Why our people do not understand in the USA: what English words we are wrong taught in school

Arriving in the States, my daughter went to a regular American school and started learning English from scratch, because the level she received in our regular school from 1 to 4 class (by the way, the school was in-depth learning English) was completely inadequate even for elementary communication with peers-Americans.

But even the basic English she received at our school was not always correct. Americans do not use many of the words and expressions that she was taught (and previously taught to me), she writes in her blog for “Yandex Zen» Alexandra Ukrainko.

Mother, father

Let's start with the basics. You all remember the famous MASER and FASER (Mother and Father) - mom and dad, this is almost the first thing children learn in English lessons at school. However, when my daughter tried to use these words in conversation in the US, everyone, including the teacher, was surprised.

The thing is that Mother and Father are literally MOTHER and FATHER, instead of the supposed MOM and DAD. Americans say MOM and DED (Mom and Dad), and Mother and Father are used only in official documentation, for example, in court or in jurisprudence.

pupils

In our schools, persistently use the word PYUPLS (Рupils), referring to STUDENTS or in a different way to STUDENTS. However, there is simply no such word in America. Rather, for the 4 year of study in the American school, my daughter did not hear him. This is an old phrase that has appeared a couple of times in the literature about the first American immigrants.

Instead, the word Students is used. Here, students are those who are studying at school, and those who are already in college or university. And our children continue to learn Rupils, maybe that’s enough already?

Class

Fifth grade to exercise! Remember the children's song? So, when in our schools they teach you to talk about yourself, there will definitely be a sentence about what class you are in. And we use the word FORM, for example, 5th form - FIFTH CLASS. In the States they don’t say that, but for these purposes they use the word GRADE (5th grade). It is not surprising that my daughter was not understood.

Thank you very much

The highest degree of gratitude, or rather “MANY THANKS”, according to the canons of our school, sounds in English as SENKYU VERY MAH (Thank you very much), but this can only be heard in America from our immigrants. Americans use SEX E LOT (Thanks a lot) and a smile in 32 tooth to confirm the sincerity of the statement. And on the first, and on the second, our immigrants need to work.

Dinner

Continuing to remember the basics of school English, one cannot help but think about meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. And if everything is very clear with breakfast, then “our” English SUPPER, that is, DINNER, in America sounds like Dinner, and I have never heard the word SAPPER. Also, we are taught that Dinner is lunch, and in the States, LUNCH is LUNCH.

In fact, there are a huge number of such educational “blunders”, and these 5 are the most common.

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