Why do Americans say they speak English when English people speak British ?
13 Answers to "Why do Americans say they speak English when English people speak British ?"
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Some Americans speak American English. English speak English. If we try to be accurate the real British language is actually closer to Welsh and other Celtic languages.
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And French mixed in.Like (1)
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Actually English has a Germanic grammatical structure; most of the words are Germanic in origin with a high proportion of pseudo-Greek and latinate but not Latin words added from the 16th-19th century in a conscious effort to make the language sound less Germanic.Like (1)
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The British have an accent and speak what is known in the academic world as Proper English. The Americans speak a "lazy" English using a lot of phonics and slang.
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Yes, exactly.
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:) every English speaking culture has their slang .... including the British. The most universally understood English, and the most easily understood comes from .... India.Like (1)
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the king's english?
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There is no king, so wouldn't it be the queen's english. Which brings up the questions, if it is the queen's english, and women normally speak more passively than men, shouldn't England be speaking passively?Like (1)
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way back when there was a king.
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No one says we speak British. Americans are referring to the accent, not the language.
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Language changes every day, the point is getting the meaning across :P
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The two languages are slightly different.
British movies released in the US should have sub-titles. It takes a while to catch up with the British tempo and run-on words, a couple of hours for me. By then the movie is ending :)
Years ago I would to travel to England a least couple of times a year and would often bring gifts for friends in the US who had family in England. I'd call and visit the English friends to deliver the gifts and it was so much fun trying to sync with the British version of English.Like (1)
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The English speak
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Quite many English people speak British.... it's called Welsh these days
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Don't generalize here. Americans as a whole don't say the English speak British.
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some doLike (1)
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How about American English?
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loool that'll do ok ...... just i notice this and i find it weird#
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Most Brits speak English,even the Scots,Irish and Welsh. Its not British its English
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I don't know but i'm English and i say i speak English. !
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so do i but ive noticed many americans in stuff say we talk british
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god knows... weird!
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Best Answer (Chosen by Voting):
Posted by Ketsan 1 Jan 21st, 2013 at 10:33AM
There is no British language; it's English. If a person was speaking Gaelic they would be speaking a British language but not the language most Brits speak. So we speak English and the Americans speak a heavily corrupted dialect of English called American English.
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Reply by Sean8342 Jan 21st, 2013 at 3:51PM
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Reply by Ketsan Jan 21st, 2013 at 6:52PM
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