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American English and British English aren't hugely different, they're easily interchangeable, and as such, Canadian English is a cross between the two. The biggest differences really are in the spelling and a couple words here and there (flat vs apartment, motorway vs highway, let vs rent, etc), and a teacher shouldn't dock marks or label it as 'wrong' for mixing the two.

She actually meant if I am really talking British, to not mix up voccabularies.

Well it doesn't really matter as far as I know. Maybe it's just that in Canada, the English population is so mixed that there is no true standard, American and British are totally interchangeable.

It's not just Canada. "Flat" and "Apartment" are definitely interchanged here all the time. Same goes for many other words. In fact, most people I know say "skedule" for "schedule", including my English teacher, even though my mother insists that the correct pronunciation is "shedule", and that the other way is purely American. Bottom line: it doesn't matter!

Except for spelling of course, where the British type is obviously better!

PluMGMK wrote:In fact, most people I know say "skedule" for "schedule", including my English teacher

I hate when teachers are acting like that... >_<

Half of my English teachers were dumb. I always was pissed of when they were trying to correct strange mistakes. Which mostly were not mistakes (or I am wrong?). For example, when I was speaking with teacher in English, I said "suburbia" and then she was trying to proove me that "suburb" is more correct. What the hell..? As I know, suburbia is same as suburbs, in other words plural form of word "suburb" meaning non-concret area of city and "suburb" - concret suburb of the area. Am I right?

By the way, about "schedule", I always read "sh". Word looks like German one and "sch" in German reads like "sh", so I never thougth that people can say other way.

Rendell wrote:

PluMGMK wrote:In fact, most people I know say "skedule" for "schedule", including my English teacher

I hate when teachers are acting like that... >_<

Half of my English teachers were dumb. I always was pissed of when they were trying to correct strange mistakes. Which mostly were not mistakes (or I am wrong?). For example, when I was speaking with teacher in English, I said "suburbia" and then she was trying to proove me that "suburb" is more correct. What the hell..? As I know, suburbia is same as suburbs, in other words plural form of word "suburb" meaning non-concret area of city and "suburb" - concret suburb of the area. Am I right?

By the way, about "schedule", I always read "sh". Word looks like German one and "sch" in German reads like "sh", so I never thougth that people can say other way.

Good thing I don't have to deal with teachers all day.

I've always said 'skedule.'

schmooky.luke wrote:Good thing I don't have to deal with teachers all day.

Homeschooling?

Correct Rayfa...I mean...Adsolution.

Well, that dispute was only 20 minutes long and happened on the lesson, so I was not arguing all day long too, of cource. It was day before my English exams. And finally I have recieved C category (highest is A, lowest is G). It made me very sad though. I can't believe that due to our Ministry's of Education set new "experiments" I have recieved lower category than I could. Anyway, I think I should take IELTS in future or some other serious tests and forget about exams in school. In any case I have no reasons to worry, because I'm not going to get higher education (or at least not going to get it in next 5-10 years).

Also, our talk about English reminds me this video:


Accents were always one of my most weak points in every language (especially in mother tongue)... even if those ones in video are very stereotypical, I couldn't understand properly almostly every of them. I like (and can understand everything what has been said) only US and British Formal. Second one was a little more harder to understand. Understood also most part of words of Chinese and Russian, but many others sound like a totally different language.

P.S. Schmooky, why are you taking home education, if it's not a secret?

schmooky.luke wrote:Correct Rayfa...I mean...Adsolution.

Homeschooling?
Ooooooooooh... like... Justin Bieber

sergiomonty wrote:

schmooky.luke wrote:Correct Rayfa...I mean...Adsolution.

Ooooooooooh... like... Justin Bieber

Four words...I HATE JUSTIN BEIBER.

That's good, that's good ^^

schmooky.luke wrote:

sergiomonty wrote:

schmooky.luke wrote:Correct Rayfa...I mean...Adsolution.

Ooooooooooh... like... Justin Bieber

Four words...I HATE JUSTIN BEIBER.

Home schooled with essence of public.

Luke, have you met MLII yet?

I don't like where this is going.

Adsolution wrote:American English and British English aren't hugely different, they're easily interchangeable, and as such, Canadian English is a cross between the two. The biggest differences really are in the spelling and a couple words here and there (flat vs apartment, motorway vs highway, let vs rent, etc), and a teacher shouldn't dock marks or label it as 'wrong' for mixing the two.

I would like to add 'truck' vs 'lorry' which is the one I found to be the weirdest. Well, I'm not following usual English courses as I am currently studying for a MSC (4th year only 1 year and a half more and WORK WORK WORK).

EDIT : typos...

"Lorry", not "Lowry."
I use "Truck" and "Lorry" interchangeably, we mix things up here in England too.
Also, while it's true we say "to let," many a home restoration program refers to the act as "renting", not "letting."

Practically no-one says "lorry" here, and if they do, it's usually more like "leoraí", the Irish version, which is subject to mockery.

Rulez wrote:Luke, have you met MLII yet?

No. I don't think I have.

@Rendell Under normal circunstances we don't have English exams, but I ended the subject with 18 out of 20, already inside the "A" in your scale. It made me quite happy . All the teachers I had complimented me that my English knowledge was above average of Portuguese students of English.