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elodieunderglass:

theapplepielifestyle:

tinktoks:

#this is what it\u2019s like trying to write fic for us-based fandoms#\u2018Is that a movie trope or do people actually do that?\u2019\u00a0- via ellynneversweet

Dialect differences of interest:

\u201cIn hospital\u201d -> Americans say \u201cin the hospital.\u201d

\u201cMotorway\u201d -> highway.

\u201cCrisps\u201d \u2014> \u201cchips\u201d but he knew that haha a lot of this is jokes

\u201cShite\u201d -> \u201cshit\u201d but I think he knew that, this is clearly jokes

But most tellingly there\u2019s an interesting one:

\u201cSlippy\u201d (\u201cthe road was slippy\u201d)

British, Irish, and Australian people have a part of the dialect where describing something, and they make it \u201cverb-y\u201d. Examples are \u201csquirty cream\u201d (aerosol whipped cream), or \u201cwheelie bin\u201d (the big trash can with wheels that you park outside). A viral picture of a door with a sign: \u201cCaution: door is slammy.\u201d Filtered honey that stays stable at room temp is \u201crunny honey.\u201d \u201cSlippy\u201d comes in quite naturally before \u201cslippery.\u201d However, most of the time it\u2019s spontaneous: you apply the verb instantly in the situation and are understood even if it isn\u2019t part of the normal lexicon. Doors are not commonly labelled \u201cslammy\u201d but everyone gets it.

It is only something you really notice when part of the dialect and I don\u2019t really know what it\u2019s called - I\u2019m not a linguist - but it would be called something like \u201ccompulsive verb dimunitizing\u201d or something. And Americans don\u2019t do it. An American in this conversation might say \u201cthe road was icy/slippery\u201d, but would be more likely to describe the situation: \u201che went into black ice!\u201d \u201cHe took a pothole at 80!\u201d

To Americans, \u201cthe road was slippy\u201d in a conversation like this sounds borderline deranged and slightly disrespectful - absolute baby talk, like saying \u201cthe road was slippy-wippy and Chad got very silly! Now he\u2019s deady-weady!\u201d

Being American but also raised by gnomes, I personally love it. Let\u2019s make verbs diminutive and use them as adjectives! Yeah! Let\u2019s be little freaks!

Anyway, it\u2019s that kind of thing that gets ya in dialects, and then people GET YOUR ASS

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