which English is simple, British or American?

Question

i'm not englilsh nor is my language, but i find american english much more formal, then again what would i know, i'm only a johnny foreigner.

Answer 1

American English is simpler so that Americans can understand it

Answer 2

British

Answer 3

I understand them both the same, but the Americans have colloquialisms that you may struggle with such as 'the John' but so do we like 'the bog', if I were you I would pick one and stick to it and not mix them up, I would like to say you should choose British because that is the way the language should be but by learning one you are not disadvantaged it is after all the same language but with a few different spellings, they say sidewalk instead of pavement but I understand what I sidewalk is even though I am British. Good luck with learning English it's notoriously difficult.

Answer 4

American for sure.
I went to England and they can't even pronounce the sh*t they write out themselves (it's not Tottenham, its Tutnam; it's not Birmingham, its Buhmingum; it's not strawberry, it's strawbrie....anyway you get the jist). R's are ommited in most cases so "erm" and "umm" are identical, and you can't distinguish from "Ireland" and "island" unless you listen carefully. There's also the fact that most of the French spellings (one of the languages from which English is derived) have remained (all the "ou's" instead of just "o's") as well as the English pronounciation of the last letter of the alphabet as "zed," for example.
In SOME cases the original is the best but not in this case...not by a mile. Let me just say to all Brits that pronouncing what is written will not kill you! If a word has 3 syllables it has 3 syllables...there is NO need to make 1 of the syllables vanish. I definitely do not blame you for prefering our version of the language, but be sure to not confuse them by formality because they are equally formal or informal... it's just that there are some things here and there that add up. All the English folk I've spoken to about this have and will always tell me that they came up with the language and therefore it is the best (version), so that answer is as typical as "bloody" is in an English person's vocabulary.
No wonder my gf who was born and raised there wants to move here. :-)

The following has nothing to do with dialects, but sparks interest nonetheless: The first largest English speaking population is the US, followed by, NOT the UK, but the Philippines.

Answer 5

British

Answer 6

Well Johnny, American English is just a simplified form of British English. It's been dumbed down and is much easier to learn.

Answer 7

No language is simple, some are indeed more difficult to learn than others. As to English English & American English are pretty much the same, simple enough to learn if you work at it, but t certain words can mean something quite different , or the usage is different. Added to that there are colloquial usages or slangs unique only to one but not the other.

Answer 8

To me, not a native speaker, american english is less formal nevertheless I prefer British English. American English is quite similar to what British Engish used to be 400-500 years ago.

Answer 9

Johnny F,
of course the American English is simpler. You see, they tried to leave out the complex parts of the language in England. You can tell from the way they spell words.

Answer 10

British English and American English are both correct.But American English is easier,specially for people who are learning,but usually you have to learn British English.

Answer 11

British.