Is British English or American English Used More Frequently?

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DaHuuuuuudge said:

numonex said:

British English = Tea with the Queen old fashioned conservative  English. Good spelling/grammar are expected with British English.  

American English = America invented their own style of English to be different to the British. Bad spelling and poor grammar is acceptable and common place in America. 

William Shakespeare would be turning in his grave over the American bastardisation of the English language.

British English is universal English and taught through out the world except America. Americans always want to be different to Britain and form their own American identity. 

Actually, nobody actually knows for sure which language changed, people just assume American English did. Some people believe that British English did, as American English is closer to elizabethan english than british english.

Seems to be widely accepted amongst Linguists that British English changed while the American English is closer. I take the wide acceptance as being the closest to the truth. Of course, if American English is closer to the Brits' native language then what do they make of their comments that Americans ruined English? :P

Regardless, the issue here is that people are assuming that American English = bad grammar and spelling. Anyone read T.S. Eliot? Ezra Pound? Emerson? Ernest Hemingway? Faulkner? I can keep going. That's American English. In reality, the improper use of language is common amongst ALL cultures. Hell, I have a few English folk on my facebook that talk like absolute dipshits. Should I then conclude that British English is full of bad grammar and spelling?