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 #16 (permalink) Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:58 am I suggested my nephew to study in an American English Institute |
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My nephew was born in Argentina (his mother language is spanish), He's 12 years old and he wants to study English language to make university abroad. In Argentina there are many English Language Institutes to study English language (Britain and American English) I suggested my nephew to study in an American English Institute, because when he'll be an adult ,almost all technology, advances,information about high technology besides films, arts etc, etc will be in American English (of course not only written......also in listening and all forms) At the end It doesn't matter differences in grammar for example: American English is different from British English in terms of spelling (a classic example being the dropped "u" in words such as color/colour).
The differences are not usually a barrier to effective communication between an American English and a British English speaker, but there are certainly enough differences to cause occasional misunderstandings, usually surrounding slang or region dialect differences, besides vocabulary, pronunciation and slang usage.
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| #17 (permalink) Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:30 am American English |
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| #18 (permalink) Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:18 am American English |
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Dear Alan,
I am writing this letter to say thank you last time you have corrected my essay. I wonder you are english teacher. I hear your voice in forum. It's warm and clearn. This is the first time I write on forum. If it's have mistake. Please corect it. Thanks
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| #19 (permalink) Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:02 am American English |
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| Have you notice that the most important words in this christmas season..........are in American English. i'm taking about busines world around chistmas..of course.........All marketing come mainly in American english around the world........... |
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| #20 (permalink) Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:38 am American English |
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Just because the American economy dominates the world's...
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| #21 (permalink) Sun Jan 10, 2010 0:39 am hi there |
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I think that every languague has its own rules and I don't think it's a waste of time to be aware of them.
as someone said before, I don't think that there is a perfect language.
I think you should listen to British English, because it's beautiful, the accent, everything... |
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| #22 (permalink) Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:17 am American English |
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| Hieupt wrote: |
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Not necessarily. Our modern celebration of Christmas as a celebration of the birth of Christ in December dates back only to the 17th century. Up to this time yule celebrations existed. These were holdovers of pagan winter feasts and were generally wrought with debauchery and sex and drinking and lots of fun religious types didn't care to have people participating in.
Many of the British Christmas traditions derive from this older type of celebration. Even the older carols are little more than drinking songs and celebrations of nature gods.
Most modern carols with a Christian theme originated in Germany and were translated (Silent Night), or derived from hymns of the Anglican and protestant churches in America and Britain during the 19th and 20th centuries, with many of the more famous ones being written only within the past 100 years.
One of the reasons that so many of our modern Christmas words come from America is because that is truly where they come from, not because of economic or commercial reasons (although some naturally do). By the time celebrations of Christmas became truly mainstream in English-speaking culture, there were more English-speakers living in America than in the UK.
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| #23 (permalink) Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:22 am American English |
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| Which is more easier to learn American English or british My main problem is that i can read write in english but speaking is my main problem So, kindly please reply which one should i go for. |
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| #24 (permalink) Thu Jan 14, 2010 16:31 pm American English |
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Well, to me, Uk accents sound more aristocratic. I've always been fascinated by them. A British accent would be the one I use if I wanna impress someone. On the other hand, my tongue and ears are used to American accents. I love and feel very comfortable speaking with an American accent. It's the accent I use for communication. I find both of them lovely and serve a certain purpose.
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