You do realize how stereotypical you are being, do you not? I guess everyone should put on fake accents and curse their ancestors for forcing them to be born in America.
we call it English and the Brits smirk/giggle or get their panties in a bind. We call it American and we hear every Brit b|tch & moan, whine & cry until we call it English again, arguing we have no right to claim the language as our own.
We have a variety of dialects. We have a variety of accents. Some of us speak faster. Some of us speak slower. We added some new words, and removed others. We changed the spelling of a few words and the pronunciation of others.
What would you expect from a large, culturally diverse and relatively young country of immigrants that basically adopted a single language?
Tell us; what would the British like us damaged people to call our native tongue?
Considering the Spelling and pronunciation differenced between English (or as people often say, insultingly, British English) and American, I feel it is safe to consider them two different languages (especially since other languages differentiate themselves from others by even fewer differences). Also, Canadian is also different, especially since they have blended American with English to make it even more confusing.
I knew this was coming
😉 please don't be ice queens. I do realise English is such a wide spoken language obviously you'll get dialects and accents. But hey, at the end of the day we all understand each other. And I do notice I'm being stereotypical. American English users are just as proud to speak as do British English users.
This never ending debate is just like Apple vs Microsoft I guess, and depends on your point of view. The other day my classmate was using American English (that 'z' pronunciation - "zee" and "zed") and he refused to recognise it as "zed", and he was poked fun by the teacher for being "ignorant" (amusingly, of course) to people around, oh well
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I fully understand why American English is more common/known throughout the word, as it is more globalised than the British counterpart, since US is more successful at spreading the word. Although, surprisingly, the United Nations uses British English.
However this accent thing plays an important role in fitting into the society too. First/second language speakers can pick up the accent and base your impression by what you speak. So there's a constant thing going on you'll be more accepted if you speak and write a more British English here. I assume this also applies in America vice versa.
Last point, I'm not anti-American
😛 I do prefer to watch CNN over BBC on a daily basis. This is so off topic, as I have provoked this discussion, instead of talking about what languages you speak.
