tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post678621115166435587..comments2023-06-22T06:42:55.992-07:00Comments on Jeannie in a bottle: Why don't most Americans speak English?Seahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17608850359975556815noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-9085132027955210712011-12-21T16:58:52.880-08:002011-12-21T16:58:52.880-08:00Blue wants to live here and she communicates in UK...Blue wants to live here and she communicates in UK speak...which is good..I can't equate wannabe global authors adapting USA speak!Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608850359975556815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-18170366232658623982011-12-21T15:05:10.581-08:002011-12-21T15:05:10.581-08:00I can recommend Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue bu...I can recommend Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue but Oscar Wilde knew that "we have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language."<br /><br />My problem is that anyone who wants to get anywhere on a talent show has to sing in an American accent.Michael Gradwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102079812955383309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-9263932760507761062011-12-19T08:10:41.417-08:002011-12-19T08:10:41.417-08:00I know there are many ways in which our language i...I know there are many ways in which our language is different, but I don't know why it is. I'll have to do some research and find out.<br /><br />And as a disclaimer, I type proper British English only because I want to be like you. LOLBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885703166674906033noreply@blogger.com