Nope it wasn't called that, it was something more English.

"Irony, that's like bronzey and goldy", Baldrick.

one thing you got to remember is that languages have never stayed the same for too long.. so its only change from old, and you cant stop it from happening. even 'official' grammar changes occasionally

you could probably still consider british english in general to be the original english cause thats where all other variations came from and then were elaborated upon

True, just like the teams of people that read as much stuff in English as possible. When a new word is used or a word is used in a different context, they update the dictionary.

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Originally posted by Palivar "Eh man, ja sam dobro, wuzzzaahhhh...eh you need like me man, yeh, wuzzzaaaaah...look at me chicas, oye wuzzzaaaaahh...haha yeeeaahh"

OMFG! Palivar is BACK! Where have ya been, mate?

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Originally posted by stella I read the other day how American TV was affecting language in the UK. Mainly the young trendy TV like Friends where they now seem to restructure sentences and end them as a question, already. <- like that. They had a funny name for this new way of speaking, can't remember what it was called though.

AHAHAHA
And Neighbours/H&A is giving all the young'uns Aussie accents lol
That and it's teaching all the young girls how to end sentences with a rising inflection, so everything sounds like a question. That's something a LOT of Aussie women do, and it drives me NUTS

Anyone else that's wondering, I can pick some different American accents, Noo Yawk especially. I defy anyone to pick the difference between Aussie accents

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Originally posted by stella There is a difference I can tell from northern to deep southern We have that in the UK. Something might get you a pint and a pat on the back in London but a smack in the face up north, like.

Yeah, like charging £2 for a pint.

In London the bar-owner would get a pat on the back. In Newcastle he'd be more likely to get a punch in the face

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Originally posted by webmeister AHAHAHA And Neighbours/H&A is giving all the young'uns Aussie accents lol That and it's teaching all the young girls how to end sentences with a rising inflection, so everything sounds like a question. That's something a LOT of Aussie women do, and it drives me NUTS

I've been dying to say that, but thought some Aussie might flame me?

Imagine if the Aussie women typed like they spoke, every sentence would end in a question?


EB

oh hang on, Kylie could write anything as long as it ended with "will you please f#@% me"... she would have to say please though.

Oi Butterfly theres probably around 50 - 75 accents in the UK, theres at least one for every country and extra accents aswell.

Only difference I can tell between Americans, is if their rednecks then after that the rest of you sound the same.

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And that doesn't include Welsh, Gaelic etc. which are different languages.