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memento-mariii · 2 years ago

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OHHH so THAT's why my high school USAmerican english teacher asked me if I'd ever been to New Zealand!

The best thing about new zealand english is we get to pick and choose what we like from american english and british english.

The bad thing is that sometimes we choose wrong.

Like. Americans have fries and chips vs brits have chips and crisps. Both valid.

Here? We have chips and chips.

Youd think it'd be fine and that you can figure out which one a person is talking about from context but trust me a good percentage of the time you cannot. And often the person will try to differentiate them by clarifying they meant "Potato chips" only for them to realise a second later that both chips are made from potatoes

#for context #I lived in USA for like 2 years in elementary school #so my pronunciation and basic vocabulary are very USAmerican (specifically northern californian)#but after returning I had a HUGE Agatha Christie phase (still do)#so most of my more complex 'grown-up' vocabulary are britishisms #BUT I'll pronounce all that with an aforementioned NorCal accent + a bit of pronunciation deterioration from not having to use it a lot #same when spelling #it's 'realization' and 'fulfill'#but also 'theatre' and 'dialogue'#sorry the alternative spellings are just wrong you guys are both wrong okay?#mmari rambles #amazing tales #linguistics

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