The meaning of the word "holiday" in American English is actually quite logical considering the US is the only developped country without vacation by law.
Poju Antsalo wow yes, I’ve never thought of it from that perspective 😅 American holiday is literally exclusive to one day & you’re lucky IF you get the non-mandatory “day off”
A friend on mine was working in a busy cafe in Helsinki, an elderly American lady came in and asked where the "restroom" was. My friend was confused if the lady was exhausted or something. She showed a comfy armchair: "This is free, would it be good for you?" :)
If there is such a thing as Finnish English, it's is probably based on British English as it at least used to be what was taught first in school. On the other hand US media and influence is strong, so many probably have had more American influence than British. There must be many like me, who have just given up caring what variation I use. If your English is secondary or third language and not very strong, it is probably still malleable, flexible to adapt to each language environment. Accents can be catching as well as vocabulary, since you are likely to pick up and use words and expressions you hear others to use. Native speakers, I think, are in a different situation. There are native English speakers in Finland who use English at home and aren't from US or GB. English, or some form of it, is used as lingua franca in some large countries, where they have very many local languages. I just noticed your info from LinkedIn. Sorry about me pointing out something, which must have been obvious for you.
Simmy Sims yes, that’s what I’ve been told! It makes sense that British English would be taught in schools 😊👍🏾 I’ve never learned British English until now, so I thought it was interesting! Thank you for watching 😊
The meaning of the word "holiday" in American English is actually quite logical considering the US is the only developped country without vacation by law.
Poju Antsalo wow yes, I’ve never thought of it from that perspective 😅 American holiday is literally exclusive to one day & you’re lucky IF you get the non-mandatory “day off”
A friend on mine was working in a busy cafe in Helsinki, an elderly American lady came in and asked where the "restroom" was. My friend was confused if the lady was exhausted or something. She showed a comfy armchair: "This is free, would it be good for you?" :)
enceladus that’s such a funny story 😂 that’s nice of your friend to try to offer something, I’m sure they were both so confused 😂❤️
Have you heard about Finglish in US, or noticed the new wave version in Finland.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finglish
If there is such a thing as Finnish English, it's is probably based on British English as it at least used to be what was taught first in school. On the other hand US media and influence is strong, so many probably have had more American influence than British. There must be many like me, who have just given up caring what variation I use. If your English is secondary or third language and not very strong, it is probably still malleable, flexible to adapt to each language environment.
Accents can be catching as well as vocabulary, since you are likely to pick up and use words and expressions you hear others to use. Native speakers, I think, are in a different situation. There are native English speakers in Finland who use English at home and aren't from US or GB. English, or some form of it, is used as lingua franca in some large countries, where they have very many local languages.
I just noticed your info from LinkedIn. Sorry about me pointing out something, which must have been obvious for you.
just42tube yes! The differences are interesting but I don’t think it matters much with variation you use 😊
1:10 LoRRy, not LOOry like you said it. ;-)
Thank you for watching & for that correction! I’m still getting use to that word, but will emphasize the double ‘r ‘more 😉
American : favorite color. British: favourite colour. British loves U U
What about the WC (water closet)?
British english is more playing word, i like more American english it more simple to us. Like loma=holiday it direct translating finish. …. And👍
In school you learn british english.
Simmy Sims yes, that’s what I’ve been told! It makes sense that British English would be taught in schools 😊👍🏾 I’ve never learned British English until now, so I thought it was interesting! Thank you for watching 😊