Rate my English

[AlexHall74]

Originally Posted by Old Vantaa Man

Nice comeback, Juho.

Hi Timo. It's all go on here. But we are musicians and we do need to swear every now and then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsISf...eature=related

Fuck that! I'm an American, not an Englishman.

Capitalise, colour, and blonde are not used in American English, so fuck you.

[Old Vantaa Man]

You say potatoes and I say potatoes
You say tomatoes and I say tomatoes

Many years ago my band used to play that to great laffs when Frank our singer would pronounce potatoes and potatoes exactly the same. Ditto tomatoes / tomatoes.

Oh. Let's call the whole thing off!

Then he'd get another laugh at the end by asking "Who the fuck says pe-TAAH-toes anyway?"

[AlexHall74]

I've lived in a lot of different states in the U.S., and I can assure you that the English language is butchered differently from region to region.

My father is from Georgia, a southern state known for a very distinct rural twangy dialect.

My mother is from Rheinzabern, Germany and her English is influenced by her native tongue.

So, in a pinch I can mimic locals just about anywhere. My wife's family is from New Jersey, pronounced "Joisey." They tell my wife that she has a southern accent, which I don't hear at all. We accuse them of having a Yankee accent, and they deny it.

I honestly try to enunciate syllables correctly when I speak as I give presentations regularly as part of my work and I don't want to sound any more like a fool than necessary. And through all that effort, I must admit although I don't have a formal accent of any American variety, I am afflicted with a jarbled blend of every dialect I've ever been exposed to!

Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhh!!!

Juho, you're English is probably as good or better than mine, damn it!

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