American English
Here is a lesson or two in American English1) The "ti" in anti-social, multi-language is commonly pronounced "tie".
2) When someone tells you to "sleep on it", it means give yourself some time to think about the issue.
3) They pretty much use past tense for every sentence. "Do you want to have lunch" becomes "Did you want to have lunch" and that often made me ponder whether I wanted to have lunch before. "Can you do this for me" becomes "Could you do this for me", which isn't exactly wrong because 'could' is used here for politeness.
4) Some people say "take it easy" when bidding farewell. When they say that to you it doesn't mean that they think you have a big problem you can't get around with. "Take it easy" is almost like a "bye bye".
5) "My folks" refers to parents. I will try calling my parents that when I get home.
6) "If I was.." is used instead of "If I were...".
I think I will still stick to British English.
posted by wayne @ 5:27 PM
7 Comments:
Again a reminder,
when u are coming back.. pls let me know in advance...
tks...
mc
when are you coming back? looking forward to having u back here! =)
sron
I didn't realised I am so missed =)
haha of course you r missed!
Same here - I'm Brit-Eng supporter!
Wah... still not giving a definite answer... intending to stay in USA for a while longer?
Wendy
So when are you coming back?
-Wendy
Wendy you will see me passing by you in Suntec soon...
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