It says English for all of them - ASL is listed as a dialect. The point there is that the UK is listed as the primary and original form, everything else is subordinate - a spin off. SIL is focussing on spoken language not on orthography, however. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English A wiki article that clearly states that american english is the primary language of america. and then goes on to use that inaccurate and meaningless term "British English" to describe differences between AE and E. (ask a Scouser, a Geordie or a Cockney if they speak British English! They won't know what you mean). It's appalling inaccurate because there are some vowel sounds in some dialects in England which are the same as in America - like in Wiltshire for example. Further, many dialects in England are as different from standard English than American is - and even more divergent than Australian. I mean, I want to challenge the term "British English" simply on it's definition; but that's a digression. On 19/09/05, Alphax alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Jack & Naree wrote:
<snip> > If you want to go academic - which is surely the best way to back this > whole argument up, you should scan this (ironically american) leading > insitute of linguistic research: > http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng
Interesting, the language I speak is further removed from the langauge you speak - I speak a dialect called Australian Standard English, but people in the USA just speak English.
Well, join the UK chapter of the WMF (if it's been created yet) and things might happen.
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