...that would have been cool. I would have known English and American. Oh, well.
2006-08-26 03:14:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
But they did. In USA people don't speak english, they speak american. Just take a look at a newspaper or something similar and you will realize that they use ( even in publications, where the language should be correct ) a LOT of slang. Here I have asked some people ( anglos ) for the meaning of certain words
that I saw in the books and newspapers, and EVEN they did not know the meaning.
I heard , years ago, that somebody asked an english whether the english language would be spoken by everybody, and he said: "No, in the first place, the americans should learn it
2006-08-26 06:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, as for a reply to you, no country really "developes" their language, conciously. Through time languages change. If you looked at some old English, you would have no clue what it says! It looks more like a foreign language than English.
And as for a reply to other people, of course Americans still speak English. Every English speaking country has its own pronunciation, and its own slang. And there is no such thing as one accent in America, either. There are many, many accents, just like any other country.
If you're from the UK or any other English speaking country, and you can't read or understand anything that I've just typed, then you've got a major problem.
2006-08-26 16:45:58 · answer #2 · answered by travish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Languages are not invented. No invented language has ever become anything more than a hobby. Languages develop over time from other languages. Eventually, American and British English may diverge enough to be mutually unintelligible.
2006-08-26 11:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago when Thomas Jefferson was president there was a lot of animosity towards anything European. The country felt that we had to be different. They wanted to distance themselves as much as possible from England.
One way that they did this was with Webster's help and the school readers. All words that could be changed to an "American" spelling were. Children were to taught to spell color rather than colour, favorite rather than favourite, and many more.
While we all speak English, ours was changed so that it is different enough for people to notice. We still use Webster's dictionaries today.
2006-08-26 10:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is historical. The Spanish, the French, the Portugese, the Dutch and the British all had interest in different parts of the Americas and each of those languages still exists where those Nations predominated.
2006-08-26 12:10:54 · answer #5 · answered by lykovetos 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We did, after a fashion. It's called American English. Just try to translate "it's the bomb" into any other language and have it make sense without sounding like a terrorist.
2006-08-26 10:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Languages have been developed by nations with long history
2006-08-26 14:32:17 · answer #7 · answered by Semiramis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans have enough trouble with English -- just imagine how badly they would speak and spell if they had to create their own language. At least it wouldn't have any words longer than one syllable.
2006-08-26 10:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is easy. We are the super power. Every country you go to speaks english. It is a world language only because it belongs to us. Just like everyone takes US money, but we don't take other country's money.
2006-08-26 12:42:34 · answer #9 · answered by Mom of 3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have recognized that American English is a bit different from English, but well still the same language :-P
If you had your own language, you're sure you would''ve learnt English as well? lol
2006-08-26 10:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by myfl_a 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋