why do people who live in america say

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whilst and arsed? i thought only people in europe say stuff like that. im not saying its wrong to say those things it just sounds so wierd for americans to say it

I have never heard any Americans say that.

ive never heard them actually say that in real life, just online.

i say whilst all the time... but i do get some funny looks when i do.

don't use the arsed so much... not speaking anyway... and usually only in jest

I say ofTen, with the pronounced T. I have never said arsed, but I have said arse when referring to something British.

Never heard it said, except out of the mouth of an Englishman. Maybe someone's trying to be stylish (and has been listening to a lot of Brit TV or something?)

i say whilst but not arsed. (i live in US)

I know that, but the phrases, "arse" and "ass" sound similar.

Mind you, particularly t'up north where I live people say 'a**hole'. I know I do.

But, I have heard English accents before. The short "a" sound, as in apple sounds more like "ah" to me.

whilst sounds like it shouldnt be used in real language, only used in poems.
while sounds much better.

arsed i could never figure out how that ment ass
saying ass sounds about 100 times better

Southern English accents you mean? Northern accents tend to be very different.

'Whilst' my ARSE, bloody 'ell, You hearing this Dave?

Oih Lerchio, stop scratchin' ur arse and put 'kettle on for a brew. And bring us a few penguins and a wagon wheel!

Because in certain parts of the US there are large populations of people decended from people of British origin. So you will hear American English laced with some British terms in those areas particularly among the older generation, those that are around older Americans will pick it up. There are a lot of Welsh words interlaced in the local English within certain parts of the Southeast. I grew up in TN and constantly have people say I have an "English" accent and one time someone even asked me if I was from Austraila?? I never say G'day mate so don't know what they were getting at.

If you are seeing this online also some people trying to look more proper will say arse instead of ass whereas in real life they would never say arse. I never say that word.

How are English accents different from each other?

I've only just sat down!

larsenjw92286: You'd really need to live here to understand and appreciate the huge differences between particular accents. The starkest tend to be, but are not limited to:

Cockney
London
Estuary English
West Country (South West England)
East Anglian
West Midlands
East Midlands
Liverpool (Scouse)
Manchester
Lancashire and Bolton accents (these can vary dramatically in a very short distance - I know because I live here!)
Yorkshire and the many different accents in the differing county ridings
Newcastle (Geordie) and other north-east England accents

And that's without mentioning Welsh, Scottish and Ulster accents!

I mean, I could send you a recording of my voice and a person's half an hour down the road and we don't sound the same at all.

This link here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_English) might give you an idea but in some cases it's more complicated.