My own journal

[Starlight]

I will use this journal for various purposes.

One of the purposes is to practice English and maybe manage to learn English fluently? I'm not going to cheat with google translate. Google translate is forbidden here

 

[Viker]

Google translate is only good for single words, anyway. It doesn't always factor in grammar and syntax. Just keep practicing here. Heck, I will have you doing English like a Southern girl.

 

[John53]

I can help you learn how to butcher English the Australian way.

 

[Heyo]

Heck, I will have you doing English like a Southern girl.

Not on my watch!

 

[Viker]

Not on my watch!

Whatchu watchin boy!?

 

[ChristineM]

I will use this journal for various purposes.

One of the purposes is to practice English and maybe manage to learn English fluently? I'm not going to cheat with google translate. Google translate is forbidden here

It may be forbidden here but translators are handy. I can recommend https://www.deepl.com/translator. I find it better for longer texts

 

[Heyo]

Whatchu watchin boy!?

Watch your language, girl!

 

[sun rise]

You might enjoy this series "The Story of English" which goes into differences in how English is used in England, Scotland, Australia, USA etc. Books and Films - The Story of English (PBS documentary presented by Robert MacNeil)

Just one example. In India I would here that someone was going to "dilate" rather than "expand" on a topic. Dilate to me is a medical term. Another was "they put the wrong question to you" rather than "they asked you the wrong question"

So don't be overly concerned about "proper" English because that does not really exist.

 

[Secret Chief]

I can help you learn how to butcher English the Australian way.

Nobody can understand me outside of my home town. Accents change every 10 miles

 

[Secret Chief]

So don't be overly concerned about "proper" English because that does not really exist

Well not in America certainly.

 

[Heyo]

Well not in America certainly.

Also not the UK. The English are the worst English speakers.

 

[ChristineM]

Nobody can understand me outside of my home town. Accents change every 10 miles

You need to try speaking french with a broad Lancaster accent.

 

[John53]

Nobody can understand me outside of my home town. Accents change every 10 miles

Pardon?

 

[ChristineM]

Also not the UK. The English are the worst English speakers.

Very true. I heard this second or third hand. The only place in the UK where they speak proper kings English (if such a monstrosity exists) is a small town on the west cost of Scotland. I think it was Largs, when I went there i couldn't understand a word spoken.

 

[ChristineM]

Nobody can understand me outside of my home town. Accents change every 10 miles

Lancashire?

 

[Gargovic Malkav]

Well not in America certainly.

It's true.
In my English class people got corrected when they pronounced a word such as "castle" the American way.
Irish and Scots don't speak proper English either according to the teacher.

 

[Secret Chief]

Also not the UK. The English are the worst English speakers.

Who are the best?

 

[Secret Chief]

Pardon?

Yer wha?

 

[Secret Chief]

Lancashire?

Staffershire.

 

[Secret Chief]

It's true.
In my English class people got corrected when they pronounced a word such as "castle" the American way.
Irish and Scots don't speak proper English either according to the teacher.

Alexa can't be used in Glasgow.