why american and british english are not same?

Answer 1

Cause those limeys can;t speak the kings English.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Well, the main reason they are different is the reason there are always various dialects. Distance tends to allow different branches of a language to drift apart. The actual question you should be asking is why are they so similar after 231 years. The answer to that is that modern communication and transportation has allowed more of an exchange than would normally occur with such great distance.

There have been some changes to be syre, but we can still (mostly) understand each other. American English even has some old features that are no longer in use in Britian, such as the term "Fall" for "Autumn".

Answer 3

Someone could actually write a whole book on this question. However, briefly, English is what is known as a "pluricentric language." Pluricentric languages are languages that have a lot of accent, dialect, or regional variation within them and usually always have.

Other pluricentric languages include Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Russian, Chinese, Arabic even Swedish and Korean.

So, you will find that English is indeed spoken a little differently in North America than in England, However, likewise, French is spoken a little different in Quebec than France; German a little different in Switzerland and Austria than in Germany and Korean a little different is Seoul than Pyongyang. That's just the nature of pluricentric languages in general.

Answer 4

Because British is an original accent but the American speak with a lot of people the their language weren't English originally .

Answer 5

I think it's the melting-pot effect. America had an influx of people who spoke many tounges. American English is the results of all those tounges learning English as a second language. Eventually they melded into what we have today. Even people in the American south sound just as different as those in the north, and England.

Answer 6

British speak proper English and Americans speak a slang of English

Answer 7

Because,though our languages are based in the same area-we develop as a people and area differently-just like a species-even in America we have different slang and actual language- I'm from So. CA- do you think I could understand the lingo on the NYC subways? NO! Nor could they probably get the street talk in inner LA!-Its been over 200 years- of course things will develop differently, and look at the influx of peoples and cultures we-ve had-the words to those get assimilated of course!

Answer 8

200 or so years ago when they became independent there was no telecommunication. British English continued to change and American English was developping in its own way.

Answer 9

British English is the Language of the queen and it is more proper.

Answer 10

british english is different from american english . the reason is american english is stylish and british english is not as stylish as american ones.

Answer 11

when america broke off from Britain, different circumstances and surroundings changed it a little. Even after hundreds of years, however they are still kinda the same.