Why America Is Better than All Your ****hole Countries

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 01-07-2014, 07:51 PM

im no good with where stuff is on a map. i also just group together all ppl from iraq, iran, lebanon, syria, etc

Paul Smeenus · 01-07-2014, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Posting this here, do Americans distinguish between English/Scottish/Welsh or do you think all of us are the same i.e. British?

Speaking for myself(and in my experience this is pretty representative of most Americans) the English are easily distinguished from the Scottish and Irish (I recognize you didn't ask about Irish, j/s).

Welsh is much much much less distinguishable for most of us. I've known a Welshman from the Mike Keneally newsgroup for over ten years, back when the group was highly active in the first half of the '00's I made the mistake of calling him English instead of Welsh on several occasions, and so did most of us.

**Janszoon** · 01-07-2014, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Speaking for myself(and in my experience this is pretty representative of most Americans) the English are easily distinguished from the Scottish and Irish (I recognize you didn't ask about Irish, j/s).

Welsh is much much much less distinguishable for most of us. I've known a Welshman from the Mike Keneally newsgroup for over ten years, back when the group was highly active in the first half of the '00's I made the mistake of calling him English instead of Welsh on several occasions, and so did most of us.

I think this is a pretty accurate assessment of things over here.

Key · 01-07-2014, 09:29 PM

This is a pretty accurate description of America:

Burning Down · 01-07-2014, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Posting this here, do Americans distinguish between English/Scottish/Welsh or do you think all of us are the same i.e. British?

I can tell the difference and the distinction is really easy. Especially between Scottish, English, and Irish accents. Welsh is a little harder to pick out, but then again I don't really know what the accent sounds like.

Can you distinguish between Americans and Canadians, or is everyone just "American"? I think the difference is pretty obvious.

**Janszoon** · 01-07-2014, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I can tell the difference and the distinction is really easy. Especially between Scottish, English, and Irish accents. Welsh is a little harder to pick out, but then again I don't really know what the accent sounds like.

Can you distinguish between Americans and Canadians, or is everyone just "American"? I think the difference is pretty obvious.

I think it's actually easier to tell the difference between a northern American accent and a southern American accent than it is to tell the difference between a northern American accent and a Canadian accent.

Paul Smeenus · 01-07-2014, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Can you distinguish between Americans and Canadians, or is everyone just "American"? I think the difference is pretty obvious.

Do you say "oot and aboot"?

Burning Down · 01-07-2014, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I think it's actually easier to tell the difference between a northern American accent and a southern American accent than it is to tell the difference between a northern American accent and a Canadian accent.

Oh yeah, I agree. I think almost 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the border, so there are definitely going to be similarities in the accent, all along the border. Same with slang and colloquial language. When I did that "American Dialect Map" quiz thing, the hottest matches for me were Buffalo and Rochester, and most of New York. It makes complete sense.

I have a friend who has visited a number of countries and has been mistaken for an American every time until she showed her passport, and people were saying she sounds American. I always thought that was interesting. My boyfriend once told me that he could never tell the difference, especially back home and would always assume somebody was American at first.

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Do you say "oot and aboot"?

I find that people from Alberta and BC have that kind of accent. It's not as exaggerated as Americans make it out to be, but it's there.

**Janszoon** · 01-07-2014, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Oh yeah, I agree. I think almost 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the border, so there are definitely going to be similarities in the accent, all along the border. Same with slang and colloquial language. When I did that "American Dialect Map" quiz thing, the hottest matches for me were Buffalo and Rochester, and most of New York. It makes complete sense.

I have a friend who has visited a number of countries and has been mistaken for an American every time until she showed her passport, and people were saying she sounds American. I always thought that was interesting. My boyfriend once told me that he could never tell the difference, especially back home and would always assume somebody was American at first.

People used to always ask me if I was Canadian!

Cheese · 01-07-2014, 11:15 PM

I'm forever asked what part of England I'm from.

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Cheese Shadow on the wall Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 823	I'm forever asked what part of England I'm from.