Friday, September 23, 2011

American English or British English?

I came across this discussion on the headline subject.


What does science have to say about it?  A lot!  A lot have been said, already, too.  Many Ph. D.’s have been done.  Much more research and many more doctoral dissertations will be done on the topic.  That’s for sure.
It hasn’t, it doesn’t and it won’t change one thing a bit, though.  A language, any language for that matter, is
a living creature.  It evolves over time.  Some languages grow more and faster than others.  It all depends on many internal and external aspects.  The English language is a great example of that.  Throughout its history it’s been influenced by dozens, to say the least, languages.  Let’s just say that right now, as we speak, about 97, yes, ninety seven, different languages are used in the City of New York, NY, USA.  Wouldn’t you say that that already has, currently does or is and will have some affect on the language?  In this case on American English.

Which variant of the English language do you prefer?

There are many more than just the British and the American English(es).  Just talking about American English, there are the Yankee in the north, and the Southern Drawl, the African-American, the Rasta and the SpEnglish or SpAnglish.  Are they variants, dialects, regionalisms or is it simply trash language, as the language purists maintain?

Here is my personal response or “In my personal view/opinion”.

You learn what you can.  Where-ever you are.  How-ever much you can.  You use it or you lose it.  As long as we can communicate (fancy or formal word) or talk (informal or everyday or spoken English) what a difference does it make?

Which English language do you prefer?  As long as you can read this, does it make any (darn) difference?

See ya …

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