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English or Not?
I am an American, born and raised in Iowa,
but, I have a question:
English is supposed to be the language of America, but, I have had problems understanding people who say that they are speaking english, but, were not
understandable to me.
In one extreme example, I repeated a phrase that
someone said, phonetically the way I heard it and was told "That's Right" to which I asked "Now what does it mean?" as I did not understand what I had repeated!
Why is that? Do some people speak a different english in America than I learned as a child?
I am looking for an answer.
John Anderson
but, I have a question:
English is supposed to be the language of America, but, I have had problems understanding people who say that they are speaking english, but, were not
understandable to me.
In one extreme example, I repeated a phrase that
someone said, phonetically the way I heard it and was told "That's Right" to which I asked "Now what does it mean?" as I did not understand what I had repeated!
Why is that? Do some people speak a different english in America than I learned as a child?
I am looking for an answer.
John Anderson
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- like which problems?
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I think it happens to all other languages! (It's a universal problem, haha!)
I think the cause is the vocabulary (the words they vs you use, maybe there are words that they use and you don't, that's why you didn't get what they meant) and the way you and other people pronounce words are different.
For example, I heard that British people use 'sweet' for 'candy', so I think it may c
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