Good morning friends,
Having been to England quite a few times, I'm not too badly acquainted with British colloquial expressions (provided they're not too recent
). But since I've been on this site, I've been interested in knowing which of them are also used in AE. That's why I'm going to ask the same kind of question again.
My question : is the British colloquial use of "me" in the place of "my" also used in American English?
It's something that you hear extremely often in England. I'll take two examples from my esteemed friend Joe Cocker (at Woodstock festival) :
The next song is "With a Little Help from me friends"
The Grease Band and meself thank you very much.
Are the Americans aware of it just because they've heard Brits say it or because they use it as well?
Incidentally, until I checked a few minutes ago, I'd always thought Cocker was American
o). That's why I thought of asking this question in the first place.
Jean-Michel
Having been to England quite a few times, I'm not too badly acquainted with British colloquial expressions (provided they're not too recent
My question : is the British colloquial use of "me" in the place of "my" also used in American English?
It's something that you hear extremely often in England. I'll take two examples from my esteemed friend Joe Cocker (at Woodstock festival) :
The next song is "With a Little Help from me friends"
The Grease Band and meself thank you very much.
Are the Americans aware of it just because they've heard Brits say it or because they use it as well?
Incidentally, until I checked a few minutes ago, I'd always thought Cocker was American
Jean-Michel