Does anyone have one of the "funny British accent" bumper stickers that they are willing to give up? One of our students from the last BF shoot has a daughter going to Oxford (yeah, the one in England) and he's trying to locate that bumper sticker. They are out of stock in the Appleseed store.
Also, any SBs with a spare red hat, please PM me.
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They can be found at the Appleseed Store
http://www.appleseedstore.flyingcart.com/
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Why do most Americans mock a British accent when we created the language in the first place? Hence why the language is called English, surely we were first to speak it, so why do they laugh?
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Quote from: EZ3 on June 23, 2012, 08:07:58 PM
Does anyone have one of the "funny British accent" bumper stickers that they are willing to give up? One of our students from the last BF shoot has a daughter going to Oxford (yeah, the one in England) and he's trying to locate that bumper sticker. They are out of stock in the Appleseed store.
Also, any SBs with a spare red hat, please PM me.
I think the "silly British accent" is kinda tongue-in-cheek humor, something which "helps make the point" of the bumpersticker.
Probably the same reason we say that we don't speak German and raise a hand in the air????
Might have something to do with Liberty and Freedom, but then that is just a thought...
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Why do most Americans mock a British accent when we created the language in the first place?
I quite sure I'm going to regret this.........
*disclaimer* Humor folksAmericans invented the Kings English?
Americans invented all forms of the British accent?
(I can understand why you could access blame for "cockney"on us)....1 word RUM
All before we became Americans? ET AL.......
And do you think our regional native alterations were an improvement!
Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Ebonics? ET AL
I know I know, I should talk, Southern California an all.....Dudeeeee.....Sweet....Totaly
{4. the Germanic language of the British Isles, widespread and standard also in the U.S. and most of the British Commonwealth, historically termed Old English (c450-c1150), Middle English (c1150-c1475), and Modern English (after c1475). Abbreviation: E }I apologise if I have offended anyone