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05-20-2018, 04:25 PM
You've been getting British vs. American English all wrong
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It's official, then: Meghan Markle, speaker of Standard American English, is now wed to Prince Harry, speaker of what he might call Grandma's English.*
And if the experience of expat Americans in the U.K. or Brits in America (like this writer) is any guide, the happy couple have years of fun ahead of them. Literally years in which one of them will utter some word or turn of phrase the other has never heard before.*
SEE ALSO: 6 royal weddings from history that blow Harry and Meghan's out of the water (https://mashable.com/2018/05/18/royal-weddings-in-history/)
They will take turns on this. There will be misunderstandings, amused laughter, the shaking of heads, every single day of the marriage. It is almost impossible for a British-American couple to be bored; they need only ever start talking. * Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/19/british-american-english/)
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It's official, then: Meghan Markle, speaker of Standard American English, is now wed to Prince Harry, speaker of what he might call Grandma's English.*
And if the experience of expat Americans in the U.K. or Brits in America (like this writer) is any guide, the happy couple have years of fun ahead of them. Literally years in which one of them will utter some word or turn of phrase the other has never heard before.*
SEE ALSO: 6 royal weddings from history that blow Harry and Meghan's out of the water (https://mashable.com/2018/05/18/royal-weddings-in-history/)
They will take turns on this. There will be misunderstandings, amused laughter, the shaking of heads, every single day of the marriage. It is almost impossible for a British-American couple to be bored; they need only ever start talking. * Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/19/british-american-english/)
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