-09-19T01:15:46.203-04:00Anne, many people are relatively unaware of the Ne...Anne, many people are relatively unaware of the Nederlands’ century-long (~1570s-1672) rôle as a dynamic world power and how it relates to the development of a young America. Secondary school classes touch upon the 80 Years War and the 30 Years War, but we’re more familiar with the Dutch purchasing Manhattan and settling eastern New York state. We know of Dutch fur trade and slave trade, but don’t realize Nederlands dominated world trade by floating as many ships and shipping as the rest of combined Europe. Unless students are maritime history fans, they don’t know the Dutch turned their backs on warships and invented fluyts, the Northern hemisphere’s first cargo ships. While we recognize Dutch Golden Age ascendancy in the fine arts during that period, we seldom connect Dutch liberalized notions of human rights, free thought, free markets, innovation, entrepreneuralism, protestant work ethic, and proto-republic ideas that influenced the direction of our nation’s development.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com