The English accent compared to an American accent.

a reply to: grainofsand

Have you ever seen an American try to convert to metric???

It's why we started the Revolutionary War in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: grainofsand

Have you ever seen an American try to convert to metric???

That's how the flat earth thing started.

It's why we started the Revolutionary War in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought that was all because of eating pancakes with bacon, instead of sugar and jam.

a reply to: TerryDon79
No, no, this is how it started;

One day when George III was insane he heard that the Americans never had afternoon tea. This made him very obstinate, and he invited them all to a compulsory tea-party at Boston; the Americans, however,started by pouring the tea into Boston Harbour and went on pouring things into Boston Harbour until they were quite Independent, thus causing the United States.

"1066 and all that", ch44, Sellars and Yeatman

a reply to: DISRAELI

So it was about tea, not pancakes? I dunno about that.

I did hear another theory that the initial argument was "what is a biscuit?".

Us, with actual biscuits.
Americans, with not biscuits.

a reply to: TerryDon79
I believe the full story is that they were going to have tea and chips, and that's where the trouble started.

a reply to: DISRAELI

Who would have tea and chips or tea and crisps? That's just silly!

No. I reckon it was us brits trying to figure out wth grits are. I swear it's something you put on the outside of houses.

a reply to: jafo1973

Why do I find it so difficult to understand the dialogue in a film when the actors have an English accent?

So let me see if I've got this.

You find it hard to understand people speaking English in a non American accent?

I'm like that with different languages. Different accents of my language, not so much.

How do you manage with immigrants whose first language isn't English?

Life must be very confusing for you.

a reply to: jafo1973

No my wife and I hate english movies the only one i can stand is snatch.
Now if that dont get yur crumbs in a bumb governer

The problem is Baby Boomers and Gen X Americans didn't grow up with British TV.

Explains it all.

a reply to: TerryDon79

It was because we like to put ice cubes in our tea.

HOT TEA? WTF IS THIS ANTARCTICA?

originally posted by: Maxatoria
a reply to: grainofsand

Lets not get into metric versus imperial (of its many different types)

OMG, no, let's go there. It's so archaic that only 3 countries use it: USA, Liberia, and Myanmar.

Let that sink in, and have at us. We deserve to be reminded of how slow we are to catch up

a reply to: Nyiah

Lol Myanmar and Liberia?!
Pounds, inches, farenheit (spelling?) The most ridiculous measuring systems ever.
How do you guys cope in the science world when forced to use metric?

Multiple accents for both.

originally posted by: crazyewok
We invented English so it is Americans that talk badly

And the English ascent is a panty dropper

Only to American panty wearers who talk badly.