The English language

It has more dialects around the world than I realised. Every country where it's the official language changes it around to suit themselves.

I first noticed this when I moved from one Australian state to another as a 12-year-old and almost needed an interpreter to get by at my new school. Everyday stuff like the books we wrote in and the containers we used to carry them to school.

Nowadays I carry quite a lot of translations in my head because of the internet.

Aubergine, mange-tout peas, butternut squash, bell pepper, cilantro, courgette - and that's just vegetables. None of these terms are used in Australia.
We put petrol in our cars, cook with gas, and may live in flats or apartments, townhouses, villa units or units if our residence is not a single house on a 500sq.m block.

Do Canadians have a similar collection of local words?

True Canadian speak is done while drunk.

You have much to learn grasshopper 🤔

...yes I am drunk right now 😔

@contenchess said
...yes I am drunk right now 😔

Yeah but that doesn't make you a bad guy...

No wait! Yes it does! It makes you a blithering drunk! (have one for me)

@Earl-of-Trumps

I drank 3 for you...

Better safe than sorry 🥴

@kewpie said
It has more dialects around the world than I realised. Every country where it's the official language changes it around to suit themselves.

I first noticed this when I moved from one Australian state to another as a 12-year-old and almost needed an interpreter to get by at my new school. Everyday stuff like the books we wrote in and the containers we used to carry them t ...[text shortened]... not a single house on a 500sq.m block.

Do Canadians have a similar collection of local words?

There’s about 40 different dialects on English in England alone.

In places like the geordie north east and farming north Devon outsiders will be fortunate to understand a word.

@kewpie said
It has more dialects around the world than I realised. Every country where it's the official language changes it around to suit themselves.

I first noticed this when I moved from one Australian state to another as a 12-year-old and almost needed an interpreter to get by at my new school. Everyday stuff like the books we wrote in and the containers we used to carry them t ...[text shortened]... not a single house on a 500sq.m block.

Do Canadians have a similar collection of local words?

I had to look it up. Apparently there are 8 regional dialects in Canada. Thanks for asking the question. I now have my “Learn something new every day”, for today.👍😁

@kewpie said
It has more dialects around the world than I realised. Every country where it's the official language changes it around to suit themselves.

I first noticed this when I moved from one Australian state to another as a 12-year-old and almost needed an interpreter to get by at my new school. Everyday stuff like the books we wrote in and the containers we used to carry them t ...[text shortened]... not a single house on a 500sq.m block.

Do Canadians have a similar collection of local words?

Good thread.

Also the different pronunciations used sound like a another language at times, throw in all the accents and the question ‘do you speak English’ has too many answers 😅

TV helps with the American ones and I feel that people in Aus, UK and Ireland are aware of the differences and adjust whereas Americans will never change their language to suit the people they’re with. A perfect example was Dives what sport do you like to watch with friends thread, he says football then in brackets soccer, edler then posts football and in brackets football, even though it’s the only country in the world which calls American football football, them it’s football and everyone else is wrong.

@Trev33

Same thing with Draughts/Checkers.

Most of the world calls it Draughts but Americans call it Checkers.

@great-big-stees said
I had to look it up. Apparently there are 8 regional dialects in Canada. Thanks for asking the question. I now have my “Learn something new every day”, for today.👍😁

Interesting that you say 'apparently' as I remember you saying that Canadians basically all sound pretty much the same as each other despite the size of the country. Does that mean the dialects are a handful of obscure isolated places rather than regions or states?

@trev33 said
Good thread.

Also the different pronunciations used sound like a another language at times, throw in all the accents and the question ‘do you speak English’ has too many answers 😅

TV helps with the American ones and I feel that people in Aus, UK and Ireland are aware of the differences and adjust whereas Americans will never change their language to suit the people they ...[text shortened]... in the world which calls American football football, them it’s football and everyone else is wrong.

You're Wrong trev33,

Soccer is played with the round ball.
Not much in the way of protective gear that can be seen.

Football has a different shaped ball!
Players are dressed like Gladiators just no shields or swords. 🙂

-VR

@very-rusty said
You're Wrong trev33,

Soccer is played with the round ball.
Not much in the way of protective gear that can be seen.

Football has a different shaped ball!
Players are dressed like Gladiators just no shields or swords. 🙂

-VR

Have you not got any homeless people to give coffee to?

@trev33 said
Have you not got any homeless people to give coffee to?

I used to walk into town with a thermos and have a coffee with a homeless dude.

@executioner-brand said
I used to walk into town with a thermos and have a coffee with a homeless dude.

That’s nice, hope you bring some food for him or her as well?

I don’t bother at home, we have enough social care and shelters that no one should be living on the street, maybe that’s bad on my part. Will buy them food in other countries that aren’t as fortunate than my own though.