What do Yanks think of English English?

How many fucking times do we have to hear this shit? Yes, we know there are many British accents. Now quit your whining.

are there? I didn't know

Bang go bang to the batmobile.

I have American friends here in NZ, and they can't tell the difference between aussie/kiwi and even british accents!!!!!!

I can't tell the difference b/w a Canadian an a Gringo. They both sound the same to me. I guess it might have something to do with them not being exposed with that kind of accent before.

Doesn't the term "gringo" apply to anybody who's WASP'y (and not just Americans)?

What's a WASP? I'm assuming that you are not talking about the insect.

WASP = White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

WASP is a bit of a misnomer. I mean, if you look white in America, you are essentially labelled as a WASP. For instance, your parents could be Russian, but they moved to America before you were born, and you would be considered a WASP.

However, I guess that happens with just about everyone in America; Native American, African-Americans, Indian-Americans, Asian-Americans and European-Americans or course.

Does anyone know what this word means in English, "Norðurlandamálin."

The word is in Icelandic, and it has something to do with language (it could be the name of a language possibly).

I only know that norður means north.

Perhaps it is something to do with Northern European Languages. I am not really sure about it. Um...no, I guess it is a separate language.

"Á geisladiskinum eru því ekki einungis Norðurlandamálin, heldur einnig
enska, franska, þýska, hollenska, ítalska, spænska og portúgalska"

Err..."not only (Norourlandamalin), rather also English, French, (þýska: German?), Italian, Spanish and Portuguese."

Norður means north, landa means land but I can't figure out málin. Hey, mál means language.

Maybe it means a dialect of Icelandic? I thought, "tungamal" meant language? I can see that this word has "mal" in it, but I wonder why you have taken away, or why I have added :-)

Ah, I think the "-in" means "the."

So, The Northman's language" is what it could be. But as for its true meaning...eg ved ekki :-(

That last phrase there was Danlandic. The "eg" and "ekki" are Icelandic whereas the "ved" is Danish.

(Posted earlier in the wrong thread, sorry!)

Clark,

I did a bit of research and gathered that "Norðurlandamálin" refers to the Nordic (Scandinavian) group of languages. "Norðurlandanna" is the Icelandic word for Scandinavia, "Norðurlöndin" are the Nordic people.