mr. cantankerous is british and he doesn't speak that way. it all depends on where you're from, just like there are different accents in america.

edit: by the way, you'd be referring to a cockney accent syntheticaly

well the teens now-a-days dont seem to.

Coronation Street is based in Manchester and if Eastenders was truly representative of east London the actors would be 99% Pakistanis, Bangladeshi or Indian and the Queen Vic would be a curry house in Brick Lane

of course it is, silly.

What?

Only If you live in London, thats like asking all Americans why they all live in trailers, get a real house jackarse. This may come as a shock to americans raised on television but we don't all live in terrenced houses drinking tea and reading trashy tabloids. Ever heard of the University of Oxford?

I for one would never dream of dropping an important letter at the beginning of a word. And if Americans want a point of TV reference try 'Yes Minister'.

We are, however, secure enough in our understanding of the categories of sentence to differentiate, via tonality, between a statement and a question. BECAUSE WE TAUGHT THE WORLD EVERYTHING.

DO YOU SEE, ANTIPODEANS?

NB the above statement was not aimed at anyone from NZ, Tasmania or other areas of the Antipodes except Australians. I have never met an antipode that wasn't Australian that I didn't like.

I can do double-negatives because I understand the language. Y'cunts.

your forgetting of course the queens english. the true english.

The amount of times whilst I was away I got asked so where abouts are you from
"England"
"Oh wow anywhere near London?"
"...no"

People need to improve their geography, which reminds me I need to buy a map.

can americans actually find their own country on a map?

some.

when a friend of mine was in west texas, a lady working in a supermarket asked him how long the drive was from great britain to el paso.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

This should answer your questions.