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r/SipsTea • u/Quenki • 13h ago
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Why do British people think Americans say “waste paper basket.” Never once have I or anyone I know said these words.
17 u/idobegyour_pardon 5h ago He is a comedian not an actual linguist. This is a bit. 10 u/IAmtheAnswerGrape 5h ago Yes, I understand that he’s trying to be funny. It would work better if he were actually familiar with American vernacular. 2 u/idobegyour_pardon 5h ago His audience are not Americans. They seem to have enjoyed it. 8 u/Constant_Republic123 4h ago Europeans have to make jokes about Americans because if they joked about each other there'd be another world war. 1 u/WonderfulMaybe3473 1h ago Nah.. we joke about each other too :) we call it ‘banter’. 0 u/Wilful_Fox 5h ago Comedian is a bit of a stretch.. 2 u/SquirrelFluffy 4h ago I'm Canadian and I'm pretty sure I heard it as a kid so I would think it was British origin. 1 u/SilverBackGuerilla 5h ago Because it was funny to hear him speak in an American accent. You have to think how does one practice a non southern/norther accent? Just use as little pronunciation or enunciation as possible? 1 u/Femcel_Bambi 4h ago Tbf, most people I know don't call it a 'trash bin', they call it a 'trash can'. 1 u/JOlRacin 4h ago Or "eyeglasses" nobody says that except pricks trying too hard to sound fancy 1 u/jackinsomniac 3h ago Honestly, I always thought it was a British thing. It sounds so long and formal, I could easily imagine it in a British accent. The only time I've heard it used in the states was to mock people who say waste paper basket.
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He is a comedian not an actual linguist. This is a bit.
10 u/IAmtheAnswerGrape 5h ago Yes, I understand that he’s trying to be funny. It would work better if he were actually familiar with American vernacular. 2 u/idobegyour_pardon 5h ago His audience are not Americans. They seem to have enjoyed it. 8 u/Constant_Republic123 4h ago Europeans have to make jokes about Americans because if they joked about each other there'd be another world war. 1 u/WonderfulMaybe3473 1h ago Nah.. we joke about each other too :) we call it ‘banter’. 0 u/Wilful_Fox 5h ago Comedian is a bit of a stretch..
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Yes, I understand that he’s trying to be funny. It would work better if he were actually familiar with American vernacular.
2 u/idobegyour_pardon 5h ago His audience are not Americans. They seem to have enjoyed it. 8 u/Constant_Republic123 4h ago Europeans have to make jokes about Americans because if they joked about each other there'd be another world war. 1 u/WonderfulMaybe3473 1h ago Nah.. we joke about each other too :) we call it ‘banter’.
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His audience are not Americans. They seem to have enjoyed it.
8 u/Constant_Republic123 4h ago Europeans have to make jokes about Americans because if they joked about each other there'd be another world war. 1 u/WonderfulMaybe3473 1h ago Nah.. we joke about each other too :) we call it ‘banter’.
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Europeans have to make jokes about Americans because if they joked about each other there'd be another world war.
1 u/WonderfulMaybe3473 1h ago Nah.. we joke about each other too :) we call it ‘banter’.
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Nah.. we joke about each other too :) we call it ‘banter’.
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Comedian is a bit of a stretch..
I'm Canadian and I'm pretty sure I heard it as a kid so I would think it was British origin.
Because it was funny to hear him speak in an American accent. You have to think how does one practice a non southern/norther accent? Just use as little pronunciation or enunciation as possible?
Tbf, most people I know don't call it a 'trash bin', they call it a 'trash can'.
Or "eyeglasses" nobody says that except pricks trying too hard to sound fancy
Honestly, I always thought it was a British thing. It sounds so long and formal, I could easily imagine it in a British accent.
The only time I've heard it used in the states was to mock people who say waste paper basket.
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u/IAmtheAnswerGrape 7h ago
Why do British people think Americans say “waste paper basket.” Never once have I or anyone I know said these words.