Things that you didn't know you needed to know.
 

I came upon an article which gave the idea for this thread. Lets post some random information that people didn't know they needed to know.



Why do Canadians say Eh?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/w...=pocket-newtab

OK, I'll bite. In some ways US Citizens have a more traditional British Accent than current British citizens have.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/...ritish-english

I often find myself going down the rabbit hole on BBC articles, they got really good stuff.

a pixel is actually 3. or 4 these days.
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The scientific name for Giant Anteater is Myrmecophaga Tridactyla.

The thing you probably enjoy looking at is the labia, not vagina.

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

Not in Britain they don't.. There is definitely a "mid-atlantic" accent but I wouldn't go as far as saying that it's a British accent... I don't even know what you would define as a "British accent".. We have such a variety on this little island..

No wonder the geezer was so upset.. watched it again just last week. Gotta find a good time to watch Scarface..

can you imagine the outrage now in hollywood if they did that again?

The article was written by the BBC so I guess you could ask them.

As far a what someone the US considers a "British" accent, I assume it's the same for you Brits when you think of a US accent, it's anything that sounds remotely British.

Typically, when I see a US accent done on a British TV show it's either Southern, New York Gangster or Boston aristocrat. Occasionally it's what I would consider the broader accent discussed in this article, but not often.

Personally, I can tell there are different regional flavors of "British", and I can tell the difference in some of them, but unless it is very distinct, I consider all of them British (not to be confused with other UK accents of course)

I spent 4 nights in a small village near Thruxton race track in late December 2001. I was there to drive a Ferrari around the track.

I was having dinner in a pub (awesome pub meals) and I couldn't help notice the variety of accents in the place. The guy behind the bar had a accent like from a UK gangster movie "gidday guv'ner". Cockney? The woman he was serving sounded like the Queen, all very proper, posh. All this in pub just 100 kms from London.