>From my experiences, I would say that the languages spoken in the US and UK are similar but not the same. The differences are too numerous, and bookstores always have many books on this topic. Many similar words have different uses, and even words with very similar uses can have very dissimilar connotations, emphases, implications, etc. This is not restricted to English, the same is true of Spanish, for example, similarly spoken in many countries with different cultural and historical backgrounds. It's similar from place to place, but not the same, and words can easily be misunderstood.
I lived in Continental Europe for several years, and found that the overuse of colloquial phrases (whether in English or in the local language, which I speak pretty well) almost always led to misunderstandings. Although doing so sometimes makes one sound like a kindergarten teacher, I found that avoiding slang and colloquial phrases when speaking with a non-native speaker was ALWAYS a good decision. Maybe that might be a good practice for people to use here, with the multinational crowd these forums attract. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54622 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
