Sam Cogley

I know that...and outside of a few poor, deluded nations (like India) they all speak the American variant.

Daxie

Yeah... and this is why whenever you call a customer service number and get someone on the other end who is sitting in India, you can never understand a damn thing they're saying.

One time, I had a customer service rep in India on the phone whose accent was so thick, I actually had to tell him to put someone else on the phone because I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying.

*Fires a translating nuke at the Chase Bank Customer Service Center of India*

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Bean

Actually in Canada it tends to be a mix of proper English and the American variant.

Our spelling resembles the original much more than it does the American variant.

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Tupperfan

And I'm sure Aussies and Kiwis are not American variants either...

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Cymro

All English-speaking countries have their own spelling variations and unique vocabulary, so it's never really accurate to pin them to British or American standards. And when I say English-speaking countries, I include places like India where English is an important second language due to colonial ties.

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Cymro

It's snowing here now! And the South East was paralysed by 6 inches of snow on Thursday night. Weeee

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Bean

lol, I love hearing about how things come to a shutdown over 6 inches of snow. Seriously, keep the updates coming. It oughta keep me entertained all winter lol

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Brikar

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Cymro

That's only if it lasts all winter. Most years we hope for a white christmas in vain and end up getting a thin sheet of snow for a week in February, or even April. And it is funny, but we don't really have the infrastructure or know-how to cope with snow, so when there's a snow storm it fucks everything up, all the roads get clogged (a lot of people had to sleep in their cars Thursday night) and the country descends into chaos . Like I said, nobody here's ever heard of a winter tyre.

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

Brikar

I went to visit a high school buddy down in Pennsylvania once, and it snowed about six inches and the place was freaking the fuck out like they'd never seen it before. I mean, we're not talking like, the desert here - it's Pennsylvania.

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