David Mitchell Writes – Dear America

David Mitchell is on his soap box again. This time, he’s having a go at American English.
Whether you agree or not, it’s typical David – hilarious!

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1. He’s spot on!! loved it!

   Comment by feather14 — May 21, 2010 @ 10:44 am

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2. Thank God for this man! Love it!

   Comment by Limey — May 21, 2010 @ 11:13 am

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3. Reminds me a lot of this John Cleese podcast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUsPnKD1gk

   Comment by Valarie — May 21, 2010 @ 11:15 am

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4. Oh I do love David Mitchell and his, as Stephen Fry put it, “angry logic”! He has such a comedic way with words, he never fails to make me laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing

   Comment by Sam Liu — May 21, 2010 @ 2:19 pm

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5. Love It! The “I could care less” bothers me as well. Hadn’t given the “Hold down the fort” a thought. Although I’m certain I use “Hold the fort”

   Comment by Miss Marla — May 22, 2010 @ 12:56 pm

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6. That was hilarious. Sounded a bit like a conversation that would take place in my house between me (American) and my husband and children (British).

   Comment by Nappy Valley Housewife — May 24, 2010 @ 3:22 am

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7. Hear, hear!

   Comment by Jean at The Delightful Repast — May 29, 2010 @ 4:45 pm

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8. He is a hoot. I could not understand the ‘I could care less’ expression. This makes no sense to me. I had no idea Americans say that – okay. I am also with him on ‘hold the fort’ as opposed to ‘hold down the fort’.

   As for the rest American is far superior to English because sidewalk makes more sense, trunk makes more sense and what is with theatre, centre, colour and so on. Oh, so you are speaking French now? I am sure he was playing on that bit at the close of his skit because English is far more French than American with all this ‘re and ‘ou’ business.

   Oh, I like the little worm crawling along the bookcase part way through.

   Comment by Hadyn Thomas — July 19, 2010 @ 12:09 pm

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