Nationstatelandsville wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Why would you do that to the poor man, making him speak your butchered English?
Here's the thing - British English only pretends to be the real English. The fancy-pants assholes, their English is just as "impure" as ours.
They just went around and kicked a bunch of brown people's asses until they nodded along with their Johnsonian tyranny.
So, you see, Oliver does not speak American English because he lives in America. He speaks American English because freedom.Nightkill the Emperor wrote:You know, I've constantly had to use American-isms in my writing, even while playing Brits, because you lot simply would not get it otherwise.
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Like when I had to clarify this.
I've seen enough Doctor Who to get what you're saying.
I would just point it out constantly to piss you off.
I have a pretty good grasp of American terminology and vocabulary, even if I have a poor grasp of the American accent for more than five or ten minutes at a time.