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Georgiana BrummellI've noticed that, in more recent documentaries, there seems to be a tendency toward not only informality and a horrible lack of RP in both the narrators and the audiodescribers (most of these shows are from the BBC), but toward adding the experience of the cameramen, narrators, etc. I don't mean at the end, where they explain how they filmed a particular sequence, but throughout an entire documentary. Sometimes, it makes sense and is interesting. But sometimes, it's distracting, especially when I just want to be immersed in the world of nature. Fortunately, I found an older series, called Walking with Beasts, that I hadn't watched yet. In the version that I have from Audiovault, both the narrator and the describer speak in a beautiful form of RP. It is such a relief to hear such wonderful speech. If anyone can recommend a narrator or audio describer whom I would appreciate, either from the past or the present, I would sincerely appreciate it. Sadly, the few good describers I found don't ever say their names, so I have no idea who they are. <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/audiodescription" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioDescription</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/blind" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/britishenglish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/documentaries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#documentaries</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/narrators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narrators</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/nature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/receivedpronunciation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReceivedPronunciation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/rp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RP</a>

C.<a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/@EdwinG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@EdwinG</a> FWIW, Canadian English already uses the -our construction. Harbour, etc. So we're not using the USA spellings there.If you want to switch things back to British style from American, the S / Z thing is a candidate. Specialise vs specialize, etc.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CanadianEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanadianEnglish</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a>

Jonathan EmmesediIf you are from the US and Brits are giving you a hard time for talking about "soccer", tell them to bone up on their own history!<a href="https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Soccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Soccer</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Football</a>

Jonathan Emmesedi<a href="https://mas.to/@meganL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@meganL</a> Abbreviated rhyming slang:<a href="https://waywordradio.org/british-slang-to-grass-someone/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://waywordradio.org/british-slang-to-grass-someone/</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/Slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slang</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RhymingSlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RhymingSlang</a>

Fanua 🌐<a href="https://historians.social/@tkinias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tkinias</a> @packetcat@tenforward.social As an Indigenous American with English as my second language, educated in America, I'm used to and prefer the American spelling. I have family who are British or learned British English, so I'm familiar with many British spellings and recognize it easily. However, I can't think of one British spelling that I absolutely prefer. But either spellings are fine with me. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a>

That Word ChatDon't miss next week's show with special guest Ben Yagoda, author of "Gobsmacked: The British Invasion of American English." For years, he has been exploring Britishisms in American English on "NOOB," and his new book looks at the recent influences of Britishisms.Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. EDT / 20:30 UTC Register for the Zoom link: bit.ly/ThatWordChat<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThatWordChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThatWordChat</a>

Jim RionDear UK folks, help me with a vocabulary term! What would the common, daily use term for this kind of bag: <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/BritishEnglish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/AmTranslating" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmTranslating</a>

Bjørnar (he/him)"As it got under way in Seville province this week, officers from Spain’s Guardia Civil force prevented 465kg (73st 2lbs) of olives from being stolen near the town of Albaida del Aljarafe."I thought Brits only used stone to weigh themselves. Is it also olives?<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/03/thieves-try-steal-olives-harvest-begins-spain-seville?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/03/thieves-try-steal-olives-harvest-begins-spain-seville?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/units" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#units</a>

Nudeln Al DenteHas anyone in the history of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HibernoEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HibernoEnglish</a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> ever used the word "cheque" to mean "the bill at a restaurant" or am I looking at a writer of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> trying & failing at setting their scene outside of the US? Kudos to them for Europeanifying the word "check" I suppose, but also an editor probably should have caught this. Do they still exist, editors?

Language TalesWhy do Americans ‘color’ but the British ‘colour’? Thank Noah Webster <a href="https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/americans-color-british-colour-thank-noah-webster/3114564.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/americans-color-british-colour-thank-noah-webster/3114564.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a>

Nerd hat Ferien 🚗➡️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Gerade wieder mal "What in the world?" von der <a href="https://medic.cafe/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> gehört (aktuelle Folge zur fallenden Beliebtheit von <a href="https://medic.cafe/tags/Dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dating</a> -Apps). Sehr empfehlenswerter <a href="https://medic.cafe/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> mit spannenden aktuellen Themen, manchmal auch abseits des politischen Tagesgeschehens. (Und mein <a href="https://medic.cafe/tags/Englisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Englisch</a> hält es auch ein bisschen warm, vor allem weil man zur Abwechslung auch mal <a href="https://medic.cafe/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> (mein Lieblingsenglisch) hört 😃). Hier der Trailer: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g311jk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g311jk</a>

Joshua McNeillAs an American, "pissed up" is a new one for me. This was how someone on Discord described the <a href="https://h4.io/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#British</a> crowd at the recent <a href="https://h4.io/tags/TaylorCatterall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaylorCatterall</a> fight. I assume this comes from "taking the piss".<a href="https://h4.io/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lexicography</a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/BrEn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrEn</a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/languagevariation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languagevariation</a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/boxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boxing</a>

Óli Gneisti (English)I usually don't have a strong opinion about the difference between <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> and <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a>. Frankly, I just use them interchangeably.Saying zed when you mean z is so much better than saying see for both z and c. The previous sentence also sounds better when you read it as zed:Saying zed when you mean see is so much better than saying see for both see and see.<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Pronounciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pronounciation</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/PronounciationMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PronounciationMatters</a>

Óli Gneisti (English)My instinct is "cone" which is I think of as <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> but I feel the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> way would rhyme with "fun" rather than "gone".<a href="https://toot.chez.gay/@rob" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rob</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@julianlawson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@julianlawson</a> Some WWW sites can switch from en-us to en-gb …… and doing so makes not one whit of difference to the pages.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a>

Himantra (aka Rani Jade)Well, I stand corrected. Seems like I'm the weirdo that says "towards" despite being from <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/murica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murica</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grammar</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a>

Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣On <a href="https://c.im/tags/LearningKorean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LearningKorean</a>.I can't help but notice that many pronunciations and transliterations of <a href="https://c.im/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> loan words in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Korean</a> are based on <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a>. As a <a href="https://c.im/tags/PhilippineEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhilippineEnglish</a> speaker, it is confusing.Example: computer * Philippine English: kom-pyu-ter (neutral and syllabic) * British English: kom-pyu-to * Korean transliteration: 컴퓨터 * Korean romanization: keom-pyu-teo * Korean pronunciation: kom-pyu-toIf it was me, the transliteration would've been 컴퓨텔 (keom-pyu-ter) or 컴퓨텔루 (keom-pyu-ter-ru).Again, I'm still learning. These are just my observations coming from Philippine English and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Filipino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Filipino</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a>.<a href="https://c.im/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tagalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tagalog</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pilipino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pilipino</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hangeul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hangeul</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hangugeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hangugeo</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#한글</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#한국어</a>

RoxasAnd another thing. Where do you <a href="https://hactivedirectory.com/tags/Brits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brits</a> get off naming something like Leicestershire? I bet if I try to pronounce it you'll be like "no it's pronounced Brad; see, the letter R has an echo and that's a long L." <a href="https://hactivedirectory.com/tags/uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://hactivedirectory.com/tags/english" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://hactivedirectory.com/tags/englishenglish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#englishenglish</a> <a href="https://hactivedirectory.com/tags/britishenglish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#britishenglish</a> <a href="https://hactivedirectory.com/tags/british" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#british</a>

NickAmericans and speakers of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a>!Please note that if you say something is “quite good”, a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> speaker will read it as “kinda good, meh”, rather than “very good”.Almost nobody seems to know this and I’ve seen at least two workplace examples where the British English speaker was offended by the, apparently, very-faint praise.Just tell us we’re “awesome”, we know what you mean by that. (Or do we?)

Dan JonesI've figured it out! I know now why British people say "maths". They had an extra s when they took it off of "sports". They had to put it somewhere, so they just put it on the end of "math". <a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/britishenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishEnglish</a> <a href="https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/t/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>

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