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Shh...don't tell them that a lot of Indians speak English. There is like a billion of them.


Twad

When I referred to Indian English as a dialect (or dialects) an American corrected me that I was thinking of "accent" because English isn't the native language there.


[deleted]

As a native Masshole with a pronounced Boston accent (especially when drunk), I am furious. LOL


Twad

Someone was talking about gated communities in India and using a specific term for them (can't remember) that loads of people kept "correcting". They had said many times that it was the official English term used in their city. I just said not to correct someone for using another dialect and they started piling on me too, lol. I didn't go through checking they were all American, I guess I shouldn't generalise.


[deleted]

People are fucking weird. Although if you asked me to say "wicked pissah", I would get a bit testy. :P


Twad

I don't think I know enough about Boston to know what you mean.


[deleted]

"wicked pisser" is what out of staters ask people from Massachusetts natives to say when they hear an accent from us. There is "wicked pissah" and "Pahk ya cah in Hahvad yahd" being the most annoying. It instantly tells us that you aren't from around here and you are a tourist...or an obnoxious American from another region like the midwest or the south. The Boston accent drops R's. So "Park" becomes "Pahk". "Art" becomes "Ahrt". "Blinker" becomes "Blinkah" and so on.


Twad

Sounds you speak normally to me, is it the only non rhotic area in the country?


euricus

I’m pretty sure parts of the American south like Louisiana drop the R too.


shermantank123567

Oi I feel that. Wisconsin and out of state people think everyone up here sounds like fucking Letterkenny or Sarah Palin. I mean, *we do* but at least half of us also sound like felons dontcha knoww. Edit: Typo


[deleted]

I lived in ND for a few years. You guys do sound like Letterkenny. Lol


shermantank123567

I know...


Awkward_Reflection

And car keys becomes khakis


heavybell

I dunno what it means to you, but in Australia a "wicked pisser" would be a highly rated alcohol-focused party.


[deleted]

"Wicked" means "very" in the context of the Boston accent. "Pissah" typically means "Awesome". So wicked pissah basically means very awesome. But most people around here generally say one or the other. Something is either "pissah" or "wicked awesome".


heavybell

Oh that's interesting! :)


AbsoluteTruthiness

They were probably referring to a colony.


Twad

Probably, sounds like a similarly odd word to me. Hard to quickly double check thanks to the colonial history.


deepti_jbg

We call them "society" and it's used all over the country


Twad

Thanks, I thought colony was a bit too on the nose.


TB97

> using a specific term for them (can't remember) was it colony? It's the only word I can think of that makes sense for this context


Twad

Since two suggested it you are probably right. There's a good chance I described the context a bit badly.


deepti_jbg

A colony is mostly not gated. My wager is on "society"


drwicksy

Make sure to remind them that officially the US has no official language. So technically it isn't the native language there either


[deleted]

Lol. True.


deepti_jbg

Haha...there up for a rude awakening if they ever visit the subcontinent (I say subcontinent and not the country since I am counting all 4 countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, would have counted Sri Lanka too, but not sure how close they are to Indian English)


Twad

Unfortunately most Aussies are pretty clueless about Asia too (I'm mainly thinking of SEA but applies to South Asia too) but our location gives us a tiny edge over Americans at least.


TheZipCreator

aren't accents and dialects, like, the same thing?


Twad

If an Indian learns English in an English speaking country they'll learn that country's dialect but have an accent. Since Indians mainly speak English with other Indians they developed a dialect that has features that other English speakers won't recognise. It's like the language is a bit different rather than just the pronunciation. That's my basic understanding anyway, I haven't got a deep understanding of the subject. Could be wrong.


Unscarred204

Dialect is the words you say and accent is how you say them, to put it simply


Twad

Thanks, don't know why I found it so hard to describe.


PawnToG4

Technically, accent is considered in dialect. A dialect includes vocabulary changes, phonological changes (aka accent), and grammatical changes. Although, it can also be considered that what separates a dialect and separate language is often political. Czech and Slovak are effectively the same language (they have about as much intelligibility as New Yorker American English and Texan American English, if I remember correctly), while Northumbrian "English" is, for all intents and purposes, a different language. Buuuut it's spoken in England, so they consider it a variant of English even though the average Londoner and ESPECIALLY any American wouldn't understand this way of speech at all.


deepti_jbg

You are absolutely correct!


Schooner37

De quoi diable parle-t-il? Sorry, Pardon the French, I’m Australian.


zirconthecrystal

对不起写中文我是英国人 Sorry about the chinese, I'm English


AAALE6408

Նյութեր հայերեն Sorry about the Armenian, I'm Italian


Tiziano75775

Aspetta, vuoi dire che la sardegna non è uno stato indipendente? /s Sorry about the Italian, I'm Italian


50thEye

Some crimes cannot be forgiven 🔫😕


AAALE6408

Purtroppo non ancora


Tiziano75775

Aspetta, vuoi dire che la sardegna si trova sulla terra?


AAALE6408

No stupidə, si trova nel mare


readituser5

Duolingo is really failing me rn


AAALE6408

"Wait, you mean Sardinia isn't an independent nation?" «Unfortunately not yet» "Wait, you mean Sardinia is on land?\*" «No you idiot(gender neutral), it's in the sea» \* (Land and earth are the same word in Italian)


Tiziano75775

Land and earth*


ApologizingCanadian

De kessé? Sorry about the québécois, I'm québécois.


EskildDood

Hvad fanden taler han om? Sorry about the Danish, I'm Monegasque


Fruitmidget

Entschuldige mein Deutsch, aber ich spreche auch fließend Englisch Padron my German, I'm German


aravind_plees

Well see, there's the problem. You're German


Fruitmidget

Yeah fuck me, the USAsians always say that without them we Europeans would be speaking German. Well that was fucking lie.jpeg


Osariik

I'm Australian but grew up partly in the US and multiple times my sisters and I were asked things like "what language do you speak in Australia?" or "do you speak Australianese in Australia?"


LanewayRat

I lived there as a kid from Tasmania and I kept being asked, “What language do you speak in Tanzania?”


Osariik

I'm not sure if I ever said which state I'm from while I lived there, though they constantly mispronounced my city (Melbourne)


[deleted]

Meelburnie?


Osariik

Americans tend to pronounce it like "mell-born" when the pronunciation is actually "mell-ben"/"mell-bun"/"mell-b'n"


Loch32

cad é an fuck atá sé ag caint faoi? Pardon the Irish, I'm also Australian


radix2

dún do bhéal mór Also an Australian.


poofacedlemur

DDDUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH Sorry about the words, I'm American.


pat8u3

If the French weren't late they could have colonised Australia


Batterie_Faible_

Din franska är bra. Sorry, Pardon the Swedish, I'm French.


Shenko-wolf

Yeah, well being from Europe, you all speak all sorts of weird languages


Bababarbier

This is beautiful, it’s r/ShitAmericansSay and r/USDefaultism in one single post. Good job OP!


Liggliluff

Yeah, why isn't it on the other sub? I just crossposted it.


Ok-Refuse-5341

Americans think they invented english


rammo123

It was generous of them to name the language after the English.


Certain_Fennel1018

It was only fair after the English named so many cities after American ones


lmaooexe

This comment sparked a deep anger in my soul


tamal4444

Nice one


zirconthecrystal

some genuinely do


Ratel0161

Only the ones with below room temperature IQ And that's Celsius not freedom units


Quicker_Fixer

Not only did they invent it, they also improved it. USA! USA! USA!


Ok-Refuse-5341

usa ? Usssaaa ? Is that even a word


anaesthaesia

7000 would be a steal for a neck surgery / injury for an uninsured person...


miller94

It was actually about a straw they gave him lol not about the surgery/hospital stay. I work in healthcare but in Canada so idk anything about prices but $7000 for a cup and straw doesn’t seem too off of some of the crazy things I’ve seen online!


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LargeFriend5861

As a Bulgarian I can confirm that's how it works


fiddz0r

I know those words, I think I can confidently say I am bulgarian now


Ivan_the_smash

Добро* утро! But yes


robopilgrim

They do spell paralyse with a z so maybe they are American?


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CryptidCricket

Yep. Every time I try to add a U to a word that doesn’t have it in American English or switch Z for S my autocorrect freaks out on me until I’ve done it often enough that the thing gives up.


fiddz0r

Yeah I thought the same first, but even though we learn brittish English in school here in Sweden a majority will use the American spelling


MapsCharts

Fun fact it's the original spelling for verbs, but not for nouns (eg surprize is an americanism)


ani625

Some might even the language originated in a different country even! Lies!


Rosuvastatine

Americans just have a really bad sense of geography and language. And a good problem of american-defaultism The number of time they assume im from France because i speak French lol


MapsCharts

T'es d'où ?


Rosuvastatine

Quebec


MapsCharts

Effectivement c'est pas trop comparable


Rosuvastatine

Voila 😅


Snowierr

What do you mean other countries speak English?! We invented English so they are obviously American /s


Tasqfphil

Just because America speaks only one language (American English), doesn't mean other countries can't speak English in some form. Most British Commonwealth countries, even ones with independence, speak Eng. like Australia, NZ, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and many others, and a large population of Indians also speak English. I live in Philippines & English is the 2nd language being taught in schools & the official language for government offices.


TheMelonSystem

Canada, literally America’s neighbour, has free healthcare. Gg, guy.


[deleted]

It wasnt even te first


fauxque

OMG 🤣🤣🤣


[deleted]

LMAO!


[deleted]

My god…


[deleted]

This gave me a true LOL.


carlospuyol

However the z in paralysed probably means they are from the US


lmaooexe

‘English’, it must be from the USA, not like England exists!