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What Language is Spoken in Britain

What Language is Spoken in Britain. ‘British English’ Good morning…(correct) Hi/ howdy/ G ’day (incorrect) Different ways of speaking/ can guess origins by accent & words (e.g. Welsh) Slang words e .g. Chuffed/ gobsmacked /gutted/ jammy / scrummy/ skint.

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What Language is Spoken in Britain

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  1. What Language is Spoken in Britain ‘British English’ Good morning…(correct) Hi/ howdy/ G’day (incorrect) Different ways of speaking/ can guess origins by accent & words (e.g. Welsh) Slang words e.g. Chuffed/gobsmacked/gutted/jammy/ scrummy/skint

  2. The Differences between the American and the British English • Vocabulary: e.g. British American trousers pants waistcoat vest nappy diaper cozzy bathing suit flat apartement chemist drug store

  3. Some British sayings • Every cloud has a silver lining. • A stitch in time saves nine. • Out of the frying pan and into the fryer. • One man’s meat is another man’s poison. • Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. • The grass is always greener on the other side. • Bob’s your uncle.

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