Originally posted by Syntax Error
i hate it when someone i know moves to england for a while and then starts talking in english slang like they're not actually from toronto.
i get it, they speak differently there, no need to show how english you are by emailing me stuff talking about how your "flatmates" are calling you a "skint". fucking retards!
Its hard not too though especailly when you live somewhere for a bit and people dont understand you, if you say north american words. Also people laff when you say words such as
candy as opposed to sweets
trunk as opposed to boot
quick brewskis= swifties
call = ring up
mobile= cell phone
I hated it when people would laff all the time at me and my north american accent. same thing with the words i used. It always resulted in everyone in the whole room asking me to say
" this one time at band camp i ..... " well you get the idea.
It really irked me so you adopt the language.
That and several times at the bar guys would hassle me becaue they thought i was an american girls as well. Sad as it is, it is in many canadians patriots living abroad interest to adopt the local slang and distance ourselves from north american words.
however, after the mind gets used to using such words it take a while for them cease being in the vocabulary.
Also on this point many people in this country use words from america that are dervied from ethier the american ghetto or the valley of california. One could argue that they have become commonly used due to the influence of music or tv.
However, i think that there is a greater degree of legitimacy in a persons adoption of another states slang based on living there and interaction with that nation and perhaps forced adoption as can be the case, as opposed to imitating something you see on tv.
So word up guy check this shit out
Like whatever
its all the same. we just see american slang as acceptable and british slang as not.
I would argue that your friends continued british slang usage has a greater degree of valdity than about 90 percent of the suburban ganstas and wannabe valley girls i see in toronto. who use words that have been dervied from an electronic devise as opposed to cultural interaction.
So cheers to that mate
swilly