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What's with Europeans and them not understanding that the English language tends to get very localized?
Everyone says "oh americans are so self-centered" when it comes to the English language. Yet most Americans tend to acknowledge that words mean different things in different countries concerning English. That's something that, with a lot of observation, Europeans really suck at acknowledging.
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Not to mention, many words that mean the same thing are spelled slightly differently depending on where you come from.
Also, Soccer and Football. East Asian countries (namely Japan and South Korea) tend to call it soccer alongside the US, while most British-influenced English-speaking countries call it football.
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not sure if this is (partially) inspired by me calling out the - to me - weird pronunciation of "Bologna", but I just called that one out because it's kind of funny to me.
"Bologna" the Italian isn't even that hard to say, but it's still transformed into basically "Baloney". when first hearing that word/name spoken it just threw me off.
just like people pronouncing the animal/car brand "Jaguar" like "Jagwire". It's just odd to me and I would call it out as such, no matter who said it. as a non-native to the language and still learning it, it's words like this that give me the most trouble. words that seem to be lent from somewhere else, but with a wildly varying pronunciation
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@PlayStation 2 You know what the beauty of English is? There are so many different accents and dialects that we can start naturally speaking in multiple accents at once. (If one has been exposed to them, at least.)
In addition to the largely neutral Coloradan accent I've grown up with, I've picked up bits of Bostonian, Yooper (Upper Peninsula of Michigan), Pittsburgh, and Marylander accents just by traveling around and meeting different people.
I have no doubt this is true for other languages, too.
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