Your Not Supposed To Say That Here

[Syvari]

Kids in my American high school yell at me for using "big words".

Such as "imply", "coerce", "err", and "signify".

I have a shirt that says "To err is human, to blame someone else indicates management potential", and almost no one at school understands what it means. They just punch me, call me a nerd and walk away.

Is the rest of the world like this, or just America / just my specific school?

 

[GrinningManiac]

I do say "Bloody Nora" and "Damn that" or "Damn this"...I use Damn a lot, and Damnation, and Damned, and Damning, and Damn-Damn-Damn-Damn-Diddly-F***king-DAMN!

 

[wierdman51]

I talk in a brittish, irish, spaish, or heavy red neck (im gunna make you git yo ass out here, o ill sick rufil on yall.) accents, i also use brittish, spanish, and old brittish often in my speech, for instane, "ci senorita, i find it lovely how in this world we hae to deal with taxes, don you?" i confuse my teacher by switching off accents, and its fun as hell to make them make the "what in the hell did he just say?" face.

 

[Nocola]

I know it's not a big deal but you're wrong about "zut". Zut is a shortened form of "zut alors", which is like saying "darn it" or just "damn". Shit is "merde". Anyway I know it's not a big deal but I just wanted to clear that up.

 

[u20363022]

It really depends on what sort of TV you watch and music you listen to. Most of my entertainment is British, so I find myself using words, phrases and inflections from that part of the world. I've actually had people yell at me for it; "You're not English!" and "Go back to Liverpool/Bristol!" are common ones.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I don't say "wot bled" or "I'm gonna cut ya", and try my very best to speak in coherent, fluent, lucid sentences, and so I do not fit in at all in my area.

 

[Lord George]

It comes from watching too many (American) movies and spending too much time reading clockwork orange for coursework.

Oh please tell me you quote Clockwork Orange in your daily life (like saying "some of the old in-out in-out", "I was cured alright!" or "Ultraviolence")? You can lie to me if you want. ^^

Well I frequently refer to my friends as droogs and refer to people as vecks, now I'm really tempted to try and slot in "in-out, in-out" into an ordinary conversation. Well thats going to be my entertainment for tomorrow .

 

[beddo]

I live in America and yet I use alot of "other country talk" as others call it. The fact of the matter is I'm American and have never left the country for a long period of time. What i mean is I say Bonnet and Boot instead of hood and trunk, rubbish insted of crap, zut instead of shit (its French). Aparently I should live in the UK or something.

So i was wondering if any of the Escapist don't speak the way your supposed to where you live, or if you know somone that does.

People are very intolerant, me included. For some reason people doing things differently frustrates people and can be seen as wrong. Don't really know how that applies in the land of 'free speech' though.

 

[Ultress]

It slips into my typing and speech every so often. Not to much though

 

[KiLl_RoY]

I`m from Chile (spanish) and i offent say shit or fuck.

 

[Standby]

Thanks.
I've browsed around the site for a few months and decided to join. Also noted to avoid being the first person to comment on a new ZP video.

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lol, England has apparently only got 1 accent.

Wrong. You tend a vary wide variety depending on the location which can range from heavy to light Irish, English, and Scotish accents.

Not to mention the diffent accents within thosee accents, since if you go to a city then go to one close to it they will most likely have a completely different accent from each other.

Agreed. Futhermore, Scouse is the worst accent in the universe.

 

[thiosk]

Generally, I speak in a french accent:

Ah wuldn't be worrin' bout what dem humie gitz iz sayin' cuz you da Nob an' you make dem teef hurtz wif ur fistz if dey openz dey moufz.

 

[badgersprite]

I'm an Australian, but I don't have a strong accent (nobody in my family does), so I get asked all the time by other Australians if I'm American, which is weird because I tend to pronounce things in a very British way. I've been called out before for saying dahnce instead of dance.

I've met a lot of friends online who live in the deep South, so I've picked up a couple of their expressions. My favourite one is from a female friend of mine, "I will cut you like a motherfucking cheesewheel!" I like to use that one in really competitive situations. Other people always piss themselves laughing, which makes snagging a victory pretty easy.

 

[justnotcricket]

Depends where I am - I've been pulled up short for speaking in 'Science' a few times, which is apparently what you're doing if you use words like 'parameter' and 'optimal' in everyday speech =P.

I also have a wide variety of comments and expletives in other languages that I employ at whim, mostly because I like variety, and because some languages have some awesomely expressive expletives. My current favourite is 'Ma ton Dia!' which is ancient Greek for (approximately) 'By Zeus!'

Having said that, I try not to swear any more than I have to, because while I have no problem with it per se, pretending like you're an extra on Deadwood just makes you sound like a try-hard with a minimal vocabulary.

 

[Ekonk]

I'm Dutch but a lot of English words are used here. Most of them are swear words. There is no Dutch equivalent of 'fuck'. Well, there is, but that doesn't have the same 'I'M PISSED OFF'-vibe as 'fuck'. So, I say 'fuck'.

 

[Wildrow12]

When I speak Spanish, I tend to use some words which are really out of place for anyone outside of South America. These words include "Bayna" (pronounced "Buy-Nah". Which is used to refer to "That thing/that guy/that situation"), "Allabao" (pronounced "Allah-Bow". Can mean either "God willing" or "OMFG!".), and of course, "Mamerto" (pronounced "Mam-Air-Toe". Which is a compact insult in which you call someone a spineless, brainless pansy whose significant other is unfaithful. I'm serious. That one word means all of that.)

 

[Gariom]

I tend to throw a few British slang words into a sentence every now and then, and for some reason I inexplicably talk with a British accent sometimes. Possibly because my province used to be a part of the British empire... 60 years ago.

Something I find quite hilarious, as well the greatest example of irony I've ever seen is how my friend says the word "bloody" an awful lot yet all he does it talk about how he hates the British. He says he hates every British person in the world, yet when I ask him "what about Yahtzee?" he replies "oh, well, except him".

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I pronounce things different than the people here (Americans). I say the same words though.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Well, in person i would use more slang, when im on the escapist i say things in plain english, to save confussion.

 

[Gebi10000]

I live in the south of germany, but use lots of english frensh and japanese in my language. most people get some of the fist two, but only one or tow people get the japanese bits. I'ts fun fuck with peoples brains by switching languages all the time. even better if you can do varius accents aswell^^