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Thread #131198   Message #2957509
Posted By: mousethief
03-Aug-10 - 04:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: translations from the British
Subject: RE: BS: translations from the British
"Here are your grits and eggs honey" is something often said in the Waffle House and other fine dining establishments.

Waitresses are far more likely to use the clipped form "hon" (pron. hun) than "honey". From my experience in many parts of the country.

And by the way - British isn't a language. It's only a mongrel nationality.

No, but it's a dialect or set of dialects that is distinguishable from American English by vocabulary and spelling and to a lesser extent grammar.