tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post2845934945753214474..comments2023-09-22T18:24:22.356+01:00Comments on Lexi Revellian: Crisps and Chips - UK and US EnglishLexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-77131277091933090912013-03-03T09:19:38.325+00:002013-03-03T09:19:38.325+00:00So would my daughter, Grace :o)So would my daughter, Grace :o)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-57466657391414459812013-03-02T21:50:59.638+00:002013-03-02T21:50:59.638+00:00I'd have to have chocolate digestives shipped ...I'd have to have chocolate digestives shipped over if I lived in the US. <br />Grace xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-79297070128317483672013-02-27T15:48:04.528+00:002013-02-27T15:48:04.528+00:00Thanks Finn; having taken a look at your blog, it&...Thanks Finn; having taken a look at your blog, it's more of a minefield than I realized. Who knew fairy lights could offend?Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-19618050954017324502013-02-27T14:58:24.389+00:002013-02-27T14:58:24.389+00:00Back in 2011 we had a whole month on the various p...Back in 2011 we had a whole month on the various peculiarities between US and UK English on our blog: http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/regional-english/american-english<br /><br />In fact, we'll be revisiting this on the blog fairly soon in the run-up to the forthcoming TESOL conference in Dallas. All comments most welcome!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729785809682106100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-59125232403672319592013-02-26T11:03:04.200+00:002013-02-26T11:03:04.200+00:00Marion, if ever you need a Londoner to run some di...Marion, if ever you need a Londoner to run some dialogue past, just ask :o)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-48974266393602218982013-02-25T23:10:52.481+00:002013-02-25T23:10:52.481+00:00People in the US who watch a lot of British televi...People in the US who watch a lot of British television (generally on our public "educational" channels) usually get some of the words. I know that readers sometimes have trouble with regional words or phrases, but for me, I want my Londoners to sound different than New Yorkers even if I have to work it out or suffer from some temporary confusion. Besides with the internet, no one has to remain ignorant.marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127755951324899204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-71333560424255490532013-02-20T17:42:22.231+00:002013-02-20T17:42:22.231+00:00Difficult for them I meant... doh!
Cheers
MTMDifficult for them I meant... doh!<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />MTMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-63920081836844366932013-02-20T17:41:39.777+00:002013-02-20T17:41:39.777+00:00I must admit I do find it galling that Americans e...I must admit I do find it galling that Americans expect us to do and spell everything their way. However I agree with Lexi that it does make it difficult. I have the same very British style so I publish my stuff with a caveat. I am wondering if I should add a glossary. <br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />MTMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-3073094027246888592013-02-20T08:29:14.437+00:002013-02-20T08:29:14.437+00:00I think this is a little unfair. My Defiance reade...I think this is a little unfair. My Defiance readers are a game lot and not fazed by my idiosyncratic English. Very few of my US Amazon reviews mention the subject, and when they do it tends to be in tones of amused tolerance.<br /><br />(But I'll never understand Benny Hill's popularity.)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-44982182031287579792013-02-20T07:21:44.650+00:002013-02-20T07:21:44.650+00:00"What bugs me, though, is how everyone else i..."What bugs me, though, is how everyone else in the world is expected to just deal with Americanisms in books and movies, but the cultural exchange is mostly a one-way street. "<br /><br />Botanist, that's pretty much what I wanted to say only I couldn't think of how to say it!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-86478498603964738902013-02-20T01:12:45.249+00:002013-02-20T01:12:45.249+00:00Lift = Elevator
There are so many different words...Lift = Elevator<br /><br />There are so many different words involved with women's clothing, I get lost outside of the basics.<br /><br />Benny Hill used to be very popular in the U.S., so for a time we were all up on the British slang.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-48756973303355757292013-02-20T00:33:17.130+00:002013-02-20T00:33:17.130+00:00I've been living this for the past 8 years :) ...I've been living this for the past 8 years :) All those examples are very familiar to me, having had to adjust my everyday vocabulary to suit the country I'm living in (Canadian is very close to American English, except we get to keep a lot of British spellings).<br /><br />What bugs me, though, is how everyone else in the world is expected to just deal with Americanisms in books and movies, but the cultural exchange is mostly a one-way street.Botanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098709722475364465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-84314381120502563202013-02-19T21:22:15.835+00:002013-02-19T21:22:15.835+00:00I'm stumped by grits too. They don't sound...I'm stumped by grits too. They don't sound terribly appetising!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-30696414684951157672013-02-19T18:21:50.276+00:002013-02-19T18:21:50.276+00:00I think we're helped over here by seeing so ma...I think we're helped over here by seeing so many US films - we pick up the meanings of words painlessly. Except for grits. I've looked them up and had them explained by US friends and they just don't stick. Some type of US muesli?Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-42781436090648251202013-02-19T18:15:39.992+00:002013-02-19T18:15:39.992+00:00I love the English feel of your books and I'm ...I love the English feel of your books and I'm sorry that you're going to have to abandon "jumper". <br /><br />I'm used to US novels using words in unfamiliar ways but the obscurity of the words in your novel was invisible to me seeing that I speak the same language!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.com