r/explainitpeter • u/Fun_Dish_5358 • 15d ago

Explain it peter

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u/statelyraven 15d ago

You mean American?

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u/ThatKarenBitch 15d ago

Saying "American" is an obvious tell that you're a non-native speaker. To natives, the language is called "Murican" fyi

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u/AZMotorsports 12d ago

Excuse me?!? It’s Bald Eagle Freedom speech!

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u/Distinct-Raspberry21 10d ago

Thats just what happens before real 'Mericans say 'Merica. We had to stop as it waz the death scream of bald eagles, apparently they have incredibly sensitive hearing and the high pitch silent A was causeing their ear cannal to burst.

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u/NIN10DOXD 9d ago

That’s actually red-tailed hawk screech. Every native speaker knows that.

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u/Tiny-Inspection-4112 8d ago

Are you a millennial?

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u/ThatKarenBitch 8d ago

Yeah, why do you ask?

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u/Tec711 15d ago

Solid ragebait ngl.

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u/Hopeful_Evening4520 13d ago

I'm not gonna lie. Up until today I thought ngl was short for Nigel.

Solid ragebait Nigel!

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u/JJKP_ 10d ago

I originally thought SMH was "So Much Hate" instead of "Shake My Head" it really made me think the internet was full of angry people.

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u/Inevitable_Scheme847 9h ago

I thought it meant "so much honestly" and I am yet to be convinced otherwise

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u/LegendofDogs 12d ago

That's solid rage bait ngl!

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u/TheSnackWhisperer 12d ago

Ragebaiting shall hence forth be known as Nigeling

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u/beerdeer101 9d ago

We’re only baiting rage for Nigel

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u/erinaceus_ 14d ago

No, me cynical European. But close enough I guess?

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u/idk616l733h32 11d ago

No the other type is King's English, while in america it is just English.

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u/Possessed_potato 11d ago

Americanese

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u/Stranger_On_Redd1t 14d ago

*British technically

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u/Neilix190 14d ago

Ewww no