Maurice, I hate that kind of gangsta stuff. I refuse to call rap, music. I like classical, to swing, to jazz, and all the way to country/western. Rap sounds more like a crazed person in an insane asylum.
There is a lot of similarity in all of the dialects of the US, but one can figure them out without too much difficulty. There are 5 distinctive dialects in Texas, alone. Those up north think us, from the south, and southwest, talk funny, but when one calls a car, a caaah, which is the funniest?
I only had time to go through A and B, on the test, but did better than I thought. We, also use "ankle biter" but it refers to a small, yapping, dog. "Arse over tit" is easy to translate into American. I have had "bangers, and mash" a number of time in pubs, where I partook of the brew, and had to eat before I could drive. Got a lot of Irish in me, with English, and Welsh, added in, plus several other blood lines. Some call that, a duke's mixture. I once had a 1952 MG TD, and learned the British words for the car parts. Some of the other terms are familiar because we watch a lot of Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter.
I'm going to save the test, and have fun with it when I have more time.
Tata! :^) |
