2007-02-24 09:54:35 · 9 answers · asked by john s 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes, we speak American English in the United States.
2007-02-24 10:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
American English is not much different from the British English. It only has variation in the spoken words and a few words here and there have different spellings and some are even pronounced differently. The follwoing are a few examples :
colour - color
Schedule - pronounced like skejule
Football - soccer
Yes - yeah
No - nope
Policeman - cop, bobby
Biscuit - cookie, cracker, wafer, pretzel
Ground Floor - First Floor, street level
Petrol - gas
Then there are always slang words too.
Money - dough
And I am no expert.
2007-02-25 00:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
American English is a dialect of the Queen's English spoken in England. It's spoken here in the United States. From what I hear, it sounds sharp, aggressive, and cacophonous to Englishmen and even Austrailians.
But honeslty, I have no idea what you're asking.
2007-02-24 18:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sungchul 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
American English is supposed to be more 'user friendly' than British English, especially with respect to spelling. Eg. Sensitise (BE)-sensitize (AE), Colour (BE)-Color (AE)
2007-02-27 03:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by Govinda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's an oxymoron
the American Revolution carries on...
No respect for English language, no respect at all
2007-02-24 17:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by million$gon 7 · 3⤊ 7⤋
You need to elabore your question for others comprehension.What you want to know isn't clear.
2007-02-24 17:58:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
No Greek and Latin.
Wat type of question is this? asking questions just for points sake huh????
2007-02-24 18:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by grace 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah ! you are right.
2007-02-24 18:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by BSA 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe
2007-02-24 18:25:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋