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broadstairs:

--- Quote from: tiffy on May 10, 2022, 10:44:22 AM ---Particular "Americanism" hate on u-tube videos.
Solder, as per normally accepted English/American spelling but pronounced "sodder"

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There are loads of words mispronounced by our American cousins, also loads of English slang which can get you in trouble. One I learned many years ago prior to my first business trip to the US was do not talk about cigarettes as fags, it had a completely different meaning over there then which in recent years has changed here as well!

Also I was in Germany on a course for my company some years ago when we were given a leaflet which said 'The is to facilitate your orientation in the town of Mainz' and two Norwegian guys turned to me and said ' what does this mean - it is English yes' and my reply was 'No it's American!' I worked for a US company!

Two countries separated by a common language could not be  more accurate!

Stuart

Bowdon:
One word that really gets me half annoyed half laughing is when Americans pronounce a 4 letter word beginning and ending in T.

I'll type the American pronounciation as it sounds nothing like the actual word they are reading. They pronounce it as twot.

It's annoying because they are trying to mimic a British word yet seem to pronounce it wrongly. It makes me wonder how they spell it.

tiffy:

--- Quote --- It makes me wonder how they spell it.
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Having worked for American companies in the petro-chemical industry all of my working life I very, very rarely encountered any American who could spell to any recognisable "English language" level, perhaps I just mixed with the wrong people! 

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