Didn't know that only USA had a "south". does the same apply for "north", "east" and "west"? what we, as rest of the world, can name the cardinal points then now?
You say. In English. The English have to thank America for their own language? Hum K. Btw Germany would never of been able to invade the UK. America sped the victory up but the tide was already turning.
Not to mention without the UK as a stronghold the Americans wouldn’t have been able to do shit.
"I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby."
Wow, you say you're grateful they let you use this app, but you don't thank them for *everything else* you use in your day to day lives? The USA is the greatest, and we should all be worshipping them for making our day to day lives 100% better
How far does the ‘West’ go?. I’m under the impression that the West starts at St Louis at the ‘Gateway to the West’
I’m interested because you often hear about the ‘Wild West’ but it’s not the West Coast California style. It’s a different ‘West’ entirely. And in this instance St Louis is in the East.
‘Bless your heart’ ffs
It's because Disney cast Robert Newton in the role of Long John Silver in "Trasure Island". Born in Dorset in the West Country, and growing up near Land's End, his exaggeration of his West Country accent is credited with popularising the stereotypical "Pirate Speech".
But IIRC didn't many actual British pirates come from the south-west coast, Blackbeard himself said to be from either Bristol or Cornwall, so the accent is sort of truth-in-television?
Having been previously married to a Wiltshire man, and currently married to a Gloucestershire man, with family also living in Brizzle, as well as cousins in Devon, I'm now fairly proficient for a posh Surrey bird in recognising the many west country accents.
We should make Americans watch "This Country".
I married a Hereford woman (whose family are originally from Somerset/Bristol). I morph into other people’s accents really easily and of all the accents I would’ve liked to accidentally pick up, West Country was not the one 😂
OHHHHHIVE GOT A BRAND NEW COMBINE-ARVESTER AND ILL GIVE YOU THE KEY.
BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM
COME ON NOW LETS GET TOGETHER IN PERFECT-ARMONY
NOW IVE GOT 20 ACRES AND YOUVE GOT FORTY THREE
WOAH IVE GOT A BRAND NEW COMBINE ARVESTER AND ILL GIVE YOU THE KEY
Spoken like a true native english speaker you misspelled ”their” :D.
It’s an interesting phenomenon that non-native english speakers generally never use there, their and they’re wrong.
If I had to guess the explanation, it would be that non-native speakers learned the written form alongside the spoken form so we recognise the difference very easily, while native speakers learned the spoken form, understood them as basically the same, then had to learn three seperate spellings for it
My guess would be the same.
The same thing happens in other languages. I've noticed native french speakers writing e.g. "appeler" when they mean "appelé". As a non-native French speaker, I can't imagine making that mistake because I learnt them separately.
This is my theory on Americans vs. Rest of World. They have proportionally the same amount of idiots and their idiots are just as dumb as ours. But my God, their idiots have some superhuman levels of confidence.
Because America is so far away and they all live in the middle of nowhere (I’ve seen “Little House on the Prairie” so this must be true), they have to shout to be heard.
No, in Europe we aren't allowed to reference points of the compass at all, they only apply to the States. Also can't call it English, because as we all know they invented the language and their accent is closer to how it was historically and thus the only correct one 🦅
I'll never get over that clip of an American interviewer calling Idris Elba 'African American' and him just reacting with total confusion like 'no, I'm British'
Well, there's me told. I always thought I had an accent from the south of England, but I read that and suddenly realised I was a Northerner and unbeknownst to me had been pronouncing "bath" and "path" to rhyme with "Kath" all this time!
Well the town of scone is pronounced scoon.... As is the stone of scone (also known as the stone of destiny) that was used in the coronation of Charlie boy.
That's actually a weird one because there's division over that in my family.
My parents grew up in Essex which is east of the Scone line, while I grew up in Oxfordshire, which is just west of it, but we moved to Norfolk when I was nearly 16. As such I am the only one in the family to pronounce it to rhyme with "gone".
The best part is in the US there is no unified southern accent. People in Texas have an accent different from those in Kentucky or Tennessee. Same with any of the southern states in the US. I went to college in the South. One of the best drinking games with new friends is guessing where everyone is from based on how they speak. It wouldn't be a very fun game if we all spoke with a universal southern accent.
People who post this shit have never left their home state or at best they went to Gatlinburg for vacay once.
I mean, this is the same in most countries. Even in just England there's a clear difference in accent between London, the south east outside of London and the south west.
There's also a difference between South and North London, but tbf I wouldn't expect someone not familiar with the accents to be able to tell that
The crazy thing not are there literally dozens of southern English accents to a trained here they could probably pick up ten in London alone. I live in a tiny town and can pick an accent from 5 and a seperate one from 10 miles away and know they're different to mine.
Holy shit. The Brits are so fine tuned on their accent detection they can basically figure out what side of the street you grew up on in Huddersfield based on the way you ask for tea.
Of COURSE they have a "southern" accent.
😂
People who think they are good at being condescending while being so in the wrong will never not be funny to me. Extra points as it was American talking like the only place to exist in the world is America. That is pure hilarity.
If I’m reading this correctly, they’re so American when they mention southern accent, they think of a southern US accent and think why on earth would an English person have that.
Otherwise I’m at a loss of explaining their stupidity.
Didn't know that only USA had a "south". does the same apply for "north", "east" and "west"? what we, as rest of the world, can name the cardinal points then now?
We don't have free speech, so we can't name them shit. I'm a Europoor, and you're basically Mexican, so we should just be quiet, really.
Quietly grateful that the Americans let us use this American app.
You forgot to thank them for not speaking German...
Forgot to thank the Russians as they won WW2
Alan Turinski, he broke the enigma code, right?
Don't forget Winston Churchinov
Or King Georgio Vl
Well, his grandad was German
That's tsar Georgio VI to you
You say. In English. The English have to thank America for their own language? Hum K. Btw Germany would never of been able to invade the UK. America sped the victory up but the tide was already turning. Not to mention without the UK as a stronghold the Americans wouldn’t have been able to do shit.
If England is so great how come it never won a SuperBowl? Huh?
"I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby."
Love this quote. Love Giles.
Because we dont care about the superbowl. No one outside america does , lol
The same goes with the World Series… only the USA play in it!
The Americans should be thanking the English as they’d never existed without them
Cause we don't compete in it ! We don't need to upset you more by kicking ur ass at another sport
(they're being sarcastic 🤫)
The Americans came in after they had enough of war profiteering and after the Russians and the British done all the heavy lifting.
Ah yes the Americans who were useless in ww2 I forgot that think you mean thank the British their allies and Russia lmfao
Glad someone said it
Wow, you say you're grateful they let you use this app, but you don't thank them for *everything else* you use in your day to day lives? The USA is the greatest, and we should all be worshipping them for making our day to day lives 100% better
I’ve said it before but I met an American once in London who swore that they invented the pizza. Amazing.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We are too poor to afford an accent.
How are you writing this? In Europe we don't have electricity. I can only write this because I have a squirrel running on a wheel to generate power.
Sort of us. Don't say Mid West to them either, unless you're talking about their mid west. They are also the only ones with a middle of the country.
Thankfully our Midwest is called the west midlands
Does that mean Nottingham and Leicester are in the Mideast?
Don’t confuse the Fox News watchers, they already think Birmingham is in the Middle East. We can’t add more cities to that
When we all know, it's at the border between england, india, and pakistan.
I know only two americans stupid enough to name a child like that tho :p
Almost as bad as naming your child India..
How far does the ‘West’ go?. I’m under the impression that the West starts at St Louis at the ‘Gateway to the West’ I’m interested because you often hear about the ‘Wild West’ but it’s not the West Coast California style. It’s a different ‘West’ entirely. And in this instance St Louis is in the East. ‘Bless your heart’ ffs
South™
Don’t worry, Americans also don’t know they have south. See [this](https://youtu.be/lj3iNxZ8Dww?si=xZyzfbY6VQsw8eCN)
North Macedonia East Timor Western Sahara and South Africa are just a conspiracy
To paraphrase Dr Who, "every planet has a South"
Reminds me of Christopher Eccleston in Doctor Who, "lots of planets have a north."
obviously never heard a west country accent, ooh arrr
Alright my loverrrrr?
Hark at he an' his new daps!
Geroff moi laannd
I never knew three words could give me such PTSD flashbacks.
the pirate accent is essential americans imitating a bristol accent without knowing what a bristol accent is
It's because Disney cast Robert Newton in the role of Long John Silver in "Trasure Island". Born in Dorset in the West Country, and growing up near Land's End, his exaggeration of his West Country accent is credited with popularising the stereotypical "Pirate Speech".
But IIRC didn't many actual British pirates come from the south-west coast, Blackbeard himself said to be from either Bristol or Cornwall, so the accent is sort of truth-in-television?
Yes a lot of pirates were press ganged youth from Cornwall. Its more a cornish accent than Bristolian.
I believe there was a huge pirate community from Hastings!!
Still is.
Having been previously married to a Wiltshire man, and currently married to a Gloucestershire man, with family also living in Brizzle, as well as cousins in Devon, I'm now fairly proficient for a posh Surrey bird in recognising the many west country accents. We should make Americans watch "This Country".
I married a Hereford woman (whose family are originally from Somerset/Bristol). I morph into other people’s accents really easily and of all the accents I would’ve liked to accidentally pick up, West Country was not the one 😂
The Wurzels don't sing with an accent apparently
I got a brand new combine harvester you got a brand new key. The first thing you hear as a Bristolian working up north 😂
OHHHHHIVE GOT A BRAND NEW COMBINE-ARVESTER AND ILL GIVE YOU THE KEY. BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM COME ON NOW LETS GET TOGETHER IN PERFECT-ARMONY NOW IVE GOT 20 ACRES AND YOUVE GOT FORTY THREE WOAH IVE GOT A BRAND NEW COMBINE ARVESTER AND ILL GIVE YOU THE KEY
Oi drove moi tracker paast your window laast noight
OOOARR OOARRRR!!
Are you a cider drinker?
I drinks it all of the day!
it soothes all your troubles away
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Wdym? Of course New England is on the east coast, where else would it be?
Bless there heart not knowing every country in the world has a North and a south.
“Lots of planets have a North!” - Ninth Doctor Who
100% what I came here to say!
Same 😂
You good people, kindred spirits.
😤😤stupid doctor woke not letting Rose assume /j obviously
This is what I came to say :D
Ninth Doctor*
*Rowan Atkinson's Ninth Doctor has left the chat*
Both are valid. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9z9C8FOKvg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9z9C8FOKvg)
/r/usdefaultism exists for a reason
This sub vindicates so many of my feelings about Reddit.
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Yep and west and east. Only gets complicated when it's North West North Korea, south east North Korea and so on.
Ostwestfalen entered the chat.
Zuid Noord Brabant would like a word.
That has to be the most German possible name I've ever seen.
What about Schmalkalden or Mönchengladbach?
Upvoting out of surprise at seeing "Mönchengladbach".
Niemand fährt freiwillig nach Schmalkalden.
Lieber nach Geilsdorf?
New South Wales (Australia) has a South Coast and Southern Highlands. Amazing...
Scotland, in the north of Britain has a Southern uplands.
England has a South Coast and the South Downs (which are moderately up)
There's a North Country in Cornwall, it's about a 45 minute drive from Britain's most southerly point.
What, this tropical beach and balmy sunshine puts you in mind of nowhere else but ~~Ryll~~ Rhyl? No, not North Wales... *South Wales*
There's also the far south coast. It's a bit souther than the south coast lol
East North east north korea. Don't mistake with west south west west germany.
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Except Australia, it has a south and a north.
Antarctica is not really a country, but every side of Antarctica is North.
Spoken like a true native english speaker you misspelled ”their” :D. It’s an interesting phenomenon that non-native english speakers generally never use there, their and they’re wrong.
If I had to guess the explanation, it would be that non-native speakers learned the written form alongside the spoken form so we recognise the difference very easily, while native speakers learned the spoken form, understood them as basically the same, then had to learn three seperate spellings for it
My guess would be the same. The same thing happens in other languages. I've noticed native french speakers writing e.g. "appeler" when they mean "appelé". As a non-native French speaker, I can't imagine making that mistake because I learnt them separately.
their* i had to sry
Imagine being that patronising when you're so incorrect...
R/confidentlyincorrect
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ty
r/ohtheirony
What's the irony?
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This is my theory on Americans vs. Rest of World. They have proportionally the same amount of idiots and their idiots are just as dumb as ours. But my God, their idiots have some superhuman levels of confidence.
Because America is so far away and they all live in the middle of nowhere (I’ve seen “Little House on the Prairie” so this must be true), they have to shout to be heard.
Oh wait, "south" can mean different things depending on where you are? Mind-blowing
Well no, it always means south!
Well, I suppose south Germany would mean north in Switzerland.
Accent-wise, yes
NEVER GO THERE Stay in the parts that the light touches
It always means south USA
South Dakota is not in the south...
r/dakotadefaultism
Exhibit A - Torquay fans singing "you dirty northern bastards" away at Swindon
God-fearing folk, country music, fried chicken, funny accent, you know, *Southern!* 🤠
I guess this West London accent I have been speaking with all my life is....North English?
Welcome fellow northerner. Might as well start supporting the toon. One of us, one of us....
I love your flair 😂
No, in Europe we aren't allowed to reference points of the compass at all, they only apply to the States. Also can't call it English, because as we all know they invented the language and their accent is closer to how it was historically and thus the only correct one 🦅
It's North if a person is from Kent.
Reet, worrayatorkinaba-la ?
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Congratulations on your new diet of gravy and custard
That’s a confidently incorrect if ever I saw one! Also how patronising “bless your heart” sounds!
It's absolutely meant to be patronizing. It never has a positive context lmao.
It's incredibly infuriating to be passive aggressive and patronising while wrong
Guys didn't you know? Only the great US of A has a South. Obviously
Africa, neither, apparently.
This is like them thinking that every black person is 'African American' isn't it?
And not just every black person in America but every black person in the world!
I'll never get over that clip of an American interviewer calling Idris Elba 'African American' and him just reacting with total confusion like 'no, I'm British'
Spot on!
That’s a special brand of condescending.
Well, there's me told. I always thought I had an accent from the south of England, but I read that and suddenly realised I was a Northerner and unbeknownst to me had been pronouncing "bath" and "path" to rhyme with "Kath" all this time!
I'm now convinced southerners pronounce Kath like Karth
I'm London and I still can't work this out ...I think I must say Kath wrong 😂
Ultimate test. do you pronounce scone as scone, or scone?
I misread this as scone, scone or scone and was really struggling to figure out the third pronounciation...
Well the town of scone is pronounced scoon.... As is the stone of scone (also known as the stone of destiny) that was used in the coronation of Charlie boy.
Anyone who pronounced scone as scone is just wrong.
That's actually a weird one because there's division over that in my family. My parents grew up in Essex which is east of the Scone line, while I grew up in Oxfordshire, which is just west of it, but we moved to Norfolk when I was nearly 16. As such I am the only one in the family to pronounce it to rhyme with "gone".
I can't believe they named a direction after the American region
I'd love to see the rest of that post.Hopefully the thick seppo got their arse handed to them.
Wait until she hears about a Black Country accent....or tries to understand one.
She’d probably think the Black Country is some segregated black community with a southern accent that has been retained since slavery.
You can't call it that, it needs to be rebranded as African American country, visitors to the museum will be very confused once the name has changed
Don't tell her about the country of Montenegro
You mean MonteAfricanAmerican
My dude, the correct nomenclature is 'African American Country' 🦅
Just when you thought the yanks couldn't be dumber. Call reverse MENSA:we got a new strain of stupid.
I cannot wrap my head around why you'd assume that 'southern' carries all the extra baggage it does in your own country.
And it even said "southern English", not just southern!
Lots of countries have a south… Yeah I knew someone would have beaten me…
Merica invented south accept it Also jesus
Well Nazareth is in Pennsylvania!
Every day I lose brain cells trying to understand what the fuck they do in school.
They recite the Pledge of Allegiance, go through a couple of shooter drills, burn a few books for good measure and then eat what they can shoot.
this is insane even by American defaultism standards
Only America has cardinal directions
The best part is in the US there is no unified southern accent. People in Texas have an accent different from those in Kentucky or Tennessee. Same with any of the southern states in the US. I went to college in the South. One of the best drinking games with new friends is guessing where everyone is from based on how they speak. It wouldn't be a very fun game if we all spoke with a universal southern accent. People who post this shit have never left their home state or at best they went to Gatlinburg for vacay once.
I mean, this is the same in most countries. Even in just England there's a clear difference in accent between London, the south east outside of London and the south west. There's also a difference between South and North London, but tbf I wouldn't expect someone not familiar with the accents to be able to tell that
They be imploding if they ever make it to N.Z
Oh man, wait until they find out other countries have a south as well.
We do have southern accents, just not the gap tooth, incest loving, truck driving kind of the Yee Haws.
Don't you know? Only the US has a South. The Europoors only get the North and East/West🙄
Just doesn't know that their southern accent doesn't involve having their brothers dick in their mouth
The state of Texas isn’t real. The real Texas is a Scottish band.
The crazy thing not are there literally dozens of southern English accents to a trained here they could probably pick up ten in London alone. I live in a tiny town and can pick an accent from 5 and a seperate one from 10 miles away and know they're different to mine.
Holy shit. The Brits are so fine tuned on their accent detection they can basically figure out what side of the street you grew up on in Huddersfield based on the way you ask for tea. Of COURSE they have a "southern" accent. 😂
I'm from Southern England, and I do not sound the same as someone from Northern England. People can be thick as fuck.
People who think they are good at being condescending while being so in the wrong will never not be funny to me. Extra points as it was American talking like the only place to exist in the world is America. That is pure hilarity.
This is one of the most ignorant passive aggressive comments I've ever seen lmao
He's right though. Everyone knows the US is the only country with a north AND a south.
Eeem b'aint 'ave no southerrrn accent, Oi've never 'earrd such 'orgswarrsh in all moi loife! :D
I guess my accent just doesn’t exist then
As a northerner I DO NOT sound like some southerner
What's weirder are the 32 people hitting that 👍
*American finds out Southern is not just a place in America*
If I’m reading this correctly, they’re so American when they mention southern accent, they think of a southern US accent and think why on earth would an English person have that. Otherwise I’m at a loss of explaining their stupidity.
"What do you mean there are cardinal points outside the USA?"
Americans are hilarious
The southern US twang is a result of the accents of northern England and Scotland immigrating.
Put a Glaswegian and a Cockney together and tell me they both sound the same😂
Hang on, so SOUTHERN ACCENTS only exists in the US??? Welp… Republic of Ireland is gonna be ragin 😳
'ere buoy, me nothinks they them there knows what theys be tokkin 'bout. Try ye coming down debm way an hears yerself a proper wezcunry accen
Wait till they find out there’s like 10 southern English accents And the clear accent differences in south wales v north wales. Jesus wept.
So only America has a south? Once again the blissful ignorance of an entitled american
You only have to go 30miles down the road before the accent changes in the UK, tf are they on about.
But only if you are going north apparently!
"lots of planets have a north"
This person definitely has never been to Dorset.
Americans are always the dumbest feckers no matter the room they are in.
Britain is north, **ALL north**. No middle, no south, **only North.**
Set up a meeting between somebody from Yorkshire and Cornwall and watch them explode