Snobbery ( Archived) (60)

I think that the British-English language can sometimes come across in a way that it seems snobbish, by how phrases are put together, the dry sort of humour, etc
American-English has more of a back-patting, high-five kind of style to it, and often a simple, straightforward, 2PM re-run of a Brooke Shields sitcom kind of humour.

That’s why, often, someone from Britain might come across as taking the piss, being pissed off, seem to think they’re superior, when they’re not at all.

Discuss

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Yes I think this is correct.

Oh rather, Tally Ho old Chap. Sorry had to get it out of my system. I prefer the British - English language basically because I was brought up in that environment. It is fasinating the different pronounciations/dialects you get in different regions of Britain/England & also the different humour. Australia's language & humour is derived from the British/English . I prefer British humour as it has a timeless quality to it & is relevant to social issues/society at the time it is/was written.

Interesting Steve...

The English language has the most dialects throughout the world, easy to work out why.

American English is very different to British English and I am sure the Australian tongue is also.

The BBC English that is spoken is what I would refer to as the nicest English tone, because it has no regional dialect. I was taught English as I teach to a non native speaker, so I have no regional dialect, but I have a British undertone to my accent. Basically, a Notherner would automatically assume I was from the South of the country, and a Southerner would say I had a typical home counties accent. The Northerners would say I had a very 'snobbish' accent, one did a couple or three weeks ago in the Captian's local.

I am not up to date with all the modern 'new' words that appear around, so I do have to ask them to explain, I have an Ex Pats level of the language and given that I was educated in another language, it took me many years to resort back to the English language. Now while I have the position I do, Europeans write very differently to the Brits. And I can come across as being difficult to understand.

We all have our influences with the way we speak, I probably speak more naturally with HIM, because he does not have much of a 'foreign' accent when he speaks English. But if I speak with a person who has a really thick dialect I really do struggle to understand.

I love languages, study them lots.

I'm a lass!

You will have to walk me through that one...

A master race??? I think elephants are the master race, smart creatures and they put a female in charge.

Hi Sommer That was a great post. Yes the Australian tongue is different & every state in Australia has different pronounciations . That was fascinating I didnt know that the english language had the most dialects throughout the world. See we do learn here.

I have been told from family My Fathers side come from Bolton in Lancanshire & my Mothers side come from Penzance in Cornwall & Edinburgh in Scotland so I have had an upbringing of a few different dialects.

One of my closest friends his family are from York & yes when his father gets going after a few beers its a fun dialect to decipher.

What you said about being a bit difficult to understand is interesting because some Americans have trouble with understanding the Australian tongue.

Oh thats it young lady now youre in trouble . Sorry I w i l l s p e a kk s ll oo w l f o r t h e q u e e n l a n d e r

I think alot of it has to do with the accent itself because, in the Northeast & Southeast United States, it is very common to find the British accent in a sense, and having lived briefly in the Midwest U.S., the accent tends to be mistaken as a "snobby tone". So it isn't alot to say that, the same mistake could be that the accent is mistaken as someone talking in a snobby tone of voice. (Hard to explain to those that aren't familiar with the different accents of the U.S., but I'm sure you get the gist.)

Kinda like those that live in the Southwest of the U.S., they tend to have a more aggressive tone when in fact it is more so the accent they carry that has the aggressive tone, when I'm sure, they have the same social behaviors as the rest of the country.

Like I said, hard to explain really.

~JMO~