What with globalisation/globalization and all, do you think that will ever happen?
I'm staring at the Oxford/APA/Chicago Manuals on my desk right now and... well, it's just daunting...
2007-02-02 10:12:57 · 5 answers · asked by miss onslow ketel booth 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Why did the Americans go and make their own version of the English language anyway? I hope they learn to speak the proper British English.
2007-02-02 10:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I'm a bibliographer and we spend alot of time adding extra title headings for English and American spelling differences, so that people can find the record. Besides that they are really two different versions of the language. American English is an offshot of "proper" English.
2007-02-02 18:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by kf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an American, and we need to be humble and admit that its not our language, and if it is our language then we should call it American and not English. The Queen is the ruler of England and therefore of the English language. If this were not so, then as Americans we should all strive to speak as eloquently as George Bush, our first Ebonics speaking President.
'What matters is that our children IS learning'
-President George W. Bush
2007-02-02 22:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by Baddest_Bandulu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not! I cannot see how swallowing my H's and having a lazy tongue to form words with, will ever get my point across. :)
2007-02-02 18:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by eks_spurt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. and thank God for it.
2007-02-02 18:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋