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[samcheokguy]

Hanging out with so many commonwealth people, (canada doesn't work, all you say is eh) have you started using some slang you wouldn't normally use when talking to Brits and their colonial friends
phrases like
-chat up
-birds
-fair dues
-I'd give it a miss
-Yanks (God I hate hearing myself called a 'yank' I only can think of Jeter)

And has it worked the other way? Do you find yourself slipping into an American accent?

[Ruthdes]

my god! I have started using heaps of American slang (though I'm not using "a bunch" yet, obviously!). Also, American phrasing. For example:

I've started staying 2009 as two thousand nine, instead of two thousand and nine.

I almost always say "flip flops" instead of "thongs" (get funny looks if I say that!).

I say pissed for angry (though, I haven't stopped saying it for drunk)

I've started saying "The States", which I never used before.

I've almost stopped saying "Yankee" (at least when there are Americans around).



I have tried to retain as many of my Australian expressions as I can though. I always get a laugh from Americans when I say tosser (the "er" being pronounced as an "ah" of course: "toss-ah").

[AgentM]

After watching a lot of British TV/movies over the years, and chatting with Brits, I've started dropping the odd British slang word into my speech occasionally. Things like "bloody", even though that's a word that's not used much in Canada. I try to keep it to a minimum here though because it might get me some odd looks from my fellow Canucks.

[bobbyhanlon]

i'm a brit but there's some american slang which i love to use... douchebag, for instance. thats a great word.

[rusty1983]

Douchebag is one of my own personal faves too, it has a fantastic impact in Britain too cos its not heard much.

I have to admit Ive started using one Id only ever seen before on Dave's, asshat, particularly in the form asshattery. Makes me laugh, although I cant be bothered explaining it.

[Carla]

[AgentM]

[7drunkennights]

its only a matter of time before i hear myself saying "for sure" instead of saying, " thats a fact!" thanks to my american friends.

[Carla]

Just let me know when you start saying, "Dude~!"

[rumdiary]

sweating like a rapist

[JMO]

Yea I got a lot of stick for sounding american when I went home, at least for the first few days anyway. Mainly the big long 'ow' sound in words like down, now etc. Where I'm from that sound is much shorter and the difference is very noticeable.

[Kwangjuchicken]

delete

[Kwangjuchicken]

[yamanjoe]

[quote="Kwangjuchicken"]quote]

I just was saying the same thing.

[Kwangjuchicken]

Oh My God. I just made this up. Then I googled it just for fun. I must delete.

Can you do the same, Joe?

Thanks