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Nizarsouth
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colloquial English
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Hi colleagues! I �d like to know the difference between colloquial English and slang? would you give me some examples? are expressions like I gonna.. I wanna...(instead of I am going to... and I want to...) colloquial English? Thanks a lot for your help. |
7 Oct 2012
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ascincoquinas
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Hi Nizarsouth! take a look here: hope this helps. |
7 Oct 2012
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papadeli
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Expressions Coca-cola = coke
You all = y �all
Going to/want to = gonna/wanna
How do you do = howdo
Having a joke = he �s pulling my leg
Isn �t, hasn �t = ain �t
I don �t know = dunno
A carbonated soft drink = pop (upper midwestern US)/ tonic (England)/ ginger (Scotland)
Where are you from? = Ya from?
Every other week or twice a week = biweekly
Don �t mess up = don �t screw up.
What are you going to do? = whacha gonna do?
He watches too much TV = he is a couch potato
Greetings from Greece, |
7 Oct 2012
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yanogator
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Some of papadeli �s examples are just matters of pronunciation, rather than actual expressions, so they aren �t really colloquial English. Bruce |
7 Oct 2012
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Mini9
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so what is colloquial, then?? |
7 Oct 2012
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