What’s the Difference Between American English and British English?

Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by onei on Sunday January 02, 2022 @02:14PM (#29772455)

Bicester (Bister) and Gloucester (Gloster) are another couple of gotchas off the top of my head, and it's not like it even stops with places with *cester in the name.

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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by fatboy on Sunday January 02, 2022 @02:39PM (#29772794)

I lived for a bit in a tiny town called Barnoldswick (stress on the "nolds"), but anyone from the area calls it "Barlick"! (stress on the "bar").

The accent here means that the phrase "pork pie" becomes "poo-wuk paaah" (stress on "poo" and "paaah") and the related steak-and-kidney-pie (which is served upside-down) was called a "babby's edd" (although I'm not sure if that's actually from nearby Bolton and is less about pronunciation I guess).

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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by dkdbejwi383 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @03:07PM (#29773189)

I thought “babby’s yed” was a Wigan thing

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Re:What’s the Difference Between American English and Britis... by bregma on Sunday January 02, 2022 @03:09PM (#29773209)

With smack barm pea wet?

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