How do British people understand British English?

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  1. MrMagic

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    #81 MrMagic, May 4, 2016
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    That's the U.S isn't it?

    Harvard University is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts

    We have a Cambridge in the UK with a good University, Oxford is one of the best too
     
  2. Mutoid

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    Erm .... you got me there ..... give me a minute and I'll check my dictionary :)
     
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  3. MrMagic

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  4. Mutoid

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    English is a monumental struggle to learn.
    It has roots in at least five other languages ....

    But it can be understood through tough , thorough thought though .

    How's that for erudition ?
     
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  5. MrMagic

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    Pretty good lol :)

    Yea, if I wasn't born here, I doubt I could be bothered to try and learn it
     
  6. Mutoid

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    I think you may have sussed me out ..... I'm just messing with you :)

    It's a dull day , and if it wasn't raining I'd be doing something more intellectually constructive ....

    .... like burning ants with a magnifying glass !

    [ That's a joke by the way ;) ]
     
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  7. MrMagic

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    Nothing more intellectually constructive than messing about on a forum when bored

    Luckily I started growing some plants a couple months back, got myself a greenhouse, so when I get bored I just go tend to the plants for a while, it's therapeutic
     
  8. Mutoid

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    Agreed !

    It's been fun , but I have to go now .... urgent things to do

    ..... and the sun is coming out !
     
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  9. gorski

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    I tend to my kids, hehe... :D Everyone has to have a hobby, though, innit? :D
     
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  10. mdlgaofei

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    #90 mdlgaofei, May 5, 2016
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    Could you answer those questions by private messages or emails?
     
  11. Joe C

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    eh.... it's all "What're" under the bridge, cuz nobody cares anymore.
    did you konw taht you can sepll ayntihng any way you wnat as lnog as the frist and lsat ltters saty in palce? Yuor mnid wlil mkae up for the sepliling erorrs! Don't konw if tihs is ture for any oethr language
     
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  12. Michaela Joy

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    Probably not for Chinese. :D
     
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  13. mdlgaofei

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    How about send the answers by several private messages (or more) in a month(or a longer time)?
     
  14. MrMagic

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    No thanks, I left school 22 years ago, I hate stuff like that now
     
  15. mdlgaofei

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    #95 mdlgaofei, May 9, 2016
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  16. MrMagic

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  17. EFA11

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    What're you talkin about. This is funner
     
  18. Bat.1

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  19. Michaela Joy

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    Dontchu' mean 'Watchu'" ? :D
     
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  20. Joe C

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    #100 Joe C, May 9, 2016
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    I be thinkin it's suppos'd ta be "Whatcha"?
     
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