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Old 01-24-2007, 08:35 PM   #10
Mixie
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*waves* Hullo.

Well, I need to focus on British (RP, to be precise) for my study, and I must say that the most confusing bit of the language is to determine which parts are British and which are American. That's bloody difficult, I can tell you.

Yes, that makes it even worse; when people have a mistake pointed out to them (with flashing signs and visual aids) and refuse to correct it. I couldn't say whether they known damn well that they're wrong but are simply too stubborn to admit it, or just don't believe that they're wrong. I also can't say which one is worse. Lol.

In this thread I saw a few words that were foreign of origin, and thus easily mispronounced. Being all to familiar with this, I also come across the other side of it - Dutch people horribly mispronouncing English words. I have to bite off my tongue to prevent myself from saying something about it, because I don't want to look like a wise-ass. But it's sooo hard.. *whine*
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