Sometimes I'm amazed at the differences in English as well. Around New York City people often say, "I stood on line for two hours for tickets." The first time I heard that, I thought the speaker was an uneducated pinhead. It just sounds wrong. But it's normal for them. Most of the rest of the country says, "I stood in line."Originally Posted by Matryoshka
And the British versus American differences suprise me. In response to "Have you cleaned your room yet?" a British child might respond, "Yes, I have done." But an American would never say that. An American would say, "Yes, I have." I remember the first time I heard a Brit say, "Yes, I have done." It sounded so very odd.



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lots of russian as if i would understand it all
even the native speakers cannot agree on the same thing? 




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