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[George]

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Would've helped back when I was working to be fluent in Cantonese, but I don't really need it now that I've got time to learn it.

[Michen_S]

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I can speak Dutch (native), English and a little German.

[Cheza]

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I know two and a half languages.

[HellEye]

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More than me!

[Brisky]

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I can speak english better than dutch, my native language...

Don't quite know how that happened...

[Michen_S]

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It's still easier for me to communicate in Dutch than in English, though only a little bit. And the whole issue with British English and American English does not help.

[HellEye]

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Meanwhile I don't pay attention to which language I know better.

[Brisky]

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Meanwhile, I managed to get myself signed up for an information event for the police acadamy!

I was one of the first to register, and guess what? When I checked in little under two hours later, it was all booked full!

Guess I was lucky! (or, I payed attention and got an automatic email feedback to when an event was going to take place. Muahahaha!)

[Ventus Fall]

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It's still easier for me to communicate in Dutch than in English, though only a little bit. And the whole issue with British English and American English does not help.

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Just do British English, trust me

[Cheza]

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That's what they always told us to do.
In fact, you'd sometimes even lose points if you used Murica-English in tests or other schoolwork.
They never really explained why tho. Not that it really matters.
People seem to understand me just fine, so I guess I'm doing alright.

[Brisky]

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In all honesty, I think that's because you live in Europe, and Britain is more influential here...

English teacher's are quite a competetive bunch. If a cup of tea is their cup of tea, they won't permit you to say "Hamburger", Or vice versa.

[Michen_S]

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The English language is complicated.

[Ventus Fall]

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In all honesty, I think that's because you live in Europe, and Britain is more influential here...

English teacher's are quite a competetive bunch. If a cup of tea is their cup of tea, they won't permit you to say "Hamburger", Or vice versa.

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Guess our experiences and opinions just differ with regards to that.
Honestly, going to school here in various schools and I see teachers mix American and British English up. They know it and couldn't care less.
Whatever spelling you'd use (British vs American), wouldn't matter.
And if you were British?
Instantly most teachers would give you a low grade even if you did so well on a test it deserved a 8, 9 or 10 put of 10. (Yes, I would have 0 faults on a test, others got a 10 out of 10 for this, but I would get a lower grade.)
I don't see why they wouldn't allow you to say hamburger. What I have seen is that they would be very iffy on crisps, chips, etc.
Since Americans use those words for the opposite than what the British do.
BECAUSE that is surely more important than every other aspect in English ._.

Pff, English isn't complicated. Teachers and people make it more complicated than it should be

[Michen_S]

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Not complicated, huh? If I Google for 'chips food' =, I get two answers. And there's the whole thing of shop and store, bluff and cliff, using "whilst" instead of "while", and I could go on like that. Though both sides understand each other just fine somehow, it only makes things more complicated for me.

[Ventus Fall]

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Not complicated, huh? If I Google for 'chips food' =, I get two answers. And there's the whole thing of shop and store, bluff and cliff, using "whilst" instead of "while", and I could go on like that. Though both sides understand each other just fine somehow, it only makes things more complicated for me.

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That's what I indeed mentioned before with the chips and crisps.
But think of this.
What is crispy? Crisps, of course
And chips? A famous British plate is fish and chips, chips are 'frietjes' x3

At least that's how I think of it to help me ^^ o3o
I just follow British English and so it's not complicated for me. I write in British English and use the words and terminology of British ENglish.
When I see someone writing in American English, they're most likely using American English terminology.
Americans and Brits understand each other. I don't think there is much miscommunication going on, and if that does happen, then someone will have chips instead of crisps (or vice versa), which isn't a huge deal