should the language of the american people be renamed american?

Answer 1

No because American mean so many things and represent so many nationalities. Example, Asian-American, African-American, etc. Even American food isn't really "American."

Answer 2

It should be renamed something. If it stood apart as a separate language, then we English speakers would not have to wince every time there was a misuse (to our sensitive ears) of the English language. It would be the prerogative of the citizens of the United States to use and abuse it as they saw fit. I would then enjoy learning it as a foreign language and using the terms and grammatical structures which I make a point of not using now and possibly even speaking in a US accent (I can!). Please don't take my comments as intended to be rude: I am quite serious and I really do think that the time has come for a splitting off of the two languages. If it weren't for the cinema, I suspect that by now we would barely understand one another any more on opposite sides of the Pond!

The interesting thing would be to see which of the two language options was taught most frequently in schools outside the United States and the UK.

Answer 3

American English is close enough to British English, Australian English, New Zealand English and even Canadian English (not to mention Indian English and several other dialects) to be mutually understandable -- if you are willing to work at it a little bit. Why mess with it? I think in the future, things like the internet will make make all the dialects of English a little more understandable and may even cause more conformity.

I think calling American English "American" would really irk a lot of people. There are a lot of folks who don't like people from the US to call themselves American -- they say it usurps native American rights, or ignores all the other North and South Americans on the land mass. It'd be asking for trouble. And if it ain't broke, why fix it?

Answer 4

Wow, thats an interesting question. Sure we American speek a different dialect of english than the English do, But dont the Irish also speak english, though its a different dialect, same with the Australians, Scottish, even the Canadians. Also there are many different dialects of english spoken in the U.S. People in the north speak a different dialect than the South. The mid west is differnt than the North and South. So i think calling it American rather than English is a little extreme. Take a look at the Spanish language.True spanish is spoken in Spain. Yet the majority of Latin America speaks spanish, its just a different dialect, yet its still called spanish. Peurto Rico speaks yet another dialect of Spanish. Then there is the german language. I could go on forever but i think you get my point.. So the answer is no.

Answer 5

I think it should, because isn't british english called British? And plus, English was formed in England, so they should have the name of their launguage. It shouldn't be the same, as if someone from a foreign company says they speak english, they learn it either British or English instead of American and so an American can't understand some words.

Answer 6

No. The only truly American languages are Native languages.

Answer 7

No. Fisrt off it is close enough to British, aussie, etc, with the logical variations. (Would you also distinguish from western american, southern American etc).

Also, America is a continent, not a country

Answer 8

Well, it sure aint English.

Answer 9

no