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Exactly! What Americans speak is ENGLISH the language of the ENGLISH, what you speak is ENGLISH the language from ENGLAND, there is no such thing as 'American' English because they simply speak ENGLISH the language from ENGLAND. Every word on this thread is of ENGLISH origin, its not 'anti' American at all, its just a fact.
Well how about "American version of English language" - would this be it?
Nuh, simplified.
Americans like to simplify anything and everything, plus when you have so many non-English speakers absorbed on a regular basis, it WILL become simplified, naturally))))
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You know the difference between vacation and holiday, don't you?
They don't 'learn' American English though do they! They just learn English! The language of the English! English was already the lingua franca which is EXACTLY why they speak it in the US, Americans speak ENGLISH the English don't speak American! Its simple really Americans speak English because of the British Empire, just like the Australians do, the New Zealanders do, the Indians do etc etc. You speak English because of the British Empire too!
Are you a linguistic? A professor in the field of English linguistics or English language instruction? I don't think so.
By the way, I am an English teacher, I do have a degree in the field and I work in that subject and yes there is very much American English. Word choice use in the states is somewhat different from Britain, and there are other differences between the two countries on a national level in terms of English spoken.
Nope this is just ENGLISH, there is no American version.
You think so?
In this case I wouldn't be anxiously prompting the "American English" button whenever I am offered a choice, since God knows whether I'll ever understand the "mates" and THEIR English)))
I don't want to take my chances, particularly when it comes to software and such)))
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