In English, there is an apparent reluctance to refer directly to ourselves and this manifests in different forms from the 'upper class' use of 'one' to mean 'me' or 'I' to the more colloquial use of 'us' to mean 'me'.
"Us" for me is common in the north east (of England) particularly Co Durham Land of Prince Bishops. It's just an old English way of speaking. Many people say "us" but if they are writing will use the word "me".
Probably the most noticeable feature of Geordie grammar is a confusing difference in pronoun forms. The term us is used to indicate a singular "me", while the plural form for "us" is wu or even wuz. So give us it means 'give me it' and give wu it means 'give us it'.
It is very common to avoid pronouncing the long "ai" sound in "my" when speaking fast and/or informally. Some people use a schwa as in "I've lost mə keys." In Britain a short "i" sound is common, e.g. "I've lost mi keys."
The shortened form Yank is used as a derogatory, pejorative, playful, or colloquial term for Americans in Britain, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, and New Zealand. The full Yankee may be considered mildly derogatory, depending on the country.
The terms pommy, pommie, and pom used in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand usually denote a British person. Newspapers in Australia were using the term by 1912, with it appearing first in Western Australia, and was said to be short for pomegranate, with the terms "jimmy" and "jimmigrant" also in use.
Word Origin. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the “bloods” (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood) meant “very drunk indeed”.
Much of our modern alphabet comes directly from the Greek alphabet, including a letter, that looked just like our “Z,” that the Greeks called “zeta.” “Zeta” evolved into the French “zede,” which in turn gave us “zed” as English was shaped by Romance languages like French.
“Pet”– A term of endearment, used in the same way as “dear” or “my love”. “Gadgie”– An old man. “Radgie”– A particularly aggressive person. “Bobby dazzler”– Something or someone excellent.
In the UK, a purse is a wallet, which is kept in a handbag. As opposed to the American way, where a wallet is kept in a purse. How we'd say it in Britain: "I keep all my change and credit cards in my purse."
In fact, British accents have undergone more change in the last few centuries than American accents have – partly because London, and its orbit of influence, was historically at the forefront of linguistic change in English.
Mr Crystal said another distinctive Geordie language trait was a 'y' sound is often inserted before a vowel, so for example table comes out as 'tyeble' and home as 'hyem'. “Words such as work and firm come out as 'wawk' and 'fawm', which is a major source of confusion for speakers of other accents.
The UK version is more logical. Math is an abbreviation of mathematics, which is a count noun in British English because there are different types of maths (geometry, algebra, calculus, etc.) and a mass noun that happens to end in an 's' in American English (like gymnastics in both dialects).
The name of the letter H comes from the french name "hache" which was /atʃə/ in Old French, which middle english adapted as /aːtʃə/ and which became /eɪtʃ/ in modern english. The pronunciation "haitch" is just adding a [h] sound back to "aitch" because most letters start with their sound.
The f-word has become Britain's most popular swearword, overtaking “bloody”, as the nation's use of expletives has dropped over the past two decades, a linguistics study has found.
Over time the word "locum" evolved into the French word "lieu", which is pronounced in French as it is spelled. It is possible that when the English heard the French pronounce the compound word lieutenant, they perceived a slurring which they heard as a "v" or "f" sound between the first and second syllables.
Aluminium, with the extra i, is the BrE spelling, defended over decades as being “correct”. But the man who discovered and named the element couldn't decide himself what “correct” was. Sir Humphry Davy, who discovered the element in 1807, first named the metal alumium, which was quickly changed to aluminum.
Sneakers (US) or trainers (UK), also known by a wide variety of other names, are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but which are also widely used for everyday casual wear.
trousers/pants- okay, we say pants as in anything that is a full length bottom.. but most commonly americans where denim, and we just call them jeans, and if they aren't jeans, we call them by what they are- khakis, sweat pants, and if they are anything else we will say dress pants, work pants, depending on what we use ...
