My little sister started watching Wild Child so I sat down to watch it as well. Got about 10 minutes in before my rage was too great and I had to either leave and make an angry blog post or leave and hunt down the creators of it.
It's basically a movie in which the American lead is sent to English boarding school by her omgsoharsh dad because her
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And that movie sounds horrible. Like everything I hate about movies rolled into one package and topped with British accents to try and get me to watch it.
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(But, like, no one believes that the lnaguage is called American, right? Everyone knows that it's English, right?
Right?
Right?
/crickets)
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I'm glad you like it!
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I am so, so scared right now.
No one would actually say that. Unless as a joke. Or if they are completely stupid and beyond redemption.
/runs away screaming.
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I-I don't know.
I really don't know if it was meant as a joke.
And what kind of joke.
Like, 'lol, someone could actually think that'.
Or, 'lol, people actually think this D:'
The language's goddamned name is English. You speak American English. If you must rape it the way you do, at least leave it its metaphorical dignity and call it by its name. This is like .... picking up a female hooker, calling out a male's name and then short charging her. D:
I think I'm just going to curl up in the corner and stare blankly.
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I don't know, don't take it out on me! ( ´д `) Not all Americans are ignorant, stupid, or 'rape the language' - and I know you didn't say that, but rest assured that there are many Americans that are equally exasperated/disgusted with our fellows when they speak improperly!
We're not all so awful, a lot of the times it's just the media picking out the stupidest people in the country and putting them on T.V and that makes everyone else think Americans are all the same, awful in every way.
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/beats head against desk
Then again, I can see how a more simplified version of English would be useful.
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