American English

Why do Americans put in the accents on the word "résumé" and other random words (often in the wrong places)? Don't they realise that up to half of the words in the English language come from French, so why do they choose to use accents only for a few select words? I don't see them talking about going to the "théâtre".

So what other things make American English retarded?

THey're loanwords from other languages dumbass.

>>2
As are most words in the English language.

>>3
most are derivatives. There's a difference dumbass/

>>1
So it doesn't look like "resume", which is also a word. These seem to be disappearing over time — when's the last time you saw "rôle" in a modern publication? But some words are less used, so they evolve more slowly.

Better question: why couldn't you figure this out yourself?

indeed. Alot of the time words have those marks if there is already a word that is spelled or sounds the same.

Words only have accents in English if there's a need to clarify that a certain vowel is pronounced and not silent. The last e in "résumé" is pronounced; without the accent you could get the idea that the e sound is dropped as it is in "resume" (to continue).

Other examples include "passé" and "animé."

>>7
Other examples include "animé."
Uh, what?

>>8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Terminology

The more you know

>>9
Agree the more you know!
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/

>>10
http://www.howtonotbeadumbshit.org

>>9
Citation needed, avoid weasel words.

>>11
>>12
guess what language you speak americans?

British can't pronounce "r" at the end of words where "r" is clearly written... and properly pronounced in American English. Face it, yours is a collection of faggy-sounding gutter dialects.

>>14
They've also started attaching an r sound to random words ending in a vowel.

>>14
there only one language you like it or not is ENGLISH
whats next Australian,mexican, brasilian,argentinian,uruguayan?

>>13
America has no official language. English is the de facto language, but here in Texas, as Spanish gains popularity, government forms now have both.

true mexicans speak aztec and mayan. If they don't, they're shit spanish immigrants and shall be expelled from the country

>>18
True dat.

>>19
true dat nigga

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http://www.mcanime.net/foro/viewtopic.php?p=4424358

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>>15
GREY WAWWL of CHINER yea

>>16
The reason that American English exists (and yes, American English is the name of the language) is because, during and after the Revolutionary War, America was trying to break all ties with Great Britain and become its own nation. Changing the language was no exception. Daniel Webster created his now-famous dictionary with many small, seemingly pointless changes to the language, such as "theater" instead of "theatre" and so on. These small changes gave us a sense of pride that we were-in my opinion-essentially butchering the language. The point of it was to do everything possible to separate ourselves from the nation that oppressed us. So yes, American English is what we speak, and is no different than the multiple forms of other languages. Take Japanese for example. The language is collectively called Japanese, but the different forms of writing all have different names because they are not the same.

>>14
>>15
I'm sure our British friends look on our dialects with scorn as well. After all, I for one would much rather speak with a British dialect than our unintelligent southern drawls and thick Brooklyn accents.

>>24
Pardon me, my names were a bit mixed up. Noah Webster wrote the American English dictionary.
And before I give anyone else the pleasure, facepalm.

>>24
Chill the fuck out, nigger