krisfromgermany
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- Feb 23, 2016
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- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
A friend of mine who can't stand American English is going to come visit me this week. Please name me some American English words or sentences that seem unfavorable to British English speakers so that I can tease him a bit if necessary.
I think I already know some:
-sidewalk
-ain't
-gonna
-excessive usage of the question tag "right?"
-excessive usage of simple past instead of present perfect
-excessive usage of words like "awesome", "great", "huuuuuge", etc.
-calling a group of females "guys" or "dudes"
-"Liverpool has great players" instead of "Liverpool have great players"
Please name me some more.
I think I already know some:
-sidewalk
-ain't
-gonna
-excessive usage of the question tag "right?"
-excessive usage of simple past instead of present perfect
-excessive usage of words like "awesome", "great", "huuuuuge", etc.
-calling a group of females "guys" or "dudes"
-"Liverpool has great players" instead of "Liverpool have great players"
Please name me some more.
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