Do you use British English, American or some different kind of English?

[kabunaru]

Just interested in this. What English dialect do you use for writing and I guess every day life?
Yes, there is some difference between British English and American English (a long article):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences

Even though the English language is not my native language, I have learned British English. I am well aware of Australian English and there is an Australian English option in OS X (click Apple-Shift-: in Safari or TextEdit). So far, I do not see any difference between Australian English and British English.

So, what English dialect do you use? There's many:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_dialects

It's just that British and American are the most common ones.

 

[r.j.s]

American English, with a hint of Canadian dialect. I grew up in northern Pennsylvania, north of Amish country, which means we were pretty much cut off from the rest of American culture.

 

[vniow]

Some words look funny without a "u" in them IMO, and having a "z" instead of an "s" in some words (like realise for example) seem to make more phonetic sense to me if I were to write down what I hear coming from my mouth. My accent is, despite being a Californian, is somewhat of a mishmash of several. Almost everyone I've asked about how I sound gives me a different answer (and my friends poke fun at my accent accordingly) and when I write, I use aspects of the dialects which make the most phonetic sense.

That was a weird answer.

 

[OttawaGuy]

Canadian English

 

[wadejc85]

American English - South-Central Pennsylvania

 

[CalBoy]

I'm a native Californian, so naturally I use American English. However, my father was born and raised in Rhodesia, and when I was growing up, I picked up many expressions and pronunciations from him, so at times I say words with a very interesting emphasis.

 

[kretzy]

Well being from Australia...

Australian English is essentially the same as British English but I suppose the only thing that really differs is the some of the vernacular and slang.

 

[EricNau]

I speak the English without the accent; I guess that makes it American English.

 

[OutThere]

American English with touches of a New England accent...fahhhg and lahhhgs and such.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Well being from Australia...

Australian English is essentially the same as British English but I suppose the only thing that really differs is the some of the vernacular and slang.

It is different. Or at least the accent is clearly different. It sounds a lot like the British accent but enough off to make you have to think about it.

I had a prof from Australia. Biggest reason how I pick up the difference.

Me personally I speak American English with a very slight Texan accent (words here and there) but over all I do not carry any real accent.

 

[apsterling]

American with a hint of Canadian (cause my parents lived in Buffalo)

So I oo too much.

 

[PlaceofDis]

american english. i don't see why its ever a big deal though. different regions means different slang/accents even in the same country.

 

[joepunk]

Wow! I had no idea that we actually do have a unique northwest dialect. Growing up I always thought that an accent was something that other people had. Still do too.

So, I guess I speak Northwest American/Canadian English or something.

 

[thechidz]

I speak wisconsin english new jersey english kind of annoys me

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

This is speaking or writing? Writing, I use British English, but wouldn't the Englishes just be same spoken except for the accent?

So I guess my answer is: I'm American, and I use British English.

 

[Ntombi]

American English

Dialect: Northeastern

I was raised in the Boston area, but I don't have what non-Bostonians think of as a Boston accent, no "Pahk the cah in Hahvad Yahd," and not Boston Brahman (think Kennedy), but my speech patterns would be recognizable to any northeasterner/New Englander.


With all that said, I'm a bit of an Anglophile, and I love all the flavors of English speech patterns, and of those of the UK in general.

 

[Prof.]

I use US American English

There are different forms of American English. i.e. Canadian, US...

 

[EricNau]

There are different forms of American English. i.e. Canadian, US...

When did we annex Canada?

...Perhaps you were thinking of North American English?

 

[Prof.]

...Perhaps you were thinking of North American English?

Same difference.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

'British' English here, as for my spoken dialect that would be a Yorkshire one - a mix of East Riding and Hull to be precise. I'm not sure why the dialect link listed Humberside as there is no Humberside dialect, this region covered The East Riding, Hull and part of Lincolnshire, all of which have quite different and distinct ways of speaking.

 

[Loge]

I use English English, or just English as we tend to call it around here.

 

[Iscariot]

I grew up surrounded by a bit of Newfoundland English and the Ottawa Valley Twang, but I speak Canadian English.

 

[pivo6]

American English, like what was used in the movie Fargo.

 

[iBlue]

I voted other because I'm ALL mixed up. I'm an American but I live in England and so my words and spelling of them are somewhere in the middle of that.

 

[thechidz]

actually I changed my mind, I speak Olde English... beer that is