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Description Geez Alfred! Don't you know that only Arthur's allowed to mess with his own language?

Well this was just a little thing that came to my head the other day, so I started sketching it out after my French final. As you can see, British and American slang are quite different. And if you're from America and you're wondering where the hell do people speak like this, come to Long Island and have a conversation with someone between the ages of 12 and 25.

Yes, it's safe to say that I've become completely obssessed with APH. I actually parade around telling everyone that I'm the Philippines and I address certain friends as countries. I'm constantly doing research now (mainly on world history and current relations between nations). So on and so forth. It's honestly not too different from the Avatard me of last summer (and Avatar will always have a spot in my heart).

Hmm, I wonder if Alfred's jealous of Arthur's plans? Haha, I'm personally not a fan of USxUK (only because Alfred looks a LOT like a friend of mine), but I know there's a huge following in the fandom. To each his own. Um, yay Gertalia!

Ima go with the theory that Alfred's just doing this to spite him. :3

Axis Powers Hetalia belongs to Himaruya.

Edit: Yeah, I kinda made this without reference and I just realized I got their shades of blonde wrong. >_>

Edit 2: Oh the hell with it. Alfred looks better in a brighter yellow and the dirtier blondness suits Arthur. And it's not like I'm the first person to color them like that anyway.

Edit 3: Haha, so I was reading some scanlations and saw that Himaruya had actually made a very similar joke concerning "rubbers". And here I was thinking I was original.
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Comments: 128

appleharmony [2016-08-29 03:35:14 +0000 UTC]

XDD

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RandomItaly [2014-08-03 23:42:32 +0000 UTC]

XDDD I have to say rubber (in america it's called an eraser?) at my school because I go to an International school is run by the british omf 

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Pikalm7 [2014-07-10 05:05:30 +0000 UTC]

England should see what Australia's done. It's worse, trust me...

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Frothingham [2014-05-28 03:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Funny! England should hear how rednecks speak. I'm American and it makes me cringe. I always have to ask them to repeat themselves.

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Raventhehed9eh09 [2013-05-02 05:26:14 +0000 UTC]

Well we speak American like Mexicans speak Mexican. They deprived from the mother countries language and are similar but contain other language in it.

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PhoebeFay [2013-03-16 08:59:06 +0000 UTC]

LOL! I find it funny when English people say 'Quite Good' or 'Very Interesting' cos some people don't realize that's sarcastic. Me and friend used to 'argue about it: rubber/eraser trousers/pants tap/faucet pudding/dessert, I could go on

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KristiKitti14X3 [2013-02-21 23:42:44 +0000 UTC]

Omygod they have an actual strip of the last part!!!!

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giantstorylover [2013-01-05 21:48:22 +0000 UTC]

In England what is a rubber? Or do I want to know?

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KitKatKo In reply to giantstorylover [2013-01-11 18:04:45 +0000 UTC]

A rubber in England would be an eraser.

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giantstorylover In reply to KitKatKo [2013-01-11 18:28:55 +0000 UTC]

ohhhhh! XD I thought it was something else

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Russias-Maid [2012-11-01 03:46:23 +0000 UTC]

Poor England...

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SeaGem4 [2012-07-11 01:29:32 +0000 UTC]

LOL and this is partly why some consider American English almost a different language then the original English.
this is also because after the Us gained independence they did something no formal colony had done before, created their own dictionary (Webster i think). Changing alot of spellings from the older language that used alot of French spellings
(lol sorry I'm an ensiclapedia that can't spell and I like to tell rendom information that parshialy relates to the topic

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Jax102 [2012-06-10 01:49:11 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaha XD That is so true that America is speaking like that yo XD

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Raelover [2012-05-10 01:09:49 +0000 UTC]

Living on long island, i do encounter quite a few people who speak like this xD Its kinda disturbing to me..

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RebeccaSaysYay [2012-04-26 13:49:50 +0000 UTC]

Last time I tried to comprehend why anyone would change the language I love so much, I went on an OCD rampage.

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SealandRox13 [2012-02-14 00:49:29 +0000 UTC]

OMG EPICNESS

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xBritishandProudx [2012-02-11 14:58:12 +0000 UTC]

Cute ;u;

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TsukihanaChan [2011-09-25 02:48:22 +0000 UTC]

Ohohohohoho~
I remember that joke XD
It does make me wonder what a real meeting would look like between an American and a Briton...

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Xporirvian [2011-09-22 09:54:53 +0000 UTC]

I remember hearing my Tourism teacher asking a female american student to use her rubber she literally went bright red and said "How did you know!!!???" then ran out of the room. At first we had no idea idea why, but we soon found out.....OMG it made Everyone's day.....

And from then on, everytime an American comes to our school, we ask them to borrow thier rubber.

(Im in New Zealand, A former British Colony)

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MeiWatashi [2011-05-31 21:18:28 +0000 UTC]

I think America messed up the lanuage just to make England mad.... just like us(America) driving on the other side of the road XD

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SpirkyKirby [2011-05-11 04:52:33 +0000 UTC]

He's sleeping with me. ;D

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Willowwish In reply to SpirkyKirby [2011-06-22 12:17:39 +0000 UTC]

He's MARRIED to me! OH... what now?

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SpirkyKirby In reply to Willowwish [2011-06-22 18:56:30 +0000 UTC]

OwO Really?!

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Willowwish In reply to SpirkyKirby [2011-06-22 19:00:02 +0000 UTC]

Mhm... Arthur is mine... LAY OFF!!!!!!!!!!!

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SpirkyKirby In reply to Willowwish [2011-06-24 03:54:26 +0000 UTC]

NWOOOOO!!! I HAD HIM FIRST! DX

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Willowwish In reply to SpirkyKirby [2011-06-24 13:00:48 +0000 UTC]

LAY OFF...He was the one whom proposed to me, and I said yes. So leave him alone... as well I!

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SpirkyKirby In reply to Willowwish [2011-06-25 15:51:16 +0000 UTC]

;_; Fine.. I'll just go ahead and die alone... *curls up in a corner and cries*

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Willowwish In reply to SpirkyKirby [2011-06-25 15:56:24 +0000 UTC]

Okay...!

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SpirkyKirby In reply to Willowwish [2011-06-26 11:18:52 +0000 UTC]

... Not.. *sniffle* Nice..

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Willowwish In reply to SpirkyKirby [2011-06-26 15:14:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm kidding! Can you not take a joke?

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SpirkyKirby In reply to Willowwish [2011-06-29 04:04:35 +0000 UTC]

I can, but I tend to overreact to things a lot.

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Willowwish In reply to SpirkyKirby [2011-06-29 04:12:41 +0000 UTC]

I've noticed!

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RockyGems [2011-04-17 07:40:05 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I live in Britain, and they're awful at grammar sometimes, like "I was sat on the bench," or "Lovely day, innit?"

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xBritishandProudx In reply to RockyGems [2012-02-09 20:04:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, if you live in Portsmouth you hav all the chavs to deal with! (Quite frankly I've given up trying to understand them)

...
Woah, the British do speak all posh like!

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RockyGems In reply to xBritishandProudx [2012-02-10 18:12:30 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes

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VampGoddess97 [2011-04-16 05:46:07 +0000 UTC]

According to my father Americans speak better English, his reasoning being that a) we kicked their butts several times, b) we saved their butts...several times and c) there's a lot more of us than them. It seems that he never passes up the chance to prove our "American Superiority" . I wounder what other people think of him when he goes overseas on business trips o_0

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xBritishandProudx In reply to VampGoddess97 [2012-02-09 20:06:37 +0000 UTC]

But, how can the Americans speak English better than the English? *mind spaz*

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Zinnestheyl [2011-04-06 04:25:19 +0000 UTC]

You can make a joke about "Pants"

England: mean's your underpants, they call the denim "trousers"
America: Pants means your denim. Trousers either means "dress pants or boxers"

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woopsadaisy10 [2011-03-29 18:31:02 +0000 UTC]

this is why you don't move from the u.s to the uk without warning ... My friend ( 7 at the time) asked my mom for a rubber ( eraser ) and freaked her out

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MaddyPD [2011-03-28 23:08:01 +0000 UTC]

Rubber means Eraser, right? or something like that
in The UK... I think O.O just guessing here

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kaitou-hikarii [2011-03-28 21:56:28 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH *lols at the use of 'rubber'*

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Elaine-Eden [2011-03-13 02:09:41 +0000 UTC]

Why do I get the impression that almost every understanding confusions end up in sexual things? xD

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PuffballPenguin [2011-03-07 05:05:31 +0000 UTC]

I JUST had a conversation about this with my girlfriend. XD We were talking about how different British English and American English are, and I said something about how often times words that are the same in our language often mean totally different things. To which her reply was "TOTALLY. LIKE RUBBER. YOU TAINTED THE WORD." XDD

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Petit-Hibou [2011-03-01 00:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Lmao, honestly I thought Arthur was talking about sleeping with someone. XD

And you have a friend that looks like Alfred? That's awesome. *.* (I look like a fem!Alfred though. Which is awkward.XD)

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iggalicious1 [2011-02-11 02:54:22 +0000 UTC]

um....quick question? what a rubber in UK slang? ~yes i know im a fail

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KitKatKo In reply to iggalicious1 [2011-02-21 22:03:56 +0000 UTC]

It's not a fail! A rubber in the UK is an eraser.

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iHeartNargles [2011-01-19 01:24:37 +0000 UTC]

Agh, don't even get me started on Canadian English. ...It's pretty much the same as American English. Lol. This is awesome.

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sarmixy [2011-01-04 16:44:24 +0000 UTC]

i'm in a british school and every time we talk like america the teachers go like 'SPEAK PROPER ENGLISH'

well english is my third language

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TheSoulAlchemist22 In reply to sarmixy [2011-01-25 12:08:20 +0000 UTC]

Lol i've heard that over in england americans don't speak "english" we speak "american" XD

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sarmixy In reply to TheSoulAlchemist22 [2011-01-25 20:48:13 +0000 UTC]

XD yeah there is a deference

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