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CrashDestroyer on 29 November 2010
Rainbow Yoshi said:
CrashDestroyer said:
Rainbow Yoshi said:
c03n3nj0 said:

I honestly don't see why people care if people spell color/colour a certain way. I mean, English is bound to be different from region to region.

 

Anyhow,, the U.S has a population of about 310 million, plus Canada ( we use the same stuff don't we?) that pretty much outnumbers British English speakers by a lot.  

Unless people start counting India... 


People from Ontario use British English, I am not sure about other provinces (excluding Quebec) though.


We sound differently too, Canadian actors that go to Hollywood are taught to speak like an American.


I have been exposed to the Ontario accent by my relatives, it is difficult to describe but for example Roger is Rawger etc.

Yeah, that's how we speak.

 



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c03n3nj0 on 29 November 2010
CrashDestroyer said:
c03n3nj0 said:
Kantor said:
c03n3nj0 said:

I honestly don't see why people care if people spell color/colour a certain way. I mean, English is bound to be different from region to region.

 

Anyhow,, the U.S has a population of about 310 million, plus Canada ( we use the same stuff don't we?) that pretty much outnumbers British English speakers by a lot.  

Unless people start counting India... 

Anything up to 1.8 billion people in the world speak English.

You're outnumbered

Incidentally, India has the second-largest English speaking population in the world, at 120 million.

Those 1.8 billions  includes all forms of English, not just British.

That's still 1.5 Billion British English Speakers  and 300 Million American English speakers.

Don't forget Australian!

And uh...

hrm

Jamaican English? 

Yeah, that's it. That's like 2.5 Billion right there.



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CrashDestroyer on 29 November 2010
c03n3nj0 said:
CrashDestroyer said:
c03n3nj0 said:
Kantor said:
c03n3nj0 said:

I honestly don't see why people care if people spell color/colour a certain way. I mean, English is bound to be different from region to region.

 

Anyhow,, the U.S has a population of about 310 million, plus Canada ( we use the same stuff don't we?) that pretty much outnumbers British English speakers by a lot.  

Unless people start counting India... 

Anything up to 1.8 billion people in the world speak English.

You're outnumbered

Incidentally, India has the second-largest English speaking population in the world, at 120 million.

Those 1.8 billions  includes all forms of English, not just British.

That's still 1.5 Billion British English Speakers  and 300 Million American English speakers.

Don't forget Australian!

And uh...

hrm

Jamaican English? 

Yeah, that's it. That's like 2.5 Billion right there.


Both Australian and Jamaican English are British English. 

 

They have differences but not as much as American English compared to British English.



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c03n3nj0 on 29 November 2010
CrashDestroyer said:
c03n3nj0 said:

Don't forget Australian!

And uh...

hrm

Jamaican English? 

Yeah, that's it. That's like 2.5 Billion right there.


Both Australian and Jamaican English is British English. 

 

They have differences but not as much as American English compared to British English.

I don't  how to argue this since I've never considered Australian English similar to British English. I was just pulling the stuff out of my ass anyways.  

I can see Jamaican, but to be fair, Jamaica is more of a mix of both in areas thanks to U.S influence. 



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c03n3nj0 on 29 November 2010
KylieDog said:
c03n3nj0 said:

I honestly don't see why people care if people spell color/colour a certain way. I mean, English is bound to be different from region to region.

 

Anyhow,, the U.S has a population of about 310 million, plus Canada ( we use the same stuff don't we?) that pretty much outnumbers British English speakers by a lot.  

Unless people start counting India... 


We ruled half the world...

Don't lie!

It was only 1/4 of it! 



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Seece on 29 November 2010

BE more than likely, I can't (well I can) believe the sheer ignorance of EA spelling medal of HONOUR incorrectly though.



 

CrashDestroyer on 29 November 2010
c03n3nj0 said:
CrashDestroyer said:
c03n3nj0 said:

Don't forget Australian!

And uh...

hrm

Jamaican English? 

Yeah, that's it. That's like 2.5 Billion right there.


Both Australian and Jamaican English is British English. 

 

They have differences but not as much as American English compared to British English.

I don't  how to argue this since I've never considered Australian English similar to British English. I was just pulling the stuff out of my ass anyways.  

I can see Jamaican, but to be fair, Jamaica is more of a mix of both in areas thanks to U.S influence. 


Huh, I have a cousin that lives in New Zealand and they sound different but they spell and taught English like the British.



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Qays on 29 November 2010

Depends on if you count Indian English as being a variant of British English or its own dialect.

I'd be inclined to treat it as its own dialect, since in terms of pronunciation and lexical/grammatical idiosyncracies it's at least as different from British English as American English is.



Pyro as Bill on 29 November 2010

"Great Britain, whose children we are, and whose language we speak, should no longer be our standard; for the taste of her writers is already corrupted, and her language on the decline."



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SmokedHostage on 29 November 2010

American English are Best English. :3



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