American and Commonwealth English

[ShadowFox]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences

It is a long (but interesting IMO) read on the differences between the two.

 

[Ikerous]

Is this a branch of the whole biscuit thread...? Cuz i found that soo weird...

 

[ShadowFox]

Biscuit thread?

Nope, just found it interesting. Especially the list of words exclusive to each country.

 

[Ikerous]

Lol, is biscuit on the list? I never knew biscuit meant cookie....

 

[thefiznut]

<3 Wikipedia
Best encyclopedia ever. People there do a good job of monitoring what gets posted.

 

[mortiz]

to be honest I find most people in the U.K. are using some form of new English because half of the time I don't understand them.

American English also has many different variations though, for example the southern states use quite a different form of English from the northern states, and the Afro-American's brought another new form of English. There's lot's of variations on English.

 

[Jackal hit]

excellent find, took a while to read through it all, but i know not to say "fanny" in england now

 

[Razor]

to be honest I find most people in the U.K. are using some form of new English because half of the time I don't understand them.

American English also has many different variations though, for example the southern states use quite a different form of English from the northern states, and the Afro-American's brought another new form of English. There's lot's of variations on English.

I think you are right, English now is more of a grouping of different varieties and variations of the same language. Why People in Canada, America, Australia, South Africa, England, can't just speak the queens English instead of all this scouser and geordie and American slang rubbish, is beyond me.

 

[Brian Damage]

It's called "evolution due to cultural separation".

/me loves my native Strine.