How Americans are viewed abroad...
May 31st 2007, 12:23 am
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Re: How Americans are viewed abroad...
Butts of les chevres
May 31st 2007, 12:26 am
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May 31st 2007, 12:32 am
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May 31st 2007, 1:45 am
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Re: How Americans are viewed abroad...
I 
Borat. He sexy time. 
People confuse dislike for some things which are not right, for a hate of the country and its people. Nope. I actually feel for the poor young American kids who are going to have a tough time between healthcare issues in the future and paying off the trillions of dollars
They're like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed horse manure by the pseudo-media.
Borat. He sexy time. People confuse dislike for some things which are not right, for a hate of the country and its people. Nope. I actually feel for the poor young American kids who are going to have a tough time between healthcare issues in the future and paying off the trillions of dollars
They're like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed horse manure by the pseudo-media.
May 31st 2007, 1:54 am
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May 31st 2007, 1:59 am
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May 31st 2007, 2:14 am
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Re: How Americans are viewed abroad...
I Borat. He sexy time.
People confuse dislike for some things which are not right, for a hate of the country and its people. Nope. I actually feel for the poor young American kids who are going to have a tough time between healthcare issues in the future and paying off the trillions of dollars They're like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed horse manure by the pseudo-media.
Borat. He sexy time. People confuse dislike for some things which are not right, for a hate of the country and its people. Nope. I actually feel for the poor young American kids who are going to have a tough time between healthcare issues in the future and paying off the trillions of dollars
They're like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed horse manure by the pseudo-media.
May 31st 2007, 2:30 am
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Re: How Americans are viewed abroad...
I saw a bumper sticker today:
One country
One leader
One IQ point
May 31st 2007, 2:34 am
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May 31st 2007, 2:37 am
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Re: How Americans are viewed abroad...
It's like "Los Angeles." If you really want to say it correctly you have to switch into a Spanish accent. You can also use the bog standard American pronunciation or you can go British and say "Loss Angeleees."
Some words will work in an American accent, like aluminium. But one that won't is the name Bernard. It sounds halfway decent pronounced in the British way in a British accent but horrible when pronounced by in the American way in an American accent.
May 31st 2007, 2:39 am
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I KNOW the 'correct' pronunciation but you can't pull it off in an American accent. So -- which would you prefer: 'correct' pronunciation in a fake British (English) accent, or incorrect in a real American accent?
It's like "Los Angeles." If you really want to say it correctly you have to switch into a Spanish accent. You can also use the bog standard American pronunciation or you can go British and say "Loss Angeleees."
Some words will work in an American accent, like aluminium. But one that won't is the name Bernard. It sounds halfway decent pronounced in the British way in a British accent but horrible when pronounced by in the American way in an American accent.
It's like "Los Angeles." If you really want to say it correctly you have to switch into a Spanish accent. You can also use the bog standard American pronunciation or you can go British and say "Loss Angeleees."
Some words will work in an American accent, like aluminium. But one that won't is the name Bernard. It sounds halfway decent pronounced in the British way in a British accent but horrible when pronounced by in the American way in an American accent.