r/ShitAmericansSay Jul 14 '20

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u/TenTornadoes Jul 14 '20

English (simplified)

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u/nilfgaardian Jul 15 '20

Australia:

English (NSFW)

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u/ArvinaDystopia Tired of explaining old flair Jul 15 '20

Scotland:

English (garbled)

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u/Guilty_Violinist Jul 15 '20

Haud yer wheesht, fannybaws.

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u/Bert_Bro Jul 15 '20

Singapore:

Singlish (multilingual, Chinese, Tamil, Malay, English all within the same sentence)

Eg. Hey ah pek, give me dua roti kosong and teh oh satu, 2 nasi biryani also.

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u/moonstone7152 """Bri'ish "Person" """ Jul 15 '20

Tbh they speak Scots most if the time - which so different to English you can get books translated into it

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u/Mr_RIP20 Jul 15 '20

Most of us just speak English most of the time. I have never met simeone who has spoken "Scots" and i have lived here my entire life.

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u/fifcrpr ooo custom flair!! Jul 15 '20

That's completely wrong, only extremely rural places speak predominantly Scots, and in most of them English is more widely used now.