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British vs English
Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in message ...
(?ystein) wrote in om: You mean they speak with a potato in their mouth? ducks and runs No neads for running. The point is that this accent is very unike for Danish. What's more is that it is more or less impossible for the Icelandics to pronounce, when they try it comes out as Norwegian pronounciation of Danich vocabulary. When we know that Icelandic is the modern language closest to the Northern language spoken by the vikings it sounds reasonable to assume that the accent is not from the vikings. When we know that the Anglians originally from the modern mainland of Denmark settled in this area, I find it reasonable to assume that this is the origin of the Northumbria accent. Jan |
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(?ystein) wrote in message . com...
Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in message ... (?ystein) wrote in om: You mean they speak with a potato in their mouth? ducks and runs No neads for running. The point is that this accent is very unike for Danish. What's more is that it is more or less impossible for the Icelandics to pronounce, when they try it comes out as Norwegian pronounciation of Danich vocabulary. You should say Icelander, actually A lot of Icelanders seem to be able to speak Danish with a very good Danish accent, you do not seem to know the right ones. |
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(Sigvaldi Eggertsson) wrote in message . com...
(?ystein) wrote in message . com... Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in message ... (?ystein) wrote in om: You mean they speak with a potato in their mouth? ducks and runs No neads for running. The point is that this accent is very unike for Danish. What's more is that it is more or less impossible for the Icelandics to pronounce, when they try it comes out as Norwegian pronounciation of Danich vocabulary. You should say Icelander, actually A lot of Icelanders seem to be able to speak Danish with a very good Danish accent, you do not seem to know the right ones. Belive me - not true. I am Norwegian and have lived in Denmark for years. Second this is somewhat besides the point that was: The accent in for instance Northumbria sounds very much like Danish. Jan |
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The British Isles (was) British vs English
Olivers wrote in message ...
Jonathan Morton muttered.... "Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message ... And can I try once again to promote the term "Celtic Archipelago" in preference to "British Isles"? Scuppered H'aisles... TMO IONA Islands of the North Atlantic |
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I missed most of this discussion. As a Scot living in America I constantly come across people not knowing the difference between British and English. I can't hold it against anyone though. It is mistaken everywhere The History Channel, CNN, In 'English Pubs' http://www.georgeanddragonpub.com Apparently its "Seattle's Only Authentic English Pub ". Notice the two big British Flags at the top of the website. Other places it is mistaken also include newspapers and even The US Postal Service. Where on numerous occasions I have asked either for postage to the UK or Scotland then have the receipt say "England" on it. Once I asked for postage to the UK once and the gentlemen behind the counter was nice enough to "correct me". "You mean England", he said. So we then had a nice chat in front of everyone in line about the difference between UK/British/English. His supervisor was nice enough to join in the conversation also. I felt he should be a part of it too. Hey even the US governemnt cannot get it right. In their US Citizenship questions, Where foreigners prove their knowledge of America to become citizens. One of the actual questions reads 1. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? Germany England France Russia Personally I was looking for "the none of the above" option. But when you click to reveal the answers the "correct" answer of England is shown. At least the new citizens will know the same wrong answers as many of the native ones know. I say many since there are many people who do not know the correct answer but on the other hand I have met many Americans who do. Sadly the ones who know are significantly outnumbered. You can see for yourselves at ]http://uscis.gov/graphics/exec/na- tz/natztest.asp?FormMode=INPROCESS[/url] Click generate questions till the above question comes up. For those of you that still think the war of independence was against England. Then you are mistaken. If you check the declaration of independence ]http://www.archives.gov/nat- ional_archives_experience/declaration_transcript.html[/url] British/Britain is mentioned four times "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations" "We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren" "Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain" It seems the founding fathers knew the difference. It also seems that the folk at USCIS should read the declaration of independence. Another thing that should be noted. Is that in the entire existence of the United States. Scotland and England have never been seperate countries. Scotland and England were joined by a treaty called the Act of Union (1 May 1707). http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/union.html They were unified 69 years and 64 days before the declaration of independance on 4 Jul 1776. I have nothing against England or the English. Its just I'm not English. It offends me when the terms British and English are used interchangeably when clearly they are not. -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:21:15 +0000, k1journey wrote:
I missed most of this discussion. As a Scot living in America I constantly come across people not knowing the difference between British and English ...snip... Blimey, that was a tirade and a half. I'm sitting here with my hair blown back and a vacant stare on my face. ;-) -- Tim C. |
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British vs English
Following up to k1journey
1. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? Germany England France Russia nice one! I'm surprised Iraq wasn't there :-) -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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"The Reids" wrote in message ... Following up to k1journey 1. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? Germany England France Russia nice one! I'm surprised Iraq wasn't there :-) Although, according to the Mel Gibson school of history, the options should have been: England England England England :-) Alan Harrison |
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